Disclaimer: I do not own any of the anime characters listed in the story. However, I do own Douglas Kreig (Father), Terry McCormick (Alchemist), Ivan Gredenko (Knight), Rina Kisungji and Vespin Otonashi (Queen).
It was the last day of the school term, and Rina Kisungji was sitting at her desk in the classroom, looking outside the window. She is a happy-go-lucky girl of 16 and of Korean nationality, with long, brown silky hair that reached her waist, a tall, slim body figure that any boy will drool at, wearing the usual orange blouse and opal skirt as school uniform, and always with a cute smile. She is also very intelligent, being the top student in three exams straight, and she is also with the literature club. She is waiting for the school bell to mark the end of the term. She thought that after school she would rush back home and write a story to compete in the Ani-nation Awards competition. Her favorite hobby is writing, and she is determined to be an aspiring author. She waits for the clock to strike three in the afternoon....
Ring! The school bell rang for the last time for the Autumn Term. The students cheered as they rushed out the classroom thinking of many different activities to do during the term holidays. Some of the boys rushed to the school field to play a game of soccer, some even rushed home, and some stayed within the school area as they got ready for the class trip to begin.
Rina put her sling bag over her shoulder and slowly walked out of the school area. Then a sudden jolt from behind shocked her.
"Hey, just leaving without saying goodbye to a friend? How rude...," said Vespin Otonashi. Vespin is of Japanese nationality, with short black hair and a part of her fringe covered her left side of her face. She has been Rina's friend since they were in Year 3.
"So what are you going to do during the holidays, Rina?" asked Vespin with a smile.
"Nothing much really, maybe another story," replied Rina. Vespin's dark brown eyes shone brightly like the stars in the sky.
"Oh really? I would enjoy reading your stories, Rina. I just love your stories. They're so exciting," said Vespin. Vespin has been proofreading Rina's stories since Rina started writing at Year 6. For over five years Rina has authored more than 500 stories, from school assignments, to competitions, to school magazine and even to local newspapers. She had been the winner for 15 essay-writing competitions, at school level to international level. But this time it was different. The winner will have their story animated by a famous animation company and will be shown on an Ani-nation TV channel across the world. Competition will be rough, because comic pages will gain more leverage. But no matter what, Rina is determined to win this competition.
After saying goodbye to her friend Vespin, she walked towards the bus stop. There she saw her arch rivals, Douglas Kreig, Terry McCormick and Ivan Gredenko, who were heading the other way toward the internet cafe.
"So, another story for the Ani-nation Awards, huh?" said Douglas Kreig. Douglas is of German nationality, with a height of 5'11" and thick, dark chocolate hair, and always wearing dark shades, and a very cheerful person. He may not be a very good author, but he's a good comic artist. He has been drawing comics for the past eight years, and has won several competitions in this field.
"Looks like we got the leverage here," said Terry McCormick. Terry is of American nationality, with thick blond hair, blue eyes and straight. He's a bit shorter than Douglas, but he's one artist to fear of. His ability to add extra detail will be able to make Douglas' comics more interesting. He is one of those students that excelled in art after Douglas.
"So you're gonna make a comic for the competition?" asked Rina, very wary of her rivals in this competition.
"Yep, this time were gonna win the big bucks," said Ivan Gredenko, in a snobbish way. Ivan is of Russian nationality, with silver hair and rectangular glasses. The main reason why he's in the group is that he can copy an entire character from any anime or manga, just in case Douglas needs it. His favorite character is Saber from Fate/Stay Night, and he's almost in love with her. Sometimes he wouldn't stop talking about her, which makes him quite irritating.
"I see, well, this means we're rivals for the time being," said Rina, feeling pissed at Ivan's snobbish ways, though Douglas and Terry are quite well-mannered during this conversation.
"May the best story-teller wins," said Terry McCormick, wishing her good luck. Then the bus arrived. Rina hopped into the bus and the bus door shuts. Douglas and Terry waved goodbye at her, while Ivan stood there with his arms crossed and nose up high. The bus leaves the bus stop and heads for home.
Upon reaching her home, Rina has been thinking deeply on what to write, but so far nothing sprung up in her mind. When the bus came to a complete stop, she hopped out of the bus and head towards her home. She went in and her mother greeted her.
"Rina, what did you do at school today?" asked her mother. She is wearing an apron, cooking something delicious for the family for dinner.
"Nothing much, mom," replied Rina, mechanically. This has been the same question for the past term, and Rina has grown tired of hearing it.
"Well, if you need help, I'm always here," said her mother. Her mother has been very supportive about her talent, and helps when she had a writer's block. She did help in a couple of award-winning stories.
"Ok. Thanks mom," replied Rina. But this time, Rina wanted to make this story originally hers. She got up into her room later on. Her room is quite big, enough for four people to stay in. She sat on a chair, turned the table light on and pulled several sheets of paper. She grabbed a pen and was ready to put the first words when she found out that she had nothing to write.
She stared on that blank piece of paper as the minutes passed. Finally she realized......she had writer's block.
"Damn, now what the hell should I write about....." thought Rina as she continually stared at the blank piece of paper. She didn't notice that it was time for dinner.
"Honey, time for dinner," said her mother from downstairs.
"Coming, mom," replied Rina, realizing that two hours had passed just like that. She came downstairs to the dining room and sat between her parents.
"So, what are you going to do during the holidays?" asked her father. Her father is still in his office suit, a sign that shows that he just came back from work.
"Right now, I'm writing a story for the Ani-nation Awards, and I think this will take up most of my term holiday, Dad," replied Rina.
"Oh, competing in the story-writing competition, interesting. Isn't that what you do all year? Why don't you go do some outdoor activities," asked her father. Her father is not very supportive of her talent, and thinks authoring is a waste of time. He once wanted to be an author himself, but because of the difficulties faced, he became a newspaper editor instead. He didn't want his daughter to go through the same path as he did.
"But dad, if this story wins, it will be animated and shown throughout the whole world," replied Rina, trying to change her father's view.
"But what if you don't?" shot back her father.
"Dear!" intervened her mother. Her father's face turns sour for a while, and then looks back at Rina.
"Ok, Rina, I support you this time. But promise me that you will take breaks and do something else instead, because the world doesn't only revolve around literature," said her father.
"Ok, Dad, I promise," replied Rina. After eating up her dinner, she took the dishes into the kitchen and then ran upstairs, hoping to think of something. Even when she reached her desk, she still had no idea in mind.
"Ok, I want to write an adventure story, but I don't know what adventure to write about," thought Rina as she stared at the blank piece of paper lying on the tabletop. She got bored after staring at that piece of paper for a very long time so she got off from the desk and reached towards a rack of DVDs. There were titles like Blood: The Last Vampire, Blood +, Fate/Stay Night, Fullmetal Alchemist, Full Metal Panic, Tales of Saiunkoku and many other anime series. She picked out a DVD box with the title ".hack//roots" and started watching the series on her television. The series has some kind of adventure story, so maybe this will help her think up of an adventure-based story. She put the DVD into the disc player, turned on the television and sat comfortably on her sofa.
Two hours had passed and she had just finished 4 episodes, and Rina is still blank on what to write. She started thinking that her chances in competing has faded and wished that this writer's block would go away.
Then when she was about to start episode 5, the room started to vibrate violently. The television screen warped and morphed. She stared as the television started to shake violently. Before she knew what was happening, a hole opened on the television screen and she was sucked into the television. Then it all went dark.
Author's note: Please comment on my story which I've made a year ago as I'm just starting out. I hope to get some reviews so I can make this story better.