"Its cold... why is it so cold? Wait, where am I?"

The skeleton sits up. "Is this... a  beach? How did I get here?"

[Well, good morning, sunshine.]

 The skeleton looks around, paniced "Who said that? Whos there?!"

[Calm down pal, Im a friend, well, more like your boss.]

 The skeleton looks confused. "My... Boss? Well, ok then. You've got a name, boss?"

 [No, you can simply call me Boss.]

"Alright Boss, where am I?" 

[A beach, isnt it obvious?]

"Well I can see that! But why am I here?"

[Oh, you don't remember? Thats a shame, well, how much do you remember? Whats your name?]

"My name? Easy! Its..."

[You don't remember, do you?]

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"...no."

[Fine, I'll tell you. Your name is Alter.]

"Alter? Thats a wierd name. But ok. Why am I here?"

[Simple, you've got a mission to complete.]

"What kind of mission? I don't understand."

[Such trivial details are not important right now. All you need to know is that you need to head into town. It will be obvious when you get there.]

"Alright, whatever you say boss." And thus, the skeleton stood up and looked around. "...Hey boss, which way is town?"

[...]

"Boss? You there? He's gone? Just great... well, I'll look around. Maybe I'll find something." 

And thus, Alter was on his way, the first of many adventures.

"Well, theres a brook over there leading to the ocean. Towns are always near fresh water! I'll follow this brook until I the town!" Alter walked to the edge of the beach, and began to climb the small, moss covered cliff to reach the woods. "Huh, the undergrowth is to thick to follow the brook from the sides. Guess I'll just wade through it! I can swim pretty well... at least, I think I can. Only one way to find out!"

And with that, he jumped in to the brook. "Geez! This is freezing! But it looks like I swim! Let's go!" He began swimming upstream. "Easy! Wait, is it just me, or is this current getting faster? Oh crap..." Suddenly, he was hit with a large wave of water, slamming him underwater, hitting his back at the bottom.

Alter tried to swim back up, but he was caught on a rock. "Wait... am I wearing a hoodie?" It was true, he was wearing a bright, neon green hoodie, and unfourtunatly, the hood was trapped under a rock. "Crapcrapcrap, wait, i dont have lungs., I'm fine!"

[Uh... no you're not. Look behind you dingus.]

"Oh look whos finally ba- wait what?" He turned around, only to be face to face with some sort of sparking, flaming green fish. "What the hell is that?"

(End of Chapter One. Thank you for reading! This is my first real work, so please, feel free to leave some tips and critism about my work! Have a great day! :D)