World of Ashes
Chapter 1: An Unfortunate Encounter
This story is kind of a AU. This is right after Renton abandoned the Gekkostate. When Renton runs away, he encounters a beautiful woman who claims to be a countess. Then Renton feels as if he is not in the same time period as before. He is caught in another dimension.
Renton Thurston felt hopeless as he was falling from the sky. He had just decided to leave the Gekkostate for good. Nobody wanted him over there anyway, and, to make things worse, the love of his life, Eureka, was afraid of him. Suicidal thoughts started invading his mind; as he thought of not opening his parachute and let his body hit the ground.
"How pathetic", he thought to himself. After giving it some thought, Renton opened his parachute and began to descend slowly. The sight of his parachute and the slowly descend calmed his apprehensive heart. However, this peaceful feeling didn't last very long. Renton saw something with his peripheral vision, something approaching him fast. He turned his head to see what is was, and his jaw almost dropped when he saw a boy, around his age, suspended in the air without a board or any type of machinery to keep him suspended. The boy had dark-blue hair, and blue eyes. He had an evil grin plastered on his face as he was flying towards Renton in an incredible speed. Renton panicked, for his attachment to the parachute limited his movement. I have to get off! Thought Renton to himself as he frantically tried to detached himself from the parachute. When he was finally able to free himself from the parachute, he hopped onto his board and tried to get as far from the boy as he could. However, before he could react, the boy was already next to him. The boy grabbed Renton by the collar and pushed Renton down. Both of them started falling rapidly.
"Are you an idiot, stop before we both die!", shouted Renton to the lad.
The lad merely glared at Renton and increased the speed of the fall. This is it, Renton thought; this is the end for me. Before he could say anything else, Renton felt his back hit something cold and hard – which hurt really bad – and he began sinking. What… why am I sinking?.. Where did all this water come from? Renton began to panic again. Where the water came from was the least of his worries, what mattered was that he couldn't swim and he was running out of air. He was alone, the flying boy for some reason had disappear. Renton felt hopeless as his body sank lower and lower, and his eyes could no longer see the light reflected on the surface. Everything surrounding him was suddenly overpowered by darkness.
"Can you hear me?", said a tender voice while caressing his cheek.
Bothered by this, Renton opened his eyes, and encountered a pair of deep green eyes looking straight at him. Surprised by the proximity of the unfamiliar face, Renton backed away and fell on the floor. This caused him extreme pain, for his whole body was aching.
"Oh my, you poor little thing. That must have hurt", said the same voice.
Renton looked up to see who the voice belonged to, and he was awestruck at what he saw. In front of him was a beautiful woman with long silver hair, and green eyes. The woman was in her thirties, but her jovial smile made her look ten years younger. The woman offered him a hand. Renton blushed a little bit, still awestruck by her beauty. He took reluctantly took her hand, used her body for support and got back to bed. Then Renton took a good look at his surroundings. The room he was currently in was extremely large and decorated splendidly. The whole room was furnished with very expensive furniture. The room was dark blue, had golden ornaments attached to the walls, and the carpet was dark-blue which made it look much more dark and elegant, but somehow the atmosphere made Renton feel like he was living in another era. Renton wanted to speak, but he was surprisingly out of words.
The woman giggled when she realized that the lad was totally lost so she took the initiative and began talking.
"My name is Elizabeth, Countess Elizabeth", said the woman smiling gracefully.
Renton's facial expression changed drastically. His color drained, making him look like a lifeless doll. Countess? That means she's royalty! Renton's mind started to wander, unaware that the woman was waiting for his response. Nevertheless, the woman understood his current state of mind. She reached for him and touched his cheek, making him snap out of his thoughts. Renton blushed when he saw her staring intently at him.
"You have been through a lot", said the woman with a sad look on her face, "even though you deeply cared for them, they neglected you and treated you like trash".
Renton slapped her hand away from his cheek, his eyes widened in surprise.
"How do you know that?", he demanded from the woman.
The woman merely chuckled, "I cannot answer that question right now", said the woman looking intently into his eyes.
Renton was mesmerized by the woman's intensive gaze. He literally couldn't take avert his eyes to another direction. It was as if the woman was doing it on purpose. Suddenly, a strange feeling overpowered Renton. He was overwhelmed with fear and anxiety. He relieved the nightmare he went through at that time. He felt like he was hopelessly sinking lower and lower; unable to breath, suffocating slowly; being surrounded by darkness. Tears started streaming down his face, which startled him. Did she just make me cry?
"Do you feel better now?", asked the woman.
Surprisingly, he did feel better. He didn't know how did she do it, but he smiled at her, showing his gratitude.
The woman understood and smiled back. Then she stood up and started exiting the room.
"Wait! Countess...", yelled Renton as he got off the bed. For some strange reason, he didn't want her to leave.
Suddenly, the door burst open, and a young lad came in. He had dark-blue hair that matched his blue eyes. The boy kneel before the Countess and kissed her hand as as a sign of respect.
Renton's eyes widened as he recognized the boy. It was the boy who attempted to drown him for some unknown reason.
"You!", yelled Renton pointing at the boy, and preparing to launch himself at him.
The blue-haired rolled his eyes at Renton and prepared himself to attack, but the countess stepped in the middle of tcritisimhe two. "I wont allow violence inside the manor", said the woman in a tone that made both Renton and the blue-haired lad flinch. Then the countess approached the blue-haired lad and caressed his cheek. The lad remained still and emotionless.
"I want you to take care of him", said the countess in a low tone, "after he recovers, make him presentable, and bring him to me".
The young lad bowed, "as you wish", replied the lad in a rather angry tone. It was clear to Renton that the lad didn't like him, but he couldn't care less, for he didn't like him either.
"You will be in Louis' hands for now", said the countess to Renton, "he will make your stance here a little more enjoyable", added the countess with a smile.
Renton couldn't help but smile back, but deep down he was uncomfortable and bothered by her presence. She gave him the creeps, and he didn't know why. Despite this fact, he decided to comply to the woman. He didn't dare to ask what would happen if he contradicted her. Despite her appearance, he could tell she had a strong character.
"Follow me", ordered Louis to Renton while glaring at him.
Renton swallowed hard and followed Louis.
This is going to be a long day.
This is my first fan-fiction, so I would like you to comment. I accept criticism, but don't be too harsh. I apologize if you find any grammatical errors, for English is not my native language. Although I live in the US, I still make mistakes.