“Why not!” Twilight asked as I pull another book from her hands.

“Because these are books that contain powerful spells that could level Canterlot without you even trying.” I told her. I put another of the books that she took out back. She has been like this for the past hour, wanting to learn spells and other stuff from the olden times. The only problem that they’re mostly dangerous spells that can do what I said before.

She pouted and crossed her arms,” I wouldn’t do that.”

“I know but still, they are too dangerous to learn now if you don’t mind I have someplace to be and I don’t want you here.” I told her.

“You can leave me.” she said. I simply stared at her with a blank board look. “Okay, fine I’ll leave.”

I watched her leave muttering to herself. I shook my head and headed to the one room with the many doors. When I get there I entered and headed to the one door that leads to the ruins of the old castle.

I stepped through and saw that the place still looked like ruins. Turning to my right I headed down the hallway to get to the library.

After some twists and turns I made it and began to pull books off the shelves for restoring. One of the things Tia wants is the books from this place to go into the royal library for safekeeping. But some of the books need to be restored.

I continued to pull books down until I pulled a big one off the shelf. I held it in my hands and opened it, it was an old royal family photo book. I flipped through the book and saw family photos, I chuckled when some of them looked silly.

I turned the page and saw a photo our family photo. I saw the two that took me in when I was young and Tia and Lu when they were younger. I looked at the older two, who were the parents, one was a woman with dark red hair and a smile that could brighten the world, the other was a man with blonde hair and a scar from his cheek to his neck.

“So much has change.” I said as I looked at the fifth person, a kid with dark blue hair and blue eyes. I closed the book with a sigh. “So much.”

I went back to what I was doing until I felt something like someone, or thing, was watching me. I turned around to look, I didn’t see anyone.

“Who’s there?” I called out. I waited for a reply but didn’t get one. I frowned and turned back to the books. My hand was close to my weapon, a Hunter axe, just in case something jumped me. As I pulled another book down my senses were screaming at me. I shifted my eyes over a bit and returned to what I was doing.

“This place is off limits to outsiders, other than small bugs.” I said as one of those star spiders came down and crawled away.

“A shame, so much knowledge for others to use but are left forgotten.” A voice said. I pulled another book down, I had to catch it since the spine turned into dust.

“Damn, another late night for me.” I muttered. I waved my hand over it and casted a simple binding spell so it all stays in one place. Placing it down I looked up at the other books. “So what do you want, this isn’t a library for you to pick out a book.”

It was then that a figure walked out of the shadows.

He held a simple black book on his left hand and a black cane on his right hand. He stopped and looked at me with his pitch black eyes.

“Who are you and how did you get in here?” I asked him. He only blinked with his expressionless face.

“I am not your enemy.” Was his reply. I narrowed my eyes at him.

“Yeah~ that doesn't make me less paranoid.” I said as I pulled out another book, I frowned to see that there’s bugs living in it.

“Being paranoid is normal.” He said. I had noticed he hasn't blinked since he got here.

“Great, someone who agrees with me,” I said. I pulled a book that was in ok condition. “Oh hey! A book about basket weaving! This is really useful.”

With no reaction, he opened his book before he let his cane go as a small fountain pen appeared. He then wrote something down before closing the book. The pen seemingly disappeared as his cane was now in his grasp again.

“I'll ask again, what are you doing here?” I asked him.

“Simple, to inform you that a man who seeks revenge will suffer corruption through his journey but a man seeking safety for his loved ones will suffer more. A visitor will make himself known, it'll be up you to decide how you will greet him.” As he said this, he started walking out of the room before turning a corner.

I walked over to the corner and saw that there was no one there. After thinking about it I sighed and when back to work. “This is going to be one interesting day.”

I sat in one of the chairs in the workshop as I drummed the armrest in annoyance.

“Okay, one more time, why are you here?” I asked. Luna shifted a bit as I stared at her. She didn’t look like the goddess of the moon that she is normally. She wore a black t-shirt with dark blue jacket and jeans. Her hair was a simple light blue tied in a ponytail and tanned skin, her ‘normal person’ look. She uses it to when she travels.

“Is it wrong for me to come and see her older brother?” she said with a straight face.

“Luna, you rarely come here, the last time we seen each other was in Canterlot when I was with Yorshka.” I told her. I leaned forward a bit. “You rarely even go out of the castle other than to check on dreams, even then you don’t go out of the castle.”

“Alright! Tia… kicked me out of the castle, she says that I spent too much time indoors and I should get out some more.” she turns her head to look at one of the bookcases. “I don’t see the reason for it, I used to sleep all day a couple years ago.”

I sighed and picked up a few forms that I have already read. They were bounties for monsters sightings and people to hunt down. I sent a few out and I think two of them should be back sooner or later. I looked up to see her looking at the weapons on the walls.

“Careful, those things aren’t toys.” I told her. She just chuckled.

“Oh Jace, it has been a long time since you were encased in stone, in that time I have been practicing.” as she said that she pulled the hunter’s axe and spun it around. It extended and she swung it that it was only an inch away from my head.

“Right, okay then.” I said as I pushed the axe away. As I did the door opened and two of the hunters walked in. They stopped when they saw me. “I’m guessing that you two are finished?”

“Yes sir!” one of them, a male, said as he stood at attention. The other didn’t do so but shrugged.

“It was easy, catching the guy was as easy as pie.” the other hunter said. His gaze turned to Luna. “Who’s she?”

“This here is Lu, she’s here for… training.” I said as I smiled at her. “I want you two to see what’s she’s made of.”

“What, that’s it? Ha this is going to be easy.” the cocky hunter said. Luna cocked a brow at me as I smiled.

“Have fun~” I said in a sing song tone. They headed out to one of the training rooms as I looked at the reports. I remember what the shadow guy said.

“Well this is going to be interesting.”

???

“How long has he been in there?” The familiar voice of my eldest daughter greeted my ears as I sat in dark room by myself.

“Almost a week. Sister, I'm worried.” Another voice, belonging to my youngest daughter rang through the door. I continued to stare at the item in my hand. A mask.

A knock brought my attention away from the mask but I stayed silent as I looked towards the large double doors. Another knock was heard before someone spoke.

“Father, please, open the door.” My eldest daughter said. I ignored her requested and was greeted by the voice of my youngest daughter.

“Please, Father, we may not know what you went through all these years but allow us to know, so we can help you.” She said before adding in whisper. “We miss you.”

I felt a single tear flow down my right cheek after hearing that. It had been a week since I was freed from the Void. In the Void or out, I was still a broken man. I had locked myself in the room I shared with Lauren before she was taken from me.

It was a large room with a queen sized bed, three dressers, a single wardrobe and a large painting of Lauren, me and our daughters.

It was Celeste, my eldest daughter of thirty years, who noticed my absence and notified Luna, my youngest daughter of twenty eight. They have grown into beautiful women but saddens me that I wasn't there as they matured.

“Inside or outside of the Void, you act the same.” I heard the voice of the strange being known as The Outsider. Looking up, I could see him floating and holding his journal.

“Haven't you done enough?” I asked, no emotion could be heard from my voice. His answer was given to me with a wave of his empty hand.

Slowly, a familiar blade materialized in my hand while my old and rusted mask shed off its rust, looking as if it was just made. Gripping the items in my hands, I looked back at The Outsider only to he met with trees and a wave of nausea.

After the nausea subsided, I took another look at my surroundings and saw that I had been taken into a forest. It felt familiar and different but I ignored the feeling as I looked up, seeing the night sky and the moon.

I looked back down at the two items in my hand before putting on the mask and sheathing the blade of the sword in the hilt. I then began walking towards the north.

Jace

I finished repairing the last book from the old castle. Setting it down I looked at the pile of books that I got done today. I stood up and stretched, hearing some pops from my back from a long time sitting in one place. I looked out of the window to see the moon in it’s glory.

“So much has changed.” I said as my mind wanders back to Yharnam. A time where I didn’t get to rest, monsters all around me and my mind slowly chipping away. I had to admit, some small part of me missed that. I missed the thrill of the hunt, the monsters trying to kill me, well everything was trying to kill me.

I looked down at my hand and saw it shaking . “I need to do something to distract me.” I muttered. I stood up and walked over to one of the side doors that led into the night. I went to the outside forge that was built for the hunters to learn how to make their own weapons. I went right up to the threshold of the foraging area and saw a rune there. I bent down towards it and poured magic into it. This rune was a silencing rune that would block all noise that comes from the forging area, I could be hammering away and I won’t wake anyone from their slumber. I began forging another hunter’s axe since it was one of the easier builds for any hunter, it was also one that took some time to make but it gave me time to think, to reflect.

I thought back to the old castle, to be more accurate when I was looking through the royal family book. It been a very long time since then but I could still remember it as if it was yesterday. The day were I went from a odd kid that did odd jobs to the step-son to royalty.

Flashback

I ran through the streets Of Canterlot, dodging people and carts, and sometimes dogs, as I tried to get to my destination. I was tasked to deliver a box of muffins to someone in the more higher up parts of the place, meaning nobles. I rarely do stuff there since most of the nobles have their heads up in their asses and… well they're jerks. But a job is a job so I made my way up there and took the alleyways to avoid running into nobles.

“Almost there, and when I get there I can leave this place and away from the nobles.” I exited from the alley and looked around. “Well the place did look nice, better than the slums.”

I made my way through the alleys and then some, I pulled a note out of my pocket to check if I was going the right way. As I did, I heard some yelling.

“Leave me alone!” someone yelled. I turned my head and saw a group of kids in a group, they were grouped around someone, a girl with pink hair. Were they… bullying her? Wait there’s bullies in the higher class? I thought everyone is a jerk and/or bully.

“Aww the little pink princess wants us to leave her alone.” one of the others said. The rest of them laughed, the pink haired girl tried to back away but one of them grabbed her.

I knew that it wasn’t my business to get involved and should be moving on. But part of me told me to help her, I looked up at the cloudless sky.

“Ahhh, shit.” I muttered as I found a place to hid the muffins and headed towards the group. I headed up to a green haired one.

“Oi, leave her alone,” I said to them. They all turned to me.

“Who are you? Why is a street rat doing here?” one of them said. I eyed the green haired one.

“Who I am is none of your business, I said leave her alone.” I said again. They all stared at me and started to laugh.

“Listen to this peasant, telling us what to do.” the green haired one said. He flicked me in the forehead. “Leave us, this has nothing-”

I cut him off by punching him in the face. He fell to the ground clutching his face. I stood over him and looked at the rest of them, cracking my knuckles.

“Anyone else want to go?” I asked. They all looked at one another and bolted. I looked at the green haired one got up holding his broken nose.

“You… you’re going to get it!” he yelled as he to ran off. I blinked at them as my brain caught up on what just happened. I punched one of them and they all ran, I was expecting more a fight. I turned to the pink haired girl and helped her up.

“You okay?” I asked her. She looked at me with pink eyes. She had fair skin, she was a noble so duh, and wore a white dress.

“Y-yeah, why did you help me?” she asked. I stared at her and shrugged.

“Don’t know, just did.” I answered her with a smile. I walked over to the spot with the muffins. I picked them up and checked to see if they are alright. “Well I hope you have a nice day.”

“Wait! Don’t you want something for helping me?” she asked me. I stopped and thought about it.

“Alright, your name.”

“What?” she asked.

“Your name, that’s what I asked for.” I said to her. I turned to her. “Watch, I’m Jace Belaguard, now it’s your turn.”

She stared at me for a moment then started to laugh. “You’re weird, alright I’m Celestia Solaris.”

Solaris… why does that name sound familiar… maybe I heard is for somewhere before.

“Well it’s nice to meet you Celestia, well hate to be rude but I got a delivery to do.” I said. I gave her a wave and headed on my way. I felt a chill run up my spine as I headed on my way.

The next day started off great~. I was being dragged out of the slums to the castle by two guards. I had a few bruises and a black eye due to the guards being rough with me.

“Can I ask what I did?” I asked them.

“Quiet.” one of them said rudely. I frowned and kept my mouth closed. I was dragged through some doors and stopped some few feet away and pushed me down. They weren’t holding my head down so I looked up.

I saw two thrones with the King and Queen sitting there. The king had blond hair, green eyes and tan skin. He wore the royal clothes for a king and has a sword by his chair. The queen has dark red hair and pale skin, her eyes were a grayish blue. Her clothes weren’t as fancy and from what I can guess she’s in her late period of pregnancy.

I turned my head and saw the green haired boy with a man with a slightly darker green hair. He wore what I can bet is the most expensive suit and stuff he could by.

The last guy struck me as odd. He wore dark clothing and a hat. He eyed me for a bit before the green haired kid spoke up.

“That’s him! He’s the one who harmed me!” he yelled. I simply glared at him and saw that he had a weird bandage on his nose. I tried to not burst out laughing.

“So, you’re the one you harmed this man's son.” the king asked. I looked at him and saw that his green eyes were piercing. I tried to shrugged but the guards kept me from doing so,

“Yeah, he would've gotten more of a beating but him and his thugs ran away,” I told him. He arched a brow at me questionably.

“You’re not going to lie?” he asked. I tried to give him a deadpan stare but it looked odd due to the black eye it came off odd.

“Why would I, I did what I did because I saw them bullying a pink haired girl and I couldn’t stand by.” I said. I saw the king narrowed his eyes and looked over at the other two.

“H-he’s lying!” the green haired kid said. I rolled my eyes, wincing at the pain.

“Gehrman, can you check if he’s lying.” the king asked the other guy. Gehrman? Why does that name sound familiar?

The man walked up to me and looked into my eyes, I saw his eye were a dark brown and not going to lie his stare was much more creeper than the king’s.

“Your eyes, you’re so young yet you have seen so much. So much darkness yet you push forward.” he said. He stared at me for a bit until he backed away. “He’s not lying my lord.”

“I see,” the king said as he shot a glare at the other two. “I’ll speak to you two later.”

Guards took them and walked out of the room. I heard a grunting sound from in front of me. I turned and saw the Queen getting up and headed to me.

“My love, is something wrong?” the king asked.

“I’m fine.” she said. She walked up to me and waved her hand to the guards. They let go of me and backed away. I rubbed my arms a bit and stood up, I looked up to her and saw her smile.

“My daughter talks about you, about the boy with dark blue hair that saved her from bullies, for that I thank you.” she said. She smiled at me which I have to say brighten the room up a bit.

“N-no worries my queen.” I said. She chuckled as rubbed her belly.

“We’re expecting another child soon and I have a feeling that it will be another girl.” she turned her head to the king who rolled his eyes.

Her gaze turned to me. “Do you… have any parents?”

I looked away and thought about it. “No my queen, I don’t have any, I don’t even know what they looked like, I just feel like I was nothing then I just ‘was’.” I told her. She frowned at me.

“My love, are you going to do what I think you’re going to do?” the king asked.

“He lives alone for most of his life, why wouldn’t I, the, ” she said to him. I just looked at the two of them.

“Uh… what’s going on?” I asked them. The queen looked at me with a smile.

“Do you want a family? If you do then… why not join ours.” she said. I stared for what seemed like forever. I opened my mouth to say what was on my mind.

“What.”

Now

I stop hammering to laugh. It been so long and if I went back to change anything I would change how hard I punch that guy. That guy was a pain in the ass and never stopped bugging me. I wonder what happened to him?

I shook my head and continued to hammer away. It took me a bit but I stopped when I saw something heading towards the Everfree. It was Lu with a hunter's axe. I sighed and put everything away.

After canceling the rune I followed her to the Everfree, to make sure she didn’t get herself hurt.

???

It felt like hours since I began trekking through the wretched forest and felt as if I was walking in circles. It had taken me a few minutes before taking another direction and was met with actual progress.

I stopped just in front of a flowing river. I looked to the left, seeing nothing but the edge of the tree line. Then I looked to my right and was met with the same result.

Having already seen my choices, I decided to cross the river and with the glow of the mark on my hand, time stood still and the water was frozen in place.

Walking across, I heard nothing but footsteps. After fully crossing the river, I waved my hand as the mark shone once again and was greeted by the sound of flowing water and the sounds of the forest.

I felt someone nearby. Not wanting to be seen, I had blinked up to a tree and began blinking across the trees before finding a woman. She was accompanied by a man.

I closed my eyes before opening them again, revealing everything in a much brighter way for me. It was The Void’s gaze and with it, I could see that they were armed.

The woman had what looked like an axe a man didn't look like he had weapons but I had a feeling that he isn't what he seems.

They seemed to be talking to each other until the man stopped and looked towards the forest, he then disappeared. I looked around but I couldn't see him.

“You know, spying on others is considered rude.” a voice said. I turned and saw a dark face with blue eyes looking at me.

“Assume what you will but I was not spying on either of you.” I said with a frown under my mask. His gaze turned to the left and following it, I was greeted with a strange spider. Having a strange Affinity towards insects and rodents, I raised my hand towards it and allowed it to crawl onto my hand. This earned me a surprise look from the man.

The spider crawled over and under my hand before sitting still on my palm. I brought my other hand over and gently rubbed it.

Without another word, he jumped off the branch. Shaking my head, I blinked onto the ground. Once on the ground, I saw the man from before. I looked up to see him with the woman, she had light blue hair and tan skin. She looked at me and tilted her head.

“Well you’re new.” she said. The man walked over and flicked her in the head.

“Manners.” he said. She rubbed her head while shooting a glare at him.

“Right, anyway my name is Luna Noctis.” she said with a bow. She looked up and I saw that her eyes widen a bit. I looked over and saw the same spider from before crawled up onto my shoulder.

“Strange one, aren't you?” I asked the spider on my shoulder. It looked at me with three of it’s eyes. I see a bit more of it in the moonlight. It had a black furred body with an orange symbol on it’s body.

“Grimlock spiders.” I heard the man said. I looked at him as he had a book in his hand. “It’s a species of spiders that are rare throughout the world. You can only see one or two of them out in the wild, it said that their venom can kill a titan.”

I hovered my right hand in front of my left shoulder and allowed the spider to climb onto it. It stared at me before making a clicking sound as if it was trying to speak. I looked up to see the woman staring at the spider.

“You still afraid of spiders, you have seen almost every nightmare ever yet you still can’t stand spiders?” the man said.

“S-shut up!” Luna said. I stared at her, she seems very familiar. The man looks at me, I couldn’t see his facial expression due to his mask covering his mouth.

“I’m Jace Belaguard, who are you and what are you doing here?” he asked.

“I am Lord Protector Corvo Attano and as for my reason being here is unknown.” I said to them. Jace narrowed his eyes at me then looked towards the forest.

“Let’s talk somewhere else, the beasts here are getting rowdy.” as he said that there was a howl off in the distance. A few more came after that.

I looked over and saw Jace walking quickly in one direction with Luna follow behind. I looked over at the spider as it was getting antsy.

Turning to follow the others, I then began walking behind them.

Jace

Making my way back to the workshop I opened the door to allow the other two to enter. I looked out to the forest and saw some glowing eyes staring back at me before disappearing into the forest. I stood there for a moment before entering.

I walked over to the workbench and snapped my fingers which set the fireplace a blaze. I looked back at Corvo, Luna was heading to the room I gave her to do her job, and hold up a wooden box.

“Tea?” I asked him.

“Alright.” He said with a slight nod. I took some bags from the box and put them in a cast iron pot. I took it over at the fire and hang it off the hook. I sat down in one of the chairs before pulling my mask down.

I looked over to my guest, seeing him sit down as well with the spider still on his shoulder. He took off his mask.

“So, what’s your story?” I asked him.

“What?” He said in confusion.

“There’s more to you, before coming here,” I lean in a bit. “There’s a story behind a man, I just want to listen.”

“I give my life's story to those I trust, which is no one.” He said. I leaned back as I thought about it for a moment.

“You didn’t have a good life, have you,” I said to him. He stared at me for a moment in confusion. “Just the way you talk, I know of it. I’m not going to push on but I do have one question, does a man with an expressionless face coming out of the shadows ring any bells?”

“You speak of The Outsider, a being from the Void.” Corvo answered.

“So you do know him good, that make things easier. So I met him about… a few hours ago, and he said ‘a man who seeks revenge will suffer corruption through his journey but a man seeking safety for his loved ones will suffer more. A visitor will make himself known, it'll be up you to decide how you will greet him,’ I’m guessing that you’re the visitor.” I told him.

“It appears so.” Corvo said with a slight nod. I stared at him for a moment.

“You walked the path of revenge and suffer its corruption but now you want to protect those that you love, am I wrong?” I said to him.

“Yes but I did it to protect those I loved.” He answered truthfully. I looked over to the pot over the fire and got up to pull it out. I took the time to make the tea so I could think.

‘If he wants to protect those he loves why is he here?’ I thought to myself. I poured the tea when an idea came to mind. I set the pot down and picked up the tea. I went over and handed him his. I sat down and took a sip.

“You know you’re sluggish.” I said. He eyed me for a second as I continue. “Your movements, you walk as if you haven’t walked for years. You're out of shape.”

“Being trapped in the Void and being forced to relive a nightmare had taken a toll on me both physically and mentally.” He said. I nodded and looked into the fire.

“What if I told you I know of a way to get you back to combat-ready. Hell, it'll get you back and then some.” I told him. I looked over at him. “Would you take it?”

“Even if I did agree, what good will it do for me? I've given up the will to fight long ago after…” He didn't finish his sentence. I could feel anger coming from him, his anger was unlike others I've felt or seen. But it did seem familiar, I sighed as my next few words.

“So, you’re going to sit back and watch them die?” I said. The room became quiet as those words rang out. I saw his anger rise as his glare drilled into me but I continue. “Let’s say you do go back in your state as you are know, what would happen if one or more of your love ones got themselves killed by who knows what, an assassin? A beast? Or themselves. Are you going to stand there and watch them die, break down to that of a scared man, or grab death by his neck and protect those you hold dear?”

“Never call me a coward.” He said through gritted teeth. I noticed his left hand had a mark.

It shone slightly as his anger skyrocketed. I simply stared at him as I felt the flame burn in me.

“I didn’t call you a coward, a coward would turn tail and run. No you’re someone you let the failures of his past rule over him.” I said. He grind his teeth together and made to get up but I bolted forward and grabbed him by the head slamming him into the wall. Embers began to come off me as I looked into his eyes. “Now I’m going to ask, are you going the be a hollow of a man that lives in his failures or are you going to move forward?”

We stayed like that for a few moments. Having a silent battle between us.

“I move FORWARD!” He yelled. His mark shone and I was suddenly sent flying towards the wall. I slammed into the wall and fell to my knees. I looked up at him and growled as a primal urge to rip his head off. I took a few deep breaths and smiled.

“Good, now follow me.” I said as I stood up. He watched me as I walked down the hallway to a door. It was a dark oak door with the hunters symbol on it.

I whispered a phrase under my breath to release the locks on it and opened the door. We walked into a empty room that was lit by some torches. The walls are filled with names, many names that were in it’s thousands.

“What is this place?” Corvo said. I walked over to the center of the room and motion him to stand beside me.

“The training you are going to do is known as ‘The Mark of the Hunter,’ we hunters must take this to know what it’s like to be a hunter.” I told him. I looked around at the room. “By count there would be about 40 thousand who took the test but only a good thousand passed, each of the names on these walls are each and everyone who took the test.”

“Okay, what do I have to do?” he asked.

“This test is made to break you, to bring you to the lowest of the low, to make you feel that there’s nothing no light or hope in this world,” I looked over at him. “To pass, you need to survive.”

With that I pushed him forward. The ground fell beneath him as he fell into the hole. I heard him scream down the hole and listen as it slowly faded. I looked over at the wall and saw a blue light shone brightly as a new name appeared. I looked back at the hole.

“Your test starts now.”

Corvo Attano

Falling through what seemed like an abyss, I spotted a ledge for a second before falling pass it. The mark shone as black tendrils grew out of my fingers.

I fired the tendrils towards the ledge and saw the tendrils merge into one large tendril before grabbing the ledge. With an abrupt stop, I took notice of my surroundings. Seeing another ledge beyond my reach, I began swinging back and forth to gain momentum.

After the fifth swing, I let go and blinked towards the platform. Checking if I had my sword, I felt in still strapped to my hip before looking directly in front of me.

A door stood in the way. It was a large mahogany door that bore a familiar seal. I frowned before gaining a sudden pounding headache. I placed a hand on my forehead only to feel the rough surface of my mask.

After regaining my senses from a headache, I opened the door and saw nothing but white on the other side before walking in. As I soon as I walked in, the door slammed shut and vanished.

I was greeted by music. Looking around me, I noticed I was in the library of a distorted mansion. I knew where I was, The Void and seeing a hole through the floor caused by a large stone had confirmed my suspicions.

I walked towards the glass door and saw a City Watch Guard patrol by. Quietly opening the door, I stepped and looked up and saw a chandelier before blinking onto it. As I scanned the hall, I felt something crawl up my arm. I looked down to see the same spider from before.

It looked at me and gave me a confused look. Looking passed the spider, I saw a small vent. The spider hopped off my shoulder and made its way towards the vent.

It gave the idea to see through its eyes and closed mine as the mark on my hand shone lightly. A second later I was seeing through the spider’s eyes as it crawled through the vent and into the room.

It then began crawling on the walls, allowing me to scan the room. There were two people standing in front of the fireplace, behind them was two wooden screens and behind the wooden screens was a dresser and a note on top of it.

The spider started crawling down the wall towards the note. It was neatly rolled and tied. Once the spider was next to the rolled up note, I opened my eyes, seeing the top of the chandelier.

The footsteps below me belonged to the same guard and I was still unnoticed. Once the guard was far enough, I jumped down the chandelier and looked at the door in front of me.

Opening the door, I was greeted with the backs of the man and woman in front of the fireplace. I quietly walked towards the dresser and saw that the spider had unfolded the note.

I lowered my hand towards it and it crawled up my arm once more before I picked up the note and read it.

Your target is a woman.

I nodded to myself before the paper vanished into nothingness. I got out of the room without being noticed and closed the door behind me before blinking back up to the chandelier.

Looking down the hall, I could see more chandeliers for me to blink across but stopped on the third chandelier, seeing a room filled with pastries and drinks.

It was by luck that I had noticed another note placed beside the platter of gelatin. I aimed my hand towards it before tendrils shot out of it and grabbed the note.

Once the note was in my hand, I unrolled it.

Your target is an aristocrat.

The note vanished like the one before and I moved on. Traveling across chandeliers, I avoided the guards with silent steps and caution.

It took me a few minutes to find the rest of the notes but once I did, I knew who the target was and was now overlooking her from above as she conversed with an Overseer.

Dropping down, I landed with a thud on the wooden floor gaining their attention.

“Hey, wha-” The Overseer was cut off as my sword was embedded in his throat. Using the tendrils, I grabbed my sword back before grabbing the woman wearing a mask.

With a quick jab, my sword pierced through her stomach. Mere seconds after the sword pierced through her abdomen, her body quickly vanishes as if it was never there.

I blinked once and the scenery changed from a mansion back to a cave. Looking back at my sword, I saw the body of a woman hanging limp with my sword through her stomach. She wore an outfit similar to Jace.

Retracting the blade and letting go of the body, I turned around and was greeted with another corpse that bled through the throat.

I shook my head as I walked passed it. Heading deeper into the cave.

Hours. It felt like hours since I was brought down here and trial after trial I had succeeded in each one. Nothing was able to even hinder my progress.

From a back alley brawl to clever planning and thievery, I could feel myself getting stronger with each trial. Though I had come across a few other men and women down here as well but were hostile, thinking that by killing me they would pass.

I stood in front of two large doors made of stone. I walked up to it as it slowly opened, revealing a pitch black room. Stepping through the large doorway, the doors slammed shut before I was blinded by an extremely bright light.

The cold of the from the room was soon replaced with a comforting warmth. I regained my sight and was shocked to see a familiar gazebo.

I walked into the gazebo and looked onto the ground, seeing the plaque. With a sigh, I turned around and was met with sword inched away from my mask.

The wielder of the blade was none other than Daud, though as life like he appears, I knew this wasn't him but took out my sword anyway.

We circled each other while our surroundings changed once again. This time, we stood in his hideout and his Assassins surrounded us with blades unsheathed.

Daud struck first but was countered with a parry. Our swords clashed before I decided it was enough and clashed swords again but this time I used windblast to push him away. I managed to at least scratch him on the side of the head.

He fired a bolt from his wrist but using blink to move out of the way, the bolt hit one of the many assassins before exploding.

Another clash with our swords, I grew tired and punched his stomach hard enough for him to wheeze before shoving him away. He tried defending himself by returning the punch but grabbing his fist, I then kneed his elbow and heard a sickening crunch before letting go of his arm, seeing it hanging loosely as he yelled in pain.

As he clutched his broken arm, I looked down at him before positioning my sword just inches away from his neck. Not hearing a plea from the man, I slit his throat and earned the garbled response of him drowning in blood.

With that, the area dissolved around me and revealed the dark room I had entered. Retracting the blade, I began to walk. I continue until I came up to another door. I opened it and came into the room I was in before entering the room with the hole. Have was sitting in a chair looking at the fire. I walked closer which got his attention.

“I finished your test.” I said bluntly. He raised a brow at me.

“Are you now?” he said. I frowned and took a step forward, but something grabbed me. I looked down and saw a black arms grabbing me. I went for my sword but something stopped me.

“Why… Why did you kill us?” a voice said. The beings began to take form of my two daughters. They look up at me with dead eyes, blood slowly poured out of the corners of their eyes and mouths. I wanted to tell them that it wasn't true but the memories came to me. The women from the first trial shifted to Celeste with a shocked expressions, the fight with Daud changed to a fight with Luna. I tried to pull free but they hold fast and pulled me me down. I looked up at Jace as he sat there looking at me, his blue eyes seemed to glow.

“Being a hunter isn't like a hero in the spotlight, we stay in the darkness and fight those who lost themselves,” his expressions softened. “Even if we turn into the monsters we hunt.”

I was then pulled into darkness, voices assaulted me from every direction. I grabbed my head as it began to split. My skin felt like it was being torn off. I tried to scream but it felt like something choking me.

“Do you accept this burden?” a female voice rang out. I looked around but saw only darkness. “Do you accept the hunter's burden and live in the dark to protect those in the light?”

I didn't know why I did the next thing but I pulled my arm out of the darkness and reach out. At first, I felt nothing but I then felt something burn into my forearm.

"You accepted this burden, good hunter.” the voice said. The burning feeling faded as I closed my eyes.

I opened my eyes to the night's sky, the stars seemed the shine brighter and the moon seemed much bigger than normal. I looked down to the land and saw thousands upon thousands of different sizes of pools. I stood up and walked to one of these pools. I saw figures move in the pool.

As I stared at the pool I heard the sound of bells. Looking up I saw a woman with raven black hair hopping from one pool to another. She stopped at one of them and looked down it before hopping off again. I watched her do this for several minutes until she jumped into one of the ponds. I couldn't tell from this distance but I felt like I have met her before.

“You’re just full of surprises.” a voice said behind me. I turned around to see the raven haired woman.

“Who are you?” I asked. The woman stared at me for some time which gave me some time to get a better look of the woman. She wore a simple black t-shirt with snow white camo shorts. Her skin was pale white and her eyes where a stormy gray. There’s was something odd with her hair, it was pitch black but white dots come in and out in her hair. She giggled at me.

“Sorry, I don’t really go out looking like this. I think you’ll recognise me like this,” she said as she snapped her fingers. Her form shimmered and her hair changed from black to light blue and her skin turns from pale white to tan. She smiled at me. “How about now?”

“You’re the woman from before, with Jace right?” I said to her. She clapped her hands together with a smile, her hair and skin turned back to normal, I think?

“Yes! I’m Luna but I already told you before, anyway welcome to my dreamscape,” she gestured to the landscape. “Not many came come see my realm but not, many have the way to come.”

She looked over at me, her smiled dimmed, “I guess… you survived Jace’s test.”

I eyed her for a bit and began to sweep my eyes over the landscape just to make sure that there’s no other black hands or other things popping up.

“OKAY! Wrong choice of words, jeez you people are always jumpy after this test, though the last one was a few months ago and he was something,” she shook her head at this, “So many nightmares.”

“Right… so what's so special about this?” I asked.

“This is my dreamscape, I watch over everyone's dreams and make sure they have pleasant dreams,” she reached out and grabbed my arm. “There's are some I think you'll…”

She stopped and looked at me for a moment. Her expressions changed to a sad one.

“Something wrong?” I asked her. She blinked and shook her head.

“No, it just… I think I have something better in store for you.” I looked at her oddly until the surface broke away as I fell into one of the pools. At first, I was under water but it shifted to that I was looking at the sky.

At first, there was silence but then without warning, I heard a distant bell behind me. Looking around, I saw that I stood on the edge of the royal garden, below me were the waters of the large river of Equin.

“Corvo.” That voice, I know it well. Turning around, I met with the owner of the voice and smiled.

“Good evening, Lady Lauren.” I greeted with a bow.

‘I remember this, it was the day were our friendship sparked to life before it began to develop into something more and it was also a day after moving from Minat.’ I thought as I gained a small laugh from the woman in front of me.

“Please Corvo, there is no need for formality. We're friends aren't we not?” She said, her smile was as beautiful as I remember.

“Indeed we are but it doesn't hurt to be polite.” I replied with a smile of my own. She laughed once more.

“Right, so what brings the lonely Minatonian out here?” She asked as she stood beside me.

“I am taking in the scenery, the city is quite the site to behold.” I said. She hummed in agreement.

“My father is to thank for our prosperity. He brought the city into a golden age through his years.” Lauren said.

“Your father is a noble man, not many men with power such as his can go so long without corruption.” I mentioned. I looked over to the woman beside me as she sighed.

“I know but it makes me wonder, will I be a great ruler just like him or will I suffer corruption from power.” She said sadly, looking downtrodden as she did.

“I'm sure you'll be just like your father, a kind and caring ruler maybe even better than him. But thinking of the negatives that can or would happen won't help you succeed, you need to look at a brighter and better future for yourself and the Empire.” I told her. She closed her eyes before slowly nodding. Opening her eyes, she looked at me and smiled lightly.

“Thank you, Corvo.” She simply said before looking at the city in the distance. Silence greeted the both of us but it didn't last long before Lauren let out a hum.

“Care for a personal tour of the city? You'll need to know where to go if needed.” She offered, her smile never faltering. I nodded.

“It would be my honor.” I answered before we both heard the creaking of the large doors behind us that lead into the palace.

“Lauren, I've been looking everywhere for you.” It was the voice of the Emperor himself, Emperor Euhorn Faust. Looking behind me, he stood at a height of six feet and six inches. His build was impressive for a ruler, he could probably beat me down if I ever decided to commit treason.

Unlike his daughter, he had pure white hair despite his age being forty-six. He wore a simple blue suit, similar to an Overseer but bearing medals and the symbol of the Empire. His eyes were a hazel brown and by the looks of it, he was growing an impressive beard.

“What for?” Lauren asked, turning to look at her father.

“Your suitor has arrived and is waiting at the water lock.” The Emperor informed her. Nodding, Lauren looked over to me with an apologetic smile.

“I have to go, it was nice speaking with you.” She said before leaving the gardens. Looking back towards the city in the distance, I was oblivious to Euhorn as he patted me on the back.

“So my boy, how was your first day here? I wouldn't think it'd be much exciting.” The Emperor said.

“It was nice. A definite change in my life if I might add.” I told him. He laughed slightly.

“Corvo, I'm sure your life will change and for the better.” He said before leaving as well. Leaving to take in the sight.

‘If only that were true.’ I thought as the area shifted around me. I now stood in the middle of the courtyard, the memory returning to me and I began searching.

After thirty minutes of my fruitless search, I could hear giggling next to me. Looking over, I could see a large crate with three holes on each side.

Walking over to the crate, I lifted up the lid and looked at the two sneaky little kids inside.

“Aww, how did you find us?” The oldest of the two asked. She was Lady Celeste. She had pure white hair, lightly tanned skin tone and hazel brown. She was eight years old and is my oldest daughter.

Next to her was Lady Luna, a raven black haired little girl with pale skin and blue eyes. She was six and my youngest daughter. They both wore matching clothes.

“I heard you two giggling.” I answered before picking Celeste up from the crate and placing her on the ground. I then picked Luna up and instead of putting her down, I kept her up with my right arm before offering left to Celeste.

“Come on, your mother wants to see you two.” I told them. They whined how they didn't want to learn how to be a proper lady but I wasn't having any of it and offered.

“If you two can go the whole day without complaining about the boredom of your classes, then I can consider teaching you two how to fence.” I offered them. I eyes wide and mouth agape, they both hugged me before Celeste ran off to find her mother.

Placing Luna down, she followed behind her sister but stopped just in from of the doors.

“Come on, Corvo!” She yelled before entering the palace. I closed my eyes and sighed.

I opened my eyes and saw that I stood in the dreamscape. Under me was a puddle, showing the reflection of my younger self. I stared at it for some time until I looked up to see the black hair woman again. She was looking at something in her hand with a sad expression. I stepped closer to see what's the matter but the ripple of the pool got her attention. She looked at me then hid what she was holding and gave me a sad smile.

“I… I hope you enjoyed that dream.” she said. I signed before replying.

“It wasn't a dream, it was a memory.” I said. She looked at me with a saddened look.

“You don't dream.” She stated in a guessing manner and I nodded.

“No, I just remember.” I told her. She looked away at me to stare into the horizon.

“I… I had to see to something, morning is in a few hours and…” she trailed off for a bit until she disappeared into one of the pools.

Blinking, the scene changed. It took a second for me to realize that I now stood atop of a building overlooking the courtyard to Lady Boyle's manner. I sighed at this.

“Another memory.” I said under my breath. Looking over to the barracks, I blinked towards the open window.

Jace

“So… what did you learn?” I said as I mixed the potion in a pot.

“Never… mess… with Lu…” the cocky hunter groaned as he layed in a bed in the infirmary. His friend got off easy with only a broken arm but this one got every bone in his body destroyed. I shook my head as I poured the liquid into a bag and took it over to him.

“This will help with the healing, just don’t move for a few hours and you’ll be right as rain.” I said to him. He grunted in response.

I walked out of the infirmary back into the main room to work on some other things to pass the time. When I got there I saw Luna sitting in front of the fire, she looked lost in thought.

“You know, fire won’t do anything if you just stare at it.” I told her. She just looked over at me and back at the fire, normally she would have something to say but this… something’s wrong. “Hey, you okay?”

“... I saw her.” she said. I stared at her for a moment before sitting down in the other chair.

“Saw who?” I asked her. She looked at me with tears in her eyes.

“Mom, I… I saw her last night.” I didn’t say anything after that. Luna and Celestia’s mother and my step-mother was the queen of Equestria over a few thousand years ago, she was one of the kindest queen that have ever lived. That is, until she disappeared when I was training in Yharnam. No one has found her over many years of searching, so much so that the king took his own life.

“What do you mean that you saw her, did she send you a dream?” I asked her. Luna shook her head.

“I saw that man, Corvo in the dreamscape last night. I gave him a dream that would make him happy, which was a memory of his and… she was there.” she explained. She looked over at me and wiped her eyes. “I know all about you and the displaced so I can tell that she wasn’t her but… she looked like her.”

“I know Lu, and trust me she’s out there.” I told her. She chuckled a bit at that.

“You and your hunches.”

“Hey, they are rarely wrong.” I told her. She smiled and stood up.

“I’m going to tell sister this, she would want to know and… you know.” she said. Her body turned that of a shadow and sank into the floor. I sighed and rubbed my eyes at this. After a few minutes I heard footfalls coming from the hallway.

“Well, it seems you had a good sleep.” I said as I turned my head to Corvo.

“Indeed I did.” He said. He looked at me and frowned, started to look around at the room.

“No, you’re not in the test anymore, the mark on your arm will tell you that.” I told him. He stared at me and looked at his forearm, I had a good view from here of the mark.

The mark of the hunter, my eyes gaze down to my own arm, the one with the gauntlet, as old painful memories resurface.

“What is this?” I was brought out of my thoughts when Corvo asked me a question.

“That’s the mark of the hunter, every hunter that passed the test has one of them on their arms.” I told him as lifted my right arm and shake it. “Even me.”

“Hmm.” He hummed as he stared at it. I looked back the the fire and stood up.

“Right now one last thing, follow me.” I said to him. We headed down the hallway to one of the training rooms. I opened the door and stood just in the room. I turned to him and pointed at the circle on the floor. “Can you stand here please.”

He slowly walked to the circle, “What this room used for?”

“It’s a training room, the name says it all.” I said as I went to the control panel, I still can’t believe how much the tec here has evolved over the thousand of years. I flipped some switches and turned some knobs, the sound of something moving on the other side of the room caught the attention of us as one of the few automatons came to life and moved forward. It was simple in design, metal body, blank face, looks humanoid. It looks at Corvo as it stood across from him.

“This is just a something to see if you have your skills in check and everything.” I said as I turned the last knob. I saw Corvo pull out his sword, which acted like one of the weapons that I would have made.

“Well I hope you like scrap metal.” he said. I smiled at him as I set the difficulty to ‘Beginner Hunter’ which was ten.

After the little sparring match, which Corvo wasn’t kidding about the scrap metal, we sat in the first room as I put some books away that I forgot to do.

“So, feel any better?” I asked him.

“In what sense?” He asked.

“When you came here you felt a bit off, now you seemed to come to some sort of understanding, that and that you feel like you can take on anyone.” I said to him as I put a book about shadow creatures in its spot.

“I was always able take on everyone, I just had no reason to go on.” He said. I couldn’t help but chuckle at that.

“Trust me friend, with the way we are the reason with show itself sooner or later.” I told him. He stared at me and shook his head.

“You wouldn’t understand.” he said to me. I stopped I was doing and looked at him.

“Actual, I do.” I said to him. “You’re not to only one who used to had no reason to go on.”

“What do you mean?” he asked me. I frowned as the memories came back.

“Some time ago, I was in something that was dubbed ‘The Darkest day of Yharnam’ but it goes by a different name that only the survivors know of it.” I looked over at him. “The Beast Plague.”

Just uttering the words made the room ten degrees colder and the fire died down a bit. My right arm started to throb in pain as the shadows seemed to grew darker. I shook my head as I looked at the books.

“I won’t go into detail about it because that would take a day and a half to explain but the gist of it is that the whole city was plagued with monsters that killed everything they see. The people either hid or took up arms and fought. We hunters were tasked with clearing them out but… there was to many, the whole city was overrun and the plague slowly got into our heads. A lot of the people went made, some of the hunters even went made and-”

I paused as painful memories came back, the sight of a friend dieing in front of me. Others getting cut down by my blade. “The line… the line between man and beast blurred. It was hard to tell the difference.”

I looked at the book in my hand and sighed. “I probably killed hundreds, no thousands of people during the plague, people that had families, friends, others that they would never see again. But at that time I didn’t care.” I looked up and saw my reflection, my eyes looked glazed over and tired. “All I cared for is survival, I didn’t care who I killed or what I killed I just wanted to live through it.”

I looked back at Corvo and walked over and sat down. “When… when it was over the weight of what I have done crashed down upon me, I didn’t even know if I was human anymore, if I was just like the beasts that I have slain.”

“What's the difference between man and beast, we both kill for survival.” Corvo said.

“That’s true but… these weren't mindless monsters, at first sure but later down the line they gotten smarter, they were the people of the innocent that got caught up in the plague, if there was a way to save them I didn’t look.” I told him. I looked over at the fire and reached out to it. I pulled back and in my hand was fire, burning in my hand.

“This was the only thing that I could call a friend at the time, it may sound weird but at the time it was one of the only things I had left that wasn’t trying to kill me.” I chuckled lightly as I gave back the flame. “After I returned from there I didn’t know what to do anymore. My step-parents were now gone, one disappeared and the other killed himself, and it was left to their two children to rule who haven’t been trained for it yet. I wished to help them but at that time I… wasn’t myself.”

I shook my head and chuckled at myself. “I was a mess back then, jumping at everything, carrying my weapons out in the open, I heard of PTSD was bad but hell I never thought it was this bad.” I sighed and looked down at the floor. “I couldn’t trust anyone not even my own sisters, I locked myself in my room and stayed there for hours from morning to night.”

“So, what gave you the reason to keep going?” he asked me.

“The Will to Protect, it was odd really, a old man came up to me and started talking, saying that he met someone that looked like me and was charged with protecting a kingdom, he was a giant asshole to his friends just for laughs but he did his job with protecting the kingdom. I asked him why he did it and he said a phase that made me move forward.” I looked up and smiled at him.

“If I stop walking, who will?” I said to him.

“That is a question you will solve in time.” Corvo said. I simply shrugged at him.

“Yeah well to each his own, now…” I stared at him for a bit. “You have anything else you need to do or ask?”

“No.” He answered before standing up. I looked at him for a moment then started to look around. “What are you doing?”

“Right about now, someone should pop up out of nowhere.” I said. I saw him giving me an odd look. “Don’t ask, just… don’t ask.”

“I don't pop out of nowhere.” A voice said as the doors to the room opened, revealing the man from before. Corvo frowned at the man.

“What do you want?” Corvo asked through gritted teeth.

“It's not about what I want, it's about what you need.” The man said.

“And what do I need?” Corvo asked with a glare. The man simply stared.

“A way back.” The man said after a brief moment of silence.

“Really.” Corvo said. The man nodded then looked at me.

“He knows what I mean.” he says. I looked at him odd.

“What do you mean by-” I stopped to think about it. There are two ways to come and go in my world is by through a rift, which with help with the newly made powder keg hunters and the new hunters the Tec hunter's (name can change) have made a sensor that can scan the land for rifts; which didn’t go off, or by… “He’s one of them isn’t he?”

The man simply nodded at me, I groaned at this. “Ugg this make things different.”

“What are you talking about?” Corvo asked.

“Well, here’s something, do you believe that there’s more than one universe?” I asked him.

“Yes, the multiverse.” Corvo said.

“Good, I don’t need to explain it. So there’s something else to it, beings known as the Displaced or Displacements.” I begin to explain to Corvo. After a few minutes I finished and sat back as I saw Corvo took it in.

“So the vague memories are mine, I lived another life.” Corvo said to himself.

“Yeah, I think there are others that have the same stick you got, I’m one of them.” I told him. Corvo stared at me for a moment. “I lived for a very, very, very long time.”

I looked over at the man as he was standing there. “So… is he new to this or been around long enough for a token or something?”

“He has been like this for fifty nine years.” The man answered.

“That's my age.” Corvo said. I nodded and thought about it.

“Well, normally I would have summoned you here via token but I never have or seen what your token is so I wouldn’t have done so,” I turned to the man and raised a brow. “Unless you have something to do with it?”

“A token isn't needed, the only thing that is needed is my interest.” The man said. I stared at him for a few minutes in silence before pitching the bridge of my nose.

“I been at this for a long time yet these sort of things still confused me,” I shook my head and put up my hands. “I’m not going to question it, it will just make my head hurt.”

“That is wise.” the man said. I glared at him as he stared at me with an expressionless face.

“So Corvo, what are you going to do now?” I asked him.

“Now he must go back, his daughter's have not yet noticed his absence.” The man said, looking towards Corvo. I glared at the man slowly getting annoyed.

“Okay, one thing I need to ask before anything can happen, do you have a name?” I asked the man. “I been calling you ‘the man’ for the last bit and it’s bugging the crap out of me, do you have a name or something that you go by?”

“If I had a name then it must've faded into obscurity. No, I don't but others not of the Void call me The Outsider.” He answered. I nodded at him, happy that I have a name for him, I looked over at Corvo as his expression was hard to read.

“You alright?” I asked him.

“I'm fine, just reminiscing.” Corvo answered. The Outsider waved his hand, creating a dark vortex.

“Time to go.” He said, gaining a nod from Corvo before the former went through. Corvo stood in front of the vortex.

“Oi, hold up!” I said to him. He turned as I tossed him my token. He looked at it with an odd look. “It’s my token, if you are in need of some help just call. I always help out a friend when in need.”

Corvo looked at the bell and put in his pocket, nodded at me he walked through the vortex and it disappeared. I looked at the fire and sighed.

“I hope he finds his way to move forward.”

Corvo Attano

After walking through the open portal, I was taken back to my own reality. The dark tunnel of the vortex was all I could see before closing my eyes.

I felt myself stop and I opened my eyes, seeing that I now sat back in my room. I looked around, seeing that nothing has changed before looking down at my hands as they held both my mask and sword.

Feeling something crawl up to my shoulder, I looked over and saw the spider I had befriended. It tilted its head before looking around. A knock took my attention away.

“Why bother, he won't answer us.” Luna. Standing up and placing both my sword and mask on the bed before walking up to the doors.

As my hand reached over towards the knob, I took a deep breath before turning the knob and pulling the door open. I saw both Celeste and Luna standing there with surprised looks.

“Father?” Luna said in surprise. I nodded. Celeste looked at me with tears forming from her eyes.

“Father, we're sorry for-” Cutting her off by placing a finger over her lips, I shook my head.

“No, it isn't your fault. It's mine, I clouded myself through memories of the past, hoping that it was all just a nightmare but I realized that I can't change the past, even if it is just a memory.” I told them. Taking another deep breath, I looked at Celeste. “I knew what I was getting myself into and took the consequences knowing you'll be safe from harm.”

“But The Outsider.” Luna said, leaving her sentence unfinished. Shaking my head, I placed my hand atop her head, feeling hers smooth and silk like hair.

“He and I have gotten a better understanding of one another.” I answered her. Spreading my arms, I embraced my two daughters as they slowly returned the embrace.

“We missed you so much.” Celeste said through teary eyes. I stroked her hair, feeling her pure white hair through my fingers.

“I've missed you too, both of you and not a day goes by when I don't think of you two.” I told them both as both my shoulders felt damp. I felt my own set of tear.

“You're mother would be proud, seeing her two daughters all grown up.” I told them. We stayed like that for a bit until they pulled away. Luna looked down and frowned a bit.

“Father, what’s that on your arm?” she asked. I looked and saw my sleeve pulled up a bit, I pulled it the rest of the way and saw the mark from the test. I brushed my thumb across it and felt it hum a bit. I heard some clicks from the spider on my shoulder.

“Where did you get a spider like that?” Celeste asked. I looked at her and pulled my sleeve back down.

“Let’s just say, that my life just got a bit, interesting.” I said to them. They looked at one another before we all headed down the hall. I knew this a step forward back into my life, even if it is twenty years into the future.

Jace

I stood in front of the workbench working on sharpening my blade with the quiet of the workshop as my only friend. As I’m sharpening it I looked over to my right arm, I had my gauntlet on like always. I never took it off for reasons that I don’t go into but after today I felt old pains from the past.

I put the sword down and put my left hand at the bottom of my gauntlet and slowly moved it over it. Runes of a forgotten language glowed as the metal warped itself away, revealing the underlayer. There was the mark of the hunter, glowing on blackened burned skin. Lines of warm glowing embers like lava snaked around my arm as vaines.

As I stared at it I heard whispers of the past returned, telling me the past, present and future of what’s around me. I closed my my hand into fist and the runes glowed and wrapped the metal back into place.

“If I stop walking, who will? Ha, what dead man tales.”

Author's Notes:

Did I said the last chapter was the last one of my crossovers with Legion, Well you are wrong! this one is.

see any errors that I missed? Please comment them down below :)

See you all in the next chapter :)