The Heart of Gray
Chapter 1: Chapter 1 - Awakening(Edited)
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Okay! First Ark chapter 1! Wuhu!
Gonna say sorry on the whole "old times speech pattern" on my part. Gonna try to make it right but... well. Feedback is highly appreciated.
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Cause its time to let the words rolling!
Let the story begin!
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Consciousness returned to me, as a burning sensation made itself apparent on my chest, my memories were a blur. Question after question came to my mind in this place full of darkness. For some reason I felt calm, yet confused. I didn’t even understand the meaning of those words but they felt like the right thing to say.
I was floating... no... I was standing, but I couldn't move, as if I was being restrained from all angles by a metal bar, I tried and tried to, but I couldn't move even a finger. Finger? What is a finger?
Where.... am I? Was one of the most repeated questions I made when I could think rationally, and the feeling of my head being split open didn't help. So I tried to open my eyes but I couldn't, they refused to even bulge. So many words, I didn’t understand them, yet I did? What was a ‘head’? I knew it was something that had eyes, mouth and ears. But what were those? I get the idea, but I couldn’t give them a definition. Couldn’t even think of what those looked like. I just knew about those things.
Who... am I? Who was I? I can't remember, my head hurts, I'm dizzy, what is this place, and why is it so...
Cold?... it is... cold.... Came my voice, or my thoughts, it was difficult to say at least, the sound came from everywhere but at the same time it sounded as if I was thinking. I could feel my body, it was cold, like if it was being covered by a layer of cold wate--no, it is way more colder than cold water… wait. What is water? Why are those words just coming to my head!?
What... happened to me? What is going on? I ask, somehow. As if expecting someone to answer me in this infinite darkness, and much to my surprise, something did happen.
A light, a tiny glowing sphere of light, it just appeared and seemed to be getting closer to me, I could see shapes inside the light, when it hit my eyes, I blacked out.
I have eyes?
I appeared in the air after recovering consciousness, much to my surprise. I could see again. I was in the air, floating this time, not like before, yet I couldn't move from my place. It was like being on a treadmill, I moved my foot, but I didn't move from my place, so I took a glance at my area. Ignoring all the same questions that came to my head.
Then, I tried looking at myself. There was nothing, just a pale blue light that seemed to come from behind my eyes. It didn’t made sense. What was happening to me? What was I? How could I know what those words mean? Then, I caught another new sight that took my attention away from my non-existent body.
I was floating very high in the air, below I could make out a city. The city was very familiar to me, but I couldn't put my finger from where, and the colors seemed to be wrong, everything was grey. Once more, I wanted to know what a city was. I knew the word, but what was a city? Was it the building? Was it the lack of trees? Is a city just a big group of buildings close to each other?
Suddenly I started to move unwillingly towards the ground, but it wasn't like if I was falling from the sky. It was more like a slow descent to the ground, the way I was descending it seemed that I was going to land inside a park.
When I was only some few meters over the ground, I could hear something. I tried moving my head towards the voice and was rewarded with a glimpse at the only colored thing in all the area.
"Hey S͍̖̲͎̗͖̙ͥ͑̓͂t̼̖͎̲͕̘͍̿ͥͫ̌͊_̯̓̉͛͜_͇̪̖̞͜v͍͔͍̣̞̍̋̀_̮̗̠̪̍͑̅͑̀ , are you going to play Lol this afternoon?" Said a boy, he was wearing a red winter jacket and black jeans, and his dark blond hair was combed to the right side. He was 5'8'' feet tall. But there was something wrong with the boy, his face was... black, as if it was a void made of pure darkness, it didn't have eyes or nose, not even a mouth. Like a mask covering someone’s face. Their shape was funny, why were the shapes funny? Those are humans. I’m human? But I have no body? How can i know this?
Alongside that boy was another boy, once my eyes landed on his face. Everything began to shake. It was… I don’t know. Fever? The world became a blur. I saw colors, then I didn’t. It didn’t make sense to me, there was a weird sensation around myself. Was this pain? It wasn’t nic--
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AGH! Pain, my head hurts so much. It was worse than before. Memories of the boy came to my head, his name, his attitude, and his likes and dislikes, everything. All the words, all the things I have said now make sense. So much knowledge just dropped on me...
Then I realised who he was.
That's... me? I wanted to yell out to him, to get closer, and to understand what was happening. Why couldn't I remember the boy I was walking with? I remember the day, but I couldn't remember names. Hell, I couldn’t even feel anything else aside from confusion.
What's happening to me? Came my voice, it came with fear. Did I want to know what happened? How come I am here, yet there? am I in a coma? Why does my voice now sound so… weird? It sounds like an echo, but, why? Is this a dream?
"Sure, like always man, but If we are gonna play on Summoner's rift I wanna be Adc."" Said... Me? This was pretty confusing... the voice came as If I thought or said it, it came from everywhere yet at the same time, it came from my head… my head? Then, I blinked and found myself in… my body? Was this my body? But… I was looking at myself before! I already know this, I have lived this. So this can’t be real? Right?
Then, I caught my body moving without my consent. Hell, it was so weird. But my face was smiling! Why was I smiling? This doesn’t make any sense! I was just an average boy, 5'8'' feet tall, wearing my trademark dark blue jacket and black jeans, my eyes green as the glass, my black hair was a disaster, it looked like it got into a fight with the brush. I didn't look too fat or thin, just average, both of us were young adults, having our birthdays recently, both of us were almost eighteen years old.
"Let me guess? AntArctic Varus again right? or you are gonna go as Ashe?" Said the red jacked boy.
"Like always, man." I said. The voices coming out of his…. my? Yeah, my mouth. Ugh. Just… just gonna see where this goes. So much thinking going on inside my own head….
"Brrrrrrrrrp..." Came a sound from the pocket of the boy at my side.
"Uh? hey wait a second I got a call." Said the red jacked boy while taking an Iphone from his left pocket.
"Yeah?-- Aha, yes you mentioned it last time-- what?-- NO WAY! are you serious?-- How far away?-- Oh sweet!-- Of course I am gonna go!-- thanks man! I gotta spread the word!" He put his phone inside his pocket again and its face seemed to glance at me again. "Man you aren't going to believe this! there is going to be a comic-con in the city! like for the first time ever!" Said the boy.
"Wait, really!? Cool! I always wanted to go to one of those!" I said.
"And now we got the chance bro! I wanted to go since... well since I could remember! I'm gonna go and put on a really badass costume!" Said the boy.
"A costume? really? why? it is not like it is obligatory to go with a costume right?" I ask.
"Of course you need a costume man! everyone is gonna go dressed as their favorite hero or villain from, like, any anime or game! You. Need. A. Costume!" He said, his voice was filled with excitement.
"Uhhh.... I don't know, I really don't want to go dressed as some kind of samurai or some kind of robot. That's the kind of things I don't like, man." I said. But I did like it! Was I always like this? Because it seemed like a nice thing to dress as someone else.
"Well then better go looking for costume then! The comic-con is gonna start the next week, and you have time to search for a good costume, man." He said.
"Oh, okay! Then i'll try and look for one..." I said, while looking at the dark sky as if it were going to solve my costume problem.
"Okay, hey, I gotta go man, see you later!" Said the boy while running ahead of me.
"Yeah... see you later man..." I said, the world then began to shake and blur... and everything turned black.
Blinking, I swallow in my mind. Where was I now!? Why!? What is happening!?
I was standing in front of two giant glass doors, inside I could make people moving around, talking, playing, and arguing who had the better costume. It was again, very weird. All the people had colors, yet the world didn't get any, every stand and pictures were greyed.
That is when I saw the reflection on the glass doors. Giving me memories from that day. Yeah, I decide to go dressed… well. It wasn’t really a costume, but who cares, right? If it would take that idiot out of my ass then everything works… anyway. I kinda resemble Gray Fullbuster from Fairy Tail. I got half the costume, if you can call it costume. The white coat, and under it was a black T-shirt. My pants were dark blue jeans. My black hair unkempt as always. The only thing that made it look like it was a costume was the fake scar above my left eye. It wasn't a perfect replica, but it would do for the con. After all, those with a costume get free pass and I kinda looked like I was in one. Just needed to show them a picture of Gray and tada! Free pass to the con!
"Come on man! Let's get in already!" Said someone from my right, my body against my wishes turned to the side to see the same boy as before, how I knew was beyond my understanding, he was wearing a white coat too... no, it was more like a white kimono, and under it he got a white T-shirt with a pink sash around the waist. His dark brown hair was swept back, letting some hanging on the front of his faceless head, the costume was a perfect replica of Aizen from Bleach. The boy grasped my hand, and started to pull me towards the two giant glass doors.
"Hey!- let me go- man!- I can walk in alone you know!-Hey! Stop pulling me already!" I said with some amusement in my voice, he had finally let go of my hand and looked at me. I knew, somehow, that he was putting on a very serious face that made me feel more amused. But in my mind it was so bizarre. That void on his face was creeping me the hell out. God damn it. Think I know what is going on too, this was… my memories. Like, dunno. Everything was just a theory but that is all I can think about. What if this is what happen to those that get in a coma? I remember not even knowing the definition of the words. So, something must happen to me and now I find myself in… dunno. Gonna label it the ‘memory lane’ or something.
"Man, you gotta stop looking and move! Look all the stands! I wanna go in and find something cool! I waited all my life for something like this, and you're gonna stop me! So help me, you and I are gonna enter inside together, and we are gonna get out together, you hear me? 'Cuz this is the day that we make our wallets cry, man!" He said while grasping the handle of the left door and signaling me the other door.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's do this already then." I said while grasping the handle of the right door.
"Let's do this!" We said together, well. He shouted it and I was trying not to die of embarrassment as we entered the the comic-con. Seriously, an Aizen with a happy and friendly voice was NOT right. Then, the world once more began to shake. With an internal sigh, I prepared myself for whatever comes next.
Ignoring the sudden panic at finding myself in a different perspective of the entrance. Memories began to flood to my head… I was returning to the entrance to meet with my friend again, in my hands were some bags with all the things I brought from the comic-con.
The first bag was a MLP plushie, more specifically, Rainbow Dash. I have a little sister who loves that show, I do too. But not that much. Well, my friend is a hard-core brony, I too like the show but not in the same hardcore way like he does. I think I saw him buying a Princess Celestia sized Fluttershy plushie, it was the same size as him! How he was going to get it home was a mystery to me. On my other bag, I got a D&D game board, I bought it after looking at those guys playing it, it seemed kinda fun and the 'dungeon master' of the game got a pretty cool costume. There was a card game called ‘Exploding Kittens’ too, it looked so awesome. Then there was a little bag from Shingeky no Kyojin. My little brother loves that series, hoped that he would like my gift now that the school was about to start. The last bag was just some random objects I picked up, like a yu-gi-oh card game, some wallpapers, and of course a pack of all Assassins Creed books! Man, glad I came to this place.
Well like I said, I was returning to the entrance of the comic-con with from what I believe were the last things I would buy, when I see a stand that I... didn't see before? The memory is pretty vague But I do remember that when I got to the stand, there were people already looking around the things on it, like the D&D dungeon master cosplayer, some metroid cosplayer, and a guy that I don't think was actually wearing any type of costume.
I moved to see the wares while the D&D man was talking with the vendor, the man was dressed as Resident Evil 4's merchant, his costume was very realistic. Well, creepy was more like. I started to see the wares in the stand when I caught something cool, a necklace, but not any necklace, it was Gray's, I try looking for a price tag or something but it got none, so I decide to ask the vendor. After all, I needed something to remember what I came dressed at. Just a little emotional dilemma.
I almost pissed myself when I looked up, the vendor was a few meters away from me, just looking. It was pretty damn creepy but I decide to say nothing and ask about the necklace anyway.
"How much does this thing cost?" I ask him while pointing at the necklace.
"Oh, I see you found something you like? well the price of this necklace is one hundred bucks, but only for you I could make it for fifty bucks, what do you say boy?" Said the merchant, It was a pretty good deal, so I decide to buy the thing. The necklace's gem was pretty damn nice. Even if it was a fake gem, fifty bucks? Seemed a little overpriced but I didn’t feel like getting in an argument and what were the chances of finding this necklace on other stands if I didn’t found one by now?
"It was a pleasure doing business with you, I wish you a nice journey" Said the guy.I turned around and put the necklace on one of the bags, a smile on my face. Only for it to disappear when my foot didn't connect with the ground, last thing I remember from that day was falling in a endless void, screams, and then... nothing.
I remember... but what then? Again I was on this dark and cold place, my body being struck as if I was and statue. I know there is more. I... I remember something... A castle? a King and a Queen? Being a.... guard? But... there are no Kings and Queens anymore. Unless it is England? I… remember a castle? But from where? What happened to me? Why are my memories such a mess? I ask, then just like before, a dark blue light appears in front of me, and like the last one it hits me dead on and I black out again.
"-egone!" yelled a deep masculine yet.... familiar voice? I was again, looking at a scene, just like before, but... once the image was registered in my mind all I could do was watch in shock. I was there alright, with my costume, or well, only the jeans. But it was… different. I was different. I knew it was me, but how?
First off, I got some different things on my person that I didn’t had before. Like that tattoo on chest, to the right more specific, and l was fighting some kind of giant monster that If I remember from the anime was called Deliora. But my attention continue on myself… how can I be so sure that was I!? Dude, I was like. I don’t know. So much muscle! This... I DON'T have muscle. Well, I do but it doesn't show like that. The EIGHT pack? The defined muscles in my arms, legs and torso? The ragged beard? How can i be… this!? I’m a scrawny seventeen years old! Not a buffed dude that seem to wrestle bears for fun! The... me? Whatever makes me think that was me? Well, the dude who seemed to be myself was way taller than any normal person I have ever seen!
My shock just became bigger when I changed the view towards the elephant in the metaphorical room.
Deliora was trying stand again, one of his knees frozen to the earth making him try to broke free. His appearance is that of a giant man, but with some differences.
He has a large torso and two large arms that end in large, scaly hands. In addition, he has two large legs that end in feet that resemble the feet from a large bird, he also has large spikes on the back of his feet. His hair is mane-like in shape and it flows down to the nape of his neck. He has a pair of horns that point upwards, starting from a plate on his forehead. He has large pointed teeth as well as two hollow eyes. His body being covered by hard blue dark scales.
"I can't hold it for much longer! Prithee Lady Celestia! Thou must taketh Lady Luna, NOW!" I... he? Yelled while using his magic to create a shield which blocked a hit from the giant fist of the beast. He- .ͧ҉̞.̙̺͚̗̪̇̓͟.̮̘̠̤͚̒̅̒̀̚.̏҉̫̬.͙̙͙͕e̼̰ͯ͞y͙̙͇̳̯̠͊͌ͦ̽ͅ.̻̝̬.͖̩̗͖͒̉̈ͯͭͩͫ My body was covered in cuts and my right leg seemed to be broken yet I continue standing my ground. The renaissance vocabulary left me weirded out but not enough to distract me of what was happening. I could… feel the emotions that the buffed version of myself did. But they seemed… watered out?
"Nay! We shall not leave thou, Sir Gray! Thy know that thou cannot fight the demon and survive!" Yelled Celestia.
Celestia was a girl, a teenager girl, along the age of fifteen or sixteen, she was wearing a white dress that was cut on some parts, the dress covered almost all of her body. Her mane was pink and messy, her fur was covered in dirt, but it was a perfectly bone white color, a silver necklace rested on her neck and a golden tiara being on the ground near her side. Behind her on the ground unconscious was another girl, a bit younger than Celestia it seemed, her fur was dark blue, and her mane was just a paler type of blue. She was wearing the same type of clothes yet with a different color pattern. Both girls had a horn, and on their backs a pair of wings that matched their fur. This… made me frown internally. How? This wasn’t part of any show that I remember, it was way too realistic. Hell, my gut told me this was a memory but how? Celestia was a PONY. Normal pony, not an Anthro or furry or whatever it was called. Yet, I knew she was the real deal. My... gut told me so. My mind was being assaulted by memories so fast that I couldn't even understand them but I knew things I didn't before. I knew that this was me. I remember it being so, I remember this moment. Somewhat. How I came running after some knight told me of Luna trying to hunt the demon. But... not more. Suddenly, there was a clic and the memory wasn't much of a memory anymore but something happening to me right now. Emotions, thoughts, hopes and dreams. Everything felt like a movie and I couldn't change its course. So, I let myself drift in it.
"Lady Celestia! Thou musth go back! The beast is too strong and thine presence is forcing me to hold back! Prithee Lady Celestia! I shall defeat this demon and avenge thine parents! !" I knew I couldn't defeat Deliora, my hits only seemed to slow him down a little but got little effect. His scales were too hard to cut and I was running out of ideas.
"No! I refuse to abandon thee! please Sir- No! Uncle! Please do not sacrifice thine-self for us!" Yelled Celestia with tears running down her face.
I started to think about ways to defeat the giant, but came with none. The anime didn’t gave out that many details about this one specific demon and I wasn’t really into reading the backstory. The only thing I knew for sure was that the only way to kill him was to imprison him in ice… a unique type of ice. But that was the Deliora from Fairy Tail. Would that work in this world? Will the rules be the same? What if… what if he breaks free? There was only one way. I have been getting in fights with this same demon over and over and all of them ended the same. The only thing I could do was slow it down and get some time for evacuation of the towns in its path. Indeed, no matter how powerful I was, no matter how much magic my body could dish at my enemies... this one was my counter in every way. Not even the real Deliora should have been this strong but... he is. The only way to win was to use that move. But I knew that Celestia wouldn't let me do it... and I needed her far away. If I was actually gonna use it, because I had never tested the ability before. With a grim smile, I fired an Ice cannon to Deliora's face, making him be temporally blind, I turned around to face Celestia and put a more brighter smile on my face and a hand hiding behind my back. Truly, such an immature act coming from myself but I knew that only she used this with me… it was time that I reciprocate the little joke.
"Do not worry thineself Celestia, I will not die! This is a promise!" I said with a smile. Celestia was young and naive, I didn't want to lie but I have to... I just have to...
"Thou promise that thou will be okay?" She asked.
"I promise Celestia, I cannot fight with all my power if thou are around. Take Lady Luna and let I take care of the demon! I will return to the castle, and like always stand at thine side! Then we can forget about this. Just... please Lady Celestia!" I said. There was a moment of silent, well. I’m pretty sure they ignored the sounds made by an angry Deliora while looking at each other's eyes. For some reason, I couldn’t really remember this. Till now I remember every memory after taking just a glance but this? This seemed like the most realistic lucid dream I ever had. Anyway, after like three seconds Celestia’s shoulders went down.
"Okay, Sir Gray... we take thine word, see thee in the castle" Celestia is horn started to glow in a yellow aura, which surrounded her and Luna's bodies, before she could teleport Deliora was ready to fight again.I put a sad smile on my face and let the tears that I was keeping in check fall down my face, I faced Celestia and just when she was about to teleport.
I showed her the hand that was on my back.
Two crossed fingers.
Celestia's face was full of shock, she tried to stop the spell, but she couldn't, it was too late.
"Celestia, please don't blame Luna for this, please.... take care of her... and I am sorry..." Where the last words I said to her before she and her sister were gone. But that made ME think. Why did I stopped speaking like I was in a renaissance fair? Uh... Holy! The Deliora tried to hit me with his left hand, I rolled out of the way just in time and faced the monster, I was gonna do it... my most powerful ability....
"I bowed that I would free you from the darkness within you, and if that mean I have to fight this demon... then so be it." Tears gathered in my eyes. That memory... it seemed so... everything was like a big book. The climax of my story. How it ends... So similar yet different. I was never a teacher, my magic was impossible to be wielded by others. I have tried, I have tested it. The way my body handed magic was so different than the inhabitants of this world. I was no Ur but... I can't help it. My heart strings moved with this memory, so distant. Yet it was clear... So this is what it feels to die so others may live, eh?
"I am sorry Solaris, Gaia, Celestia, Luna, Shield, and Snow Drop... if only I killed him that one time... I just wished to be along with you all a bit more. Yet, here I am..." I said slowly. I didn't know if Deliora understood me or not, but somehow he seemed to let me speak, he didn't attack me, he was just... looking at me. It... was nice. It kinda makes me remember the shows I used to watch back then... things i forgot. Maybe it is just how this Universe works, maybe it is because it is trying to recover. Maybe it is just my mind playing tricks, or my mind going too fast it looks like it is still... but. It doesn't matter.
"This will be my last trick!" I yelled while making a cross with both my hands. Focusing all my power, all my strength in this attack. This was the only way... The wind picked up, fragments of light raised from the ground and my body was covered in a layer of raw and pure magical energy. The sky lighted up along with me. Reaching towards the heavens. That was just how far my powers grew. Yet, I continue being weak.
"ICED….. SHELL!!!" I yelled and unleash all my power, my hands started to crack and so was my face, yet I continue to pour more. Fragments of my body began to fall off and then raise towards the sky. But I didn't let the magic die. I continue, even after my legs were no more. Even after my heart gave out. There was no pain or exhaustion. It felt... numb. I felt at peace. My sigh was becoming dim, the light of the world was fading away and darkness was taking me... closing my eyes. I decide to think on my life.
The memories came flying. I didn't felt them as the me from this moment did for some reason. I knew I saw my memories of my life at this moment. i think they called it 'your life flashing through your eyes before dying' or something. But to the current me, reliving this memory... I couldn't see those memories. But I felt what he felt at the moment. Heh... before I disappear I let a smile come to my face....
There are many things I could say I regret during my life... but here... at this very moment...
I can safely say that I regret nothing...
Then... I knew no more.
Well, the me from this memory at least felt that way? I think?
So... I died eh? is this what it's like? Well, it is kind of what I was expecting. A cold dark place, where I would be left alone to my thoughts.
I wanted to do so many things... I wanted to see Snowdrop grow, I wanted to find that special someone, I wanted to live a peaceful life, I wanted... I wanted to live a little more... I wanted to cry, I really did. Yet my body refused to cry..
"I can give you a second chance..." Came a voice, it was almost inaudible, it sounded like a little boy...
Who... who are you? what do you mean? I ask through the void.
"You freed me from my curse... I want.. I really want to give you a second chance in life..." Said the little boy.
Freed you? who are you boy? I said.
"I... I don't remember my name, It was taken away from me. But now I am free, and it is thanks to you..." Said the boy.
Who are you? Do I know you? I was confused by the boy's words.
"You know me, as Deliora, I was one of the sacrifices to summon the demon, trapped inside a body that I couldn't control." Said the boy.
What? The Deliora was a little boy? you!? Then, a faint memory brushed my mind. That bastard Sombra! When I see him again I will gut him alive! I yelled to the void. To do that to children... that is one of the things that made my anger raise.
"Thank you... I don't have much time... Now.... I... will.. give.. yo-.. our.. cond-... hanc-..." and the voice was gone.
Then I could see a light coming to me, fire seemed to run on my veins, the pain had tripled, I tried to breath for the first time since I got here, I wanted to breath, no I needed to breath!
CRACK-CRACK-CRACK
I could feel whatever is holding me lose its grip on me. I fell from wherever I was supposed to be standing into a hard, wet, floor. I took many deep breaths to try to calm myself.
I wanted to get up, yet my muscles refuse to work as I wanted them to, so I try to open my eyes but again they felt like if they were bleeding. My mind started to slip away from me but not before a thought came to me.
I am... alive.... Was my last thought before letting the unconscious take ahold of me again for who know many times today.
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