Sword Art Online Fanfiction: Misplaced Reality

Prologue – Ever so Real, yet, a Dream

"I can hear it…. The wind. It feels….so gentle." I opened my eyes to see where I was. It was a green pasture, empty and rustling with the wind. The grass gave the ground such a soft texture, that I just wanted to lie in it all day. But it wasn't just the grass that was beautiful, I looked up at the vast sky above me. The sun was at high noon as the white soundless clouds migrated their way through the blue sea of wonder. In the distance, there was a structure, a silvery white structure. It rose so high that I couldn't even see the top, like a gateway to the world above this one. There were numerous terraces spiraling upward entangling themselves into one large "rope", and it got bigger as it went to the top. For some reason, it kind of looked like a tree. Yes, a giant silver tree. The trees of leaves that were barely visible from the clouds that covered them gave it away. Where is this? I wondered. I thought for a moment, was this that world that Kayaba Akihito dreamt of? Who knows? It all feels so real, but at the same time, I don't feel like I belong.

December 8, 2024

"Wha…?" She mumbled as she opened her eyes to a dark room, only illuminated by a single nightlight. "A dream…." Rubbing her eyes, she muttered and looked around; the room looked familiar, yet, distant. "What time is it …" Squeezing her middle finger and thumb together, she swiped the air in front of her, there was nothing, no sound, no menu. "Oh?" She expected something to happen before she looked up. Her clock read 3:51 P.M.

"That's right…." She realized, she was back in the real world. It's been a little bit over a month since Sachi had logged off from the death game of Sword Art Online, and adjusting back to normal life was quite difficult.

Sighing as she flopped back onto her bed, Sachi muttered, "That tree…." Before she closed her eyes again,

"It reminds me of that world…."

A/N: Hey guys! I'm back, and I'm here to present you guys the start of the second arc to my story. The semester is finally over, and I'll have plenty of time dedicated to writing again, so I hope to get to do so within due time.

This is also a direct sequel to my first story, A Second Chance. If you haven't read it, be sure to do so if you really want to advance in this one.

Anyway, the end of one adventure sparks the flames of a new one. So what adventures will lie before Sachi and the gang?