Ch. 1 Lost In The Forest

John was an orphan. He never knew his parents. He was an 18 year old very short (4ft9in) scrawny human. He had almost no muscle or stamina to build it. His whole life he just wanted to be a big strong adventure. To save people(the pretty girls), make money and explore the world. He just wants to be the hero adventure. However with his size, weaknesses and situation he had lost all confidence in achieving his dream.

On his 18th birthday the orphanage kicked him out onto the street. Then he was forced out of the small town by the local business owners, adventures and town guard. As he was no longer considered a kid and protected as it were by the orphanage, he was seen as a dirty bigger with no value and draining on the limited resources of the small remote town.  So they forced him out.

It was a dangerous world,  especially in the forest.  He knew there were wild animals, monsters, goblins, orcs and more around the forest.  John was scared with not much hope of survival in his current situation.  He didn't know what to do or where to go. 

He aimlessly walked around well not having a particular direction in mind. John found a few berries to eat and drank from a stream he came across.  Night was approaching and he was still lost in every sense of the word.

John found a bed of leaves and tried to sleep for the night hoping he would have more of a plan tomorrow. He didn't get much sleep because of all of the noises he kept hearing in the forest. He didn't no what caused the noises but every rustle in the forest scared him because he had no way to deal with anything that might be lurking out there in the dark.

 The next morning John woke up to a large amount of rustling close by to his pile of leaves.  He slowly looked up and saw a very large bear casually walking through the forest.  All he could think to do was too stay still and hoped the pile of leaves hit him from this ferocious bear. Luckily the bear didn't notice him or didn't care about him and continued on its way.  John gained his courage to get up and continue his wandering in hopes of finding a purpose.

John continued the cycle for several days of eating the few berries he found and drinking from any stream he came across never really knowing what to do or where to go.  He was getting very hungry and was losing the little hope he had. John new he'd die out here alone in the forest from either hunger or one of the creatures walking around. John was looking for another place to sleep for the night when he came across a tree with a large hollow in it.

John approached it cautiously thinking some creature may be using it as a den. He found it empty and decided to make it his home for the night. When the sun started to rise he was awaken by a shining in his eyes. It wasn't the sun directly but some sort of lamp slightly impeded in the wall of the hollowed out tree. Almost as if it had grown up in the tree and exposed over many years...