Prologue/ How it Happened
Chapter 1/ Prologue/ How it happened
Hi, my name is Jason Gold. I have been working at my job for seven years now. I am the tech guy for a accounting office. There is nothing special at all about me, I work, get yelled at, talk with accountants, get yelled at some more, then I go home. I live in a small apartment building, across from the office. After work I don’t have much of a life. I have some friends, but I rarely see them. They all have large houses, are successful, have a wife, kids, the whole nine yards. Me, well… I have a laptop (supplied by my company), a bed and a large understanding of computer coding. You may be wondering what accounting has to do with computer skills. Well, not much, and that's why I make so little. I don’t work, unless someone has computer problems, or they just want a cup of coffee. So, now that you know a little bit about me, let's get started with the story.
It was a normal day for me, I wake up, attend to personal needs, and walk to work. At work nothing happened, except when the flash drive of my boss failed. I fixed it and explained to him that he need to be more careful, he laughed, turned his back, and walked out. In the time when I'm not needed, I code. It's just what I do, I have to pass the time somehow. So, I write all sorts of programs, solve problems, and sometimes mess with the others in the office. Around noon, I take a lunch break, then at 12:30 I get back to work. This time I didn’t want to do what I usually do though, so I went on the internet. It is monitored, but I don’t need to worry because I'm the one who monitors it. I only go onto the internet to do three things, check my email, go to EQD to get my pony fix (yes, I am one of those bronies), and go to YouTube to watch My Little Pony; Friendship is Magic. This time I was so bored, I started just searching things. First I searched for job openings in my area, there were none. So, I went back to pony stuff, I wasn’t sure what to do, Season three hadn't yet started, and I had watched every episode multiple times. I started thinking about other websites that were pony related, I came up with a blank, I had never looked at any other sites. I figured the best place to start would be Equistria.com, simple, and the land of all ponies. The website was just another link site by a host site. I thought maybe I could make that website, I bought the domain name, and got to work. I checked the clock, 1:20 I still had over four hours until I could go home. I started coding, first with HTML, then CSS, then PHP and finally JavaScript. Man if only I could find a job like this, I would make a killing. I had made other websites before, but sold them to pay for bills. It was done. I checked the clock once more, 2:45, I had made nice time. I was just about to click the submit button, when someone walked in. I quickly switched to the IP monitor tab, to make it look like I was working. The person behind me sighed, then asked if I would like something, I said I was fine. Whoever it was walked out closing the door behind them. I went back to my website, clicked the submit and immediately felt dizzy, I tried to stand up, I couldn't. I felt suddenly sleepy, and fell face first into my keyboard. I woke up to somebody shaking me, I could still feel the keys on my face, indicating that I was still on my keyboard. I pulled my head up suddenly, hitting someone else's head, I blacked out, the last thing I remembered was a scream of pain presumably from whoever was shaking me from behind.