Surprise

This is where the story really kicks of

Chapter two
The surprise

The event is already in full swing when i get there . There is hundreds of people walking around smiling buying cool new things like figures and posters of their favorite game ( still mostly mages:lost power) dressed in cosplay and such. I walk around exploring the convention area for awhile waiting until the tournament officially starts .Its is like any convention/ tournament like comic or wondercon just much smaller. I grab a hot dog from one of the concession stands and check my phone for the time it's 9 minutes until the tournament starts. I also see that i have a text message from mickey

“ Hey,where are u im at the tourney stage apparently they are doing the special surprise before the tournament so get down here NOW”

After reading this i freak and sprint to the tournament area taking some wrong turns along the way by time i make it the other three semi-finalist are going backstage. For the first time since i got there i am recognized,in a big way everyone is looking and cheering i give little bow just for the fun of it and when i rise from it i see micky pushing through the crowd making his way to me.
“'Hey come on hurry You are already late don't want to miss whatever the hack you're getting” And with that we are pushing through the crowd we are there in what felt like 15 minutes but according to my watch it was only two.mickey pushes me back stage and just says “good luck bro”and gives me a thumbs up.

Backstage is dark pitch dark yet warm but not in the why of a heter but more i like a campfire which completely weirded me out.after i walk aimlessly for a while some guy with a headset and a all black shirt comes and and leads me to very very backstage so deep i start to wonder how there is this much backstage “you're very late” the guy in the black shirt says over and over again he's tall with blond brownish hair ,he looks like he is only a few years older than me

“I know sorry about that it kinda came out of nowhere” the area around me starts to get bright with neon lights all around me is a rainbow of colors i know that we are getting close

“Dont worry its not your fault they really need to have these things planed more ,then again i guess you really can't plan these things to a t” I have no clue at all what he is talking about so i just keep quite after a while the neon light change from a rainbow of all colors to a rainbow of Different shades of blue.

We reach a door that is covered in blue neon light but the weird part was that there was no bulb or tube Just light like fog it was all just,there. In my amazement all i could say was “whoa” at this the stage guy smiled

“Right through here please” The stage guys said while gesturing to door “Everyone else is already in there waiting”with that he gave me one last smile then turned and walked away. I opened the door door and was greeted by shock because mickey was already there waiting.

“MICKEY! What the hell are u doing here your a*s lost like three matches ago” I'm half whispering half shouting for some reason that i don't even understand i guess, just to be polite.

“They said i was so good that i got to see whatever it is there showing. Plus apparently the guy who bet me was cheating the whole time.”it was obvious that mickey was taking a lot of joy out of this.

“HA, I still racted him right after” saying this just to be funny ...and because it's true

“Yea,Yea but that because you don't have evan a slightest bit of a life so you can afford to spend all your time playing this game” And off the everyday battle of wits /roast is on but this time i want a swift win and to collect my prize

“Says the guy who has had a girlfriend in what 2 years” This simple collection of words should do it

It looks like mickey might of said something but he is stopped when all of the neon lights turn off . Some turn back on but only around one person who is wereing a tux ,giving the rest of us a sort of ominous glow, that seems to not fit him. I don't mean that it's the wrong size but that wearing a tux at all just does not fit him. He is average height maybe a bit above but nothing too notable.he has a hint of a beard that isn't exactly peach fuzz but is very very far from real beard. He has light brown hair that is mostly covered by a fedora which oddly fits him even though the tux does not.

“ Hello everyone to something that will without a doubt blow your mind in for some change their lives”

I take in my surroundings for the first time since I stepped in the room it is much like the hallway leading to it with neon lights everywhere. The neon Mist thing is also back, but this time I just chalked it up to be smoke from some sort of machine and the neon light is just reflecting off of it. But there is a little voice in the back of my head that says “you know that's not it”

There are 7 people in total, and I recognize the other three semi-finalists. Two girls and one guy the two girls are twins and they are who everyone thinks is going to win ,they're crazy good. The tux guy is talking again but something dawned on me for the first time way after when it should of so i turn to mickey.

“ Mikey how the hell did you get here before me” from his expression it seems that he hasn't thought about this either.

“I...I don't know I was led down the same way I pushed you into” he looked dumbfounded which is exactly how I felt I was going to question further when the tux guys cleared his throat

“ Hey guys can you listen yeah thanks, Anyways as I was saying my name is Maxwell cloton call me Max and i'm the host of this whole tournament and especial this amazing little thing here”at this one of the twins spoke up

“Yea so what exactly is this,like why are we here” I have to admit though all of the weirdness i was still wondering that myself

“It's a test”is all maxwell says

“A test of for what a new game a new feature, DLC what.” This time it's the other twin speaking up

“Your’ll see”man this guy does not like long sentence… Or giving the full story.

Max lead us further down the room as he walk the lights turned on around him ,the neon smoke followed him to, it is getting harder and harder to convince myself that it is just a optical illusion.

“Quick question” Maxwell said cutting my thoughts short “What is the color of the glow in the room to everyone”this did not just take me by surprise but judging by everyone's expression it took them by surprise too

“What the hell are u talking about man it's red” this terrifying comment was brought to you by the other guy semi finalists. How in the hell did he think that it was red if you color-blind am I colorblind, are we all just crazy

“HA shut up it's obviously turquoise why are u trying to mess with us” this was one of the twins .okay so it's official we were all drugged on our way here

Then micky spoke up “ guys it's maroon ,or... is it what color is it supposed to be”

“That is a choice for forces out of my control”max said giving a sly smile”and what about u”he said this looking at me”i know that the twins well share a color but what do u see”

I starter for a little bit then I cleared my throat and answered cool and confident with my Cheshire smile “ well it's obviously an assortment of shades of blue or at least I obviously see that but the real question is what color do you see”

Max smiles”oh dark red like this suits buttons”by this point we are at the end of the long room which turn out to be an observer's deck for an large white cube that it lit by white fluorescent lights with small little edged symbols all around accompanied by small cameras or really camera like machines.

“ so who would like to go first”maxwell said looking very pleased for some unknown reason “ how about you”once again he is pointing to me

“I...I don't know what I'm supposed to do”why does this guy like picking all the time

“You will once you get down there and if you don't well then I can be very very funny” oh great mockery whatever i'm going to do this just to spit him and to see whatever it is.

“Fine I'll go” i say already half why down the step to the cube

“Thanks man means a lot ,hopefully I won't have any reason to make fun of you ,but if I do well then you just going to have to forgive me as this is my tournament”

I'm down in the cube and still have no clue what to do i look up at the glass that separates the cube and the observers deck where i was moments ago. I see max the tux man make a gesture and wounder if he is already making a joke of me ,this thought makes me want to go up there a punch the smog right off his face.Then before i can do anything all the lights turn the shades of blue from before and the neon mist fills the room. Just like that i know what to do like it was always in me just trying to crawl out.i put on my headphones and music starts playing before i turn it on. Its some of my favorite songs.without thinking like a robotic function i put both my hand out leaving my arms still bent and then to my astonishment symbols similar to the ones on the walls appear inside of a circle around with my hands I turn my hands a little and they turn with me. The mist has engulfed me I am surrounded by everywhere I look blue neon what wonderful assortment of shades of the ocean. I know it is as if it was just normal and I was noticing a fly landed on my shoulder I noticed that I am floating levitating off the ground 10 feet . I spread my hand so they are as far as it can be for my body from on either side of me, as I do this the cube and the Mist disappears and I am left with in an image slightly hazy but 3D as if I was in virtual reality I'm still levitating but around me is lush green grass and in the distance the city but not one of current times something a fantasy with a grand castle in the center. Everything but this is gone it is just me and this fantasy world, did I create this or was i transported here no I wasn't trying to but I definitely created this I can feel it but how. As I think this I take into my surroundings a bit more up above creatures are flying but not Birds not exactly something much bigger Griffins Maybe that would suit the whole fantasy thing that's going on right now. I'm only able to take in my surroundings a bit longer because as I'm looking it's all Fading the feeling that I got the feeling of concentration and Clarity is fading as well before it all goes i see something in the distance human at least I think it's human it's cloaked a hood over its head but I can see glowing blue glowing eyes and for some reason that i simple can't explain I know it is me I know that figure that mirror my levitation is me or at least some form of me. Then it's gone and I'm back on the ground with a thud wondering if what I saw was a real nice drug trip.

I make my way back up the stairs that I came down why does it feel like a century since I came down the stairs when I reach the top and look at everyone else they look at me with astonishment and Maxwell just smiles I giddy a smile.

“What was that” Everyone says at the same time even me but not max max knows what it was

“Oh you well all see once it is your turn after that I’ll explain” great i can't wait because I need answers. I also realize me music is off again so i take off my headphones

The others go and all have equally astonishingly experiences just in different ways the twins made a whole Garden appear out of nothingness but not a normal Garden flowers glowing Aurora of whatever color the strongest though turquoise was always the strongest. The other semi-finalists shot an array of red balls of pure energy out of thin air. And Mikey emanated maroon lightning that covered the volume of the cube. By this point everyone wanted answers

“You are all part of the world that is much more powerful then the one that you know, ha definitely more interesting that's for sure”maxwell said smiling it seems that he wants to give the full story now. “ and I am giving you the opportunity to learn how to use this power that you have now had a taste of unless you would like to let the potential go to waste until it is nothing but if that's what you wanna do with your life by all means I won't stop you. But if you want something more amazing than the simple life then there's the school for you”

“ So what you are going to take us to some magical school like Hogwarts and you're saying we are what Wizards.” it took me a little while to realize that I was the one who said this

“ No you are not Wizards your Mages and not Hogwarts the school we're taking you to an entirely different dimension altogether Wizards are a lot less fun than we are”

“ How do we know what is what you are saying is even true.”mr. I shot fireballs.com is who spoke up this time

Maxwell gave him a look that said you need more proof fine and with a simple gesture a rip in space appeared and through it I could see a giant floating island topped with a structure like I've never seen before something like half of a castle half of a school with a hint of Greek archaeology or maybe Roman I could not tell” Does this suffice”

Fireball.com just nodded with his jaw hanging “Well then are u just going to stand there with your mouth open are you going to take a leap and start your new life” No one needed any more persuading we all jumped in the rip in space and that is where my new life begins