2 1.Awakening Dreams
Ashley was up in a jolt, he sighed as he thought, It was just a dream.
He dragged a hand down his face before he noticed something unusual, looking closely at his hands his hand was small and childlike.
A short loud scream tore from his throat, and in the next moment his brother was up and his mum charged into the room.
Both watched Ashley with concern momentarily before his brother rolled his eyes and scolded him, "Mate do you know what time it is? Go back to sleep!"
The next moment Ashley watches his mum give him a slap in the back of the head.
"Oi! Watch it Danny!" she scolded him before lightly turning to Ashley, her hand comfortably on his head running it through his hair, "are you okay baby, bad dream?"
Ashley, seeing the concern on her face slowly, lies back down and sighs, "No, I'm fine mum".
His mum continues to stroke his hair while watching him before slowly getting up, "alright go back to sleep okay."
Ashley watched her leave with a sigh as he looked up to the ceiling of a strange familiar yet unfamiliar room.
This is my room, but this was in the old house from almost 20 years ago, he looked at his brother in the room they shared in their early childhood.
His thought went back, before I was drinking in the pub, Arsenal had just lost the match, and I left the pub, was walking home and then…
Suddenly he heard the sound of a horn, and the vivid image of a truck flashed in his mind before he shuddered.
That's right I died, thinking of that chilled his heart.
But why am I back here? He thought hard before he was hit by a wave of fatigue, his eyes closed and he drifted off to sleep.
[System initializing..0%...75%...100%]
[System initializing- FA system Initiated]
[Hello User, I am the football system]
As he heard this Ashley's eyes shot open and he sharply inhaled at the absurd sight of the floating screen hovering in front of him.
"What?" he mouthed silently trying not to wake his brother again.
[I am the FA system my goal is to make you the God of football, you will be the star all players aspire to be]
As he read this Ashley began to grow excited, A system, this is a system like in the webnovels, with this won't i be a hack level player?
Suddenly his mind was on the thought of wearing a gunners uniform and picking up the premier league trophy.
He smiled happily and read the screen
[Name: Ashley Lawrence]
[Age: 8]
[Preferred foot: Right Only(LV :0.0%)]
[Position: Striker]
[Trait: N/A]
[Mental: 1]
[Ball skills: 1]
[Passing: 1]
[Pace: 1]
[Concentration: 1]
[Fitness: 1]
Seeing this he was confused wondering about the meaning behind the User classes title.
[User class title is an equipable title that affects the User's Stats, Playstyle and Position, an example being the Attacking Midfielder, this would give boost in attack and support stats, but will also give penalty on whether or not you can drive into open spaces]
Nodding silently he thought, so a class title helps me play a specific position, I suppose?
[+1 Mental, +1 Concentration, User gained mental and concentration because of his attention to detail]
[Tutorial beginning User please choose Position]
Seeing this he instantly chooses ST thinking of being an assassin like his idol Thierry Henry.
[Loading User Stats]
[Name: Ashley Lawrence]
[Age: 8]
[Preferred foot: Right Only (LV 1: 0.0%)]
[Position: Striker]
[Trait: N/A]
[Mental: 2]
[Ball skills: 1]
[Passing: 1]
[Pace: 2]
[Concentration: 2]
[Fitness: 1]
[User please note all attributes are between 1 and 20]
Seeing this he was confused and asked, "system why are some stats locked?"
[User has not yet qualified as a candidate yet once you become are a candidate then you will gain access to these stats]
Hearing this Ashley couldn't say much so he nodded then thought, fine once I level up and unlock this I want to see who can stop me.
--Begin tutorial--
Ashley closed his eyes and found himself in an empty stadium.
He wore a plain uniform and Studded football boots.
[welcome host to the system academy, once a month you can enter and train one aspect to improve your game, when you complete the drill you will be graded F-A rank and depending on how well you do, there will be an increase in your stats.]
Next what appeared was a message.
{Tutorial Mission}
{Control the Ball!}
{Mission 1: Keep It Up, don't let the ball bounce more than once (0/20)}
{Mission 2: Dribble to the finish line before time runs out (20 Sec)}
{Accept?}
{Y/N}
[Rewards]
[Complete Mission 1: +1 Ball Skills]
[Complete Mission 2:+1 Pace]
[User to be a true Football player you need to be able to control the ball, this is basic, you will be graded on your skill so once you complete it.]
After accepting the mission a football materialised dropping to the floor.
seeing this Ashley reacted quickly, using a soft touch to control the ball, each time he juggled he took care not he began to juggle it, finding it to be a bit more difficult than he expected.
However he manages to complete the first mission, as he juggles it neatly his coordination fine tuned.
After seeing the counter reach (19/20) he made sure the ball was launched in the air as he celebrated internally.
Yes, he thought, if its this easy I am going to advance in no time.
Suddenly he sees, that there has been a slight change, and notices an odd shadow, this was almost life like.
Next a new football appeared by his feet, The timer appeared and suddenly the system began a count down.
[Ready... Set... Go!]
As the alert said go Ashley kicked the ball forward, touching it forward and controling it with his laces before dashing after it, next to him the foreign shadow figure also ran and Ashley seemed to realise.
The Shadow, It must represent the timer, If I am slower than the Shadow I fail the second Mission.
This causes Ashley to haste, as he touches the ball forward with more force and raced with all his might, he realised his bodies limits as he ran and began to feel his lungs burn from his lack of fitness.
Finally he crossed the finish line, he made it just before the Shadow and checked the timer as it read (0.2 seconds).
{Tutorial Mission Complete}
{Mission 1 Complete: Reward [Ball skills +1]}
{Mission 2 Complete: Reward [Pace + 1]}
[Name: Ashley Lawrence]
[Age: 8]
[Preferred foot: Right Only Lv 1 (0.0%)]
[Position: Striker]
[Trait: N/A]
[Mental: 2]
[Ball skills: 2]
[Passing: 1]
[Pace: 2]
[Concentration: 2]
[Fitness: 1]
After seeing his updated Stats, Ashley wakes up only to find his body was hot and he was sweating as though he had been running.
[Please note host your excercises in the dream world effect your physical body so you may feel exhaustion as well]
Hearing this he thought, System shouldn't you have mentioned that before?
Slowly getting up he walks gently to the bathroom hoping to get a bit clean and prepare for the new day.
