- Ding
A bell echoed through the house signaling dinner was ready.
Drake left his room and walked down the large corridors. He descended all the way to the first floor.
Drake entered the dining room and saw seven figures, 6 on the table and 1 on the floor.
"Drake." Alice said gently with a caring smile on her face.
Drake sat down next to her and glanced at the other figures.
At the main seat of the table was a man with short black hair, and blue eyes with handsome facial features. He was wearing a regular black suit that gave him a majestic aura; Drake Echo his father.
Next to him was a young man with a modern mullet with black hair, sharp eyebrows, and sharp dagger eyes. Lean but not ripped, above-average appearance with glasses. His big brother Parker Echo.
Next to him, a young boy around 10 was sitting with a giddy expression, he had medium-length hair with very adorable features. His ice-blue eyes acted like they wanted to devour the food in front of him. His younger brother Derek Echo.
Next to Derek, was a very beautiful young woman. She had sleek black hair with a few white streaks tied in a bun enhancing her beauty even more paired with dark blue eyes, and a nice hourglass figure. His big sister Jade Echo.
Next to Drake just across from his mother was a beautiful young woman in her six-teens. She had white hair with black streaks along with delicate eyebrows, and smooth skin. Her body was athletically paired with a decent-size chest, and thin cherry-like lips. His younger sister Rain Echo.
Next to Drake was his mother. Alice had snow-like hair, blue eyes, and an attractive face. Her body was a perfect hourglass figure with perfect curves. She still looks like she's still in her twenties.
Finally, the one on the floor is none other than their dog, Hydra. A Samoyed Dog with pure white fur and violet eyes; currently sprawled out on the floor like a dead fish.
They are the Echo Family.
They all put their hands in a praying gesture.
Drake opened his mouth, "Goddess of Darkness. Thank you for blessing this meal."
After that they started eating dinner.
Drake put the hamburger in his mouth and gently ate it.
"How was school?" Drake asked.
"Good." Parker answered.
"Mhmmm!" Derek couldn't answer as he had a mouth full of food so he just gave a slight grunt while nodding his tiny head.
"Good." Jade answered.
"It was okay." Rain answered.
"..." Nyx remained silent.
Drake nodded in delight then turned his gaze towards Nyx, "Nyx, what'd you do today?"
[A/N: When his father is nearby he goes by Nyx; When his father isn't nearby he goes by Drake]
"I went for a walk," Nyx answered.
Drake put the burger down, and wiped his mouth with a napkin, "How come?"
Alice sighed.
Rain looked at Nyx with a pale face.
"Don't be reckless." Rain said with a worried tone.
"Indeed." Drake agreed as he looked at Nyx with care and love, "If you want to go for a walk, tell me and I will get the bodyguards for you."
Nyx sighed and nodded.
Alice tried changing the topic, "Nyx, bought a VR Helmet today, he wants to try [Fate Online]"
Drake was surprised, "Oh?"
Nyx nodded as his eyes turned light purple before turning back to light blue.
"Why'd you buy it? Do you know we get them for free? And we invested in the game too."
"Really?" This time Nyx's eye's turned green in surprise.
Alice wasn't surprised.
Drake nodded and kept eating.
Nyx's eyes turned back to normal as he started eating again.
Nyx finished his dinner as he stood up, "Thank you for dinner."
"Your welcome honey." Alice said with a smile.
Drake opened his mouth again, "Have you picked a class yet?"
Nyx totally forgot about that part as he released an embarrassed chuckle as his eyes turned a magenta color for embarrassment, "Honestly it was an impulse buy so I don't know anything about the game..."
"Choose carefully." Drake said.
Nyx nodded and started leaving as he was walking eh speed his mouth, "Hydra"
Hydra, who was dead before, came back to life, as he ran up the stairs like his tail was on fire, gaining laughter from everyone.
Once he arrived in his room again he saw hydra on his bed sleeping. He grabbed his laptop off of his desk and went to his bed and sat down right next to Hydra.
His back leaning against the headboard.
He started typing on it very fast and within a second started scrolling down and clicked [Classes] on the [Fate Online] website.
[Fighter | Swordsman, Knight, Brawler, Thief, Assassin]
[Shooter | Marksman - Gunner - Hitman - Archer - Hunter]
[Support | Medic - Healer - Alchemist - Priest]
[Mixed | Paladin - Spell-caster - Trap Master - Trickster - Dark Priest]
[Reminder | There are Hidden Classes, but they aren't necessarily stronger!]
"Hmmm..." Drake looked at the website trying to find a description of each class but couldn't.
He found a forum that was bustling located on the website.
[Beta Testers]
Was the first thing he read as it was the most talked-about topic.
Interested, he clicked on it.
Only to be greeted with disappointment.
Obviously, the beta testers needed to hold off on information about the game until it launched, so they only talked about the graphics.
Drake left the forums and tried looking at the rest of the website.
Soon he found a very interesting article.
[Fates]
Drake instantly clicked on it.
[Find a Fate and be able to become a professional at the game; it's the only way! Thousands [Fates], and many of them make you a dozen times stronger! Of course, just like everything in the world, there are weak and stronger [Fates]]
[No [Fate] | Everyone starts from the bottom. Meaning you haven't inherited one's will or techniques!]
[Ordinary [Fate] | A [Fate] of an ordinary figure not very known, but hey better than nothing right.]
[Particular [Fate] | A [Fate] of a very well-known figure, historical figure, or a figure from a myth.]
[Mythical [Fate] | A [Fate] of Legendary figures! It can be a historical figure who is known by everyone, or it can be a very unique existence who might have lived, or not]
[Godly [Fate] | A [Fate] of Gods! It is the most powerful type, and if you find one. You are destined to soar to the sky. You will be the Incarnation of the God of your [Fate]!]
Drake lost interest very quickly, and closed the laptop and put it away.
He looked out the window and saw the sun disappearing.
- Knock
- Knock
- Knock
Drake looked towards the door, "Come in."
Soon his father came in, slightly surprising him.
"Dad?"
"Busy?"
Nyx shook his head, "No I just finished going through the website"
Drake nodded and sat down on the bed as Hydra laid on his lap with his tongue out, "So are you serious or casual about playing?"
Nyx released a depressing chuckle as his eyes turned silver, "Knowing me, I'll just get bored of it."
Drake looked at him seriously, "And if you don't?"
"Then I'll keep playing..." Nyx said, then looked his father in the eyes, "How come?"
"The world... it'll be different once the game releases... and [Fates] will be a huge part of it."
Nyx tried to understand his father's words but couldn't as he doesn't have the full information.
Drake patted Nyx's shoulders and left the room, leaving the confused and shocked Nyx alone.
"He just took my dog!" Drake sighed.
Soon three more knocks came.
"Come in."
A beautiful and cute-looking girl opened the door and entered the room.
"Rain." Drake smiled.
Rain nodded and sat on the bed.
"You shouldn't be going outside by yourself." Rain pouted.
Drake snickered, "I should be worried about you, not the other way around."
"Worried about what?" Rain laughed.
Drake looked out the window as his eyes turned red in anger and rage, "Many things..."
Rain sighed, "My friends talk about [Fate Online] today, may want to skip school to play it."
"Figures."
Alice turned serious, "be careful of girls."
Drake turned towards Rain as his eyes were violet mixed with some blue in seriousness, "My private business is not your business."
Rain put a worried expression on, "I know but I get worried."
Drake's eyes turned pink as he looked at his younger sister and walked towards her and patted her head, "I know... but I'm more careful now."
"Un!" Rain nodded before standing up and leaving the door, 'You knew your best friend liked you, yet you chose to ignore her feelings... resulting in the incident.' She thought in her mind and closed the door.
Drake sighed and looked out the window.