Fate Online: Shadow

"Right, why is Minerva not here yet? Didn't you guys came together?" Michael turned his head towards Rick and asked.

"My buddy is really excited to meet his little girlfriend. It would have been such a bummer if she didn't come in the end" Michael teased Dylan, which prompted a peal of laughter among the others.

Dylan just shook his head, and Rick wore a mysterious smile on his face and said, "We did come together, but she will arrive a bit late as she has her own circumstances to take care for a bit"

Dylan was about to ask him what it was when they suddenly heard that a commotion growing outside of the cafe with people slowly gathering in front.

"Oh my god! Allison is here!"

"A celebrity is here!"

"Allison? Are you talking about that famous actress who's called Miss Villainess?"

"Yes!"

"She's really beautiful!"

She just blatantly waltz inside the cafe, and her fans tried to follow her inside, but they failed as five burly and ferocious-looking men in black suits quickly stopped them and blocked the way inside the establishment.

She scanned the inside of the cafe where she quickly saw her sister waving towards her.

Everyone stopped what they're doing and just stared at her mesmerized, especially the men who came with their girlfriends, and every single one of them received a painful kick from their girlfriends because of their behavior that looks like wolves that saw a lump of delicious looking meat.

She's wearing a white striped blouse tucked inside her slim black pants while wearing a pair of black high heels.

Her clothes show off her womanly figure that could make every man drool over her.

"Sis! Over here!"

Dana waved at her while Rick is wearing a laughing smile on his face.

Everyone is looking at her with dumbfounded looks on their faces. Even Michael felt amazed at his brother for hooking up with such a seductive big fish!

Athena covered her mouth with both of her hands as she can't believe that she's finally meeting a celebrity personally, and on top of that, she's her brother's girlfriend!

On the other hand.

Dylan just stared at the woman walking towards them with his mouth agape in shock.

"Hello there"

The silver-haired woman greeted the others one by one, and when it was Dylan's turn.

"Hi, it's nice finally meeting you, Mister Cereal" she smiled as she chuckled.

'This idiot!' Michael cursed inside as he elbowed him when he saw that Dylan is just staring at the woman like an idiot.

Dylan finally snapped out of it, and he hastily stood up from his seat.

"Hi, ni...nice to finally meet you!!"

He greeted, he was about to give her a hug but then stopped himself when he realized who she really is, and with many people watching them. He knows that there would certainly be a piece of news of her tomorrow about hugging an unknown man, which would spell trouble for her.

Allison smiled seemingly knowing the thoughts going through Dylan's mind.

And she made a shocking move that shocked the people both inside and outside of the cafe.

She just casually hugged Dylan and even gave him a peck on one of his cheeks!

"It was really nice seeing you"

"Me too"

Then she kicked Rick out of his seat and sat beside Dylan instead, while the former wore a helpless smile on his face and sat beside Dana.

Athena looked at her and nervously asked.

"Are you really my brother's-"

"Girlfriend? Yes, I am, and this is not a prank"

"Awe...some"

"You guys probably know what my name is, but I still want to introduce myself…"

Amanda quietly leaned towards Michael and whispered to him, "You never told me that Dylan's girlfriend would be Allison"

"I didn't know, she clearly looked different from when she was playing the game" Michael whispered in reply.

"My appearance in the game is very different, right? It's because the company was kind enough to give us celebrities the privileged of adjusting our appearance by at least thirty percent instead of the usual ten" Allison said, explaining why her appearance is very different compared to her avatar.

'So this means...that we have been playing the same game with Allison this entire time, and we didn't even know!'

All of them were clearly shocked at this news, but it wasn't as shocking to the others compared to Athena.

"Ma'am, I'm a big fan of yours, and you're much prettier personally!"

"Really? Thank you, and I heard a lot of things about you from your brother, and wow, he wasn't lying. Your appearance is clearly screaming to become a model, an actress, or even join an idol group. I'm surprised no one had scouted you all this time, and just call me Allison, okay?"

"Uh-hmm!" Athena nodded while wearing a huge smile on her face.

"Anyway, why don't we once again introduce ourselves, but this time, we're gonna use our in-game name instead" Dana quickly said when she noticed that no one is talking since her sister arrived, except for Athena.

"I'll go first. I'm Miya!"

"I'm called Sanguine Rose," Athena said.

"Maverick, Guild Leader of Flame Rose Guild and the eldest cousin of Dana and Allison," Rick said while smiling.

"I'm Minerva," Allison said.

"Cereal Killer," Dylan said, a bit embarrassed with his name.

"Shadow" Michael said.

Then everyone turned to look at the last person, except for Michael who took a bite of the cake in front of him.

Amanda looked at the people looking at her, she sighed.

"I am...Solitary Tempest"

"Solitary Tem...pest?"

Except for Michael and Athena, everyone literally said the same words at the same time.

"Are you telling us...that you're that Solitary Tempest? That Solitary Tempest who's been dominating the entire gaming industry in the past five years!?"

"Yes, I am" Amanda nodded at Rick's question.

"Come on, if we leave now, I think we'll be able to get to the concert on time, and didn't you always wanted to see Arthur's concert?"

Michael suddenly stood up from his head and interrupted the people who wanted to ask Amanda more questions.

"Okay, let's go! I've always wanted to see Arthur!" Athena quickly agreed to Michael as her eyes shined with excitement.

And because of that, they didn't have a choice but to stop but decided internally that they would grill her later for more questions!

Then the group slowly made their way outside the shop, leaving Michael behind as he paid for their meal, but not before the owner of the cafe taking a quick picture with Allison, the other customers also wanted to ask for a picture and an autograph, but a certain person would always give them a deadly glare, which prompted them to stop.

It took them quite a while before they managed to get past through the crowd before arriving in beside their cars.

"This is your car? You must be really well off" Rick said while looking at Michael's car.

"Nope, my parents bought it as a gift for me, Come on, let's going!" Micheal answered and opened the door for Amanda.

"Hey" Michael pushed Dylan when he was just about to get the door for the backseat.

Michael gestured for Dylan to go with Allison's van, and with no other choice, Dylan rode with Allison along with Rick.

Then Athena and Dana took the backseat of Michael's Voltron, much to the annoyance of a certain someone when the latter decided to ride with them.

"Let's go" Dana shouted and pointed towards the road in front of them.

"Is she always like this?" Amanda leaned in and whispered to Michael.

"Yes," Michael just smiled and looked at the two girls chatting about women things in the back through the rearview mirror.

Then the group drove towards their next destination, with Michael taking the lead, followed by two black vans closely following behind him.

In the car.

"Hey, are you really Solitary Tempest? You were not messing with us back there earlier, right?" Dana's head suddenly popped out from between the two front seats.

Amanda closed her eyes and sighed, then turned towards Dana.

"Yes, I am, and I wasn't messing around"

"Okay, cool"

Then Dana retreated back to the backseat where Athena quickly asked her, "Is Solitary Tempest famous unnie?"

Dana smiled at her, and said, "She is, she dominated the Player Rankings from the past famous games during the past five years. No one really knew what she looked like before, and I didn't expect that she...she's"

"I'm what?"

Amanda turned her body around and looked at the two behind her.

"Nothing"

Dana turned her head away and acted like she didn't know what Amanda is talking about.