(A/N: Hello, everyone! This is my revised version of Maplestory. I hope you enjoy it!)

Chapter 1: I get sucked into my Book

I sat on the couch and stared at my new book. The shiny title read, "MapleStory." I opened it up and felt a strange tingle in my arms. All of a sudden, I was sucked in. I screamed, but because I was spinning in a portal, no one heard me. Then, I landed on the ground, face first. I opened my eyes and saw a gnarled tree root in front of my face.

"That was a close one, but where am I?" I wondered. I sat on the grass and thought.

"If I got sucked into my book, then that means I'm in the book," I said to myself. I shook my head and kept on thinking. While I was thinking, I heard a bush rustling and dry leaves being crushed. I grabbed a dead stick from the ground and stood up.

"Who's th-there," I called nervously. All of a sudden, my stick was blown out of my hand and knocked into a huge tree. Then, an old man with a long white beard and a gray robe hopped out of bush with a staff and a sword in his hand. When he looked at me, he smiled and lowered his weapons.

"Hello lad, what are you doing here?" the old man asked. The man had a deep but gentle voice.

"I…I don't know," I stuttered. "I got sucked into a book."

"The book was MapleStory. Am I right?" the bearded man replied. I nodded.

"Well, what is your name, boy?" the man asked.

"Jack. Are you Gandalf from Lord of the Rings?" I asked in wonder. The man chuckled, "No, I'm Merlin, a wizard. Gandalf is an old friend of man, though. I haven't seen him in years." I nodded with a bit of disappointment. I'd much rather be with Gandalf.

"Well, you're going to need a weapon to protect yourself. Do wish to have a sword, axe, or club?" Merlin asked.

"A sword, please," I answered. Merlin muttered a few words and all of a sudden, a sword came flying down from the sky. It landed in between me and Merlin.

"Take it." I pulled it out of the ground and inspected it. It was about twenty inches long, the length of my arm. The sword was sharp, but not as sharp as Merlin's.

"Well, you're going to need armor," Merlin muttered. The wizard muttered another set of words and a pile of leather armor dropped from the sky. I picked it up and strapped them onto my body. When, I reached for my helmet, I noticed it was an old fashioned aviator's cap.

"This is a pilot's hat, Merlin," I said.

"Yes, but it is the helmet you can get here. When you go to Victoria Island then you will get a different helmet," Merlin replied. "Now, we must make our way to Amherst." Merlin sheathed his sword and walked away.

"What's Amherst?" I asked, running to catch up with Merlin.

"It is a city in Maple Island-"

"What's Maple Island?"

"This island that we are on right now. Anyway, the other city is Southperry. It's where the ship leads you to Victoria Island. Now, enough talk, me must make haste." Merlin started to walk away and I followed.

"First stop is at Mushroom Town. We will rest there and continue our journey later," Merlin announced. "But be careful, dangerous snails and shrooms surround the town." Merlin continued to walk.

After several minutes passed, Merlin said, "We arrived at the borders of Mushroom Town. Be careful." I nodded and we started to walk forward. While we were walking, a bush rustled. Merlin and I unsheathed our weapons. All of a sudden, a dozen tiny mushrooms hopped out of the bush and squealed. They had orange caps and had two tiny legs, but no arms.

"Shrooms…" Merlin muttered.

"What can they do?" I asked with a bit of amusement. They were only mushrooms.

"They spit poison. It might go through your armor but it will only be minor damage. But if they are too many, that is a problem," Merlin answered. After a long pause, Merlin yelled, "Attack!" Both of us charged the shrooms. I tried to stab the shrooms but they were swift and I had no training. Then, a thin line of poison flew towards me. Luckily, I just dodged it in time. I slashed and stabbed at the mushrooms but they kept dodging. Finally, I killed one and a tiny bit of mushroom blood squirted out. When I had killed the shroom, Merlin had finished the rest. He wiped the mushroom blood off of his sword and sheathed it.

"Well, we must keep moving. More shrooms will be hunting for us," Merlin said. I nodded, wiped the drops of blood on my sword, and sheathed my weapon. Together, we made our way to Mushroom Town.

After ten minutes passed, we arrived at Mushroom Town. It was night time when we had arrived. There were HUGE mushrooms as houses (which I hoped weren't shrooms) and many people were walking around, with bows, arrows, and swords strapped onto them. One time, I saw a market that sold dead shrooms as food. I almost vomited right there.

"Well lad, here we are," Merlin muttered, looking at the biggest mushroom I had ever seen. There was a sign that read, "Shroom Inn." We entered and saw pictures of shrooms everywhere. We went to the reception counter and a lady appeared behind the desk.

"Hello, how may I help you?" she asked.

"We would like a room with two beds," Merlin answered. The lady nodded, "That will be twenty mesos." I looked at her with a confused look but the glare on Merlin's face told me to act normal. I quickly changed my face and Merlin paid the lady twenty "mesos". The mesos were coins with a maple leaf on the front and back.

"Your room will be in 1E. Have a good night," the lady said with a smile.

"Thank you," Merlin replied, walking away. I followed him up the stairs and asked, "What are mesos?"

"Mesos are coins in this world," Merlin answered. We arrived at our hotel room and we opened the door.

"You need to rest. Go to sleep. I'll wake you in the morning," Merlin ordered. I nodded and climbed into one bed. Because I was exhausted, I immediately fell asleep.

(A/N: Well, I hoped you liked it more than my other story. Please review).

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