Chapter 1: There's a Restart Button?

(Solieu Village) (Russell's estate)

"Ughh… damn it…" Jack Russell, the champion of the Fairy Creatures and the Dragon Warrior groaned in his sleep that night. "N… no… no… NO!" he stiffened and fell off his bed like a man on the roll.

He tumbled and rolled quickly turning his head around looking for the weapon that he dropped. But then he soon realized that he was not in the place he was supposed to be. "Wha? Where? Where am I?"

Again he took to his surrounding trying to find out what was going on. He recognized the room very well. It was his home in Solieu village. "Wait a second. This is… my home? But how? Was it a dream" he tried to recall the moment before he got here.

He remembered being in a strange tower that appeared in the middle of the Radiata. A tower that reached to the top of the sky like Babylon itself. Out of curiosity, Jack went there with a group of his comrades to discover that it was some kind of lair where dragons linger. The ordeal that the tower offered was great and only with his skill and cunning did Jack come through alive. By the time he arrived at the top of tower, his greatest challenge came to face him in the form of a goddess.

The Ethereal Queen…

The battle was painful and eerie and with little strength left, Jack and his comrades were utterly defeated. Gil was the first to fall followed by his friends Shin and Fan. In time only Jack remained standing against the goddess. Her strength was dominating and her powers made the dragons look like child's play.

But Jack's hardheadedness became his greatest weapon. Gathering what little strength remained in his body, he thrust himself into the open and pierced the Ethereal Queen through her ghostly heart. The queen let out of a deathly wail and her body faded when the life in Jack's body faded as well.

"What happened?" Jack asked himself as checked his body. To his surprise he was still wearing his pajamas which he threw away long ago. "That couldn't be a dream, can it? But wait… more importantly. I can't be here! If the villagers see me they'll kill me for sure!"

"Well aren't you a jumpy one"

Jack immediately got into his battle stance picking out his broom from the closet as a weapon. "Who's there!" but when he looked back he didn't need to ask.

It's true that she may have taken the form of a younger girl, but you couldn't fool Jack. He recognized that white hair, tan skin and yellow cat eyes. There wasn't a doubt in his mind that this was the being that he fought in the Abyss of Time. "You!"

"Well whadaya know. You recognized me after all" the child replied in a coyly manner. "That's a surprise"

"You! What have you done! What are you doing here!"

"Relax Jack. I come in peace" the Ethereal Princess stated waving her index finger in front of him. "I already lost when you killed me in the tower"

"The tower? So it really is you! But why are you here?"

"Huh?" she gave out a confused look. "What's wrong? Didn't I grant your wish?"

"My wish?"

"Didn't you read the tapestries outside my room before you came in?" the ghost stated looking a bit dejected. "For the love of mercy. You humans are impossible. I thought that you of all people should know of the game!"

"Game?" Jack questioned.

"Yeah the game! What the hell are those gods doing! Are you saying that they stopped sponsoring my game already! I am so gonna kick their asses when I get back!"

"What are you talking about?"

The Ethereal Queen groaned. Her mind was still fizzy since she just came back from the dead. The scar on her chest was still a clear sign that she was defeated. "Allow me to explain. I am Etha, The Ethereal Queen of time and space. I was created by the gods a millennia ago to be a balance of power. You've probably seen the inside and outside of my tower personally. You could say I was the game proctor and every fifty years, my tower would rise up from the same spot to grant the mortals my power. Of course as a game, it gives out several challenges to the customer"

"Yeah, so?"

"Sooo? The winner of the game would immediately be granted one wish and congratulations Jack Russell. You're the first winner of the game"

"Then what about Gil and the other fairies with me?"

"They're probably in the City of Flowers" Etha replied not looking a bit surprised of his reaction. "But I do have to say, your wish is a strange one"

"My wish? Wait, what was my wish?"

"Don't you remember?" Etha pointed out. "The wish you wanted when you entered my tower"

Jack thought back and remembered everything completely. When he first entered the tower of time the first thought that ran through his mind was: I wish I could do things all over again. It was a wish that he made on his own life but he never thought it would be granted.

"Then that means…"

"Bingo! That's right boyo!" Etha smiled. "I turned back time for you! Congratulations and thank you for playing the game! I hope you enjoy your reward! Please play again in your next life ne?"

"Hold on!" Jack snapped. "If what you're saying is true. Then where am I?"

"How should I know? I only granted your wish. The rest is up to you kiddo. I'm just in here for the ride"

"In for the ride?" again Jack showed a puzzled face.

"Oh right. Seeing that you're the winner of the game. I'm supposed to follow you until my power returns. Besides you should take responsibility of what you did to me. You did kill me after all"

"Eh?" Jack was now fumbling when the girl approached him. "What do you mean by… responsibility?"

"Oh come now. Don't say that you're not attracted to my body" Etha licked her lips and smiled slyly at the boy. Jack would've attacked but to his surprise he dropped the broom and placed his back on the wall. Etha got close and slowly with her silky hands did she unbutton his pajamas. She stared at Jack's perfectly well done body. Even though time returned, his body somehow remained the same. There were muscles on muscles and his abs looked so well made that it looked like it was forged by the fires of hell itself.

"Wow… it's been awhile since I've seen a man with such… caliber. You look soooo… delicious" she licked his chest and grabbed both of his hands. Jack showed signs of resistance but soon surrendered to the Queen's indomitable touch.

And in that very night, the sleeping villagers of Solieu village would be drowned with the sound of pleasurable moans of their soon to be knight.