FIRST CHAPTER YAYYYYYY! And if you're wondering who won the character contest, check my messages if you haven't already :) and if you're too lazy for that, just read the story and you'll figure it out x3 there were six winners. Also, for purposes of this story, all the Minecrafters' ages range from 15-19. And another thing, all the YouTubers I'm about to mention aren't "famous" or whatever in this story. Yerp.

Sooooooo many characters to keep track of. Let's see there's me, the six character contest winners, Sky, Deadlox, Setosorcerer, Kermit, MinecraftUniverse, Immortal, Cry, Pewds, and Tobuscus. AAAAAAAAAH! And I think this will take place in...Connecticut? Yeah. Bcuz I know more about CT than any other place...I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE MY STATE MORE INTERESTING, OK?

Ok I should start the story now...

Of course you should.

SHUT UP NORMAL ROSIE!

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Alright LEZ DO DIS!

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Chapter 1:

Adam was running. You know, the standard RUNNING FOR YOUR LIFE. Well, not really. Kinda. Not yet, anyway. I could be. As long as THEY didn't catch him, he was okay.

So I bet you're wondering, "Hey! Yeah, um, confused reader here. What the fuck is going on?!" Well first of all, calm yo face child. Second, be patient! I was about to explain that, geez!

In a world even more screwed up than the one we live in, any and all creativity is illegal. You can't read books, watch television or movies, listen or make music, play video games, etc. unless it was approved. Going against laws could likely land you either in prison for life, or next in line for execution, no matter who you are. As a result, 99 percent of the world did everything the same, everyday, over and over. "Normal" was the only thing that most people knew. Anything outside of that was almost considered a crime.

And who was responsible for all of this? Some crazed dictator who only wanted to be called "Overlord of the World" took over the entire planet, and created about a million laws. But he was powerful and strong, so no one denied anything he said, no matter how insane it was.

And that's why Adam was running. If the police who patrolled the streets caught him breaking the law, he would probably be killed or some shit. Yeah, you could say he had the choice of following the rules or breaking them, but he still chose to break them.

He ran to an abandoned arcade, where for some stupid reason, there was still power for the games. He'd been sneaking off to this arcade for the past three months, just playing video games there by himself. Sometimes there were a couple other people, but they never talked to each other. And the best thing was they never even got close to being caught. Man, people were stupid.

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"Do you know how dangerous this is?"

"Of course I do! That's why we're doing it, duh."

"And tell me again why I'm still friends with you...?"

"Hey, by the way, shouldn't you tell me what your name is since we've been neighbors for, like, half a year?"

"Nope. I'm not telling anyone my real name. You either call me Seto, or Setosorcerer, and if you don't like it, just...deal with it."

"Ugh."

Ty and Seto had snuck out that night to go to the abandoned arcade on the other side of town. They were on high alert, making sure no one caught them. But apparently they weren't paying enough attention...

"SNEAK ATTACK!" (Oh c'mon you know someone has to say that at least once in all of my stories xD). Two girls jumped out of the shadows behind Ty and Seto, scaring the crap outta them.

"What the fuck?! Do you two want us all to get caught?!" Seto exclaimed while the girls, Keala and Elizabeth, laughed.

"Oh, come on!" Elizabeth said to him. "It's not like there's anyone around on this side of town."

He just took a deep breath, then kept walking. They all reached the arcade five minutes later, expecting to be the only ones there.

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Firefly walked around the streets, wearing her usual black and neon yellow outfit, completeted with firefly wings sewn on the back of her vest. She decided to head toward the quieter part of town where almost no one lived.

As she crossed a bridge over a small stream, she noticed a building she hadn't seen down the road to her right. It was lit up in the middle of the dark neighborhood. As she walked closer, she could just make out the faded letters on the front, creating the word "Arcade." She immediately ran into the building, excited and curious of what she could find inside.

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(Okay, so there's a character with a British accent (Jessie), and a character with an Irish accent (Tammy). I know nothing about any foreign slang/sayings, so don't expect much British or Irish phrases and stuff...I'm too lazy to look it up on google. Just...use your imagination...)

Felix, Cry, Toby, Tammy, and Jessie sat in Dunkin Donuts just talking. It was late, so not many people were inside, and it was quiet. They were bored. Really, really bored.

"Can we just go outside and walk around town?" Jessie asked. "It's snowing! I love the snow!"

"You love any cold weather," Cry said, sipping his coffee.

"Shut up, Ryan," Jessie said, giggling.

Cry sighed. "I keep telling you people, don't call me Ryan! Call me Cry!" he whined.

"Oh, go and...CRY about it," Felix said, laughing. Tammy, Jessie, and Toby joined in while Cry just pouted.

A couple sitting at a table near them looked at them. Maybe it was Cry's mask that covered his whole face, Tammy's punk clothes, or Jessie's white hair, but something about them made the couple want to leave, looks of horror on their faces. That's how bad being different was.

Eventually one of the employees came up to their table and said, "I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to ask you five to leave. You're scaring away our customers."

They reluctantly left, deciding to take a walk down to the quieter side of town in the snow. Eventually, they found themselves at an arcade. It was lit up and alive, despite the dark, dull surroundings. Out of curiosity, they decided to go inside.

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Aleks hid in an alleyway as he waited for a cop car to pass. He didn't want to risk looking suspicious.

He was going to where he went ever night at 8:47 PM: the old abandoned arcade. He was hoping tonight no one else would be there; there were sometimes a couple other people. There was one guy who was there almost every night when he was. What was his name? Allan? Adrian? Whatever, it didn't matter.

Once the cop car was gone, Aleks continued walking to the arcade. On the way, he avoided two more cop cars and an old hobo before reaching the arcade, where he found that the lights were already all on and there were people there. Great.

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Jason and Dakota were hanging out at Jason's house, just sitting on the couches, eating junk food and being bored like any other teenagers on a Monday night.

"Dude, you wanna go to that abandoned arcade down the street?" Dakota asked, popping a handful of chips into his mouth.

"There's an abandoned arcade?" said Jason, sitting up and lowering his voice. His mom was doing the laundry in the other room, and she could very well hear them.

Dakota nodded and stood up. "No one ever really goes near there. They're all afraid of being accused or caught or whatever."

"Alright, lets go," Jason said. He yelled to his mom, "Mom! We're going to, uh, the...grocery store!"

"Be back by midnight!"

As they left his house, Dakota turned to Jason and said, "Grocery store? Really?"

Jason just shrugged.

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"Hey, wanna go prank some cops?"

"Fuck, no!"

"Why not?"

"Because I don't want to get caught, and I actually have some common sense. You're pretty dumb for an Asian."

"No, I'm just an Asian who wants to prank some peepz!"

"Well I'm just an Asian who wants to listen to her music in peace."

"Ugh, what happened to 'Hey, let's go mess with people!'? Hmm? Whatever, maybe I'll just go to the arcade or something. You can come if you want, but no matter what, I'm going." Rosie left, heading down the street. Kiona sighed, pulled on her jacket, stuffed her iPhone in her pocket, and followed Rosie to the arcade.

When they got there, they saw that the lights were all on, and people were inside. Like, way more people than usual.

Well, this would be fun...

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WOOOO! FINALLY FINISHED THE FIRST CHAPTER! After like, a week...whatevs, it's done, and that's all that matters!

So eventually in this story, stuff involving powers and crap will come up. I mentioned this before, but for the people who didn't see my message, if you're one of the people who won the character contest, message me what power you want your character to have if you haven't already. If you don't, I'll either make one up for you or you just won't have one.

KK BAAAAAI :3