Game Over

  I pedaled my bike home as fast as I could from GameStop with a black box the had big blocky letters that said VEO underneath my arm. I saw my house in sight and pulled into the driveway while stumbling over my bike. I burst through the door and ran past my brother and upstairs without saying a word. I shut my door behind me and pulled my phone out of my pocket to check with my friends. I turned on the screen and had six new text messages, letting me know that my friends were home and had he VEO way sooner than I did. Damn my mother not being able to pick me up after school. I tore into the box and pulled out the helmet. The cords tangled around the odd looking device. As I began rummaging through the box, looking through it's contents trying to locate the the hell the instructions were, buried under the plastic, and other useless and unnecessary papers, I heard my phone vibrating.

  I reached over and plucked it off my bed to answer it. It was my friend, Michael. I swiped the screen to the right and put the phone to my ear.

"Hey what's up?" I asked.

"Dude, where the hell are you? Everyone's waiting!" He exclaimed.

"Yeah, yeah! I know, I'm trying to get this shit sorted out, I mean seriously did they really need to put all of this shit in here?" I asked.

"Dude, it's 2018..." Michael replied.

"Exactly!" I sighed.

"Well, just deal with it and hurry up for fuck sake!" He shouted as he hung up.

  Well that's, one way to say, "goodbye", or, "see ya there". With a sigh, filled with content, I tossed my phone back onto the bed. After half-an-hour, I finally read the instructions and hooked and plugged in the headset in. I picked up my phone and texted everybody that I was about to hop on. I rolled out my tiny office chair and sat down while strapping the headgear on. I pushed the power button on both the console and my TV and waited. I pulled the goggles over my eyes and was finally transported into the game.

  A tiny menu opened up in front of me, which said, "Loading", and had a magic orb spinning underneath it. Finally the menu was enlarged and it brought up the character customization screen. There were two choices, "Pony", or, "Human". I wanted to see what I looked like as a Pony so I tapped on the choice.

  I saw it slowly form from code, to a full figure. Before me I saw a pale white Earth Pony with a brown curly mane and brown eyes.

Meh. I thought. I like myself just the way I am, so I'm gonna go with a human. I pressed cancel, then the Human choice. After a few seconds I saw myself in front of me. A tall, nice looking guy with short dark brown curly hair and dark brown eyes. Another menu popped up and asked me which class I wanted to be.

  Well, let's see, there was the Scout, which had Dual Flesh-Cutting Blades and the Three-Dimensional-Maneuver Gear, easiest person to get around with and fast moving. Hmm... maybe. Then the was the Reaper, equipped with a Scythe and Dark Magic, one of the strongest classes and can gain HP by consuming the souls of recent kills. Useful. Then there was the Paladin, who was equipped with the Combat Cross, as well as  Light Magic, which allowed me to regain health just by shanking the shit out of someone, and Shadow Magic, which allowed me to deal thirty percent more than my average damage. Yet another power house, sweet. Then there's the Angel, able to use any one-handed weapon and shield, with Holy Magic. Good against undead. Finally, the Hunter, equipped with two one-handed crossbows for medium ranged combat, and one two-handed crossbow for long range dominance, also used for evading as much damage as possible.

  As I pondered at my choices, I chose the Reaper, since I'm all up into that whole soul eating and kicking-ass-with-a-scythe shit. Once it was finished loading, a menu popped up saying, "Please input name". I grinned a bit as I typed in, 'ThunderCracker".

  Yet another menu popped up which said, "Thank you, please enjoy your new VEO. Have a nice day!"

  After that everything was up and running, as I spawned in the world of Equestria. I sighed as I took a deep breath, getting a whiff of that fresh air and marveling at how accurate they made the environment. Some players were Ponies, which meant they were granted the power of flight, or got a superior magic boost as well as the power of levitation.

"Oi! Cameron!"

  I looked to my left to see my friends standing there. I ran over to them and greeted them. They didn't have any armor, they just had a plain T-Shirt with some jeans and shoes. What was funny to me was that they each had a unique symbol for their class. Like Michael, he chose the Angel, so he had a pair of Angel wings on the top right of his shirt.

  His girlfriend, Mariesa, chose the hunter, or huntress. Huh, always imagined her being a huntress, because (not only is she sexy) she's agile as fuck. She had crossed arrows on the top right of her shirt.

  Jared chose the Paladin, suits him well. 'Cause he can be a dick sometimes, but he's always trying to help other people out. He had the combat cross on his shirt.

Then there was Ayden, who had chosen the Scout. He was also agile, and he was always climbing everywhere, plus he's always wanted to know what it's like to fly. He had the Scouting Legion symbol on the back of his cape. Lucky bastard, the Scout's were the only one's to get one.

  Then there was me. I chose the Reaper, and I already told you why. I had (which was badass by the way) a Pentagram on my shirt.

"So, what're we gonna do first? Get weapons then go kill shit and questing?" I asked.

"Uh yeah, what he said, but follow me, because there was a 'Port to Town' quest which allowed us to teleport back to the nearest town whenever we wanted." Michael said.

"Right, where's the weapon shop?" Ayden asked.

"Look on your mini-map moron." I replied with a chuckle.

  We all walked towards a weapon stand which had an ordinary Pony NPC standing in it. Once we were close enough, a menu came up with the different categories, like, "Armor, weapons, consumables", and all that good stuff. I selected the weapons choice and a list of scythes came up. They started you off with Ten thousand gold, enough to buy a weapon and some armor. I bought myself an ordinary Steel Scythe and a leather chest-plate. Unfortunately everybody and their mother had the same idea and trying to preserve money for the future.

"Alright, let's go get some XP and go questing." Michael said.

"Agreed." Everyone said in unison.

  Suddenly, there was a loud voice that even Jesus would jizz his pants over.

"Hello brave warriors, and welcome to Equestria!" Celestia exclaimed.

  Everyone turned towards the solar Princess and cheered. Me and my group all bowed, being truly respectful to the awesome Princess standing before us.

"Oh, come on now, there's no need for that." Celestia giggled and as she came over to us.

  Everyone felt like they were going to drop dead at that moment. "Are you prepared for your quest?" Celestia asked.

The group, including me, nodded.

"Good." She smiled then looked over to me. "Ah, a Reaper, you know, you are the only one whose chosen that class. So I'd use it's power wisely." She said leaning towards me.

I swear to god, she was six inches away from my face, but she didn't seem to look too happy.

"I-is there something wrong wi-with being a reaper?" I stammered.

"No, but they are very powerful, and such power could turn you corrupt. So don't go to crazy with it alright?" She asked with a smile as she leaned away.

  I nodded, returning the smile as she flew away back to the castle. Question, is it weird that I have a tad bit of blood coming from my nose? Maybe that's while she smiled; at my embarrassment. Welp... Day One was fun, let's just see what happens next time...