Reality Quest Chapter 1 Novels & Stories

“ Migo came having shreds of limbs scattered on his clothes. He is in a mess… just what happened up there while I was here? No, that can't be compared to what I realized… it is making me crazy. Tell me I am just dreaming. I am just dreaming and none of these things are true. I am just having this surely realistic dream which is made up in my mind. Everything will be alright since I open my eyes again. I can continue my life as a shut-in person who just plays on his computer. Yeah… right, that is how it should be. So why is there a popping image in my view!? [Congratulations. You successfully completed the quest of getting through this event. Here is your reward]

The ground beneath us began to glow with a soft and pulsing white light, and the silver threads in the air began to vibrate with a melodic intensity. ​The drone circling above us suddenly dipped, its camera lens turning a brilliant and iridescent silver as it caught the first wave of our broadcast. Across the world, in living rooms and command centers, the screens began to flicker. The grey static was replaced by the image of a woman in a lab coat standing in a glowing quad, her eyes silver and her hands held by her sons. ​"The 161st chapter is not about silence," I whispered into the resonance, knowing the world was finally listening. "It is about the truth that lives in the marrow."

POV DARLENE The Tenth Layer of Entropy was not a descent, but a Suspension. As we climbed the jagged runway of the Sovereign Slate, the world of biological nerves and rusted mirrors didn't just fade; it was Un-Rendered. We emerged into a cathedral of white-noise, a gargantuan space where the walls were made of falling sand—each grain a microscopic bit of data from the Zero Cycle. This was the Chamber of the First Day, the place where the High Council of the West kept the "Body" of the very first experiment: the moment the sun first met the moon and reality was born from the collision.

"My name is Elara Favour. And I am the 'Master Key' you lost. I am the signal you can't jam. And we are coming for your reservoir." Outside, across the campus, the lights in the hostels began to flicker and change from red back to a steady, calm white. The 'Priming Phase' was breaking. Julian slumped against the desk, his hand finding mine amidst the wires and the glass. He was bleeding from a cut on his forehead, but he was smiling. "Fifty chapters," he whispered, his thumb brushing my palm. "And we’re just getting started."

"Wait, I have so many questions! I'm once again alone in the darkness. "Let me go home!" Someone or something must have taken pity on me, as I find myself back in Melinda's living room, still on my knees with my face buried in my hands. The fire has gone out in more ways than one. "Did you find what you were looking for, my friend?" I'm still working on becoming better at speaking. In my hand, I see the stone Lauren gave me. Without really thinking about it, I put it in my pocket. "I don't know. Can the quest give false or half-truth visions?"

How had he never noticed her flawless skin before this? Benjamin rose to his feet instinctively and stepped forward, closing the distance between them. The faint scent of alcohol lingering on him seemed to waft through the air. "Cheryl, why haven't I realized how wicked you actually are? I'm beginning to suspect I never got to know the real you."

"I brought her here because she is the one person who can tell you the truth." My mother began shaking her head. "Don't." The crowned woman smiled. "Tell her." I looked at my mother. "Tell me what?" She closed her eyes. Then, with tears running down her face, she whispered, "I was never your mother." My entire body went cold. The woman on the throne smiled. "Now you are ready to learn who your real mother is." END OF CHAPTER 111

Emma: I awake with a splitting headache. I look towards the clock and its 4am again. I turn and see Lei passed out on the bed. That dream was a complete change from the usual. Am I reading too much fantasy? On my way to the gym, I keep glancing at the forest, the feeling of being watched is still remnant from my nightmare. When I come across the gym doors closed and a feeling of deja vu settles across me and I try to remember but for the life of me, I have always come across this gym open at this time. Oh what the hell, I might as well go for a run then.

It was my new reality. Finally done dolling myself up, I strutted out of the room, a warrior queen prepared to conquer. And wouldn't you know it, fate, had delivered my target right in front of me. I had imagined it in my head. I just didn't know that it'd turn into a reality. Sergio stood by the door looking homeless. He had dark circles under his eyes. It seemed he couldn't get any sleep last night. Served him right! I was only getting started with him.

"Huh? How did you know that?" "Instinct," he replied casually. #to be continued in Chapter 21.2 - Bloody Grail