The Beginning?
[Ping!]
[You have entered the game!]
[You have experienced selective amnesia. All memories of friends and family have been removed. Memories of life altered, necessary memories kept back.]
[Please remain calm as the experience can be quite disorienting, your memories will come back as soon as you clear the game.]
[Motor skills have also been retained.]
[Please create your character profile!]
I blinked.
Or at least I thought I blinked but I can't feel anything, my body was feeling numb as if going through a transition. My head buzzed trying to remember anything but nothing came up, all my memories were blank.
'What in the world happened? what game? what is going on?'
I turned my head hoping to find anything but I was standing in utter darkness, only the blue floating screen was in my vicinity.
[Please select name:]
'Fuck you, at least you could have let me remember my name, what shitty game developer is this...'
My body was still feeling numb so I couldn't figure out how effective my nerves would be in this game, I really wasn't expecting a 100% immersion.
'Must be a VR game, don't tell me I am stuck here till I clear the game, am I a beta tester?'
The screen in front of me blinked as if waiting for a response.
'Well fuck you... I am going to troll the shit out of your game just you wait.'
"My name is... Mark"
'I mean I could go for troll names but if I hear a guy calling me by saying 'Please_fuck_me' I am going to lose it...'
[Name: Mark]
[Please select gaming world:]
[Harry Potter]
Everything else was blacked out, there weren't any other options. I blinked, as the memories related to Harry and the Wizarding World came rushing to me as a mental block was lifted.
'Wow, okay maybe a little less trolling, fuck this get me in the world, I wanna see if I can actually go to Hogwarts.'
[Default settings are being implemented for this game run.]
[Name: Mark]
[Age: 10]
[Gender: Male]
[Family Name: Orphan (Pure-blood)]
[Select Starting school:]
[Hogwarts]
[Beauxbatons]
[Durmstrang]
[Ilvermorny]
[Mahoutokoro]
...
'Wait, I could go to Beauxbatons and Durmstang?' I was a little tempted but the language barrier held me from choosing them.
'I can't speak either French or Russian so the options are like a tease, but the game also says this game run so maybe I could try it out in the next try...'
"Hogwarts..."
[You have selected Hogwarts, here is your status page. The game will begin when you finish reading]
[Mark]
[Title: -]
[Level: 1 (0/200)]
[HP: 50/50]
[SP: 25/25]
[Mana: 25/25]
[Allegiance: --]
[STR- 2]
[VIT- 2]
[DEX- 2]
[INT- 5]
[WIS- 7]
[Points- 0]
[Money- 0G 0S 0K, 0P]
[An Orphan living in London, born during the heyday of Voldemort's first rise to power, mysterious circumstances led to your arrival in an Orphanage in London, Mark has been known to be a quiet and observant child, people barely even realize he exists. He has no real past, but his future and his potential are in his hands alone.]
As soon as I finished reading, the world moved, my eyes closed unconsciously and I felt myself hitting the mattress.
---3rd POV---
Mark woke up in a small room in a bunk bed, he was sleeping on the lower bed which had a hard mattress. The sheets were rough and the room looked a little messy.
"Ugh," he groaned as he woke up feeling a little disoriented but he was surprisingly able to control his limbs just fine.
"You are late today Mark, which is quite a surprise..." an older woman stood in front of him in a black and red gown with a tired smile on her face.
"...Mrs. Henderson," Mark said unconsciously before regaining his bearings, "sorry I..umm... I guess I was a little tired..." Mark sat up and flexed his arms a little, he felt strange in the new body.
"Well, no time to waste, go wash your face, a teacher from a very private and elusive school is here to meet you today, now remember when we talked about chances and opportunities before," she bent forward words on her knees and looked me in the eye, "this is your chance, Mark, now come on go get yourself presentable."
With one last smile, the matron walked out of the room. Mark looked around to take stock of his surroundings, just now when he talked to the Matron, unfamiliar memories relating to her came up to his mind along with a strange block of letters floating above her head that he had to try very hard not to stare at.
[Rose Henderson, Matron of St. Mary Orphanage]
[Lv- 12]
[REP- 23]
'Okay, just a normal floating window, nothing to be worried about, I was already leaning towards a VR game anyway.' Mark reassured himself while rubbing his arms slightly feeling the sensation coming to him.
'A very very realistic VR game,' he walked out of the room closing the door behind him slowly. The Hallway could have seen better days but at least the place was clean, Mark could hear laughter coming from somewhere down the hall where he knew the kitchen was.
He took a left away from the stairs and walked into the communal bathrooms, 4 mirrors were placed some distance away from each other with sinks in front of them. He looked at the mirror with trepidation as he saw his face. A strange mix of Dejavu and unfamiliarity hit him as he traced his dark locks and grey eyes. He still had some baby fat on his cheeks but beneath it, he could see the forming of a sharp jawline, combined with his pale face and slightly long hair, Mark concluded he didn't look that bad.
[Ping!]
[Quest Alert!]
[Meet your Hogwarts Escort!]
[As an orphan you don't really have much of a life, so when an opportunity comes that could be the start of something amazing, you damn well better take it!]
[Meet with Prof. McGonagall]
[Rewards:]
[Hogwarts Letter]
[+20 EXP]
[Do you accept?]
[Y/N?]
Mark almost jumped back as the screen appeared in front of him.
'Yes' he thought and the screen went away. Guessing that the quest was generated because Prof. McGonagall is already in the Orphanage he splashed his face with water a couple of times before rushing to his room to rummage for a towel.
'I hope the pain is muted in this game otherwise I sure as hell ain't fighting any Dark Lord...'