I am Ender Finis, and every version of me, from every single universe, has been erased... except for me. I have been left outside of existence itself in what is known as Imori. Out here, everything is just a deep infinite abyss which apparently acts as a hallway to each and every universe. Now, while being left out of existence does have its perks, like leaving me alone to my thoughts, wandering the endless abyss until I die from old age, and cursing me with a blade that is bound to me permenantly, i'd rather find out what caused all of this.

Thankfully, Imori has its two creators, Vade and Jinn, who want to find out what happened much as I do. With their help, we can find out what caused this, and maybe even rediscover who I am. Where might this journey take me, I don't know, but whatever we find may bring us closer to the answers we seek.

A Prelude to Rise

Chapter 1

The Start of a New Journey

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

– Lao Tzu

I stood in the dark and endless void I had grown so familiar to. Every light and sound that you could make would engulf any attempts at piercing the darkness. Although ominous, the black abyss was a relieving thing to see once again.

Suddenly, the calm yet powerful voice of Vade came from behind me.

"Welcome back Ender." He spoke as I quickly turned to face him. The glowing liquid that formed his body was always a strange sight to see, he had no face, but the figure of a normal human male.

"Well..." I replied with what could barely be called a hopeful tone. "Did you two find anything yet?"

Then, the familiar voice of Jinn came from behind him, as he moved to the side to stand next to him. Jinn was similar to Vade in appearance, her orange glow stood out compared to her counterpart, and she wore the figure of a normal adult female instead.

"Things like this take time," She said with her regular friendly and mellow tone. "Imori is like a cut on a tree, it needs to heal naturally, and once it does, we'll be one step closer to figuring out-"

"What's causing this, I know already... its just that..." I spoke with a dissapointed sigh. "It's been over a year since we've started, and all were getting is 'one step closer' and it gets old."

"We're right here!" She continued, "Once we let this refugured set of universes heal, we get our break!"

Disheartened, I turned back to Vade for a response.

"She's right, when we send you back into another universe, by the time you're done, we'll have our answers."

I looked back to Jinn, who only nodded, and I let out a deep sigh.

"Alright... so where to now?" I questioned.

"The World of Fanto. A world where magic and technology are almost united, the world is now about to face one of, if not its greatest threat, you will acompany a man by the name of Charlie Kyle." She explained.

"And what makes him so important?"

"His family line has encountered this threat before, and it's going to take much more than him to defeat it."

"When do you send me in?"

"Now." Jinn said as a bright opening came from our side. The light was too bright to look through, and it strained my eyes as I tried.

"Well..." I said to myself as I began to walk through the opening.

"Let's do this..." I said as the light engulfed me entirely.

The bright light quickly faded as I found myself standing inside of a bedroom, the sounds of the ocean coming from nearby, and the pacing of hurried footsteps coming from above me. I walked quickly towards the nearby window to see an ocean with a cloud-dotted sky above. I walked out of the room and into the hallway of what looked to be a hotel hallway with people of all kinds coming out of their rooms and heading upstairs with their luggage. As I took a step forward, I felt the ground move and I found myself slightly off balance, that was when it clicked. I was on a boat of some kind. I followed the passengers out, curious to where they were going, and emerged at the side of the ship.

People were gathering around the railing of the boat and were looking towards the bow of the ship towards... something. I squeezed between a couple of people to look and I saw what they were staring at. The port town in the near distance spotted the beach with houses of different shapes and sizes. However, a large dock to the side appeared to be where we would be making landfall. The people that were gathered a short distance away from the dock were waving and carrying signs welcoming people who could only be assumed as family. The boat slowly moved and stopped at the dock, before crew members began allowing people to get off of the boat. I followed the passengers off the ship, and turned to observe the boat we rode on. The boat was like a cruise ship, but smaller and more compact, but nonetheless, it took us to where we all wanted to be.

Except I had no clue where I wanted to be. Hell, I didn't even know where I was.

I looked to one of the crew members who appeared to be handing a bag back to a passenger, and spoke.

"Excuse me sir, do you know wh-" I started, before being abruptly cut off with a loud sigh.

"Listen man, if you left your bag on the boat, get it yourself dammit." He tautly stated.

I was taken aback for a moment, before I continued. "Do you happen to know where we landed...?"

With another sigh, he answered. "The port town of Cocao, Fanto." He said before walking away and mumbling to himself, "I swear nobody ever reads their damn tickets and where they're going."

Now left in the midst of a crowd, I took off into the town, seeing if anyone knew what this 'threat' was.

Author's Note: Hello everyone! I am EnderScar, and two years ago around this time, a author by the name of Ckbrothers posted a SYOC story in which I myself, and about twenty people created OC's for this story. This is the rewrite and continuation my story which occurred before, up to, and eventually after the events of his story. This will more than likely be done differently, but not that many people read the original. This story won't be the usual thing you see here (Youtubers, mob fanfics, getting sucked into the game, ect.) but I do hope that you still enjoy! I hope that anyone who reads will enjoy and criticize any mistakes I may make, I would appreciate it!