As I woke up I could hear some people speaking in some strange language. I opened my eyes and what I saw was mind-blowing. We were on a platform on high ground, the view was breathtaking and it’s one of a kind. On the platform was pillars with strange markings on them and there was a staircase that was leading down to what you could only assume was a large and majestic building.

As I looked around I saw the people that was speaking in the strange language. There were four men and one women, the men had something like a robe for magicians in an RPG game and with a pointed hood. The woman was nothing else than beautiful and was wearing something that looked like a really expensive white dress with golden patterns, she also had something like a tiara with shining gems in it.

When I looked around more I could see four other people with the same confused look I was having. They had the same type of clothes that I have so I assumed they were from my world.

Wait! Why did I think of that? As I thought of this I heard someone say.

-       H-h-hey where are we???

I looked at the voice and saw a girl about the same age as me if not a year younger. Ah and I am 19 by the way. I was relieved that she was speaking English and that I was not the only one in this fucked up situation. I looked at the girl and said.

-       I don’t know but my guess is we are not home.

She looked back at me with a startled expression on her face. Not expecting an answer I guess. She reminded me of a scared puppy. Kind of cute actually.

-       "W-w-who are you?!" She asked in a demanding but scared voice.

-       "My name I Alex and I am from Portsmouth. And who are you?"

-       "I’m Louis and I am from San Francisco." She seemed to be a little bit more at ease.

So she is from the US and not from England as I was which was a bit unsettling to be truthful. I noticed that the other three looked at us when we was speaking so I asked them.

-       "So who and where are you guys from?"

-       "My name is Rebecca but most just call me Becca and I am from Gracetown." Hm she seemed a bit more cheerful than the others, might have been because she also seems a bit older.

-       "I am from Bury Port and my name is Rupert."

-       "I’m Charles and from Edmonton."

So we have me from England, Louis from USA, Rebecca from Australia, Rupert from Wales and Charles from Canada. Hm.

-       "I am just gonna ask to be sure but all of you were at home before coming here and not on vacation or something?"

-       "Yes." They all say with one voice.

As I had come to my conclusion I saw that the other party with the strange language did something and a light blue light came from them and surrounded us. Everyone was alarmed by it and was now standing up. But as soon as the light vanished I heard the woman asking and surprisingly it wasn’t the strange language which I couldn’t understand or rather it was the same language but I understood her.

-       "Welcome heroes you must have a lot of question to ask and all of them will be answered if you come with me." But before she could continue I stopped her to ask.

-       "Who are you and what was the blue light and how come we understand you now when we couldn’t before!?"

Don’t get me wrong here now, even if it seemed that I was perfectly normal that was far from it. I was scared, very scared but at the same time I had a feeling that I was finally free or something.

-       "I am the royal princess of the human race Annise Lortain von Arlais. The blue light as you called it is a spell to make you understand us and the same for us to understand you. Now if you could follow me you will get answer to all the other questions you may have."

We were all thinking the same thing mainly “What the hell” but none the less we followed her. No one talked while we walked and there was just this suffocating silence.

They split us up. The girls in one room and us boys in one room. We were told that we would get clothes so that we would be presentable in front of the king. If you ask me this is just a bit too much even if I could understand where they were coming with it.

The clothes we were given was something like a half robe. It kinda looked like a coat. I was given a black shirt and black pants, my coat thingy (ah I will just call it that from now on) was also black with some silver lines and patterns. I looked in the mirror and what I saw was an average if not better looking face with black hair and green eyes in clothes that gave of a noble feeling.

Rupert and Charles was given the same type of clothes as I got but with a different color. Rupert’s was white with gold lines. Almost like the dress the princess had. Charles clothes had the color grey with black lines and patterns. They both also gave off the feeling of a noble.

When we were done dressing and got out of the room we were led to where the girls had been taken and what we saw was two beautiful girls in one piece dresses. Louis dress was blue with lines and patterns of light blue and Becca’s dress were yellow with orange lines and patterns. Now we all have the aura of nobles around us and I couldn’t help but think of the saying “The clothes make the man”. There really had to be something in that.

The attendants began leading us to two really big doors. The doors were adorned with a carving of dragons. Not the lizard western type but the serpent eastern type.

The doors opened and what waited us inside was a really big room. The room was by far bigger then my old house. Not to mention the high class decorations. The floor was of pure white marble, you could almost see your own reflection in it. And there was a big fat chandelier hanging in the middle of the room. The ceiling was high up and the chandelier was at least ten meters above the floor. There were sculptures of knights standing in a row to the side of the big red carpet. The sculptures looked so real you would almost think they were alive if it weren’t for the stone color they had. Beside every sculpture stood a real knight which only strengthened the feeling that the sculptures were alive.

Further inside the room was a small staircase and there were three chairs that could only be described as unnecessary decorated, they were by all meaning majestic but it was just too much decorations on them. The ones sitting on the chairs is what I assumed is the royal family. The king, queen and princess. At the same time I thought that.

-       “Greetings heroes I am Gerard Dukin von Arlain king of the human race.” as he said that he motioned to the one sitting next to him.

-       “And this is my wife Freay Yulwin von Arlain the queen of the human race." She looked like an elder version of the princes but by no means did she look old.

-       "And you have already met our daughter Annise Lortain von Arlain princess of the human race." 

We all looked a little surprised at the three. I had already grasped most of what has happened and could guess what was coming next. Who would have known that spending all that time reading fantasy novels would come to handy in such a way. While I was thinking about it all the king raised his hand.

-       "Now before you ask any question let me explain what happened. We have used a ritual to summon heroes from another world in order to help and aid us in our war against the demons. And you are the heroes that have been summoned." 

As the king  told us what happened, the others seemed to have lost all thinking capacity but since I already knew this was gonna happen I wasn’t as shocked and could recover from the shock quite fast. The king continued.

-       "You all also have to choose a new name for this world, of course you can choose the same name as you had before."

This just felt unreal. Like why do we have to pick a new name, and does he realize that he has just kidnapped us?

-       "Eh King Gerard what about our homes and family? I don’t know about the others but even though my old man was not the best he is still my family."

The king looked at me with a strange look on his face. Almost as if I had disrespected him. Well he can fuck off for all I care this is a freaking kidnapping!

-       "Do not worry there are forces that will make sure that nothing is amiss in another world during a summoning. For example it could be that they all have forgotten you like you never existed and that is just one theory. We are not very familiar with the hero summoning and it is said that only the demon king has all knowledge about it."

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I realized that the other four has finally snapped out of it and had a look of depression on their faces. Well I can’t blame them, it wouldn’t be normal if you could keep your calm in a situation like this. Even though I said this it doesn’t matter much to me if we can go back or not. I didn’t have much in my “old world” anyway but it is just the way they did this. If they could summon us at least give us the chance to say nor or something.

-       "So you just kidnapped us from our own world with no way to get us back? And on top of that the only known thing you have about our trip back is that the demon king know how to do it. Not only did you use something that you don’t fully understand which could have costed our life but on top of it you want us to fight for you!?!"

All the eyes turned towards me and was staring at me like I was some kind of vermin when I said my thoughts. The king also looked very displeasing with what I have said but didn’t say anything against it. The princess did have a little hint of pity and shame in her eyes but not so much that she would do something about it.

-       "While it is true that we can’t send you back, we can’t force you to fight for us either. The best you could do in that case is try to live a peaceful life in our world."

For the first time we entered the throne room one of the other spoke up. When I looked at them I saw it was the guy called Rupert.

-       "Don’t worry. I will aid you in the war against the demons and defeat them so that we can all return. He said that with a glint in his eyes like he was some damn savior or something. I only had one word for him. RETARD."

The others also chipped in now.

-       "If there is a way home I would like to find it." Charles said with a stern voice.

-       "Yeah that is right and while we are at it lets have some fun in this world too." Becca was as cheerful as ever. Quite unexpected actually.

-       "Y-y-you are right we have to fight or ourselves so that we can return home." Louis was obviously shaken. Still there was some kind of determination in her eyes.

The king looked very pleased with what the other said. I am quite sure he is gonna use them for his own gain like some slaves. It would be good if I could get them to distrust the king a little but it isn’t really necessary for me since I have already decided what to do.

-       "Now then, before we continue you all have to choose a new name for yourself that identifies you in this world. As I said you can choose you old name or a new name. When you have gotten your name you will receive a magic affinity. We will test your affinity here too. Just simply say I wish to be known as and your name."

I am going to be honest here I was quite surprised with the magic thing and it sparked my interest. And of course the retard went first.

-       "I wish to be known as Arthur!" A white light surrounded him and it was done.

The other saw this and followed suit. I waited until they were done. Mostly because I wanted to abandon my old name, not that I have anything against it. It is just that I want a new name for a new world.

-       "I wish to be known as Charles!" A green light surrounded him and it was done.

Hm I wonder if the light changes color depending on the attribute. Considering Charles had green light and the retard had white light they probably have different magic affinity. I would guess light and nature if I take in my experience of fantasy novels.

-       "I wish to be known as Becca!" An orange light surrounded her and it was done.

-       "I wish to be known as Louise!" A yellow light surrounded her and it was done.

I had the perfect name. It would represent what I want to do in this world and with a slight change it would feel like my own name.

-       "I wish to be known as Cardiz!" A black light surrounded me and it was done. I sure as hell hope they don’t associate black with evil.

-       "Now Julius if you would." The king looked at one of the men that was wearing the hooded robe we saw at the platform earlier. Only his were looking to be much more valuable.

-       "My name is Julius Vrondize, and I am an archmage. All you have to do now is touch this crystal here and it will show us what magic affinity you got. Remember that you can develop affinity for more elements as you grow more adept in your magic."

He held out a fist size crystal that was shaped like a prism. And the retard was first to step forward. Why am I not surprised?

As he touched the crystal the whole room shined up brightly and filled it with a comfortable feeling. Julius looked surprised and then finally stuttered.

-       "Y-y-you have holy magic affinity. It is one of the most precious affinities within the human race."

The retard looked very satisfied and grinned like an idiot.  The next one to step forward was Becca. When she touched the crystal the room lit up in a strange mix of red and yellow light. Yet again Julius looked surprised not as much as before though.

-       "Miss Becca you seem to have blazing affinity. It is very rare and is a combination of light affinity and fire affinity. It have very explosive potential if may say so myself."

She looked a bit proud of herself. Next up was Charles, the room lit up in a very bright green color. This time Julius looked a bit astonished. Seriously what is with him? He has shown three different emotions that yet is almost the same.

-       "You have nature affinity. That is very rare considering that it is usually only elves that have it."

When we all hear that we were a bit surprised. Not that we should if you think about it. This was a different world and demons exist. Why shouldn’t elves exist too?

-       "Elves?" The retard blurted out

-       "Yes, except for us humans and our enemies the demons, there also are elves such as high elves, wood elves and dark elves. Dwarfs usually reside in the mountains and don’t bother much with the other races except for trade. Then there are the demi-humans that have some part of an animal or a monster. They don't have a contry but more like a territory where they live in small communities."

As we got a little lesson on the various races that live in this world Louis touched the crystal and a yellow light shined in the room. This time Julius didn’t look very surprised, may have been because the others affinities were more unusual than Louis.

-       "And you miss Louis have the light affinity. It is also rare but not as much as the others."

Jackpot I thought. Finally it is my turn. I wonder if I have dark affinity since my light was black when I choose my name and I sure as hell that I don’t get labeled as evil. When I touched the crystal a pitch black light shined in the room with a tiny hint of purple in it. Yet again Julius looked like his jaw dropped to the floor. All the others looked the same as Julius.

-       "T-t-t-t-that is void affinity!!!!!! It is extremely rare and only a few in history have been recorded to have it. Most never make an appearance and just stick to themselves."

Heh so I am one of the few rare. That suits me perfectly. And I can think of so many uses with this magic.

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At some point in this chapter i also used  " " to calrify the disucssion.

Example: -"That is very unusual". He said with a strange voice

Or as i normally started out.

Example2: -That is very unusual. He said with a strange voice

Pleas leave a comment which you think i should continue with.

I have changed it so that I use " " as one have commented on.