"Welcome, all! Welcome to the Transformation games!" A voice speaks for all to hear. "As you all know, this has been set up by the grand emperor himself! And with the grand prize for the survivor of the tournament, the one who, through it all, remains loyal to themselves, and driven to complete the games! Which will be really difficult as things start to change!"
"The prize, as we all know, is yet to be revealed, but is promised to be beyond anyone's wildest dreams!"
The lady is almost getting annoying with her overbearing showmanship, as she is proudly displayed on a giant television, but you KNOW it will be worth it. It won't be long until you are moved into the mysterious arena which everyone has been talking about... yet nobody has a single clue on what it is like.
"...Now, for the moment we've all been waiting for... The contestants shall be randomly teleported into the grand arena! Let the games begin!"
The screen went black, with a massive white '10' on it.
'9' the small blue platform beneath you starts to vibrate and light up, and as you look around, the ones of the other contestants are as well.
'8' the similar platform positioned above is starting to vibrate as well, lighting up as the teleporter gets ready to move you out.
'7' you look around, knowing this may be the last time you think of these other contestants as fellow people... soon, they shall be opponents... and if things go wrong... dare you think it, your master.
'6' the glows of the teleporters intensify, lighting up the black painted room far more than the screen ever has.
'5' you hope beyond all hopes that things will not go horribly wrong... that you won't end up in the worst possible location in the arena... wherever you fear that may be.
'4' more than that, you hope you have a chance... even just one chance, to survive this... maybe even to win.
'3' you wonder what the prize may be, what is worth so much to have you risk your life, body, and mind for it.
'2' you think about what led you here. Why you are in this room... why you are going to this arena in the first place.
'1' you think about who you are... despite- no, especially because it may very well be the last time you think of yourself that way. You are...