Prologue
As I stood there at those ebony gates, I realized my life was going to change. Not just drastically, but tragically. Completely now that I think about it. Just by entering that mansion, everything suddenly converted into a life where either fight the enemy, or stand back and watch as everything fell apart before you.
So there he was: The Master of them all. He stood there in that black robe with the hood covering his face. He raised and slightly reached his hand out towards me. Then I seen crystal letters appear in front of me. All of the letters organized in order to reveal my name… my real name.
In the blink of an eye, the letters rearranged into a new name and in that instant, I forgot who I was. All I knew was that I was now a member of the organization. I didn't know what this organization held, withdrew, or held what the heck was in store for me. All I knew was that I was a new member. Kind of like being a new kid at school or something was how it felt like.
I was handed a new robe and told me I was going to be assigned a new weapon and training tomorrow. Already I could feel the anxiety and the intense moment of me actually trying to kill someone sent a chill down my spine, so cold it would make my skin shiver and crawl for endless days.
I could've saved myself from all that trouble too, along with the physical and emotional pain too. But that's what happen when you don't think. You go by impulse and/or whatever the hell instinct tells you what to do. If you feel alright with it, great go do it. If not, think of something else and fast.
All this because I simply wanted to be different. But really, I was someone with no heart. I'm not just any other person of the organization: My heart was stolen from me. Taken and never heard of again… so that's why the organization was kind enough to let me join their ever growing army. It was all so I can retrieve it.
But even so… I know now that I'm someone without emotion. I'm someone who can't feel what others can. And even if I could, there would be no way how I could react to it. I'm… I'm a new apprentice for Number IX. Whoever that was…