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Chapter I: Prelude
In this world there are various legends. Legends of mages with untold power. Mystical creatures with untold power and Men slaying the very Gods themselves. However there is one legend that has been forgotten. The legend of a man who drowned in darkness.
Earthland, Amity Island, Year X772
A black haired, blue eyed child eleven years of age walked through the city of Revan. He wore black boots, jeans a white shirt and black jacket. As he passed through the streets people began whispering among themselves.
" Fucking Magic Council. I tell ya...oh it's the boy."
" It's all a ploy by Ishgar to...oh the prodigy got here."
" I'm serious. A huge portal. Right above...Isn't that the Fenton kid."
" Yeah it's Danny Fenton."
The boy continued walking past the citizens of his city as he pulled his hood on. As he walked he couldn't help but notice the changes to the city. People didn't come out as much as before, the mood had gone down. There was always a horrid smell in the air and alleys and corners would always have dark stains on them. Some of the buildings had even been destroyed or as the ambassadors put it in construction.
Looking around the boy saw several destroyed buildings. It was that or fenced with an authorized personnel only sign. Outside one of those buildings were several men in armor. Dark gray boots, belt, gauntlets and a mask. The rest was all black. They were equipped differently with some wielding sabers, rifles, spears or flamethrowers. And strangest of all...a staff with a blue stone on it.
" I tell ya man. Best job in the world over here."
" Not a care in the world out here. We're kings."
" Amen to that."
The young boy kept on walking. However he couldn't help but notice the way the citizens seemed to be more on edge. The way the men would look everywhere. The glances they gave at the armored men.
" Please! I didn't do anything wrong! I…" It was the wife of a shopkeeper. What was her name again...Ayame, Diane? Danny just remembered her as Ms. Gray.
The guard said nothing as he threw in front of the building.
" The taxes are an hour late. Not to mention that you haven't supplied us with any supplies."
" I can't! His Majesty doesn't accept our pay and the exchange to jewels is so little. Then you guards take all our money. I can't…" It was then that the guard smacked her.
" You calling us thieves wench?" The guard grabbed her and began to drag her into the building.
" Please...no! God...please no!"
The other guards were laughing as the citizens behind Danny began to form into a crowd. Whispers going throughout the crowd as the men began going into their coats. As the mob grew larger the young boy slid back to walking.
" Give her back you bastards!"
" All of you get back!"
" Take your ships and go shove it up His Midget's ass!"
" Watch your tongue you Revan filth!"
" Go ahead Cap. I'm right here. Hit me. Shoot me. Fire! I said…
" We will open fire if you do not move away!"
As the young boy began to speed up he noticed more citizens heading the way he left. All of them wielding an instrument of pain. The shouts growing louder and louder.
" They're not going to do anything."
" Step away or you're all going to the Warden!"
" Well I'm waiting Captain…" The sound of an explosion went off as the young boy looked back. The stone on the staff was engulfed in a blue light as a building fell apart.
" Open…"
" Do it...already...just"
" FIRE!"
Gunshots filled the air as he heard people scream. The sound of a flamethrower and blades swinging soon joined the orchestra. A second later an animalistic roar sounded out as the ground shook as more citizens came out. The young boy could only stare in shock at the scene as smoke started to rise. The streets began to be stained.
' Why? Why is this happening!? Why is it happening again!?'
A man ran out from the crowd as he ran to a building. The young boy couldn't help but stare at the amount of blood that ran down the man's side. There was so much of it. All of that was from an arm. As the door opened the man quickly spoke.
" Call the Police Force! Hurry their killing everybody out there!"
The blood didn't stop. It just kept on flowing. It even came out when the man coughed. The young boy ran into an alley but where he gasped for breathe. He knew that this was a chance event that happened sometimes but to to see it up close. The young boy threw up his lunch.
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It was two hours later and the boy was still walking towards his destination. People no longer made comments about him. Instead they opted to speak about the new events that had unfolded.
Danny Fenton ignored the conversations as he walked down the path. Turning right the boy began to walk down into an alley.
" Where do you think you're going Fenton!" Turning around, Danny saw that a blond haired boy roughly three years older than him was standing there. Along with five other people.
" Oh..Hey Dash. I was...just...heading home. You know."
The newly dubbed Dash didn't seem to care for that as he and his friends closed in on the boy.
" Home. Must be nice. Cause ever since your parents experiment we upstanding citizens have lost our homes." Dash's gang got closer to him.
" Heh….heh. Well it's not really my fault. My parents only did the experiment-" a punch to his face left him on the floor bleeding. It only took a second until the rest of the gang joined in on it.
It was an hour later that Danny walked into with a black, busted lip and torn clothes.
" I'm home."
" Welcome ho...what happened to your face!" his mother rushed over to him with a napkin already in her hand.
" I fell down when I was walking home. I know. I should pay more-"
" Fell down right on her eye and nose?"
The boy's hand found the back of his neck as his Mom's eyes stared into him.
" Danny...I.."
Bang. Bang.
The boy's eyes drifted to the door as his gripped his Mom's arm.
" Mom...it's not them are they." Sweat dripped from her forehead as she gave him a smile of whites.
" Don't worry Danny. Just be a good boy and go to your room okay." Nodding his Mom got up.
" Good boy. I'll see u in a minute sweetie. Love you."
" Love you too Mom."
With that the boy headed upstairs. However he stopped as he gave one final glance at the door. A man and woman in white robes were standing there. A blue cape that was on their backs and went over their chest. A cross decorating their cape both front and back. Both of them wore no masks.
' They're mages.'
It was the woman that spoke first. He couldn't help but notice she was only a few years older than him. Fifteen, sixteen tops.
" Mrs. Fenton we're here to discuss the findings on your research."
" Like I've told your lieutenant I haven't been able to make any solid theories since I can't do anything thanks to the soldiers." The male then spoke.
" His Majesty is growing restless Fenton. If nothing is done about the problem then Revan will stay under lockdown."
His mother's eyes shone with fury.
" The land of Revan has nothing to do with this! It's not our fault that the sky decides to open and…"The woman spoke now.
" But you are one of the most reliable people to work on it. Your papers on the topic of spatial manipulation and dimensional travel are incredibly sound. At least according to Dr. Tesla."
" Tesla is an engineer not a physicist. Besides...we don't have the power source necessary to close the gate. Nobody in Revan wields magic and if we manipulate it into lacrima then Revan would be left powerless."
" But that would solve the problem wouldn't it?"
" Theoretically yes but…"
The female moved to toss a folder on the table. The golden and silver keys on her belt clinking together.
" In your paper it also states that the readings are similar to summoning a Celestial Spirit." The heck was a celestial spirit.
Maddie seemed to think about her answer before she spoke.
" It is but while the Celestial Gate gives this portal takes." the woman with the keys spoke.
" Only it's that ever since we began studying this portal we've noticed that Celestial wizards have been sucked into the Spirit World when opening. Meaning the portal goes through the Spirit World." It was the man that was speaking now.
" Therefore if we were to create a permanent gate to the Spirit World then we should be able to seal the portal from there correct?"
" That's a stupid idea! Once again not only would you need a large amount of magic power to open a gate how would that even close the portal? Not even mentioning the effects a permanent portal between our world and the Celestial Spirit World would have." The man sneered at her.
" The magic power is not a problem. The council will handle. As to how to close it…that's your job. A job that you're failing at."
The man held turned around and walked out the door. The lady with the keys was about to leave when she stooped and turned.
" The longer that tear stays open the longer The Council will occupy Revan. The longer we occupy Revan the more hostility there will be. The more hostility there is the more blood there is. If you wish to see less blood I would start working faster and producing results." And with that the lady left as his mother then left into the kitchen. She grabbed a stack of paper, a pen and sat down at the table.
The young child woke up the next day to find his Mom still at the kitchen table. She was placing the paper in a box and then the box in a bag.
" Good morning sweetie. Did you sleep well?"
" Not really. I couldn't go to sleep and spent half the time turning."
" That's not so good." She continued packing stuff into the bag when she heard the bell ring. Danny turned towards the door with a raised eyebrow.
" Mom it's like eight in the morning. Who could be at the door."
"..."
"Mom?"
Danny looked up to his Mom only to find she was handing him the bag.
" Sorry to ask you this sweetie but could you take this to ? It's a list of supplies I want to order."
" Why so early mom?" The knocking at the door increased.
" These supplies sell out fast so I need to place the order fast. Plus none of the other buyers are up at this time. Can you do me this favor sweetie?"
" Are you Mr. Smith?" The man at the corner was a average looking man. Average eyes, average hair. Nothing major.
" Yeah that's me all right. What you need kid?"
" My Mom told me to give you this."
" Your mom. Ah so you're the Fenton kid. Nice to meet you."
The man began emptying the bag and took out the papers that his Mom had written. The man's expression did not change. Instead he just placed the papers in his desk.
" There. You can tell your Mom that the supplies would be here in about a month."
" Thank you Mr. Smith. Have a nice..."
The door slammed open and a group of five people walked in. All of them were the former members of the now disbanded Revan Police Force. They all wore jeans and boots but the one thing they had in common was the white jacket with black accents and a green phoenix on the back. The one with a red hand band around his forehead spoke up.
" Smith we got questions for you."
Mr. Smith seemed to look troubled at that. His left hand went underneath the table while his right stayed atop. He flashed them a smile as his voice cracked a bit.
" Questions? About what may I ask."
" You weren't at the town meeting last night. Why?"
" Since when were the town meetings mandatory?" The man with the headband chuckled as the rest of the men looked at Smith.
" It's been mandatory ever since Ishgar asserted themselves as the authority here and blocked our trade."
As the conversation was going on Danny tried to exit through the door but a hand grabbed him back.
" Where you going kid? Sit down and listen." The man shoved him on the floor against the desk. The man in the red head band looked down at him and smiled.
" Well if isn't the Fenton kid. How old are ya?"
" Eleven."
" Stay here. You're a man and next year you'll be fighting. Now as I was saying, Ishgar or the Magic Council has taken over Revan. All thanks to the strange magic they've sensed. Tears in the sky. It's all an excuse."
" Our Senate gave leadership to the Magic council Captain." Smith said.
" The same Senate that can't use magic or defend against any spells. It wouldn't be difficult to cast an illusion magic over them."
" The Magic Council and their Rune Knights is only here to solve the strange magic."
The former Police Force laughed at this.
" Guess that to solve that issue the council had to dissolve the Police Force and oversee our trade. Not to mention the amount of citizens arrested on false charges and kept in jail for far too long."
" You make it sound like this never happened under your watch Captain."
The leader of the group went into his and jacket and pulled out an
envelope.
" Just make sure you show up at the next one Smith. And get those supplies here quick can you." With that the group left.
Mr. Smith took the envelope and crumpled it up into a small ball of paper.
" Those so called liberty fighters are going to cause a war one of these days." Turning to Danny he spoke.
" Get home kid. Revan's not so safe anymore."
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If Danny was being honest with himself he wasn't a brave kid. Fighting was something he feared and even when he was placed in a position to fight it always ended the same. Him on the floor having gotten his ass kicked. Therefore he had no idea what he was doing when he jumped into a middle of a firefight between the Police Force and the Rune Knights to get some kids out of the building.
All that happened was that a platoon of Rune Knights went to one of the orphanages to collect the taxes. Upon seeing that the orphanage didn't have the funds the Rune Knights began to haul the people in charge into the prison car. That was when the Police Force ambushed them. Blasts of magic and bullets filled the air as the orphanage soon became the Knight's fort. Danny was just going to be on his way when he looked through the window and saw kids on the second floor. Being the idiot he was he rushed in there without a second thought.
" I'm so going to die here." Danny said. Peeping around the corner he saw a flight of stairs right behind a group of three Rune Knights. One of which was on the ground with a pool of blood slowly forming underneath him. Another one applying first aid. Sneaking past them the boy headed upstairs as the voices of the Rune Knights sounded out.
" Dammit! Those goddamn rebels!"
" How you doing there medic?"
" If he could just shut up and let me do my job then…"
The sound of explosions and bullets grew louder as echoes as screams of pain resounded through the building. Danny began opening doors to all rooms as quietly as he could.
" Sounds like the police are closing in on us. Medic that's enough for him. You're heading back out with me?"
" You can't be serious Lt. I've got a bullet in my shoulder! I'm going…"
" To be fine. It's painful but not fatal and you've already been wrapped up. Just head upstairs and provide support from there.
The sound of footsteps sounded throughout the door as more bullets sounded throughout the air.
' Come on. Where are you freaking kids?'
" Lousy Lt. Telling me I'm not going to be fine."
Finally as he opened a door he found them. It was about eight of them. The oldest being about six years old. Sadly his presence wasn't very comforting to the kids.
" Ahhhhhhhhhh!"
' Crap'
" What the hell was that?"
' Double crap'
Thinking quickly Danny quickly looked out the window and saw a pipe. He tried to open the window only to find that it refused to move.
" Why won't this window open?" the oldest of the kids spoke up.
" That windows broken. It hasn't been opened in months." The door opened and the injured Rune Knight was there again. A magic blaster in his hands.
" Found you Revan Rebel! Say hello to my friend for me!" With that the men began pulled the trigger.
The blast of magic hit Danny straight in the chest. It sent him through the window without any resistance. Shards of glass embedded themselves in his skin as he bled. Then came from the fall. His body made contact with the hard stone floor as he heard a sickening crack. Pain flared throughout the boy's body as he looked at his left arm. Bent at an odd angle. Blood flew from his mouth as the sound of the battle over the orphanage raged on. Smoke rose from destruction as a metallic scent filled the air.
" Why did I have to do this?" the boy muttered. He wasn't a brave kid. While Dash and the others were always going around hanging with the Police Force he stayed away. He fled from battles. Then he saw kids in the building and charged in without a second thought.
" I'm a huge idiot."
Smoke obscured the blue sky of Revan as he could hear screams of pain. Looking to his right he could make out still bodies on the street through the darkness. Why was this happening. The boy released a sigh as he spoke what he thought was his last words. Tears flowed from his eyes as the realization of what was happening kicked in.
" This violence...this blood...the fighting. So pointless." As the blackness kicked in the boy breathed his words.
" I wish I could stop all of this."
And that's the end of this. Feel free to review and criticize. Flames will fuel my ambition to write this story. Also...there's a lot of questions this one chapter raised. Don't worry. Everything will be answered in a few more chapters. Well see you later fellas. I'm out.
