A girl maybe 14 years old sat alone at a table in a classic school cafeteria. instead of eating however she sits with a headset on, tablet resting on the table and controller in her hands. "Mason quick! I found some more diamonds!!!!" she called into her mic as her tablet screen showed a popular block game with her jumping around dodging arrows from a not so friendly skeleton failing miserably at trying to hit it with a sword.
"I'm coming I'm coming! just hold off for a little bit longer! if you die again I'm not helping you get the panda later!" a boys voice said into her ears as she pales at the thought of not having her fluffy friend in her japanese styled home she built just for it. "WHAT WAIT NO! Ok ok ok we can talk about this Mason..." she tried to negotiate as she hid in a hole covering her head with a simple block of cobblestone. "Why did you have to threaten Paul like that?" (the pandas name was decided then and there unfortunately for 'Paul')
"I was just making sure youd hide instead of trying to fight. you know you suck at pvp" the voice teased over the headset making her face red... not in embarrassment but anger. this girl was quite competitive so almost instantly she broke the cobblestone and using basic skills if the game by jumping and placing a block under herself she got out of the hole readying to dodge an arrow and kill the skeleton. just to see Masons suit wearing character standing there with a single arrow in his leg. which if you're thinking shed tease him for getting damage it should be noted that, she in fact, has 9 arrows all over her characters body. including the eye.
"I know you too well Coby. but good diamond scouting. maybe I should upgrade your equipment to iron..." Mason said as he turns mining the diamond before jumping up the blocks heading to the exit as coby follows close behind. "That's not fair! I had it handled I could've killed it myself!" she whined feeling looked down on. again.
sadly before Mason could apologize an offer her cute animals to compensate her moody attitude the ground violently shook. not just in his city, Cobys too. "AH MASON!"she screamed as all the tables and chairs in the cafeteria started to move forcing people ti fall or get shoved by them as loose trays ended up in the floor tripping those trying to get out of the way of the moving furniture. "Coby! Dont tell me you have an earthquake too?" he asks as she could also hear screaming in the background of his mic.
All across the world, at the same time everyone experienced the same thing. an earthquake which toppled sky scrapers, moved bunkers, crushed anything that wasnt made of steel... well some cars did fall into a giant crevice and get crushed when it closed itself. but even after all that the suffering didnt end. as government managed to get on their feet to start helping the citizens of their own countries... a tsunami hit. everywhere. storms raged, animals attacked after land was shrunken. it's almost as if the entire planet shrunk and the mass of water rose hundreds of kilometers. many lives were lost.
in the earthquake, 8% of earth's original population died or were missing. the tsunami finalized any doubt about the missing being alive as a further 27% drowned or were swept out to sea. the storms caused further damage as another 5% died to lightning, freezing temperatures or just falling I'll from the wet and cold and barely any shelter. the animal attacks lost us another 17%. in total 57% of earth's population died in a span of a month and with most hospitals being underwater, crumbling or over run with wild animals of all shapes and sizes. the rate of birth declined as infants died in the arms of mother, fathers, strangers, and maybe if they were lucky... doctors.
through all of these statistics, Coby and Mason survived. although they couldnt talk for a long time as power around the world dropped and living far apart the destruction around the world made it hard to write a letter thatd probably end up lost. they finally managed to contact each other once things settled. although the world was in a state of depression, fear, and anger. they both were happy just to ignore the news, the uproar the cries. and just play their simple block game together. albeit not as often as before as both lived in camps that moved towards different safe zones.
"Coby, apparently well reach the base by tomorrow... I heard that everyone will end up being trained self defense even me... so idk if well be able to play as much if at all..." "I understand ...bhk%#£,... well reach our base in a couple days too... they're saying ...;#&×£$... fight too" coby said sadly as she thought about not talking to her friend for another span of time. "just if you get to play and I'm not on, could you feed paul for me?" Mason laughed at her priorities "of course why wouldn't I feed my favourite nephew" he said jokingly feeling better at her simple request "thanks Mason, maybe in the future I'll be able to travel to your base and we wont need to use the internet to play-" before she could finish she felt a sudden intense pain from her chest. it felt as if all the air in her lungs was forcefully pushed out as she fell to the ground "Coby? Coby!?!" mason called out as her headset rested next to her but she couldnt hear him. all she could see were the shadows moving before one of them suddenly caught on fire.
she couldnt scream, cry or even look toward the tablet to look at Paul as she died. the shadows and fire consumed her and all her belongings.
and Mason heard it all before the connection cut. he was crying and screaming as not only his dad but soldiers ran in. when he finally calmed down he explained to them what he heard and before they could question it screams around the camp came of a fire...
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Authors Note
hi, this is my first work on webnovel. I have previously written on wattpad about 6 years ago but dont have any completed books and the somewhat popular ones were fanfiction.
this book is going to be one i make up as i go along.
i also dont have a schedule or anything like that.
i might in the future if it goes well but knowing me it wont. I'm somewhat ok with grammar and i struggle to differentiate past, present and future tense so I'm sorry if any english majors get upset. (PLEASE CORRECT ME ON MY MISTAKES)
every night before i sleep i imagine a world, most of the times it's a new world but same plotline. abused/abandoned girl, looking for home/safe place whether shed been an orphan or a science experiment. unexpected love and power, hard ships, heart break, mistakes then BAM happy ending. I'm gonna try actually make something new from something old.
there will be powers, monsters, beasts, personal lore as I dont study that shit. so take everything with a grain of sugar (I like salt but sweet is better)
please if you dont like it, dont read it.
and if you're looking for an amazing book on webnovel I recommend Nanomancer reborn. amazing book, legit up to chapter 410 right now. I dont regret spending some money in the early chapters and do expect to spend some soon for more. mainly just use the fast passes and fantasy romance passes I get.
well let's start this bs