Chapter 1 The Summoned

The forest was teeming with little critters, squirrels, birds, slimes...an unconscious dude wearing the wackiest clothing.

He looked short, had almost lime hair, and was barely wearing anything but an undershirt and shorts. His nose twitched, he laughed as he opened his eyes, trying to figure out what was massaging his chest. His green eyes looked at the eye-less stare of a green slime. His laughter turned into confusion, he tilted his head. The slime seemed to look at him the same way.

The slime then hopped off from his chest, sensing fear from the boy and leaving him.

The boy then stood up and looked at himself. "Dude...What the hell happened!?" He panicked, he swore he wasn't in such a place before! He quickly checked his pockets. Empty. He felt his body, slim. That was the only good news. He ran around the clearing, touching the trees and even lifting up another random slime. "Where the hell am I!?" The boy screamed into the slime...which was answered by a slime spit being spread at his face, causing him to drop the slime and wipe it off. "Sorry- I didn't mean to do that!" He called to the insulted slime, as it also hopped out of his vision. The boy only sighed...he had no answers at all. He smacked his head, trying to remember what happened before...Who was he? What was he doing here!? Why was he relieved that he was slim!? Why is there a large shadow looming from behind him!?

The boy's face then turned blank as his mind paused his thought process. He slowly turned his head to a huge green slime. "S-sorry sir! Hehe...I didn't mean to...do that-" He said, hoping the giant slime would spare him.

The giant slime then conjured a mouth, opening it and then blasting a large beam of goo at him! The Slime Beam was way too strong, causing the boy to get slammed to a tree, covered in goo and in pain. "Oh god...oh my freaking god!" The boy stammered as he saw the Giant Slime slowly hopping towards him. The boy then held his hands out at the Giant Slime...

"Please! SOMEONE HELP ME!" He yelled. Suddenly, runes of slimy forms formed around his palms, causing another slime rune to appear before him, a light appeared from the rune forming a creature that resembled slimes. The light then disperses, revealing a happy and fiery looking red slime, trilling and squealing, ready for battle!

The boy saw what happened and saw the fire slime, the fire slime looked back and grinned as it turned back to the giant slime and jumped back, avoiding a Slime Blast. The Giant Slime then summoned other green slimes to fight alongside it, commanding them all to jump the fire slime.

The Fire Slime grinned as he then opened it's mouth and shoots out a large stream of fire to disintegrate them into slime goo. The Slime Giant blubbered furiously as it then charges towards the Fire Slime. Unfortunately, it couldn't dodge in time, being shoved inside the Giant Slime, it then looked at the boy, watching...not knowing what's going on at all.

"Oh no, I'm sorry little guy..." The boy cried. "If only I could actually do something more than that!" The boy yelled as the Slime Giant charges towards him...

The Giant slime suddenly bursted into a fiery light and exploded right in front of the boy, spreading burnt goo all over the place. The boy asked himself...WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED-

His question was soon answered as he saw what was left of the Giant Slime in front of him...it was the red goo of the fire slime, some of its embers fading away.

"Oh god...the little guy..." His heart trembled for a fire slime he only knew within a minute.

"I hate this place so freaking much!" He yelled, then spotted something that just made his heart freeze.

A group of giant slimes, emerging from the darkness if the forest. They had no eyes, but their stares was enough to send the boy running to the opposite direction. Tears flew from his eyes as he ran, not knowing where to go, what to find, or how he could honor the poor slime that came out of nowhere.

He then immediately gets tired, out of breath, panting like a rabid dog...He felt like he couldn't think, couldn't see, he couldn't even...

"You good kid?" A warm hand touched the boy's shoulder, causing him to jump and scream as he saw what touched him.

It was just a brown haired dude, a large dude with brown gloves and a bearded smile.

"It's fine kid, what were you running from?" The man asked. "I'm...I'm not a kid!" The boy immediately yelled out, but was soon dumbfounded as he saw how short he was compared to the man. "Hah! Right, you're tired. Come with me, little one." The man told as he then turned to walk to a large cozy building. The boy blinked, then his stomach growled. He then followed the man after counting his options.

The man opened the backdoor to a large tavern filled with people, most have weapons equipped and some humbly told stories, he then saw musicians playing their flutes and singing. The boy was trying to pretend not to be impressed, but he couldn't help giggling from the sounds and coziness.

The man smiled at the boy. "I bet you're hungry, take this one." He then tossed a sandwich at the boy, landing it at his face. He didn't mind it tho, he immediately grabbed it and started eating. His eyes gleamed as this was a flavor he had never tasted before, patting his small chest after eating it all up.

The boy watched the man chat to his assistant, he heard him tell the assistant that he'll have to take charge of the tavern for a while, since there's a kid he needs to talk to. The assistant groaned, but he understood and agreed as he too saw the munching kid.

The man then holds the kid by both his shoulders. "You good now?" The man asked. The boy nods."Yeah...what is this place?" The boy asked, still cautious and worried. "Boy, this is the Vines Tavern. Now your question's answered, lemme ask...who are you? And what were you doing in Slime Grove?" The man asked sternly, yet there's a hint of concern. The boy thought hard, then looked at him with confusion. "I don't know, I just woke up...and...there was a huge slime...a fire slime killed it, but it died and then...more came!" At his mind, he thought he was explaining it thoroughly and maturely. He clearly didn't, but he'd like to believe he was mature. "I see, but do you have a name?" The man asked, his face looking worried, scared that the kid might have a terrifying condition. "It's...Jaaaa...Jaaaa...JAACHOOO!" The kid suddenly sneezed out some slime stuck in his nose, splatting them at the floor, he then realized that his name...was also forgotten.

"Bless you, Jachoo" the man joked. "It's not Jachoo! It's...Ja..Jakkoooo?" He couldn't think of his name at that moment. "Jacko? That's a funny name." The man chuckled. "Yeah, just thought of it myself." The boy said proudly, not thinking of what he just said. "So you have forgotten memories...even your true self. A pity." The man sighed, his suspicions being confirmed. "We'll get you to a doctor soon, I'll get you a room for now. Huup!" He said, as he then lifted the boy upon his shoulders.

He then brought the boy to a room that said VIP at the door. He put him down there and sighed. "If you need anything, Jacko, just ring the bell over there." The man told, pointing at a rope with a bell attached to the ceiling. "Alrighty." Jacko responded. "It would be nice if you rest up for today, don't go outside too, people might think yer a thief." The man then closed the door, leaving Jacko alone in the fancy room, he immediately hopped on the big comfy bed, he felt happy on the bed, but disappointed on how childish he was acting. He was still mourning for the little fire slime...he didn't know how it even appeared, then he recalled something coming out of his hand.

He then sits up the bed and then recreates the action he did, nothing happened. "Aww, I thought I was magic...man, I just wanna hang out with someone..." He said, suddenly his hand forms slime runes around and a slime rune appeared before him. The boy watched, amazed and scared at the same time. The light disappears once more, revealing a smaller pink slime with fairy-like wings. The Fairy Slime trilled happily as it flies around Jacko. "Woah! Hello there!" He said as he then pets the small slime. The fairy slime happily blubbers and happily shows him some magical pink shapes in the air. The boy couldn't help but enjoy himself, he knew he wasn't like this before...but he didn't care. It was fun.

After a long while, the man opened the door to the kid's room again to check on him, finding him asleep. He sighed in relief, he didn't want the kid to worry at all, then he caught something strange about the kid. He noticed pink goo around his chest. He immediately went to the kid and readied to fight a hostile slime, then he saw the pink goo being absorbed into where The kid's heart was. The man was stunned, questioning himself what this kid could be...

He once again walked out, hoping he'd get his answers right after he brings him to the doctor.