Chapter 3

One minute the boys were in Niall's room; the next, they were transported inside the video game.

Niall was curious, a little afraid, and most of all, intrigued. He was living his dream right now, he's one with the video game! No worrying about his studies, his family, his stress. It'll just be him, his best friend, and this game.

On the other hand, Liam was freaking out. Can they go back home? What if he dies in here? Can he eat? Does he still have allergies in here? He was awfully afraid, and feeling sick to his stomach.

They were both in a pitch black, glossy room. The only light that could sliver its way in was from the lining of the walls, floor and ceiling.

"Ni, I'm scared." Liam admitted, clutching his stomach and looking at his friend for answers.

'Whats the big deal? We're living the dream right now, cant he see?' Niall thought, astonished at his friend.

"What's the matter?" Niall asked, glancing at his friend for a second to send a concerned glance before continuing to search for clues.

"What's the matter? We're stuck in a game, Niall!" Liam shouted exasperatedly, how could Ni be so clueless?

"Exactly! Isnt it great? We're now the legitimate players 1 and 2! Once we get out, we could make so much money off of this!" Niall grinned, touching th glossy walls that concealed them.

'This technology Jay mentioned is so rad!' Niall thought.

"Yea, if we get out! Who says we will? Who says we wont end up dying in here, and in real life?" Liam was growing frustrated, he wanted to go home. Has Niall lost his mind?

"Liam, relax," Niall soothed, walking over to his friend and patting his shoulder, "We're in here now, there's no use in worrying about anything other than getting back out. We can play this game together, okay? Just like we do in my room, only this time, a little more is at stake then a bag of chips."

Liam let out a big sigh and dropped his shoulders, unsatisfied with Niall but not willing to fight any more. "Okay, thank you, Ni."

"Now, lets get started," Niall jumped right in, his happy mood washing over his temporary serious tone, "So first, we have to see if theres any buttons around here or levers that we can pull."

While Niall was scanning the walls, rubbing them vigorously, Liam was focused on something else.

A small, bright light was shining at the end of a hallway. "Ni, look at that." Liam pointed out, grabbing Niall's attention.

Niall rushed towards the light, and as he got closer, it read "Choose your Character" on it.

"This is so cool! We're gonna meet these people in real life!" Niall cheered, running through the words and dragging Liam along.

They now entered a new room which kind of reminded Niall of a mall. Characters were lined across the wall, but only on one side.

Everything seemed to be placed to the left, as if the right side was useless. The backdrop behind the characters consisted of what looked like a map. Multiple islands were scattered in the water, but they all seemed to encircle a bigger island in the middle.

Some islands were white, tan, red, green, or purple. He wasn't sure what the colors meant, but he inferred that the white island could be snowy, green island was a jungle and the tan island could be a volcanic area.

Niall's studies were interrupted by a banging sound, created by Liam.

"What're you doing?" Niall laughed, watching how frustrated Liam became by a small chest.

"I cant open this stupid thing up!" Liam mumbled, pulling and tearing at the wooden chest.

"Probably because its just a decoration programmed in there, I don't think you can-"

Niall stopped mid sentence, taken aback by Liam's sudden violent nature.

The brown haired boy picked up the chest and threw it on the ground, smashing it into small texts of code.

'<Wood>' and '<Metal>' pieces of code on a white backround scattered across the floor.

"How did-What just-What?" Niall gasped, walking over to the crime scene and grabbing his evidence for further analysis.

The code was as thin as paper and as smooth as glass. Niall was baffled, this had never happened in any of his gaming experiences before.

But then again, he'd never been placed into the game itself, so he expected things to be new.

"Here, I have some more." Liam offered, dumping some of the code into Niall's hands.

When the pieces of code touched, they formed a jagged, wooden plank.

Does this mean they can destroy and create anything they wanted in this game?

Well, not anything; no matter how hard Niall would try, he wouldn't be able to create some gummy sharks to munch on.

"Yes, that wooden board is so interesting! I'm just as intrigued as you are, my good sir," Liam playfully mocked, "Now are you gonna stop looking at that junk and choose a character with me?"

"Yea, okay." Niall agreed, deciding the plank wouldn't be useful.

Six 'playable' figures were on small, circular podiums awaiting their fate.

The first person was a small but muscular Chinese woman. Thick, black hair was braided down her back and fastened with rabbit hyde. Over her body was a giant coat out of the same, tan rabbit hyde with white fur lining the seams.

She had a backpack that seemed full, but there was no way to tell what filled it.There was no description of her that Niall could read for her.

'She seems good for the winter islands.' Niall thought, and checked the map to see how many white splotches were there.

Only one.

He decided to move on.

He examined each of the potential players carefully, wanted to get 'the best deal' since there was no going back.

"Say nothing if you're a fat loser." Liam grinned, finding some joy in this game.

Niall relaxed, at ease now that his friend wasn't so nervous anymore.

"Hey, Ni! Look at this!" Liam shouted, making Niall look at Liam who was giving a character bunny ears.

"Oh shoot-" Liam gasped, losing his balance and falling ontop of the character.

'Player 2 has chose their character: Louis Tomlinson'

Liam's excitement left as fast as it came, watching in horror as the character stepped of the platform.

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okay I just have one more day of school then its the weekend, aye.

quesitosns

1) what do you think Louis is gonna be like?

2) what do you think is gonna happen next chapter? :)

peace!