3rd POV
There was darkness everywhere. Everything was destroyed and many were killed. And the cause of this was the Chess Pieces. Why? Because they simply wanted to show off their great yet terrible power during the First War Games.
"Alviss nii-san! Where are you?! Alviss nii-san!" a little girl with dark blue hair and eyes and a small orange triangle under one called out. All she wanted to do was look for her brother, as he was the only one left in her family, but she was lost. All around her were fallen homes and people, making it hard to move and look around. After she ran for a little bit, she noticed a small figure in front of her that looked like her brother, so she ran to it. Luckily for her, it was her brother.
Alviss stood there breathing heavily after mustering up the courage to shout to one of the most feared Chess Piece members, Phantom, to stop killing his companions. And instead of getting killed by him, Phantom grew interest in him. "You have good eyes and for the courage you have I will give you a good present." Slowly the little boy grew more fearful each moment that was passing by until his little sister appeared to him with a warning. "Alviss nii-san! Be careful of that man! He doesn't seem right!" Despite the little girl coming towards the two males, Phantom continued on. "This is my proof that I have favored you. Accept it." "Stop it Phantom! These children have nothing to do with the War Game!" Alan cried from a distance away. The man slowly brought his ärm up towards the boy's chest to give him the Zombie Tattoo, but the girl intervened. "Move, Alviss nii-san!" "Zombie Tattoo."
As the girl pushed her brother away from the threat, she received the 'present' instead. Now on her chest, there was a red and blue mark on her chest that caused her to pass out from the pain. Alviss was shocked and realized what just happened. "Aria! Are you okay?!" he cried out, as if she could hear him through her comatose like state. "Aria! Aria!" "She is not the one that I wanted, but no matter. She will do. When that tattoo completely encompasses her body, she will become the same as me. A living corpse. Let's be friends Alviss-kun. Aria-chan." Once the gift was given, he walked away and left the two children by themselves.
"Aria. Aria!" Alviss kept calling out to his younger sister, but she would not wake up. As he felt helpless and was about to give up, Alan and Gaira, men from the Cross Guard who fought against the Chess Pieces, came to the children. "Do you want your sister to be like this forever? Don't you want to save her?" Alan asked the young boy. Alviss still felt uncertain until Gaira said to him "Do you want to admit your defeat to Phantom? If not, stand up and fight." "Please help me, Gaira-san," the young boy said to the old man. "Help me to fight and help free my sister from her curse."
As time passed by, Alviss was trained by Gaira and despite the hardships of training and failing, he grew stronger, both physically and through his magical power, and he encountered new friends, like Belle during one of his late night trainings by himself. And after he faced Gaira and was able to defeat him in a spar, the older man knew that Alviss was now strong enough to go into the world and fight against the Chess Pieces. As a reward, he gave the young boy two ärms. One was the Guardian ärm: 13 Totem Pole and the other was a Holy ärm.
"Gaira-san, what does this ärm do?" the young boy asked the elder. "Alviss, this ärm is called 'Holy Sanctuary' and is where your sister is. This ärm is a protective sphere that can heal the person inside of it while having an indestructible outside." "So if Aria is inside of here, her curse can be treated and she will be safe from any harm towards her?" Alviss asked. "Yes, Alviss, that is right. However, there is one thing that you should know: the Zombie Tattoo cannot be healed unless the caster of the curse, Phantom, is dead. Therefore right now, she is only sealed within the ärm to be safe and to wake up from her coma."
After hearing this, Alviss's resolve to become stronger and to save his sister only grew bigger.
Author's Note:
This is my first story on this website, so it would be great if you could give me some constructive criticism (nicely please). I hope that you enjoy this story that I decided to write on a whim. Also, I published this story on another website (Quotev) with the same username, so don't worry, it is me. Thank you!