Summary: Mykale's dreams have finally come true after he manages to snag a job at the League of Legends. Rona, a young Archmage meets him along the way to guide him. All is going great until tragedy strikes. Mykale is attacked and mortally wounded by an Earth Troll, halting his journey for the time being. On top of that, word that a Deathmage is attacking the capital calls the young mage away. Mykale's adventure has taken a turn, not to mention the Robot that saved his life from being killed by the Troll. Who is this strange mechanical lady? Why did she save Mykale? He's not sure, but if he knows one thing, he won't stop until he finds out. It's just one crazy situation after the other in this story. Please RxR!

Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Magic, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Note: So I wanted to make a quick update to this chapter. I feel like the summary I wrote for the description doesn't quite explain this story well enough. Mainly because there's not enough characters to do so...so I wanted to put it in here. I was hesitant to do this, cause I feel like updating chapters that are already out is like an excuse to put the story back up on top of the list. I don't intend on doing this often, so no worries!

Chapter 1: Protected

It was as if time stopped all at once. A sense of purpose that i had never felt before washed over me. All i could do was stare dumbfoundedly at the enormous structure in front of me.

The walls had to be 100ft high of pure, solid cobalt. It's windows, about half that, of beautiful stained glass. The rest though…well, let's just say I wasn't staring at it out of awe.

I looked to each side of the wall, trying to find anything else to speak of, but there was nothing. No golden arch, no limestone pedestals, no red carpet, no birds singing cumbaya. It was literally just a huge cobalt wall with stained glass windows. There wasn't even a door.

"Is this really the entrance?" I said, pulling up a poorly drawn map to my face. The crayon was starting to fade, so it was getting hard to make out anything it said. "I thought for sure they said it was here." I said, grumbling to myself.

I looked back to the structure again, hoping to catch something I might've missed. Was the entrance hidden? Maybe it was like in the movies where the door can only be seen by the full moon's light or some weird crap like that.

Now see, a sensible person would of just decided to walk around too see if they could find an entrance! However, I am not a sensible person, so I decided to let my stupid antics take over for a second. I swear, it's totally involuntary when that happens!

I picked up a decent sized rock, cupped it in my hands, and got ready to throw it.

Now you might be thinking to yourself: "he's not actually thinking about throwing a rock at a stone wall is he? what, is he 10 or something?" and for your information, I'm a full grown, 20 year old man! I only act like I'm 10...

"This...is probably not smart" I thought as I chucked the stone at the wall. Not sure what I was trying to accomplish, but it definitely wasn't what was about to happen.

Aiming was never my strong suit, and the fact that the rock was heading straight for a window didn't help my case.

"CRAP, I KNEW THAT WAS A BAD IDEA!" I screamed, sprinting towards the direction of my throw. Not like I could catch the thing, but hey, can't hurt to try! The worst part was, I was slightly impressed with myself that I was actually able to throw it that far.

I knew it was over when I saw the rock only a few feet away from breaking the beautiful masterpiece. I stopped and closed my eyes as I waited to hear the sound of smashing glass.

"Ooooooh man, I'm in for it now. Do you realize how much that thing probably cost to make? MORE THAN MY LIFE SAVINGS!" I thought to myself as I waited for the inevitable.

But then...I was still waiting...gosh, I know they say seconds feel longer in these situations, but this was ridiculous. I opened my eyes a tad bit. There was no crash, no sound of any kind, nothing. Did it happen so fast that it made no impact? Did I subconsciously kill myself so I wouldn't have to deal with the consequences? IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE!?

I slowly turn my head, almost afraid of what I was about to see. I was relieved, and very confused, as I saw the window that I was about to hit, still intact. I scratched my head, trying to figure out just what happened.

"Did I...actually miss...No, there was no way that would have missed. That window is 50ft tall, couldn't have misjudged that." I decided to walk up closer and inspect the premisis. "Maybe the window is made of some ridiculously hard stained glass or something. it could of just bounced off."

I got up close to the mound of stone, and began searching around the area. If it bounced off, then it would of landed close by. But I mean...it is a rock...not like it's much different from all the others around me.

As I searched around, I was taken back by a quick breeze that whooshed by. It wouldn't of surprised me so much if it weren't for the direction it came from, and it came straight from the direction of the wall. I stood up quick, which caused me to wobble back on my feet a little.

"Wow now, last time I checked, wind couldn't go through walls." I remarked sarcastically. Not too long after I said that, another gust of wind came straight through the stone. Pushing my already messy black hair out of my face.

I stood there dazed for a bit. Something weird was going on here, and whenever something's weird, I must investigate. Picking my hand up, I reached it out to the stone. As I got closer, I soon found that there was still wind. This wall would've easily blocked all the wind. So why could I still feel it this close?

"Alright, you...you...stupid magical wall. What's the deal here? Are you some kind of whacked out air conditioning or what?" I said as earnest as I could. At that point, I was really hoping nobody was there watching me. I probably looked pretty stupid screaming at a wall.

As soon as I said that though, a swirl of blue water like mist began to form on the stone, forming a kind of vortex that started to grow. I instantly backed away in shock, flailing my hands around like a mad man. I guess I was right about it being magic.

A hand came through the mist and grabbed my shirt before I could get away. I inherently screamed like a little girl, but that's all I could do before I was pulled into the wall, straight through blue magic swirl that had grown quite large by that time. I felt a cold sensation run through my body as the magic touched my skin, but it only lasted a second before I was onto the other side with my face planted in the dirt.

"My gosh you took forever. How long were you planning on staring at my Hologram?" a voice said over me. I pulled my face off the dirt and looked up to see a woman cloathed in, what looked to be, a Magician's gown. She had blond hair, and blue eyes. Couldn't be much over 30 by the look of her. She held a large wooden staff in her right hand, which she used to return the blue magic swirl to its 'original' form of a fake wall.

"Well...um...hi there!...uhhh, who are you?" I asked the woman as I attempted to stand back on my feet, only staggering a little bit. She put her staff on my back to help me balance myself.

"My name is Rona, and as you can probably guess by now, I'm the one who keeps this magic wall up. As well as guarding it from any trespassers that wander too far."

I couldn't help but stare in amazement for a second. The amount of magic tenacity that is needed to keep a wall of that size up is immense. She must of been extremely powerful, and I wasn't sure if I wanted to test just how powerful she was.

Once I was able to situate myself, I was able to get a better look at her outfit. Gold trimmings lined her purple attire. I could only imagine how much that cost to make. Around her neck she wore a necklace that I instantly recognized. A glowing, light blue diamond hovered in the middle of two golden serpents. The serpents connected to each other in the form of a circle, and their tails formed into grape vines at the bottom.

"You're a Archmage! The highest honor that can be given to a magic user!" I said with a huge smile on my face. I was definitely proud of myself for knowing that, but Rona thought otherwise. She gave me a very perplexed look, like I gave her the wrong answer on a test that should of been an obvious one.

"Well of course. I'd sure hope you know that if you want this job. So don't act all smart, stuff like that is common knowledge around here." she remarked coldly.

I could feel an imaginary bullet get shot through my chest right there. I collapsed in a depressed heap on the ground. Talk about shattering all my dreams in one punch.

"Anyway, enough babbling. I was told you were coming and I was to meet you here. The counsel wanted me to guide you to the city personally...yay me!" The woman said mockingly as she extended her hand towards me. "So stop wasting my time, and let's get a move on. we've got a lot of ground to cover."

My face instantly lit up when I heard the word 'Runeterra'. I gratefully accepted Rona's hand and threw myself back up onto my feet. If ever you wanted to get me up in the morning, well...now you know how.

"Yes! Let's go!" It was my turn to offer my hand. "Sorry, I never introduced myself before. My names Mykale. It's nice to meet you Rona!" My complete change of character only seemed to irritate the mage. I watched as she lifted her staff over my head and proceeded to give me a quick smack.

"Stop being so happy now, it's annoying."

"Um...uh, yes ma'am." I answered back in a slight whine, rubbing the top of my skull. Withought a word, Rona turned and began walking away. Assuming I should follow, I quickly got back up again and chased after her. I wasn't sure how long we'd be on this journey, but I had a feeling it was going to get awkward fairly soon if neither of us said anything. Well...awkward for me anyway.

I soon realized that I hadn't yet taken in the scenery around me. I mean, we were in an area walled off by an Archmage's magic, some things had to be different. The trees all looked the same, the grass was still green, the air felt normal, but I just knew that something was different...I couldn't put my finger on it though. I know it was a bit early, but maybe now was the time to start up a conversation. It'd definitely make it easier to later on.

"So, uh...how long have you been guarding this area for?" I asked. I almost immediately regretted doing so when I saw the woman turn and give me a sour look. I covered back a little bit, clenching my skull for fear of being smacked again.

"You really like talking, don't you?" The mage said with distaste. I chuckled nervously, scratching the back of my head.

"Yeah...I guess I do. I was just curious is all." I took a quick look around me, scanning the entire area. "This kinda stuff has interested me since I was a kid, Magic and all that. I still can't believe that one person can manage to keep a barrier of this size up for so long. It's really quite amazing." I answer back. Rona raised her eyebrow.

"Technically it's not a barrier. The wall doesn't actually keep anyone out." The woman said, turning back to continue on her way. I followed after her. I couldn't help but let a big smile creep over my face. It was this kinda stuff I wanted to know. The kinda things you can't learn from books. "It works as a kind of alarm system. If someone or something ever passes through the barrier, I'll know. Thankfully, that rarely happens, and when it does it's usually just an animal that stumbled in by mistake.

A million other questions instantly started popping up in my head. I really didn't want to start throwing them on her, knowing that I'd probably get wailed on again, but I couldn't help but ask a few.

"So if it's not a barrier, then what's the point? I mean, if an enemy wanted to get in, then I doubt a hologram could keep them away.

"It could if they're as perceptive as you." Rona said with a snark. Worst part was, she was right...I couldn't even rebuttal that.

"Alright, point taken. I just think having a barrier would be safer, don't you? Hasn't it happened before where an enemy got through? I asked. The last thing I wanted to do was question an Archmage about smart ideas, but hey, when you gotta know something you gotta know.

"First of all, do you realize how much magic it would actually take to keep a barrier of this size up? Not even 10 Archmages could accomplish that. Secondly, yes it has happened before, 12 times actually, and I dealt with every single one of them accordingly." The mage said sternly.

It was at that point that I decided to shut up for a while. I still had more questions, but I didn't want to push the subject. I could tell Rona was getting very irritated, and I really didn't want to make her angry. I just kept quiet and followed her.

Not much happened for the first half of our little journey, and with Rona never uttering a sound the entire time, It got very awkward as I predicted. More and more questions kept popping up in my head. I wanted more than anything to ask the mage all of them, but I figured she would either get mad at me again or just ignore me completely.

I kept looking around me in hopes that something out of the ordinary would happen, but after 30 minutes of absolutely nothing, you start losing hope. So what do you do then? Why, make something happen yourself obviously! even if it isn't intentional…

My foot hooked a root that was jutting out of the ground. I had a mere second to yelp before my face was planted in the dirt for the 3rd time today. Rona turned around with a 'really' look on her face as she saw my pathetic body lied sprawled out.

"My gosh, are you clumsy or just stupid? She said with a whine. I lifted my head up and gave her a cringy smile.

Then out of nowhere, my skin started to feel really cold. Like I was slowly being submerged in water. I started flailing my arms a little bit, but wasn't able to do much. Whatever this was, it was very constricting. I instinctively held my breath as the feeling coursed over my entire body. I was lifted up off the ground, and stood back on my feet. The sensation left as quickly as it came.

I stumbled back, terrified, as I started feeling around myself, trying to see If I was back to normal. I looked up to Rona who had the same expression on her face as before.

"Hey, did you….um…."

"Yes, that was my doing. By your reaction I can tell that you've never been fully consumed by water magic before."

"Uh...no, I haven't. It felt really weird."

"Water magic is mainly used for healing, but it can also be used to consume objects and move them like I did with you."

"Wow, really? I mean, I knew water magic was powerful, but I didn't know it could do all that!" I said with a smile on my face. I looked around my body, and sure enough, all the scrapes and cuts I had gotten along our walk were all healed. "That's so cool!"

"Just one of the many things you're going to see at this job." Rona said as she turned back to continue on. That's right, I wasn't used to this stuff because no one in my hometown knew magic, but it was soon to become normal for me. I was feeling energetic again as I raced to catch up to the magic user. I don't know if this was a good time to try and start up a new conversation, but I was gonna give it a shot none the less.

"So, hey...uh-" I tried to say before Rona cut me off.

"Why are you so happy again after just one display of simple magic? Are you really so easily amused?" the woman snarked.

"No no, it's not that, I was just wondering. Why did you decide to become an Archmage?" There I went again, treading grounds I should of stayed away from. It was too late to stop now though. guess I better prepare for the worst.

Rona stopped dead in her tracks. I Instinctively threw my hands up over my head to protect myself.;kj

"I'M SORRY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO!" I yelled in sheer terror. "I was just...uh…"

"You really think I choose this?" Rona said with such a serious tone it sent shivers down my spine. I slowly lowered my hands.

"Um...you mean you didn't?" I asked hesitantly. I could see Rona clench her fists tightly. She turned around and gave me...a look I didn't expect. There was a look of pity on her face.

"I'm telling you this for your own good. Don't ever-" The mage cut herself off. She perked up as if she suddenly heard something that scared her. Turns out that's exactly what happened.

"What is it?" I asked. The woman stood there for a while, just listening all around her. She turned her head in every direction, desperately trying to see something. Whatever it was, for someone as powerful as her to react like this, it's probably not something good.

"GET DOWN!" Rona screamed as she lunged into me, pinning me to the ground. I didn't have much time to say anything before I saw a giant boulder come whizzing over top of our bodies. It flew so fast, I could feel the gust of wind from it that made my really messy hair even messier. Now THAT'S how you throw a rock! The fact that I was more fascinated in the throw, then I was afraid for the fact that the thing almost hit me, still concerns me.

Rona threw herself off of me and stood in a ready position. She held her staff out in front of her as she began to chant something that I could only guess was a spell. Suddenly, a small barrier formed around the 2 of us.

"What's going on, what threw that thing?" I asked, finally realizing the dire situation we were in.

"That THING is most likely an earth troll." Rona said with disgust. I knew instantly what we were dealing with at that point, and I wasn't looking forward to it. Earth trolls were rarely seen where I lived, but when they did show up, they caused an immense amount of destruction. Destroying everything in their sights. They were the main reason why my hometown was still in debt.

"How the heck did it get in here though? I never sensed anything!" The mage said as another stone came hurling at us. It smacked into the barrier, and skidded off the top. I wanted to help, but I didn't know how. I didn't know magic, and I wasn't a fighter. I was going to be useless in this situation.

I watched as a huge troll came bounding out from behind a group of trees. Hands wailing as he smacked the ground repeatedly. He had to be 20 ft tall, with muscles the size of a tree trunk. He held a gigantic club in his right hand, which he used to knock away any obscuring objects on his way towards us.

"Uhhhhh, Rona, you've got offensive spells right? Cause I don't think this barrier can hold for long against this guy."

"Yeah, ofcourse I do, but I doubt they'll work on this guy. Not in my current state."

"What do you mean 'Not in your current state'?"

"Uhhh, HELLOOOO, i'm kinda keeping a 100 ft wall up, ontop of everything going on here. It's not that easy, my spells are much weaker. Normally my barrier is exceedingly stronger than this."

"Can't you just take the wall down for a second so you can beat him?"

"It wouldn't matter, my magic would still be weak. It needs time to regenerate."

I was running out of ideas, and we were both running out of time. The troll was starting to close the gap on us. Throwing every rock he found at us along the way. Most of those ones were smaller, so they bounced off easy.

"Wait, didn't you say this has happened before? Where an enemy got through, and you dealt with them?"

"Yeah, but I've never had anything this big before. The other things were much easier."

"Well, you've gotta try something!" I said with angst.

"I can't! If I attempt another spell, it'll cancel this one!"

This was ridiculous. We were stuck between a rock and a hard place. There was no way we could go offensive on this guy without getting pelted by 100 large rocks. And if that didn't kill us, I'm pretty sure his club would.

I racked my brain as fast as I could, trying to come up with something, ANYTHING that could work. The idea that I finally came up with though...well...it was definitely a 'me' kinda plan.I decided to avoid asking for Rona's okay, as I'm sure she'd refuse the idea.

Building up the nerve, I burst through the barrier, taking off in a different direction. I could hear Rona scream my name in the background. All I needed was just 1 word, and a lot of faith that she would get what I meant.

"BAAAAAIT!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. I'm pretty sure Rona could hear me from that distance, but I was too far away now to confirm it. I just decided to keep with my plan, and hope that she can follow through.

I turned to look at the troll who had averted his attention towards me, so at least my plan worked. Wasn't too happy though when I saw him start picking up rocks and chucking them at me. It was a good thing I played a lot of dodgeball back in my old school, cause that dodging practice really helped in this situation.

I weaved and spun to avoid all the rock's the troll threw at me. I don't know how I was able to dodge every single one, but I guess when you're in a life or death situation, you become a lot more agile.

When it finally seemed like the monster had run out of projectiles to throw, I stopped to catch my breath. I quick looked over in the direction where Rona would be, and to my utter joy, I saw a glowing light begin to emerge from that spot. She was cooking up a spell alright, and I had to keep this dude distracted for a little longer.

"HEY FARTFACE, YOU THROW LIKE AN OGRE! ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE A TROLL!?" I screamed to the beast as loud as I could. At first I wasn't sure if he understood me, but when he finally let out a loud roar, I knew he did.

It was like watching a gunshot when he finally started charging at me. He moved so fast, I had no time to react before he was right on top of me. I fell back in surprise, looking up at the massive creature in front of me. I couldn't breathe for a second as my body shook all over.

"uhh...umm...h-h-hhhi there...h-h-how are yoooou?" I said in a shaky voice.

The troll wasted no time in pleasantries as he scooped me up in his hands. His giant fingers wrapped around my body. It was like being constricted by a huge snake. I wreathed back and forth, but I couldn't even begin to losen his grip. He brought me up to this face, and snarled at me.

"I'M NO OGRE! Human mock me! I kill human!" The Troll said with a shrill and menacing voice.

Now I was the one stuck between a rock and a hard place. Really hoping Rona was done over there, cause if she didn't do something soon, I was gonna be troll fodder. I really didn't want to get eaten before I even had my first day on the job.

The troll lifted his club in the air, and got ready to smash it on my head. All I could do is sit there and pray for the best. That's all I could do at this point. Oh wait...there was one thing I forgot to try...

"HEEEEEEEEEEELP!" I screamed as loud as I could. That usually doesn't work, but I was out of ideas at that point.

The beast cackled at my display of plee. It halted the head smashing for a bit, but that almost made it worse. I closed my eyes and waited for the inevitable. I really hope d Rona didn't get in trouble for letting their employee die on the first day. I mean, these things happen...right?

"DIE HUMAN"

I gritted my teeth, and clenched my fists. However, instead of hearing the sound of a club crashing on my head, I heard the sound of vines, and a lot of them. They were wrapping around an object, and it was close.

When I wasn't dead after a few seconds, I opened my eyes to see the troll that was holding me, now almost completely wrapped in vines. He yanked back and forth, but he wasn't having much luck.

"Hold on, were coming to help" said a woman's voice. I tried to turn to see who it was, but the troll still had a firm grasp on me. He continued to shake through the vines, this time having more luck. Grunt after grunt, he managed to pull almost all the vines off. Lifting his club again, he got ready to smash but was stopped again by a vine that locked his smashing arm into place.

"No you don't!" yelled the woman's voice again.

This time though, the troll decided to go with another plan. He lifted me up into the air with his free hand, and with a loud grunt, chucked me as hard as he could. I could hear the woman scream as my body flew helplessly through the sky. I was panicked, but I did manage to finally look back. I managed to see a large tree like creature go underground, and come up on the troll, smashing him with an attack I could barely make out. After that point, my vision started to go black. The troll had flung me hard enough to where the air pressure almost knocked me out.

I finally started falling back towards the ground after what seemed like an eternity. I was barely conscious, but I knew that if I hit that ground at full force, it would most certainly kill me.

I crashed through the trees, only slowing my speed by a tiny bit. Scraped and bruised, but nothing compared to what was about to happen...or at least, what I thought was going to happen.

"Protect"

It was quiet, but I was able to make out a voice. It was a female's voice again. Was it the woman who saved me before? No, there was no way she could make it this far in enough time. It had to be someone else.

Then out of nowhere this ball shaped object came racing towards me. If it wasn't for the fact that I was almost knocked out, I may have reacted more. Once the object got to me, it created this shield that formed a ball that cover my entire body.

I don't remember much after that. Was I dead? Who was that woman? What was that ball that created the shield? My memory is vague of that time, but I do recall one part. One part that stuck with me after that.

I opened my eyes slowly. I was dazed, but I could make out a person...a woman standing over me. When my vision cleared a little bit...I was able to see her for who she was.

The ladies metal skin shimmered in the light as she hovered over me. She had dark blonde hair that was also made of metal. Her eyes glowed a beautiful blue as they looked over me. I'm pretty sure she was studying me. Like she had never seen a human before. I was able to mutter a few words.

"Who...who are you?"

The woman averted her gaze towards mine. She looked deep into my eyes, like there was something behind them she was trying to see. Then...a faint smile came over her iron face as she said...

"PrOteCTed"

I blacked out after that.

Thank you so much guys for sticking till the end! I'm happy with how this chapter ended, and I'm hoping I can do the same next chapter. I wasn't sure if I should introduce Ori into the story yet, but I managed to fit her in there. There's going to be alot of Drama/Comedy and relationship development in the future! Don't worry, I hate forcing a romance, so I won't be doing that XD