Old note said I hate this chapter, so I really won't read it, but I remember hating it so.

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I first saw Maddy around two years ago in the school commons, I remember taking an interest in her, not that I ever did anything about it. The only class I have had with her is physics which we are both currently in. Two months ago I confessed my attraction to her but we remained friends. After the release of Second World we both got the game, and I wasn't expecting to meet her until much later but we happened to run into each other.

Her hair is pulled back into a bun, the wind causes wisps of her brown hair to dance around her hairline. She is wearing leather armor with a cloak over her shoulders, the hooded black cloak covers most of her body. She smiles at me as I make my way towards her. Her blue eyes seem to look into my very being.

I feel calm now, more calm than I have felt in the game so far. This calm is contradictory though, while I feel calm I also feel slightly tense.

I wish to give Maddy a hug but decide not to as I value my life and don't want to force it on her.

"So you are the one helping the towns people?" I ask Maddy though there is only one answer.

"Yeah, I started here and they taught me different survival skills, so I decided to help a bit."

"That's cool, mind if I help too?" I offer Maddy my assistance.

"Sure go ahead."

I stand next to Maddy not knowing what to do and watch as she begins to set up some sort of trap for the bandits.

"Ah, do you need anything dug? I can cut out the time it takes to dig any holes or pile any dirt." I offer one of my few services.

Maddy points out a few places that need pits, so I send Ceres to go dig them.

"What time will the bandits be here?"

"They usually come once a week, they should be here tomorrow. We are setting the trap in advance so we don't run out of time."

"I see."

I continue following Maddy around making small talk occasionally. I get worried that I'm bothering her so I go back to Malek and tell him what is going on, then I bring him over and introduce them to one another.

"This is Malek, he's the one who I told you about at school." I gesture towards Malek.

"Oh the creepy one." Maddy nods in understanding, though a little blunt she does remember what I said about him.

"Haha- I can't really deny it." Malek nods awkwardly as I introduce Maddy to him.

"This is my friend, she goes by Raven in the game."

"Oh, she's the one who has been helping the town?"

I nod towards Malek to answer his question.

As the sun begins to set we build camp and prepare for a battle tomorrow.

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Once the sun came back up I greeted Malek and Maddy and we began waiting for the bandits. During the wait I got bored of reading and started playing with Maddy's hand.

The sound of people travelling through the forest broke the slightly tense atmosphere, everyone moved to their stations. The bandits began entering the clearing, after they had all begun travelling to the other side the towns people popped up from behind shrubbery and began firing projectiles at the bandits. Attempting to respond the bandits began charging towards the towns people, but fell into the pitfall traps Ceres dug.

Maddy used throwing knives to attack the group of bandits.

After the initial surprise the bandits attempted to retreat back out of the clearing, to intercept them I used [Nature Manipulation] to cut off their escape.

The remaining bandits placed their weapons on the ground and raised their arm, the towns people spared them and bound them. I restored the pits and we bound the surviving bandits who fell down.

The battle was over before it had begun due to the traps and surprise. The towns people, Maddy, Malek and I returned to the town with the bandits in tow.

After returning to the town Maddy turned in her quest to the Town head, I waited for her in the tavern with Malek.

"Ugghhh that was hardly any fun, using traps is boring. At least none of the towns people were harmed."

"I think that was an effective use of your current abilities." Malek attempts to cheer me up a bit but it doesn't work.

After thirty minutes of chatting with Malek Maddy finally walks into the tavern.

"Hello Maddy!" I call out to her to get her attention.

"Hello." She sits at the table and we begin to discuss future plans.

"Would you like to travel together? Malek is taking me to some sort of forest, and we might find some other adventures on the way."

"Sure that sounds good, when will we go?"

"Well we can start after school tomorrow, is that good?"

"Yeah that's fine. Well I'm going to log off, talk to you tomorrow." Maddy says goodbye as she prepares to leave.

"Seeya tomorrow!"

We both log off and I eat before browsing the web.