Sitting in a dark room gets depressing real fast. You can't see anything, its super quiet, and no one is there to comfort you. My kind of dark room is different. I can see only the screen, I hear everything, and everyone's got my back. That's right,

I'm a gamer.

I spend countless hours in my room sitting in front of my monitor playing games that fill the gap in my heart. I can become a pirate, to a mage, to a normal human being who becomes a hero, in a matter of hours. I can talk to people around the world within a headset and a keyboard. In my dark room I only see light, but to others they see only darkness.

My father being a great, wealthy and strong man is ashamed of me. Before he used to walk down the hall and mutter under his breath 'useless' and 'weak'. I started to close and lock my door after hearing it so many times. I'm pretty sure he blames me for my mothers 'disappearance' also. One night I overheard a fight that my parents were having. They never fought before, which concerned the five year old me. I sneaked down stairs to find them arguing about something. I didn't find out either because the very next day my mother was gone. My father didn't take it so well and has been like this ever since, and he even treats her disappearance as if she died. Friend wise I have no friends, unless you count my friends online. Then I have my amazing cat Toothless, he keeps me company and keeps me sane enough.

Tonight is a very special night. Tonight is the starting day of "The Almighty" tournament. Whoever wins this is virtually claimed 'best player of all the land', or really just within the game. I've been working on my skills for weeks just for this moment. Reasoning is that the top three best players get to face off in Hawaii. Paid trip and everything so I can't turn this opportunity down. I already have three bags of Chex Mix and a whole two liter of Dr. Pepper at my side. I cleaned up my keyboard and my mouse along with dusting off my monitor. Even my dad went away on a business trip for two weeks. Nothing could stop me now

Or so I thought.

After starting the first couple of rounds, beating all the n00bs that crossed my path, I got a call from my friend Astrid. She comes all the way from Germany and is one of the best gamers I know.

"Hiccup! Fishlegs just got his ass handed to him by some snob from America!"

Fishlegs lives in France and is known in the gaming community as the walking calculator. He can calculate exactly how many hits from different moves and abilities will make the other person KO. Hearing this made me worry.

"What? How did this happen?"

"All that Fishlegs said was that this American was an Ice Mage and was level 67. He was at level 75 and he STILL got knocked out. Fishlegs wanted me to warn you about him and that to not underestimate him."

"Here let me just look at the bracket. What's his username?"

"FrostLord88."

Clicking on the bracket I scan over all the names. Already they crossed out Fishlegs and FrostLord88 is now ahead. Luckily he was on a different side than me since this is a Tri Bracket, but if we both succeed we will cross paths with each other.

"Well he is in a different bracket than me, so I shouldn't worry too much."

"Hiccup, I know you'll make it to the end which is why I'm supporting you. I have a feeling he will make it to the end as well, which is why I'm worried."

"I think everything will be fine. Who knows, maybe he will be a challenge and might actually hit me."

"Hiccup... Whatever you say. I got to go, I'm fighting again in a little bit. Promise me you won't die tonight?"

"I promise Astrid, now go kick some ass!"

"Will do! See ya dweeb!"

With a click I return back to my game. FrostLord88? What kind of ridiculous name is that? I mean mine is HorrendousHiccup72, but that's because I made my username years ago and I'm too lazy to change it. Maybe I should do some more research on him?

I type furiously onto Google his username and immediately I get results. First thing that pops up is a Twitch stream. Clicking it, I find that its the Almighty Tournament and he is in the middle of a fight. The chat was booming with people and the view count was increasing steadily. I first take notice that his level is now at 68, or in other words my level. His character was actually a female ice mage and his opponent was a male rouge demon slayer. Even though I showed up in the middle of the fight, it didn't last that long when FrostLord88 took down sLashEr192 with a flashy move. FrostLord88 was indeed impressive, but there is no way he will make it to the end with that fighting style. His moves are very spontaneous to the point I almost think he's mashing the buttons. None the less everyone is a worthy opponent until proven otherwise. With how the bracket is going though I don't think we'll ever fight in this tournament, but a little part in me wants that to change.

This is just a prologue kinda thing. Any questions/comments you can review or ask on my Tumblr called hijackislife