Claimer: That's right, I mean CLAIMER. Background story, every night recently, i keep having these werid dreams of anime charecters, including myself as well, but all is seen in a third person view. I thought at first it was from watching too much Bleach, it could be the reason though, but after the first one i kept getting diffrent dreams of more of this type of anime. Because of the fact i have Adhd, i can't stop thinking about it, and usually writing about it gets it off my mind. Possibility is that it could be some psycic thing. and YES, i have seen the future before in my sleep, not lying at all. Some people may think it's cool, but trust me, it actually gets really annoying reliving moments of you life after the 100th time doing so. When i grow up, i may actualy haev this as an anime. Eitherway, prepare to live my dreams as I see them through (Remember: This is Anime style!).
Prologue: The town was in it's normal peaceful day. It was the same old thing, the same old time, and the same type of every persons life. Many people who live want to dream of going on an adventure, but not many people ever do. One person, however, a certain teenager, is about to have his life unfold, as he witnesses the truths to his secret past, chains that tie him to a never ending torment, and a life where the elements of the world, are all too real... (Sorry if it's too cheasy, but in the event I become famous for writing this, I wanna impress the people who might be reading this).
Episode 1: Brace
The streets were bumpy as the Zack rode in the car. As he looked out the window, he sighed, seeing how everything was the same as it always is, never changing, never ending, never exciting. Even as the red hair blew in his face, he yawned as it was nothing that was different to him. The only thing he did like in his life is his mother, caring for her son and nothing more. His mom looked at him as he leaned his arm against his cheek on chair's arms. She chuckled a little, catching Zack's attention. He chuckled too as he saw she kept giggling as she looked at her.
"What?" Zack said, wondering what was so funny.
"Just trying to put a smile on your face. You always seem so glum." His mother replied. Zack chuckled a little, leaning up against the seat.
"Just never get used to the boring life I always have."
"Oh come now. Many people can go on an adventure, they just never know where to search." His mom replied, looking back at her son with a smile.
"Oh please. Where am I suppose to find an adventure? I'm only ten years old and there's nothing else going on that's changing." His mother giggled a bit.
"Sure there is, it's right here." His mom said, touching his heart with her finger. When he looked down, his mom flicked his nose. They both laughed at this. Zack was grateful that his mother had tried cheering him up, even though it would go back to the same within a matter of minutes. Zack's eyes widened though as he looked out at the left side of the car. He couldn't tell if it was a hallucination, but to him, it looked like a giant boulder was coming right towards them. It crashed into the side of the car; the same side his mom was on.
He suddenly woke up, screaming a bit. As he looked around, he saw it was still dark. The woods he was in was silent aside from the noise of the owls and the crickets that echoed throughout the woods. Zack moaned as he leaned back into his sleeping bag, trying to fall back asleep. He stared at the stars for a few seconds, noticing no matter what shape they form when you connect the dots, it never changes. Leaning to the side, putting his hand flat on the bag, he laid his head down as he started to get sleepy again.
"Seven years huh?" He whispered to himself as he slowly fell asleep.
As the sun rose, the beam of light that appeared from it started to engulf the forest little by little. Zack winced a bit as the beam of light touched his face. He leaned up from his sleeping bag a bit, yawning as he rubbed his eyes. Sighing, he started to get out of his sleeping bag as he stretched. He rolled up the sleeping back as he put it in his camping-style back pack, and started walking again, deeper into the forest. About half an hour later, he suddenly noticed a camp site filled with other teenagers. When he looked around, he heard a sudden scream that caused him to moan. He fell to the ground as a green haired girl jumped on him.
"Zack!" Jenet yelled sighed as he gently nudged Jenet's face with his hand, having her get off. Jenet was one of Zack's old friends from school before he mysteriously disappeared, or at lest to everyone else he disappeared. He brushed himself off as he got up.
"Where have you been?" She asked. "I haven't seen you since..." Jenet stopped, not wanting to bring up any reminders of the accident seven years ago.
"I ran away Jenet, what else was I suppose to do?" Zack said, as he started walking into the woods again.
"Wait!" Jenet shouted, wanting him to stop. She stood there for a few seconds watching him leave, before running back to camp.
"I'm telling you dude your stomach can't explode!" Issac yelled. He had blonde hair and was pretty short, as well as needing to wear glasses.
"And I'm telling you yes you can! My cousin did it before and..." Before Hector could finish, they heard Jenet running towards them. They looked at her questionably as she breathed a bit heavily.
"What's up Jenet?" Issac asked, seeing her out of breath. Jenet breathed heavily for a few more seconds until she finally spoke.
"Zack! I just saw him!" Jenet stammered, causing the others to look shocked.
"You mean, Zack Zack? As in, the Zack from school a few years ago?!" Hector replied, unable to believe it.
"He went back into the woods. I think we can catch him if we run to him."
"We can't though! The counsulers punish us!" Issac replied, worriedly.
"We'll only be gone for a few seconds. They won't even notice." Jenet replied, taking off into the woods. Issac and Hector sighed as they ran after her.
Meanwhile, Zack just continued his way into the woods. He was a bit annoyed at the fact he met his friends again. It wasn't that he didn't like them or anything, it's just that he was irritated with the fact they wouldn't stop asking questions about how his life has been. He thought the leather tan jacket and black pants would disguise him, then again he's the only one he knows of that was born with red hair.
Zack snapped back to reality though as he heard screaming. He looked around at the empty forest, knowing that it wasn't one of his friends screaming. He jumped a bit as he heard the screaming again. This time he could tell where it was coming from. It was coming from a cave by the sound of it. He's been living in the outdoors for a long time, and knew how to survive and hear for noises. He dropped his pack as he started running towards the screaming, trying to find the source. He came to a stop as he came to a cave he never saw before. It was strange. It almost looked like a cave with teeth. But he got out of his trance-like state as he heard the screaming again. He ran into the cave as fast as he could, thinking perhaps someone was trapped or a cave collapsed. But when he entered, there was nothing. It was so strange to him. He looked around the walls and ceiling, but the only thing he found was a strange hole in a giant boulder. He found it weird, however, that it was a perfect size for his wrist. As he walked over, he heart began pounding like drums. Something in his heart told him to turn around, but his brain wouldn't let him. As he kneeled, he noticed something shinning inside of the hole. He looked at it curiously before he put his wrist in.
At the same time, Jenet, Issac, and Hector, right outside the cave. They have been looking for the last ten minutes or so, thinking about giving up. They then noticed his back pack Jenet picked it up, looking at it strangely.
"You think it's his?" Hector asked. Jenet looked at the side of the pack, noticing the hole on the side. She knew seven years ago before the incident, he ripped the side of his back pack, replacing it with a hole. She nodded as a reply.
"It's his alright. He still has the same hole as it did before." Jenet replied. The three of them looked at each other curiously before looking back inside the cave.
Zack's heart kept pounding as he reached in deeper and deeper. He couldn't tell if something was going to happen, or if something was going to cut his wrist off. He finally thought he reached the end, seeing how he couldn't reach in any deeper. But, when he tried to take his wrist out, he realized it was stuck. He grunted as he kept trying to pull it out of the hole, but to no success. He stared strangely as he noticed light was coming from the hole. He looked at it until his eyes widened at the sight of the light starting to grow. He tugged more and more as the light began to slowly envelope the hole room.
"Ahhh!" He screamed, as he was beginning to become engulfed by the light. His friends outside gasped as they saw a strange light coming from within the caves. They looked shocked as the light was enveloping the outside of the cave as well, including his friends.
Zack had his eyes closed, not wanting to see if there was a light at the end of a tunnle. When he opened his eyes though, he grew a shocked look as he saw he was floating out in space. All he could see were the tiny stars in space as he continued to float. He awed in the view of the tiny stars, noticing how much nicer they seem a bit closer. His eyes widened though as he saw the tiny stars moving. He thought of it strangely though, as they did. When he tried touching one, he gasped as it turned out they weren't far away, they were tiny little lights. They began to swirl around him in a strange circular motion. He looked around him, seeing hundred upon thousands of the tiny stars beginning to form around his wrists. He starred at his wrist, confused, as it started to form what seemed to be a shinning bracelet around his wrist. The bracelet began to shine everywhere as he was once again engulfed by the light.
He winced a bit as he slowly lifted his eyes. His vision was a bit dizzy at first, but as his vision began to clear, his eyes shot out as he realized the entire "cave" was gone, leaving what seemed to be a strange building that he was inside of. Cinderblock covered the room from ceiling, wall, and floor. As he leaned up, he grabbed his head, a little sore from what had just happened. But when he looked, he noticed a strange golden bracelet on his wrist. When he looked at the design, he noticed the roundness of the edges and in the center of the bracelet seemed to be a strangely shaped stone. He knew what it was, but the fact it was in the shape of it confused him. In the socket, it looked like a fire, a gem with pure flame and crimson. He grew an annoyed look on his face as he tried taking off the strange bracelet, but to no success.
"Grr, c'mon you stupid bracelet!" He whispered to himself. "Get off of me!" He tried using his feet to help, while standing, but as he did he lost balance, falling on his back again. He moaned as he realized he couldn't get the bracelet off. He decided for the time being to hide it underneath his black jacket's sleeves, until he could find a way to get it off. Quickly jumping back to his feet, he looked around the strange room. He was a bit confused, wondering if the strange hole transported him somewhere else...or maybe it was the bracelet? He thought to himself. He sighed as he didn't see any other hole in the wall, only a wooden door. He could see daylight coming through the creak of the bottom of the floor, indicating the outside.
He walked over to the door, opening it slowly. He gasped as he saw he was somewhere completely different. He didn't even know where he was. The outside, all he could see were wide open plains and a few boulders here and there, and he was nowhere near a forest. He could see the tall grass blowing from the wind, as he felt the breeze all around his neck. He looked back inside the place he was just in, wondering if it truly was a good idea to leave. Even though he knew he shouldn't, he believed best it was to leave the place, seeing how he won't get anything done just by waiting around.
With one deep breath, he took his first step outside. That's when he knew everything was literally going down hill from there. He started hating himself, seeing how the message "the first step of a thousand miles" was more like the first step to a thousand foot ditch. He started screaming as he fell. He tried to look at the bottom of wherever he was going to land, seeing how it was gonna kill him. His eyes went wide as he saw woods right before him.
"Oh great." he said to himself. "Either I get impaled by the damn trees or I fall to a horrible bloody death. He screamed as he saw he was getting closer to the ever-growing forest. He raised his hand out, hoping some miracle would occur and he would grab onto the branches, somewhat breaking his fall. As he thrusted through the trees, his miracle came, as he found one branch that caught him for a bit. He sighed in relief, seeing how he wasn't going to die. That didn't last long however, as he grew a nervous look, seeing the branch beginning to break.
"Oh sh..." Zack said to himself, before hearing the sound of the branch break off. He screamed again as he started to fall. Reluctantly though, he landed on the ground with only a few minor bruises and scratches from the trees. He moaned as he used his arm to lean up, coughing the dust that entered his mouth when he landed. As he looked around, brushing the dust off himself, he saw he was somewhere in thick woods, no daylight whatsoever except from the sky. His eyes widened though as he heard screaming again. When he turned around, trying to find the source of the screaming, he heard the screaming coming from his left. He smirked as he took off running through the forest, trying to find whoever it was that needed help.
As he ran through the woods, his hearing picked up as the screaming got louder and louder. By the sound of it, it seemed to be a girl, but as to how far away she was remained the question. Every tree in the forest looked the same, making getting lost around here pretty easy. Finally, after much pushing through bushes, and ditch jumping, he found a clearing with a few rocks.
As he looked around, he saw what appeared to be a girl with light blue hair, backed up into a rock. The girl seemed to be about his height and age, with blue silver eyes. She appeared to have a very large light brown coat on, the ones that go down to your knees, and sort of look like a rag. When he looked more closely though, he saw some giant guy looking down at her, getting closer. The guy seemed to be practically three feet taller than Zack and the girl, which was surprising to Zack because he was at least seven feet tall. He appeared to be bald with a black wrestlers' outfit on.
"Heh heh heh, I finally found you." The stranger said to the girl, smirking. The girl just continued to look at him in fear.
"P-P-Please!" She said, a bit beg fully. "I didn't do anything! Honest!" The girl said, with fear in her eyes. The guy just laughed at this.
"I don't care if you did anything. I just wanna have fun!" The stranger said, sticking his hand out, about to grab her. The girl screamed as he got closer. Just when he was about to grab her though, Zack came rushing through, grabbing the girl in both of his arms. The girl felt like everything around her was moving slowly, just as she stared back at the face of the one who saved her. The other guy grew an enraged expression, as he looked back to see Zack holding the girl.
"You!" He shouted. Dirt skirted off the ground as Zack came to a stop, a few yards away from the stranger. Zack glared back at the stranger before looking back at the girl curiously.
"You ok?" Zack asked. The girl just continued looking in his eyes for a few seconds before nodding a reply. Zack smiled a bit as he gently set the girl down on the ground, on her feet. The girl quickly looked back at the giant guy who tried to get her earliar, before hiding behind Zack, who glared back at the guy in anger.
"You there, little boy! If you know what's good for you you won't get involved!" He shouted. Zack took a battle stance, not prepared to let the guy get her so easily.
"First off, I'm not little. Second, what the hell do you want her for anyway?" Zack yelled. The guy just seemed to chuckle to himself.
"Very foolish boy." The man said, raising his arm in victory pose. Zack's eyes widened at what he saw: Whoever the strange man was, he had a bracelet much like Zack's, but it looked edgy then Zack's. The bracelet started to shine a brown light as the stranger punched into the ground.
"Look out!" The girl said sheepishly. Zack looked at her confused for a second before looking back at the guy. He gasped as he saw stalagmites starting to pop out of the ground, each in a line heading straight for the two of them. He quickly grabbed the girl, and jumped out of the way before a huge stalagmite impaled them both. Zack breathed a bit surprised, not only by the fact he narrowly dodged the incoming attack, but the fact that the stranger made stalagmites pop out of the ground.
"W-W-What the hell was that!?" Zack stammered, still in a state of shock. The guy and the girl gave him a confused look.
"What do you mean "what's that"? It was an elemental attack." The guy replied, punching the ground again. This time he saw vines and thorns heading straight for them on all sides. Knowing he wouldn't be able to get out of the way this time, he quickly picked up the girl, throwing her a few feet just as the vines grabbed onto his arms and legs. Zack screamed in pain as he could feel the vines pulling each of his arms and legs, as well as some of the thorns that pierced his skin.
"Ahhh!" He shouted. The guy just simply smirked as he squeezed his fist a little tighter, while simultaneously, the vines began to pull harder and tighten their grip. The girl looked in fear at the one who just saved her, before looking back at the guy. He quickly rushed up to him, pulling on his outfit in sadness.
"Please! I'll go with you! Just leave him alone!" She cried. the guy just gave her a stern look, which Zack noticed.
"Look, girl." He yelled, not knowing her name, but getting her attention. "I'll be fine, just get out of here!" Zack's eyes widened as he saw the guy's humongous hands smack against the girl, sending her flying a few feet and dragging her across the dirt a little bit.
"Shut up you dumb brat!" The guy yelled. As he looked back at Zack, he smirked as he could see anger and hatred in his eyes.
"Don't you dare touch her!" He shouted. Suddenly, everyone's expression went to surprised as they saw Zack's arm glowing. Zack noticed the stranger losing his grip from the surprisement, and reacting quickly, pulled the vines off just as he jumped out of the way before they could grow back. Zack pulled back his arm as he saw the small red jewel in his bracelet glowing, with red spiraling lights going everywhere.
"W-Where the hell did you get that thing?!" The guy stammered, shocked. The girl regained consciousness as her eyes widened, seeing Zack's bracelet.
"What the hell is going on?" Zack asked, not knowing what the bracelet was doing. Zack gasped as he saw his hand suddenly started to catch fire. "Ahh! Help! Get it off, get it off!" Zack yelled, swinging his arm up and down, hoping it would cool off his hands and get rid of the flames. The girl and the guy felt a sweat drop behind their head, surprised the stranger had no idea of what was going on. Zack blinked a bit for a few seconds before looking back at his bracelet, surprised that it wasn't hot at all.
"He can wield fire!" The girl said, surprised. Zack started for a bit, distracted by the bracelet and the hand that was on fire, but didn't hurt. The guy noticed this before grinning, thrusting his hand to the ground again. The girl's eyes went wide as she saw this, and then looked back at Zack. "Look out!" She warned; just as Zack looked back seeing the rows of vines heading his way. Zack was a bit frightened at a number of things, unable to know what the heck was going on. He closed his eyes as the vines grabbed his arms again, knowing that they would trying to pull him apart again. But to his surprise, the vines began to catch on fire as they grabbed his arm with the bracelet, withering away into dust after a few seconds. All three of them looked shocked as they saw this.
"How did I do that?" Zack asked, looking at both his hands. The guy grunted as grabbed the ground with both his hands, as his bracelet started shining again. As Zack and the girl watched, Zack's eyes went wide as he saw the stranger pull out a massive boulder out of the ground, and hurtled it right at him. Zack looked back at the bracelet again, not knowing what to do or to expect. He squeezed his fist, knowing that whatever he would have to do he would do it now. Now knowing what to expect, he thrusted his fist forward in a punching motion. To everyone's surprise, they saw a bolt of flame bursting out, and breaking through the boulder. The guy started to scream as he saw the bolt of flame heading right towards him, but not knowing what to do. There was a large explosion as the flame collided into him, with dust and debris scattering everywhere. Zack coughed a bit, surprised how much smoke that caused from the explosion. He grew a curious look though as he felt someone grabbed his wrist.
"C'mon!" The person yelled. From the sound of it, Zack could easily tell it was the girl who grabbed him, and not wanting to wait around for big tall and ugly to reappear, he ran with the girl. The other guy coughed as the smoke dissipated. As he looked around, he squeezed his fist in anger, seeing how they both got away.
"Damn it!" He shouted.
Zack had no idea what he had just done back there. He knew it couldn't be magic. Even if he did still believe in it at that age, which he didn't, magic doesn't make balls of fire burst from peoples hands, or give people incredible strength. Finally, for what seemed like five minutes, the girl stopped running. Both of them breathed heavily, a bit exhausted from the running they had just done. Zack looked back at the girl, noticing how she looked a lot closer.
"You...Ok?" Zack asked, breathing heavily in between. The girl just breathed a bit heavily as she nodded.
"Uh huh." She replied. With one long breath, Zack stretched as he finally stood straightly again. "Thank you for saving me back there." The girl replied, with a slight smile. Zack gave her a smile back as well.
"My name's Zack. What's yours?" He asked, curiously, stretching a hand out to shake hands. The girl just giggled a bit to herself before shaking his hand.
"My name's Brace."