《New World, the battle between light and darkness》 Ch 1 Transport shock Luke was a typical 10 year old, full of ideas, too much chat and always late, This particular day he arrived at his school late as usual, he rushed through the gates and over the play yard. The sun was shining to mock his current state of worry at being late and the torrent of words of excuses running through his mind, sweating and red from the run, he took a deep breath, closing his eyes and held on to the front door bar of the school entrance and pulled. To his utter astonishment what he saw before him was grass, and what he had in his hand was a piece of wood. "What the piggin toothpicks am i seeing" he rubbed his eyes. Then he opened them again, only to see the same sight. As far as he could see there was grass and mountains everywhere. He turned around full 360 with his mouth open wide still unable to fathom what had happened. A cold chill ran through him, the air had quite a bite. The area he was stood in was half way up a mountain, he could see a narrow path that led from where he stood, meandering diagonally downwards, his view was obstructed by outcrops of rock so he could not see the path entirely. On looking at the path behind him, it led winding further up the mountain. The sun was blazing, he started to squint to avoid the sun shine, he turned to find some shade, he found some In an outcrop of rock further up the path, there he sat to ponder his predicament. Luke searched his pockets for anything he might have on him that he could eat, He found a single chiglet of chewing gum in the corner of his blazer pocket; wiping off the lint he chewed and pondered. He gazed lazily at the scene and thought to himself, "well this is better than being at school and having a detention for being late, I wonder will I be able to go back?, where am I ? who brought me here? Have they invented teleportation? What country am i in? am i even in England anymore ? The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement. As his thoughts started careening down on him, he started to shake in shock and panic. He sat shaking for an hour before he calmed enough to start into survival mode. The gears of his brain slowing to normal, forcing himself to breath normally and steady his fear to the back of his head. He then peeked out of his hiding place, shocked at the blazing sun once again. he mumbled to himself " i wish i had brought sunscreen" and with that a blue window appeared before his eyes. Astonished, he gaped at it, turning his head from side to side and the screen followed with his movements. "whaaaa what is this", he studied the screen, it said Luke Highwalker, age 12, level 1, Strength 1, endurance 1, Defence 1, all possible stats were set to 1, ooh and what is this bar at the bottom, it is a sliding bar with no number just an indicator. Currently the balance bar indicates that im in the middle, Grey, "what does that mean?" When he pressed it, a more detailed pop up appeared, the text read Soul balance, indicates the state of ones soul. "what! that is new, i have never seen a game screen with that on." I wonder if i can influence it here and now. He tried sit ups, head stands, jumping, sitting down in defeat he started thinking "how can i influence my own soul" Oh i know it is good thoughts, meditation maybe, bringing in good energy." with that he sat still thinking of above, thinking of good things of the beauty of the world he could see. when he finished the needle had moved a little towards the right. "Hmm, that seems to work". After a while his stomach started to complain, he had no food nor water, "i have little time to find safety" With that, he leaned over and picked up his staff, then stood and took his first steps forward in the new world. New World between light and dark [th_091_-1.gif] I have read many online books on RR and wanted to try myself. Ch 2 First Night Alone It was hard work going down the mountain, along the meandering path, fully cognisant of his surroundings and footing. After a few hours of walking his body was beginning to suffer, he was extremely thirsty and over heated. He had taken off his blazer hours ago, in order to have some relief. Now the sun was beginning to go down, and Luke had not reached the bottom of the mountain yet. "This path goes on and on forever, why can''t i reach the bottom? Am I making any progress at all?". The sun has started to go down, so I had better find shelter of some sort, but where ? he mumbled to himself. Luke looked for a suitable place to sleep for the night. He scanned the area, he noticed a tunnel in some rocks, not quite a cave, but an overhang surrounded by smaller rocks. He moved up to that area and studied it to find evidence of life, sure it was empty, he lay down, covered himself with his blazer. He rested i the red light of the setting sun, his body tired, hungry and parched. thoughts swirling with worries and wonder, fear and trepidation he had a fitful night trying to sleep. Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on. During the night, he had a visitor, he did not know whether it was real or a dream. This visitor was light, ethereal and beautiful. the being had no features as such, just man shaped light, the light gave Luke a feeling of peace. The visitor instructed Luke to crawl to the back of the sleep area and pull a hole in it, and he was to do this in the morning, with the promise of help and direction to safety. For the rest of the night, Luke slept peacefully, the lumpy floor no longer interfered with his comfort, his snoring was loud and echoed in the small space. The morning broke, he awoke with a feeling of peace. "why am i feeling to peaceful? was that dream real, did i really meet someone in my dreams ? should I do what he instructed? hmmm?". He decided to get up, he stood in the morning sunshine and took a deep breath, cool crisp air filled his lungs. "It is still kind of nippy, Brrrrr". Luke had made a decision, he would do as instructed. Ch 3 Light Servant He turned back to his sleeping space, he had made a decision,"I have no other lead in this world, so i will follow the only one i do have". He moved towards the sleeping space, and pushed against a rock further in, thinking to himself "i would never have pushed on any of the rocks or dug anywhere in this hole if i had nor been shown" The rock fell to the side like it was made of polystyrene. Luke thought " am i really strong or something, chuckle, nah". He pushed his body through the gap and went to the other side, he found that he was laying on a platform at the top of a long flight of stairs. "Wow, i never would have thought that there was another way to decend the mountain". The stairs seemed to be inside of the mountain, cut through the rock, "Quite the achievement i''d say". Luke began to take to the stairs, going down slowly but rhythmically until he eventually reached the bottom. There is another doorway, one intact and much bigger, there was light, bright light shining through the cracks in the door. Luke walked forward, he was stopped by an invisible veil, Luke bounced off and landed on the floor, making his uniform even more dirty. Appearing before him, Luke was surprised to see the light man of his dream last night. "its you" Luke said as he jumped to his feet and brushed his clothes off habitually "I must thank you, for the direction you gave me, in order to find these steps, it made decending the mountain a whole lot easier, Thank you again", Luke slightly nodded his head as thanks. The light man spoke "it is my pleasure, and the pleasure of my master, to help the one newly come to this earth of my masters making". Luke was shocked "What! Really!, your master made this world ?, what does he want from me ?" This novel''s true home is a different platform. Support the author by finding it there. The Light man, stood for a while in silence then spoke "it is my masters pleasure that you be his follower and be the recipient of many blessings. If you accept, you will be transformed into a being of light". Luke looked in awe and wondered "does this mean i would look like him, does this mean i would be able to go home, what does he mean by blessing, what is happening here?" The light man said "Let me start by introducing myself, I am a light servant and my name is Zac, alas my name is irrelevant as i am just a servant of the master and choose to forego my name and its use in identity. The master does use it sometimes though, which i find is most pleasing. Anyway, i am here to help you on your journey to transformation, once transformed, i will follow my masters wishes elsewhere. For now i am here for you, so ask what you will" Luke said first will i look like you after i have transformed, second what blessings do i get, third, what do i do here, fourth, can i go home?". The light servant, Zac pondered the questions and then said, "No, you will not look like me, you get many blessings, some powerful, others useful yet others just fun. What you do here is up to the master, he has a path for you to walk, all humans walk their paths, but most lead to darkness. The master is proposing that you accept him and his guidance in this world, and that you follow the path he has for you. Lastly i cannot say whether you can go home, that is up to the master, when you transform you can speak to him". Luke listened carefully, "So um, that balance bar at the bottom of the screen is that to show a persons alignment to dark or light?" The Light Servant Zac replied, " yes it is, and yours currently is not acceptable, which is why you must transform. You cannot walk the path of light with darkness in your soul. This is a choice you must make, i am here to help you in that process and choice". The Light Servant Zac, turned from Luke, and opened the large door behind him, he called to Luke to follow him out. Luke followed, what he saw was awe inspiring and his heart filled with joy. Ch 4 The Glade Luke stood stock still, like a dry sponge he drew in the scene before him, the glade that spread around him was full of trees, a shallow brook, muted light and warmth, it is neither hot nor cold. the grass around looked lush and green, thick enough to walk on, like a carpet giving bounce to his step. He moved quickly to the brook and drank deeply of the water. Standing, his thirst was quenched, he took off his shirt and tie and washed his face and upper body in the cool water. What a wonderful sensation after the sticky dirty grimy feeling he had been aware of prior to that. Now of course his stomach growled at him, feeling left out. Luke scanned the trees and was amazed to see that most of them carried fruit, apples pears, peaches and plums, and some other he did not know. He turned to the Light Servant Zac and said "Hey Zac, this place is wonderful, i wonder could i pick some fruit?". The Light Servant Zac appeared to be surprised by the use of his name, "Um err, yes of course, you can take any you wish, but do not take from the papa tree, which is over there". Zac pointed to the fruit tree that Luke remembered that he had never seen before, Luke said "oh that one, I was curious as to that fruit, as I have never seen a fruit like it". Zac replied forcefully which shocked Luke a bit "You must not take that fruit, do you understand this Luke?". Luke turned his head to face Zac quickly and shook his head in affirmation. saying "Yes , Yes of course". Luke turned to the apple tree and picked one, thinking to himself, "i seem to remember this story from somewhere, I had better learn from others mistakes". As Luke ate his apple, he walked towards Zac and sat down, "This is such a wonderful and peaceful place" Zac replied, "yes, the master made it for his pleasure, he walks in this garden and you shall meet him in due time. For now, sit enjoy eat and play, if you have any more questions, it would be my pleasure to answer them". Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site. Luke said I need to think, i need to rest I will call you if I need you to answer any questions that come to mind. Thank you again for your help and warnings, i will take heed of them. With that Luke was left apparently alone. Luke suddenly thought inventory, "Inventory!", up came his inventory screen. Luke was harranging himself for not having thought of it before. "wow why did i not consider this before", expecting it to be empty he looked and noticed he had starting kit for an adventurer, a knife, tinderbox, 20 wood, an axe, training sword, training shield, training armour made of leather and 5 gold. Luke pulled out his knife and a piece of wood. He closed the screen by saying "close" thought for a minute then started hacking at the wood with his knife. Hours had passed and he had a sort of shape, it was supposed to be a bird, he put much effort into making it, but it was lopsided and truly not a sight to see. He did not know what to do with it now, there were no bins so he opened his inventory once again and put it inside, removing another piece of wood to try again. By sundown, he was very tired and his attempts at carving had caused only one screen to pop up saying it was a very poorly made bird. The experience he got from his badly finished piece was only 2 points. "After all those hours, this is not going to be as much fun as I thought". Luke decided to go to sleep, but before that he wanted to speak to Zac, he called him and he dutifully appeared. Zac asked, "what is it that you want Luke", Luke turned and said, "I only wanted to say thank you again and that I was now going to sleep, so goodnight". Zac responded with "goodnight Luke". Ch 5 Perfection Bird song and running water was heard as he awoke, the light fell gently on his face. The exotic aura of unimaginable peace was hanging in the air around him. He looked to see if there was anything different, but he could not see anything. He stood to pick some fruit, and chose 4 pieces. "All the fruit tastes exquisite here all have sweetness and lots of juices. Quite the breakfast and thanked the master in his heart for the wonders that were around him. He felt quite thankful this morning and grateful for the luxury that he had been bestowed upon him. That he was allowed to share in the very garden that the master and creator of this whole world relaxed in. Wonderful. After breakfast, he sat in the same place as before, but noticed that all the wood shavings had been taken away, whilst he slept. Curious, does that mean that he should tidy his mess. Perhaps he could use it for tinder. Luke set about carving again, he looked at a bird that just sat on a low branch across the brook, the bird sat in the sun looking beautiful, the bird also sat still as if for him to carve. So luke started to carve the image of the bird and found that this day, the wood seemed softer and he was able to keep balance. After 3 hours, he took an objective look at his own progress, and to his amazement the carving looked like the bird across the brook, it was missing a few details but the shape and stance, balance, really looked like it. "Wow, i really did it, and with that the blue screen came up and notified him that the bird carving was adequate to earn him a full 10 experience" Luke thought to himself "Wow, so i went from 2 points to 10 points of ability over night ?, that seems to be strange, perhaps there is something in the water, yeah that''s it". Luke called out for Zac to come so that he could ask him if he knew why his carving ability had increased so. Zac promptly arrived, Luke immediately noticed that there was more definition in Zac''s face, he could now see a nose and a mouth, Luke of course mentioned this straight away, Zac replied in his usual calm manner, "Luke as you have drank, eaten, and slept in this most peaceful place, the light of the master is infiltrating your soul. In a little while the light you have received will be enough that you can communicate with the master, but until then you must contemplate whether you want to accept the masters offer that we spoke of before". Luke looked pensive, he refrained from replying for a while. Zac just stood there waiting patiently for Luke to speak, or not. Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more. Luke had been pondering the offer he was given, it seemed to benefit him more than it benefited the master, but there would be a cost, that much he was sure of. He knew that he had to be willing to follow the path of the master. "I wonder, does that involve sitting down contemplating my navel all day and night, TBH that sounds very boring, I would have to say, i know my navel pretty well. For now I will carve". Vague thoughts of projection swept through his mind, one minute he imagined sitting on a cloud contemplating his navel, the next of sitting in this glade for the rest of his life. Although the glade is lovely, it is not ripe with incident and he knew himself that he would grow restless for change and adventure the longer he stayed there. He righted his thoughts, it was not the call of danger, but of meeting and relating to people that would draw him out of the glade. He came to a decision, his heart was yearning for the peace of this place and did not want to lose it. He decided that he would accept the offer of the master what ever that entailed. 100% IN ! He nodded to himself, out of the corner of his eye, he saw movement, the light moved toward him and covered him from head to toe in light. Wow this is the master, the power that exuded from him was immense. Luke bathed in the light for a few moments then it was gone, he fell into a sleep. Ch 6 Master of creation Whilst sleep had taken him, enforced due to the amount of light surrounding him. Luke dreamed and in his dream he met personally with the Master, the master told him "Due to your acceptance of this path to follow my ways, i will bestow on you gifts to take on your journey. I will be hidden in your heart and you will be able to hear my voice, as a dear close much loved friend. Luke you must prepare to leave my glade, carve a horse and say the words i give you, "come to life white horse" , then proceed to fill your inventory box with many many fruit for your journey. Walk well Luke, I will be with you. I awoke with a start, testing "um h hello, master are you there", instantly the masters voice came from my heart asking "yes Luke, what is it that you need to know"? Luke replied, "Well I was just testing to see if my mind was tricking me or not, i had to check that you were really speaking to me from my heart". The master chuckled hearing Luke''s words. the master continued speaking and said "you must begin to prepare to leave the glade, to step on to the path that i show you". Luke nodded and said "yes, yes, I will do it now". The story has been taken without consent; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. He scrambled to his feet, remembering the words of Zac, "Oh Zac ! Zac are you still here?". Zac came forward and he could see his whole face now, every detail, "I would just like to give you my thanks once again and for your pleasant company to this hour". Zac replied, "It was my pleasure, and walk well Luke, walk with the master with your whole heart". With that Zac left the glade on the masters business. Luke noticed something as he was carving the horse, "My hands are aglow, what does that mean master?". Master responded "It is your transformation, it is the light that is still outside of your soul, due to your soul not being able to store it, the light if you like is unable to get in yet". Luke was curious of this, "does the light fade from my soul to allow the extra entrance"? is my soul so full of holes that it leaks out ?". The master clarified the situation, "You are not yet perfect in your own soul, but you are perfect in me. You have much to learn, say and do on this journey, walk on my path and you will walk well". Ch 7 New path to walk Finishing the Horse, he spoke the words he was given "come to life white horse". Amazed at what he saw, the horse moved and neighed and lay in the sun, basking in the goodness of the light that surrounded it. The little horse grew in size. Full of wonder and awe at this ability that he had been given, he spoke his thanks to the master in his heart. He jumped up and started to pick fruit, tonnes of it, this would last him years, he pick all type of fruit except for the one forbidden him. He did look though, and it was enticing, he realised the draw of forbidden things, and squashed it in his heart. Turning back to the horse he saw it was full size, its mane was long and white as snow matching the body of white. He was exquisite and powerful looking very tall. Luke wondered how he was going to get up on top, maybe he would need steps. So he asked the master if it were alright for him to carve some more things and increase their size. The master replied "you are at liberty to create any things that you need, and bring to life any animal that you want". Luke gave his thanks and proceeded to carve the steps, he was quicker than ever, able to carve the steps within minutes. He spoke so the steps "steps enlarge so that i can climb onto my horse" The steps enlarged to the correct size. The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. He mounted the horse by using the steps, he touched them and said "in inventory", the steps obediantly dissappeared as spoken. He looked around at the glade for the last time, and clicked his tongue for the horse to go, then left the glad through the trees. The trees seemed to open up a path for him to move through, thus it would keep the glade from prying eyes. Ch 8 Helping old hands His course through the woodland seemed endless, noises of animal life all around. He heard the howls of wolves far off and nervously asked the master, "Master, what happens when I am attacked by wolves, what should be done". The master had laughter in his voice when he spoke, he said " you are quite safe my lad, you have some pretty major skills, would you care to look". Luke said, "were they given by you at the transformation, because I am very sure that my stats were all set to only level 1 and had no skills before when i looked". Luke said "stat screen", when the screen emerged, he was flabbergasted, all of them and i mean all of them were set to MAX, he scrolled the screen to abilities, then it showed, creation of life, resurection of life, infinite inventory, ultimate Free arrow, Marksman, resist darkness 100%, Ultimate adamantite skin, defence barrier 100%, teleportation distance 1 - 50 KM, musician, transmit light and multiplication. "Wow you were not kidding when you said, there would be benefits from following on your path". The master said "I did promise you benefits, you have them, let us enjoy the ride before the fun starts" An hour or so later the trees started to thin out, and Luke could see in the distance the path they needed to follow that would take them on the journey of life, hoped he would walk well, as Zac would say. They camped on the side of said path that night, after turning right towards the setting sun. Master spoke to Luke as he was settling the horse, wiping him down with some grass. "Luke, your first trial on the road is approaching", in the distance Luke could see an old woman moving along the path in a hobbling manner. She looked like she needed help. Luke ran to the woman and spoke to her "old woman, what are you doing so far from home, and on you own", she said Ah! sonny, i have nothing for you, go on your way". Luke implored, "No, come to my fire and I will give you some fruit to eat and a safe place to lay". Hope grew on the old woman''s face, "yes i will come, my feet are aching and i need some rest". Luke led the woman to the camp where she sat, Luke provided her with food, which she was most grateful for. He sat and carved while he listened to the old woman''s story. This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. "My family has thrown me out of my own house, I have not a penny to my name, nothing to sell. My family who are back at my house have little food left have cut me off for fear it would run out. I have not one piece of hope left". Luke spoke the words that the master fed him to say, "Ruth,I have been longing for this day for 70 years". The look of shock on the woman''s face when Luke spoke such words, she demanded an explanation. Luke said, "I have become a follower of the master creator of this world, it is he who travels with me and gives me the words to speak to you, they are his words, directly from him". Ruth replies " ah so that is how you know my name" Luke, "I know everything about you, how you promised your heart and life to me, while you were a small girl, I never forgot that, and yearned for the day when you would come to the end of your self to then come and remind you of your promise. I long for what we once had, will you give the rest of your life to me?". Ruth, pondered in her heart the words she heard and replied "I am ashamed that I lived as though you were not, focused on things unimportant, gave my love to those that in the end did not care for it , and ashamed that i yearned for the life i once had, to reunite with my family again, but I would give it all away for you now, for the promise you and I made, that day so long ago". With that the old woman''s whole body lit with the light of the creator and she was transformed. Luke thought to himself that this sight was truly wonderful and longed to see it again, he watched life and strength appear in Ruth''s eyes, determination to right wrongs. From that moment, the creator spoke to Ruth from within her own heart, he must have advised her on what to do for her family and showed her a gift he had more than likely given to her. They all went to sleep