“ My name is Andrew." he says, smiling at the beautiful young woman sitting on the ground next to him.

“ A... Andrew?” she questions.

“ Yeah. That's my name. May I ask your name as well?” he asks her while offering his hand.

She takes his hand and stands up.

“ My name... is Mira.” she says with a light blush.

Two faces pop up from behind his shoulders.

“ Mira eh? Nice to meet you, my name is Alex.” the dark haired man says, with a smile.

“ And I am Ivan.” the blond one says, with a more stiff look than the others.

“ By the way, Mira. Do you know where we are? I mean, I was in my apartment in New York, and then suddenly I see a light. Before I realise what's going on, boom, I was here.” Andrew tells her will holding his chin and looking up. “ Am I dreaming?”.

“ Wait. You are from America?” the man known as Alex asks.

“ Well, yeah. Why? Where are you from?”

“ I am from Berlin, Germany. I was sleeping in my apartment when I was woken up by a strange light. The rest is the same with you, I suppose.”

They both then look at their third friend. He looks back at them, a little surprised himself.

“ I am from Novosibirsk, Russia.” he says calmly.

“ But then, how do we understand each other if we are from different countries?” Alex questions.

" What do you mean? In English of course. That's the language we have been speaking from the beginning." Andrew states. But the rest just watch him in disbelief.

“ You know that we've been talking in German for the entire conversation, right” Alex corrects him.

“ What are you both saying? Have you gotten crazy? It has been Russian since the beginning.”

They all just look at each other. Thinking that everyone had gotten crazy and couldn't realise the language they were speaking in. Andrew is the one who breaks the silence.

" I see now." he says with a laugh. " It must be a dream. That's right. It is only a dream.". He closes his eyes. " If I close my eyes, I will wake up from this weird dream." he sighs.

He keeps them closed for a couple of seconds. His breathing that had become heavy, slows down to normal. He then slowly opens them again.

He is welcomed back by Alex, who is standing right in front of his face. He is surprised and staggers back.

“ So that you know, this isn't how you wake up from a dream. And secondly, this isn't a dream buddy. This is real.” he states.

" But how? We are from different parts of the world. It's not like we live in the same neighborhood. Or in the same continent for that matter."

“ You are right. I don't know what happened. But for us to understand each other... something weird happened for sure.” he says while looking like he is in deep thought.

Everyone else was looking at them having a conversation, right in the middle of a battle.

“ I am sorry that I have to ruin your little chat over there, but we have some business to attend to. So if you don't mind.” Greyo says, clearly annoyed. While at the same time nodding at the fire-goblins to attack.

They laugh as they make their way towards the defenseless men and the wounded Mira.

They, on the other hand, don't seem to notice them.

“ Emh. Guys?! I don't want to alert you, but we have a small problem here.” Mira warns them.

They turn to see what all this fuss was about. When they see the fire-goblins they stumble backward.

“ What the hell are these things? Monsters?” Ivan asks.

“ It seems like it. We have quite a messy situation on our hands. Won't you agree?” Alex answers him.

" I don't know what these things are, but they don't look friendly at all." Andrew says while raising up his fists, ready for a fight.

“ Classic American. Always ready for a fight.”

“ Shut up! Look at them. It is clear that they are hostile.”

“ Yes! As clear as it is that they are on fire!” Alex points out. “ What are you planning to do? Punch throw the fire?”

“ Yes!”

“ Are you stupid or what?”

But before they could continue their argument, one of the fire-goblins charges towards Alex with its huge axe raised up for an attack.

Alex is caught by surprise. ' How fast are these things?'

He falls on his back. The slash coming down to his face. He raises his hands covering himself. But he knows that they aren't going to do anything against this huge axe. He closes his eyes, waiting for his end.

But right as the axe was about to hit him, the sound of metal colliding is heard.

Alex opens his eyes, hesitantly. He finds himself having blocked the creature's blow with a sword, that had suddenly appeared in his hands.

“ What the …?” Alex mutters.

Andrew then punches it with full power, right in the face, sending the goblin flying through the field and crushing on a tree, killing it.

He looks at his hand in shock.

“ What happened here? What was this power?” he questions himself.

“ Who are these guys?” Greyo and Mira both ask.

" Well, whatever. Seems like we can touch them."

“ I don't know about you, but that thing was extremely hot. Are you sure you are ok.” Alex asks Andrew, while he himself is looking at his sword that came out of nowhere. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

It is a shiny looking katana. It has a light gray handle, with a golden guard. Its blade is as white as the purest snow. It was magnificent, he thought to himself.

“ Really? It didn't feel hot at all. It felt... normal.”

“ You sure about that?” Ivan steps in.

“ It seems like you guys have some special powers.” Mira finally speaks.

“ Special powers? What do you mean?” Andrew asks.

" I am sure you have figured it out already but this clearly isn't your world. I don't know how it happened, but with your transportation here, it seems like you got some powers also."

“ Powers? Not our world?”

" Explain yourself, woman." Ivan demands in anger.

“ I am going to explain everything later. Now we have a more important thing to take care off.” she says as she points to the fire-goblins.

“ She is right. I don't know what is going on here. But one thing is clear. These things are dangerous.” Alex agrees with Mira.

“ I suppose you are right.” Ivan gives up.

“ Hahahaha. Do you really think that weaklings like them, can go up against my goblins? You are more desperate than I thought, Mira!” Greyo provokes them.

“ Let me guess. Bad guy?” Alex asks with a grin.

" Yes." Mira answers him coldly.

The goblins all charge. Around fifteen of them.

Andrew stands against five of them. Two attacks from the sides, swinging their axes. One from the front, one from the behind, while the fifth one had jumped on the air, attacking from above.

He is trapped! He has nowhere to go. But he doesn't give up. He charges to the one on the front, as a last result. However, his body moves faster than he expected. In an instant, he had closed their distance. He pulls back his fist. And then unleashes it. The goblin has no time react. It is hit head-on and, just like the last one, flies through the air and onto a tree.

The rest of the fire-goblins stare at his sudden increase in speed. Andrew laughs.

" So this is what you meant with special powers. It's amazing" he says with a smile. " Come to me, you monsters. I am going to put you in the dirt." he declares as he is the one who charges at them this time.

Ivan is fighting five as well. They all slowly come towards him, with menacing smiles and saliva dripping from their mouths.

He looks around for something that he can use as a weapon. He doesn't think that he can touch them without getting burnt, like Andrew. And he doesn't want to put that to the test.

He finds a stick laying right next to him. It isn't something special, but at least it will prevent his hands getting roasted.

When he picks it up, something strange happens. It starts glowing with a yellow light. Then the stick is surrounded by a yellow aura. Ivan looks at it in amazement, what did he just do?

However, the goblins had grown impatient and charge towards him. One of their axes comes down to hit Ivan. But he dodges to the side. He then hits it in the stomach with his stick. It drops unconscious on the ground.

He looks in surprise at his stick. How did he do that? It had nowhere near enough force to knock it out like this. But he then remembers Mira's words about them having special powers. This is going to be more fun than he had first thought. With an excited smile, he launches himself to his enemies.

Alex however, was having a much more difficult time. His sword was able to block their attacks, but he knew nothing of swordsmanship. He was barely managing to keep all five of his opponents at bay. He hadn't even landed a hit on one of them.

But he noticed something. Slowly but steady, he was getting better. At the beginning he was being pushed around by their attacks, but no longer. He was now blocking and repelling them. But still not able to attack them.

After a large barrage of attacks, his opponents grew tired. And their moves became slower. That was his chance. With a swift strike, he hits one of the goblins in its neck. Blood spatters everywhere, as it falls dead on the ground. The rest of them fall back to catch their breaths.

' That's it! I can hit them. I am becoming better and better. That's what she must have meant by powers. This is exactly like an anime. It is amazing!'. He is excited.

This time he is charging at them. He isn't going to give them any time to recover. However, his swings and strikes are all blocked. He can't pass their defense.

' This is bad! I can't break through. They will soon recover and then I am screwed! What am I going to do? Come on weird powers, come on!'.

And as if to respond to his call, his sword starts radiating a white aura. That aura soon envelopes the sword, giving it a menacing look.

“ What is this?” Alex can now feel the power behind his sword. It feels heavier. He had thought that it was strange, that despite never holding a sword in his life, he was capable of lifting it and swinging it with ease. However, this wasn't the case now. This was heavy.

He raises it with great effort. The goblins use this chance to attack him. Now that he is defenseless and off balance. They were going to meet his sword midair, and break his guard, before moving in for the killing blow.

What they didn't expect however was his sword passing throw their axes, like a knife through the butter. It cuts their axes clean in half. It's force continuing even after that. Cutting the goblin, unlucky enough to be on its way, clear in half as well. That, however, is not the end. As soon as the tip of the sword touches the ground, the aura that had surrounded it is launched away as a huge energy slash. The goblins nearby vaporize in thin air. The land marked with a cut, where the sword had made contact.

“ Ouaou! So this is my power? It is really amazing!” Alex shouts in excitement.

“ Wait a minute. He got all this weird magic, sword slash thingings, and I only got stronger psychical attributes? That's fair.” Andrew says sarcastically.

" You know, you two have really accepted this whole thing way too easy." Ivan notes.

“ Ohh, come on. When did you ever had the chance to fight some kind of monsters, while you have weird powers? And no, video games don't count.” Alex says.

" I saw your battle, Ivan. You also liked these powers." Andrew points out, with a grin.

“ That's that and this is this.”

“ Oh really now? And how is this different?”

" I have to ask. How far are you guys going to get on my nerves!" Greyo stops their talk. He is really pissed now. " My goblins, defeated by a bunch of clowns? These useless garbages!". He yells.

It was only then that they noticed that he is holding a person by the throat. At first glance it looked like a knight of some sort, but then moving to the head, they see that it was a beautiful woman, with long blond hair.

“ Hey! You bastard! I don't know who you are, or what you want. But I am sure for one thing. You are hurting that lady! Put her down right now!” Alex demands while taking a battle position.

All three of them get ready to attack him. He looks at them with an evil smile on his face. He opens his hand, letting Anna fall to the ground while coughing. He then makes one step forward, his hand towards them. He provokes them to attack him.