Chapter 1: A Prologue of Sorts

"Anime was a mistake" -Beaglerush

You're probably wondering "How the hell did I get into this situation?" Well, I mean, you would be if this story had pictures. And uh, this is more of a book than a movie; this book don't got no pictures, m'kay? And if for some stupid reason it does, well someone better tell me cause I most likely did not approve that, and thusly should be burning in hell as we speak.

Getting back on topic, how I got into this situation doesn't really make any sense without the beginning, so why don't we just start right there. This was a long time ago. Thankfully, it doesn't take place in a galaxy far, far away cause then it start getting confusing, but that's beside the point. The beginning was a long time; Unfortunately I lost track of time after a while and have forgotten how many years ago it was. But what I do remember though is how my dad left for the convenience store to grab some snacks, and also how that was a good seven or eight years before hand and hadn't returned yet.

For those who think took a dark turn, he wasn't dead. and far from it might I add. No no no, you see the clerks they were, very intimidated by him and didn't have the guts to tell him that brand he wanted had gone out of business about a month or two before he had walked in. So instead of giving my dad the bad the news, they thought it would be easier to tell him that they were all sold out of their products and were waiting for a shipment to come in.

Sane-minded people would have gone home and waited for that shipment to arrive. Granted, those same sane-minded people wouldn't have told a guy that a brand had gone out of business and not lied to a customer in saying that they were waiting for a shipment from that company. But as I said before, that's beside the point. The point is is that uh, my dad was a stubborn man, and very patient, but very stubborn. You know that man could practically wait on anything, as long as he cared enough not budge on it, but again, he could wait on anything. It was that same stubbornness that got him killed you see. If he had decided to leave that damned convenience store he could have been somewhere else when "It" walked into town, but I digress. I liked the beginning; it was a nice, warm, beautiful time of my life. Unfortunately "It" had to ruin it all, but what goes up must come down I guess and all goods must come to an end; but it was good time, and I'm happy for that.

I'm starting to ramble on and I apologize for that. For the sake of moving on I'll finish it like this. Those were the best days of my life.

So this world I live in, this world of Remnant, it's a fucked up place, let me tell ya. Also as a side note, for those who were expecting this to be PG13 and were mad at the fact that I swore, you can leave right now. I'm sure there is a door within your vicinity you can use to leave cause there is no way I can make this family friendly. The real world ain't sunshine and rainbows, so don't expect to me to make this family friendly, ya piece of shit.

I'm sorry, that was rude, but you get my point. This world is all kinds of crazy. Theirs like what, six regions in this world, pfft I don't know. Anyways, theirs like thousands of creatures that inhabit this world, and their all bat-shit crazy in some way shape or form. You got humans, also known as that really boring race that some people say they evolved from apes or whatever people saying these days. You got the faunus, which I'm pretty sure that's just a fancier way of saying furries. I mean seriously, they've got god damn cat people, with the cat ears and the cat tails and stuff. I mean seriously, does that not sound like someone's messed up fantasy right there?

In all seriousness, faunus are basically a human-animal hybrid, so I guess that doesn't make them full furries, but there still pretty damn close. Now I should go out there and say I've got no problem the faunus cause I'm sure someone would find my comments a bit on the racist side, ya know. The faunus haven't done anything to me and I don't see any point in hating on them cause they got animal parts, ya know.

Now if boring ass humans and the human-furry combo we got here isn't enough for ya to try your luck, we got deadly monsters named grimm. Yeah, I know, it's great isn't it? These grimm, there so deadly that the big major cities in each region or kingdom, or whatever there called, only have countermeasures that keep grimm out. So if ya live in small little town out in the country, your screwed cause there basically open to attack. Another fun little tidbit about the grimm, they are attracted to people's negative energy, or aura's, or something along those lines, I don't know. All I know is that if half a cities population has got crippling depression, it's pretty much screwed.

Now if this world wasn't messed up enough already, people can super powers! Or at least small little abilities that make them special or what not. Now these abilities go by the name of semblances, I guess, and can be anything from giving people around you bad luck, to getting really pissed when someone cuts off small strand of your hair. For those wondering, yes that's a thing. Not sure why that needs its own power, but okay.

What's even better is that in each kingdom, region, thing, they have a gigantic academy that allows these people with semblances to train and hone their skills to protect those who can't protect themselves. That's all fine and dandy and all, but these fighters, Hunters and huntresses as there called, there's a limited number of number of them and they can't protect everything, which I understand and I can't blame them for that.

But after "It" and its posse walked into my hometown and said "All your city are belong to us." There wasn't much we could have done to prevent them from beating our city to pulp. As if you couldn't tell already, I survived. Yay me, what great luck I guess, I get to try to survive in this crazy ass world by myself. Sweet.

So after the sacking of my hometown, I decided to make my way to one of these oh so great academies so I could learn a thing or two about surviving in the wilderness. I arrive and I get an appointment to talk with a guy who works in the incoming students department, or whatever they call it. So I meet the guy, and we talk ya know, about stuff you think we talk about in an interview, like where are you from, what's your background, what are you interested in, etcetera etcetera. The interview was going pretty well, the interviewer liked me and the answers I was giving, but all that changed the second he asked the one question that seems to haunt me wherever I go. "So what's your semblance?"

To the unacquainted, this may seem like a question that really wouldn't be that hard to answer, but for me, it's not that simple. Many people in this world at birth were given a gift, whether it's from the gods, or something we just can't explain right now, I don't know. These gifts, these semblances, I wasn't born with one. In other words, I don't have a semblance; I don't have any special ability that allows me to do anything extraordinary. I'm just a regular old human being with nothing that makes me special.

Now because I was not born with such a gift as a semblance, people have this belief that I, how do I say this, "not as qualified" to have the role of a hunter. Apparently it has to do with "It's more dangerous" because there's a higher risk of loss of life, I guess. Not sure if that's true but, I guess that makes sense to some people.

So I told the interviewer that I had no semblance, and the man just said that he didn't see any point in training someone without a semblance. I asked him why, and he simply responded with that it would be impossible for someone without a semblance to fight as well as someone with a semblance. The guy wasn't all that bad though as he offered to help get a home and a stable job here in the city, but I respectfully declined. I had never been a big fan of the idea of living in a big major city, I think there crowded.

Fun fact of life: Tell someone that something is impossible, and they'll go out there way to prove them otherwise. I entered that city that day hoping to make something of myself, and left with a purpose. I was going to prove to that man that someone without a semblance can fight just as well as someone with a semblance. It was at this moment my adventure truly began.

Author's Note:

For those who don't know, I voice act these on my YouTube channel, so here is a link to the audio version: watch?v=48406Ko7EMo