Chapter 1
“Armor?"
“Check”
“Weapons?”
“Check”
“Potions and Spells?”
“Check”
“That’s the last of it. We’re all set to go!” My best-friend, Arthur, said excitedly.
“I can’t wait! Can you believe this it’s our first official Moondoor LARPing quest?” I asked trying not to jump up and down. Art was zipping up the last of our stuff as I was running around grabbing more things and shoving them into my bag.
“Girl, you look so good in your costume. I only wish I could be grabbing guys attention like that,” He said swooning as he thought of all of the knights that would be there.
“You can have ‘em all, I’ve got my eyes set on the Queen,” I said thinking about her bright red hair. We had met at a Comic-Con before and we played together a lot after that. She was the reason we were even able to come. However, she didn’t know about the ginormous crush I had on her.
“Oh yes, your unhealthy obsession with our Queen of Moons. But hey we wouldn’t be able to go if you didn’t craze over her,” he said shaking his head. He was convinced that I was nuts because of my crush. I may or may not have passed out at that Comic-Con; she was just so pretty.
“Shut up or I’m not taking you to the Battle of the Kingdoms,” I said quickly with a smirk.
“Okay I’ll be quiet. But only for you my demigod,” He replied in a mocking tone.
“Don’t make me hurt you Forthar the Elf, and call me by my name will you?” I asked as we were beginning to go full geek mode.
“I’m so sorry Mariwood, will you forgive me?” sarcasm dripping from his words.
“I suppose. Okay but for real let’s go I want to be there early so that we can make sure we meet Carrie on time,” I said jumping up and grabbing as much as I could. I ended up grabbing more than I could actually carry and Art had to grab all of the things I was dropping.
We had been on the road for about an hour with only 30 minutes left when we decided to stop for gas and snacks. While grabbing as many Red Bulls and Monsters as I could I noticed a weird guy murmuring to himself in the corner. As I got closer to him while trying to grab the gummy worms I promised Carrie, I noticed a large book that looked like a spell book. I was going to ask him about it but he had on an Orc’s shirt and they were our rivals.
I paid for our things and ran outside to tell Art who I had just seen. We were on our way again and I had completely forgotten about the weird man and his book as I started thinking about the Queen of Moons again.