Reality Check

Chapter 1

Hello there! I finally found some motivation to publish fanfics again. I don't know how long I will go with this one, but I would appreciate it if no one comments about my grammar or spelling since this is not the place to do that kind of stuff. Also, if i do lose motivation for this, please don't comment about how long it's been since I last posted. I know how it's been. I'm just trying to relearn who I am as a writer.

~Enjoy~

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The weather outside my room was nice and I was playing one of my favorite games on my laptop. There was not much to do this day since I had completed all my homework and did not need to run any errands. I had the character, Wilson, running around the wilderness of Don't Starve collected flower petals for a crown to keep his sanity up. I was having a relaxing time deciding how he would survive through the night and days in the game. Without noticing, the daylight outside slipped away and nighttime fell upon my home. I paused the game and looked out my window to see what time it was. Seeing the darkened sky, I stood up from my chair and stretched tall. "Well, I might as well go make dinner for myself," I explained to no one but myself and my game. I saved the file I was on and walked away from my laptop towards my kitchen. I started cooking my meal and placed my phone on the counter to listen to music as I prepared. There was not much to do on the weekends since my classes were only two days a week and my part-time job allowed me to take weekends off for myself. I usually used the time to play games and watch movies in my small apartment.

After my food was done cooking, I carried the plate and my phone back to my room and sat at my desk in front of my laptop. Wilson was still standing next to the fire that I had built before I left to make dinner. I picked up my fork and pushed my food around as I thought of what to do next in the game. "Maybe I can make him go into that sinkhole I had seen. There is so much I can make him do in the game and so much to explore. Maybe we should try finding Maxwell for the end scenes." As I sat there eating and debating what to do next, I did not notice Wilson waving at me from inside the game or the smiling face that flashed across my screen before the laptop seemed to die. I sat up in shock and shook my head. "No! You can't die on me today! I need you for homework and gaming!" I looked around the device at its cords and tried to figure out why it seemed to die suddenly. However, two shadows emerged from the screen and grabbed onto me as I sat there examining my laptop. I managed to grab onto my pocket knife that I had sitting next to my device before everything went black and I was knocked unconscious.

I woke up with a start and a pounding headache but still clutching my knife in my hand. A tall shadow loomed over me as I sat up and looked where it was coming from. Maxwell stood in front of me and was smirking. "You might want to find some shelter before it gets dark, (Y/N)." I glared up at him and lunged, trying to sink my knife into his leg or something before he could disappear in a puff of shadows. However, I was too slow and I was left alone in the middle of a meadow. I looked around myself and noticed some of the grass was previously cut and flowers were hard to come by. 'I must be in my save file. So that means, Wilson is at his base camp somewhere safe.' I stood up carefully and dusted myself off from the dirt and grass I was laying in. I had to start moving and soon before it got dark or some creature found me and decided I would be an easy prey for them. Walking in the direction I knew the camp to be in, I picked and gathered supplies as I walked. 'What will Wilson even think of me? He doesn't know me and it's been over a few months in game time since I had saved at that point.' I ate some berries that I had gotten from a bush nearby and slowed when I heard the machinery of the camp. Standing in the shade of some trees, I watched Wilson stand there for a little bit before he started working on something with the machinery. 'I built the science machine so he probably is making a wall or something to secure the camp.' It seemed odd to me that I was now in the game that I was previously playing and I had no control over what he was doing. I walked forward a bit before stopping right outside the camp. The stone walls were blocking my path and I did not want to startle Wilson while he was in the middle of creating something. I cleared my throat and stood there waiting for him to notice me.