"What are you making?"
I looked up from my hospital bed, where I was stuck for the 2nd time this week after getting the crap beaten out of me.. for the 2nd time this week.
Vel was sitting at the foot of my bed, smiling. Her arm was in a sling and there were some bandages wrapped around her head.
I have to admit, Vel isn't just abnormally strong. Her durability is at monster levels.. it's kinda scary.
"She said she wanted to write a book about what happened to her.. so that other people in the same situation can find things a little easier." said Melia from where she was propped next to me. "But I read it.. and really it feels more like a novel than an instruction guide.. or a silly diary."
"D.. Diaries are stuff girls make! This is a journal!" I stammered, gripping the Mirror Screen Laptop I had been typing on.
"Mira.. you ARE a girl." said Vel. "Remember..?"
"Oh yeah.. darn.." I muttered.
"By the way." said Vel. "How much do you remember about yesterday?"
"All of it." I said. "I've... tried to get Melia to do the whole Axe Scythe thing again.. but no matter how we try, we have no idea how we did it at all.. it's like something trapped inside us broke free.."
Vel folded her arms. "Well, from what I can gather.. Meliava The Great Abyss was the Kaiju of Hadelies according to legend. Together they ruled over the Land of Cherry Blossoms and the Deep Abyss, the dark pit where the dead are king, and Nameless Things that are Older than the Gods dwell... Nameless Ancients for short."
"Am... am I really a god? Was I never even Steven Mathews to begin with?" I said.
"I think.. and this is just a theory... that you thought that Freyalvia would never suspect you if you were another gender.. and you knew you would never get your full godly power back, so it was better just to live out the rest of your existence as a human. So you wiped your own memories.. switched bodies and was reborn."
"But the disguise worked too well." said Rime from where she was holstered on Vel's hip. "Freyalvia really didn't suspect she was bringing Hadelies back when she found you in that world. "
"So I'm the one who got screwed over.. not her.." I said. "She accidentally brought me out of hiding and screwed me.."
"I wouldn't say that." said Vel. "I think she screwed herself honestly. If I know anything about how magic works, it's that certain acts can bring back things that were thought lost forever. While she didn't turn you back into a god... bringing you back here awakened your inner nature as a demon.. and that allowed a catalyst to bring back Melia from deep within you.. she gave you Kaiju Powers.. or.. the traces that remained.. and that, overall, screwed her. "
Vel smiled "Understand Mira? She's afraid of you... you.. a mere mortal now.. no longer a goddess... somebody who could normally never stand against the gods.. you scare her.. amusing don't you think? And.. when a god fears somebody.. there's usually a good reason..
"OOOH! That's good." I said as I typed the quote down. "I'm keeping that in there.. "
"You're writing what I said?" said Vel.
"As well as everything else I ever remember you saying.. it was gold!" I said.
Vel reached over and scrolled over the cover of my journal and read the title I had typed on it. "The Ultimate Gamer's Guide. Really now?"
"That's who I am at heart... the title Solomon gave me... Gamer Girl." I said. "I'm a gamer.. and this is how a gamer managed to survive in this world. There are other people from my world who are here, lost and confused, possible survivors of Freyalvia's stupid antics.. or current sufferers of it.. and they're going to need tips from somebody who is experienced in this.."
Vel scrolled through the pages of my journal on the laptop. "It seems to play out more like a novel then a guide.."
"Well.. it's not like I can give step by step stuff on how I got to where I am.." I said. "All I can hope for is that they read my experiences and learn form them.. All the stuff that happened from the time I came into this world till now is Chapter 1 you might say.."
"Really? What about every point after today then?" asked Vel with a smile.
"Chapter two! Duh!" said Melia.
"Okay okay.." said Vel. "But.. hmm.. it feels like something's missing."
"I have an idea." said Blaze from his holster. "Why don't you write some actual step by step instructions on the final page of the chapter..? Like.. instructions summarizing EVERYTHING that happened in the story so far?"
We stared at Blaze.
"Blaze.." said Rime. "That.. was actually a good idea.."
"WHAT!? You sound surprised!!" exclaimed Blaze.
"Heheheh.. he can have those.. sometimes.." said Vel.
"HOWABOUT MOST OF THE TIME!?" Blaze yelled, wriggling around in his holster angrily.
"Alright then.." I muttered as I took my journal back and flipped to the page where I had stopped, and began to write. "Let's see here... steps..."
So... Steps to waking up in another world.. and then joining a Knight Academy... let's try that out shall we..?
I thought about it.. chewing on my finger as Vel folded her arms..
"You know... everybody saw Melia turn into an Elder Kaiju.. it was broadcast all over the country.." Vel murmured.
"Yeah.." I whispered as I began to write some more. My fingers flying over my keyboard..
"Everything is going to change.." said Vel. "some Demons will worship you.. Hadelies was their patron deity.. "
"Oh Jeez I hope not" I muttered.
"Some of this.. a lot of it.. actually, is going to be beyond your control Mira.. you're going to have to be ready for it." said Vel. "Gods have plenty of cults dedicated to them in this world.. and plenty of cults that stand against them.. the gods never started the cults, with the exception of Tharg, God of Storms... but the cults themselves claim their patron gods started them..."
"So.. what you're saying is..?"
"That our lives are about to become a whole lot more dangerous.." Melia finished for me.
"Wonderful.." I muttered. "Okay.. the steps.. see what you think.."
And I read the following.. the following which is here written just as you see it.
The Following are the Steps For Surviving waking up in another world, and joining a Knight Academy. All Gamers should take this into account:
Tip 1: TUTORIALS ARE LIES, Don't Trust Helpful Fairy Guides, they are not actually guides, and probably not Fairies. They are probably the final boss.
Tip 2: JOIN A PARTY, Don't go it alone, make friends whenever possible.
Tip 3: SECRETS SOLVE NOTHING, When Possible, Tell The Truth. Friends Can't help unless they know what ails you. Maybe coming from another world is unbelievable... but make them believe it.
Tip 4: NO CHARACTER CREATION CHOICES, If you're a guy who turned into a girl, get used to it, there's no going back. Learn to use a bra and deal with it.
Tip 5: RNG IS MEANINGLESS..don't depend on chance for farming. Work hard, and you can make it happen.
Tip 6: LEVEL UP, Learn to fight.. it doesn't matter if you have a Kaiju, or if you don't intend on joining a Knight Academy. If Freyalvia has her eyes on you.. learn to fight.. and learn fast.
Tip 7: RPG PLOT TWISTS EVERYWHERE, don't expect everything to be as you see it.. expect something to go wrong, and be prepared for it. There is no save file, you're not coming back if you mess up.
Tip 8: RACISM IS NOT SURVIVAL, Make friends with everyone.. elf, demon, human, lizard man, Cait Sith.. it doesn't matter.. they are all people, and they can all mean the difference between living and dying.
Tip 9: FOR KAIJU WIELDERS, Your Kaiju is your closest friend, you deepest partner, hold them tightly, and never let them go.
Tip 10: THE MOST IMPORTANT TIP OF ALL, .... This is not a game. There is no save file. There are real lives at stake. Realize that as soon as possible, and good luck.
I finished reading this to Vel, and she smiled at me.
"I think that's a good place to start." said Vel. "in any case... what do we do now?"
I scratched my chin. "Well, the Exams for Knight Errant Student are coming up right? Basically the same rank that Medi's got.. which allows us students to go on larger missions and travel out of the city with squads.. "
"You're thinking you can use that to start doing what you came to this Academy to do right?" said Vel.
"Find others like us.. help them against Freyalvia.." said Melia. "That was the plan.."
"Best way to make sure that happens right now is to pass that exam.." I said breezily, stretching my arms and yawning. "So... Vel.. er... help me study?"
Vel chuckled. "We got beat up by a Daemon.. you were almost wrecked psychologically, the entire world knows your name.. and you want to study..?"
I smiled. "What can I say? I'm not a slacker."
With that.. Vel helped me pull out a textbook from my bag, and together with our Kaiju, we began to study..
Just a pair of students working towards a goal..
If only I knew just how far those goals would take me in the end.
The End... for now..
And there we have it, the first book of Ultimate Gamer's Guide, my baby, which I've been working on world building for a long while, has finally finished. I intend to publish this book to Amazon after I gain a larger reader base for this book, but for now I will begin writing the second book, which journeys beyond the Knight Academy itself and begins . Until then.. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.. SPREAD THE WORD FAR AND WIDE!! Thank you SO much you readers for sticking by my story this far.. but I would love for more to find this.. so Vote, Comment, Spread the word!! I would be eternally grateful. And in the near future when this book is published on Amazon.. check it out! Leave a review!! I would love that so much! So again thank you..
This book isn't completely over yet, there's an epilogue coming soon that isn't told from Mira's point of view before I move on to book 2.
By the way, if you're new to my stories and love fan fictions, you can check out my fan fictions at my MisakaLovesYou profile, or my cowritten Ben 10 related stuff at Misaka_Omnitrix . Again, THANK you for sticking by Mira this far.