//------------------------------// // Never buy in internet from guys with strange names // Story: Asphalt wars // by Hoax1337 //------------------------------// (At least 152 years ago) I was sitting in front of my computer replaying need for speed rivals like for the nth time playing in the racer carrer on the chapter in which Zephyr steals the Koenigsegg one:1 from the police, when I recieved a call in my phone. I exit the game and attend the call. "Hola, quien habla?" I say to the person on the other side of the phone. "It's me bro" I get a reply in spanish. I almost forgot that today is the day in which Juan, my elder brother calls me from an university in the USA, as he went to study abroad, while I decided to continue my studies here in South America due to not having enough funds and still being in the last year of high school. "So how is life treating you at university, Juan?" I asked. "Well, we have the exams right around the corner, and I can't say that I regret studying an engeneering carreer." He answers. "And what about you, Seba?" "Well, right now I'm in the middle of a vacation, so I spend time either reading or playing games. Right now I was playing rivals". "Cop or racer?" "Racer" "Hehe, always the rebel one, don't you?" "Of course, it is more exiting being chased". I also talked about the grades that I got on my first year, and when he started lamenting that he would not be able to be for my 18th birthday I told him that I understood the reasons behind it and I told him not to worry. After ending the call, I decided that instead of keep playing, I would read some mlp fanfiction, specially the ones with humans. I found the site when I was searching for scenarios in which humans go to equestria, and since then I read many other stories in the site, mostly with humans, and I got a special interest on the displaced stories: common people getting wrecked by void guys and also by the royal sisters when they imprison the main character for an insane amount of years, only to make him pissed off and seeking revenge when they are freed, or they prove themselves that they are not a threat. What annoyed me a bit about the stories is that they always had powers (no offense meant, some are awesome to read), in a way that in some stories the characters are overpowered, and thus the story loses it's fun. After finishing reading some chapters of the story of auric, I decided to check on internet for offers of collectible cars. I was a fanatic of cars, althrough I had never driven one in my life, but when I get the chance, I will apply for the driving license and I will do the good stuff with it. While surfing through different sites, I came across a model that I had seen before: a rather large model of the Koenigsegg one:1, but in this case, the price caught my attention; it was at half the price I saw in other sites. I instantly opened that product and saw the guy that was selling it, a John V. Dweller. 'Strange name' I thought as I started to enter the data of my master card my father gave me to buy the model. I couldn't lose that offer. >---------< After contacting the guy and coordinating the delivery through mail I decided to play in my phone some asphalt 8, because on that moment I wanted some physics-defying action. I choose a quick race on sector 8 with some S class cars and again I play with the Koenigsegg one:1. >---------< After finishing on first place (again) I turn off the phone and I prepare dinner,some pasta with tomato sauce, not so complicated, and I go to sleep. >---------< (Some days later) As I hear the engine of my mother's car fading away in the distance, I go to my computer and start playing some need for speed undercover. As I am being chased by the police on a level 5 pursuit, I hear the bell of the door. I pause the game so I could attend the door, and when I open the door I see a mailman with a package under the arm. "Sebastián Rodriguez?" He asks. "That would be me" I answer. "Please, sign here" he requests as he hands me a sheet of paper and a pen. I sign the paper and after handing back the receipt the man gives me the box. "Please enjoy" he says in a misterious tone as I close the door. After closing it, I proceeded to open the box, and what I find is what I expected, the scaled Koenigsegg one:1 on the original box. After retiring the box with the car I found a note attached at the bottom of the cardboard box. It said: 'Good luck, you will need it tomorrow'. It was weird at the moment, so I decided to ignore it and I proceeded to unbox the car; I looked at all the components and I couldn't believe how detailed it was; the doors, the engine, the wheels... After admiring the car for hours, I saw that it was getting dark, so I decided to go to sleep and skip dinner, as I had an abundant lunch, and thus I wasn't hungry, so I took off some of my clothes and I felt like a rock over the bed. I woke up the next day to the sound of birds. I went to the bathroom to clean my face, and when I went to prepare my beakfast, I noticed something strange: I did not hear any car pass next to my house. That was strange, as my house was quite near to a main road, so there was a constant stream of cars passing. I decided to ignore it for the moment, and I proceeded to pepare a sandwich and some milk. When I finished, I decided to check the weather, so I went back to my bedroom to put on some comfortable winter clothes, but when I opened the door, I saw something I did not expect. Outside there was a big forest wall that in some places had what it looked as roads, and as I walked around the house, I simply saw more trees and trees. Sudenly, I realized that I wasn't home anymore, so I started breathing heavily to avoid screaming and panicking, and I entered my home quickly, as my breakfast wanted to get out of my stomach. After the uncomfortable moment in the bathroom, I decided to check my smartphone which I had left yesterday next to the car, but when I reach the table I notice various things: First, the car is not there, instead I see an object with the Koenigsegg logo, and second, I see a note under the object. "Your adventure starts now. V.D." it said. "Qué mierda significa esto?" I asked myself. I grab my phone and the object and I start looking at it, and I notice that it has two buttons: one with an open lock and other with a closed lock. I press the one with the open lock and hear something coming from the garage. I cautiously advance towards the garage door and open it, and when I turned on the lights, I had to slap myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming. NO. FUCKING. WAY. Right in front of me I had a Koenigsegg one:1, one of the most powerful cars in the entire world, and I had suddenly realized what was that object in my hand. It was the door controller for it, so that could mean one thing. I bought a 7 million dollar car for 200 dollars. After my brain ended processing what I just saw, I thought about my situation. "I am in the middle of nowhere, so what I have in the fridge will run out soon. I need to move and find a place to restore my reserves. Should I use the car knowing that I had never driven before?" I asked myself. ... "Fuck it, I'm going to practice" I finally decided. I walked towards the garage entrance and I opened it. Then I walked towards the car and I opened the door. I sat down as I closed the door, and then I placed on the seatbelt. Safety first. "How do I start the engine?" I asked myself as I started Tapping all the buttons, until I saw the one that said start/stop. "let's do this" I cheered myself as I pressed the button and got greeted by the rumbling of the engine. >---------< If I learned something from my practice, is that I am a fast learner: I got the hang of the gas and brake pedal, and I got the feel of how much the steering wheel controlled the front. When I thougt that I had enough, I decided to start my quest of finding civilization by opening the maps in the phone. In that instant, I noticed several things. First I saw that the phone indicated that it was the year 1848, and then, that the signal bar was replaced with an infinite symbol, as well as the battery icon. When I opened the maps app and I zoomed out, I saw THAT word. The one that made me realize where I was. And what I was. And that made me realize that the complete name of the guy that sold me the car was John VOID Dweller. Equestria. And I had been wreckeddisplaced by a void dweller. ... ... ... FFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-