Prologue ~ Darkness Awaits ...
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A boy stood up from the corner he had been leaning against. Where was he? Why was he here? The darkness surrounded him … enveloping him in its power …
What was his name again? His purpose in life? His family … His home …
He couldn't remember …
His dark hair fell to his knees as he stood. At about five three he wasn't that impressive. This was only his eleventh year on this earth, and he was going to make the most of it. There were only a few things he knew; he wasn't about to just sit around and let people control him. He was young, but not naïve and stupid.
Dark orange eyes snapped open as he tried to locate anything in the room that would remind him of who he was. Nothing, darkness and more darkness …
Being blind was nice at times, but it often left him confused as to how it became so. What had happened to make him lose his sight?
Was it even that? All he knew was his name, age, and ethnicity. Was there more or was he just there. Just there to exist, and figure things out on his own …
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He stood in front of Gringots wizarding bank in London. How he got here? Well he willed himself here. Why he was here? To find out who he really was. That is, if they could even tell him.
"Name," the goblin asked as he came to the counter.
"I only know my first name," he replied.
"That shall do. We will have you take an identification test. Name,"
"Arekusu."
"From Japan are we young master?" asked someone to his left. He blinked, and then remembered that was kind of pointless.
"I am a goblin as well. I will take you to get identified." Said the person. He nodded and took the arm of the creature. He could normally get around by sound and touch, but getting lost here wasn't a good idea. He had heard [after arriving to the street here] that dragons lurked in the depths of Gringots. He did not want to find them.
The goblin led him through a few doors until he came to a stop. The boy nearly fell over from the abrupt halt.
"Sorry, I need a few drops of your blood." The goblin said as he handed the boy a knife hilt first. The child pricked his finger, letting a few drops fall onto the knife's blade. It began to warm in his hands, making him want to drop it. This was so strange …
"Now I shall rub the bloody knife against this piece of parchment." The goblin said as he held the parchment in his hands. He let the boy feel the paper, and then continued.
"This will give us a n accurate identification. You don't know who you are?"
"No sir," the boy said.
"I am going to cast a translation spell that will allow you to read this. Braille or Japanese with indentations?"
"Indentations are fine."
"Alright then," the goblin said as he started to work his magic. The boy could feel the magic humming in the air, even though he couldn't see it.
"Here you are sir," the goblin said as he held out the now charmed and translated parchment. He took it and started to read it.
Name: AREKUSANDAA Kurokane
English Translation: alexander Darkmetal
Parents: Lily Evans, [mother] James Harold Potter [father]
Siblings: none
Titles:
Heir to the house of Potter
Heir to the house of Gryffindor
Creature Status: Dark Elf/human hybrid
Powers:
Control of darkness, heliopath, Telekinesis, aquarius master [same as heliopath except with water] and minimal control of electricity
Born: -
"Why are some of the names faded? The birth date isn't even listed." He said.
"I am not sure. We will need to do a more thorough examination of your heritage." The goblin said. The boy, now known as Arekusandaa nodded and took the goblin's arm once more. He was led into another room and left to stand by himself while the goblin looked for something. Arekusandaa? He knew his name was Arekusu but not the full extant of it. Where did 'Kurokane' come from?
"I found it!" the goblin said after a while.
"Found what?" the boy asked.
"You do realize you have a pretty heavy Japanese accent even though you can still speak English don't you?" the goblin asked. Arekusandaa blinked and sighed.
"What did you find?" he asked. Chuckling, the goblin showed him another blade, this time a dagger.
"This will allow us to do the full-length heritage test." He explained, taking the knife back.
"Prick your arm, and let the blood fall into this vial." He continued. Arekusu did as he was told and let his blood flow. After enough was inside the vial the goblin took it away. The wound immediately healed, leaving a confused boy.
"It is made to do that. Some have cut way too deep for this test. We can't have the heirs to important houses or families dying from a test." Said the goblin.
The gobblin poured the blood onto a piece of parchment that had strange runes on it. If this worked, the blood should seep into the runes, and give an accurate family line. If not …
The entire paper went black and then smoked. What was going on?
Smelling the smoke the boy shifted uncomfortably.
"What happened?" he asked.
"There has been some very powerful dark magic cast on you. The fact that the parchment turned to ashes means that the identification test was mostly false. All that was true is your name. It is curious that your last name is not Potter …"
"So someone tried to tamper with my identity?" the boy asked.
"yes …"
The boy's eyes went red, although he didn't know it. The room started to heat up as the heliopath powers began to activate.
"Calm down, Arekusu. It won't do you any good to get angry over this right now. We don't know what happened, so there is no point." The goblin said.
"Is there a way to find out why?" asked Arekusu as he tried to reign in the rage that had come to him.
"I can try to. There are a few spells …"
"do so."
After some magic was used the goblin said,
"You were illegally blood-adopted by James Potter and his wife. Your adoptive brother is Harry James Potter, the boy who lived."
"Who is that?"
"You don't know?"
"No."
"He took down the last dark lord of this world, Lord Voldemort."
"Sounds interesting …"
"Do you know what this means young mr. Kurokane?"
"Huh?" the boy asked.
"This means that darkness awaits you. In order to figure out what has happened to you and why, you will need to dabble in the dark …"
"The dark?"
"You shall become a dark wizard I can see that now. Darkness awaits … Arekusandaa Kurokane …"
