Hello! I hope y'all like this Fic :D
I had a lot of time with this idea in my head, but finally I decided it was time to share it!
I have to say that an important part in this FanFic will be music, and the credits to the way I will employ it are for "Love, school and rocknroll" fanfic autor, read it, you will love it, seriously :D
Without further ado, let's start!
Update: This FanFiction is now being writed by me and my best Friend! Its still the same, but we kinda introduce 2 characters of another anime into this, and started all from cero when i got almost half the think done... thats the reason of my huge hiatus. But now is kinda the same but its WAAAAY better!
Fairy Tail, and the animes referred in this FanFic do not belong to us.
Chords of Fate, chapter 1
A new dawn
Coldness and darkness, those were the only two sensations I could perceive. After all, I had just died.
No, my death was not a touching one, not even a peaceful moment in the company of my family; I died brutally, dismembered by the speed and strength of a bullet train, all for the sake of that one person who brought light to my life
I was born in a family of lower middle class chased by overexploited jobs with minimum wage. My mother died when I was eight, and my father, tormented by the pain of losing his wife, decided to take his own life a year later. Summarizing, I became orphan at nine.
Considering the difficult situation in which I was in those days, I was fortunate, I was welcomed into a small orphanage. The place, as small, filthy and smelly as it was, gave us everything; food, special education given in small classrooms that were part of the institution, and extra classes of different arts.
At first, the sisters in charge of the place believed that learning to play an instrument would be a good way to clear my mind; after all, I was the antisocial being of the place, the misfit, the reason behind the teasing of other children. I didn't care, I never cared about what I knew was irrelevant. I watched over my goods, and not that of the others... at least in those days.
9 years ago, 2009
"Sister! They are so great! Will one day I be just as great as then? "That first day I was taken to the orphanage music room I ran into her, Lucia.
Lucia was a Latin girl of my age. She was an orphan from birth and we shared something, we were both misfits; I for my being antisocial and she for her infamous temperament.
When I got to that room, I found her surrounded by comics on the floor, making company to my future music teacher. She looked so cheerful... oblivious to how everyone normally looked at the girl.
"You cannot be great in their way, I'm afraid that's impossible, but I promise you that if you work hard every single day, in the future you'll be great in your own unique way." The sister replied, sketching a warm smile in the direction of the girl.
At those words, the brown-haired girl smiled and continued reading her comics. I was intrigued, so, while the sister who kept me company was talking to her partner, I decided to go where the girl was, out of curiosity more than any other reason. I had never spoken to her, and she seemed the opposite of what everyone speculated about her.
"What are you doing?" I asked when I got to the girl. To this she turned, she observed me as if she were analyzing me from top to bottom, with all and soul included, as if before answering my simple question she measured how worthy of her word I was.
After a few seconds, which by the way had been the most uncomfortable time I had felt so far, she smiled warmly at me.
"I'm reading manga!" She responded excitedly, that radiance and life in her eyes reflected a happiness beyond what could be explained by my short understanding in those moments. However, somehow, I understood that those eyes reflected the illusion of a dreamy girl of wild and indomitable spirit.
"Manga?" I replied intrigued.
"It can be said that it is something like a comic book." The girl replied, with that brightness and emotion present in her.
"Look!" She literally started to burst a lot of mangas in my face at that moment ...
"This one here, the boy with the scarf. It's Natsu! It's from my favorite series; and this ... This is Ichigo! He definitely is my favorite character, with his giant zanpakuto and his absurd spiritual powers. Oh! And let's not forget this one here, the one with the straw hat, he may be a fool with no remedy and everything ... But Luffy is definitely one of my favorite characters too!"
The energy with which Lucia showed me each of her favorite mangas and characters was exorbitant. To all this, I couldn't help feeling captivated by the adventures that this girl was telling me, I could spend hours listening to her.
Unfortunately, her frenzy got interrupted by our lessons.
That was the beginning of three things.
My passion for music
My taste for manga and anime.
And my feelings for Lucia...
When the class ended, Lucia, still being excited from our conversation of hours before, ran to where I was and continued with her incessant frenzy over different types of mangas and animes. especially with her favorite.
That night, gathered secretly from the sisters, we went to her room and talked non-stop. Hours passed, and I was increasingly more intrigued by everything my new friend told me. At one point I couldn't help thinking if I was really talking to the same girl that everyone feared... everything was just so out of place.
"Well... what do you think? Everything I told you. Isn't it great!?" When her frenzy of almost five hours ended, Lucia, still without losing a breath of energy, asked me that. I could tell she was expectant, even nervous about what I was going to answer.
"Of course, I liked it! It seems great, in fact... "I replied with a little shyness, but that didn't mean I didn't show her the best smile I could offer.
As impossible as it was, Lucia's smile increased; and in her eyes, added to the beautiful radiance they already showed, a slight tinge of illusion appeared.
"I only have two questions for you about all this ... well ... Is there any knights manga? As like in the Knights of the round table and Camelot, do you get my point?... their stories have always seemed great and full of such nobility to me... "
"Also, it's not that I dislike it myself, nor do I want you to misunderstand me, but why are you like this with me? Everyone thinks that you are bad and that you fight with others for literally everything, and besides, I nether have a good reputation among the children of the orphanage... "I would never be able to forget the answer to that question, that quality smile from ear to ear that Lucia dedicated to me that night...
"It's quite simple, best friend."
Best friend…?
"Only those who really are worthwhile are the ones who deserve to see your true self... By the way! I don't know any manga like that ... But if I ever find one I promise to buy it for you!"
6 years ago, 2012
By that time my friendship and feelings towards Lucia had blossomed to become something wonderful. In the orphanage we were known for being the "weird" guys, this was because we spent most of our time together talking about manga and; since the internet was implemented in the orphanage and in each room they donated a personal computer, also anime.
At those ages we had already decided what to do with our lives. We both wanted to be a recognized duet, and that's why we would fight for on a not so distant future make our way into the music industry.
We also got a deal with the sisters, they would let us live in the orphanage until we were eighteen years old without anyone being able to adopt us. In exchange, we would work in the place and we would watch over the integrity of those who lived in it.
That day I was alone, practicing with my guitar in our favorite place, the music room.
Not long after I started in music, I discovered that my affinity and passion was in that instrument, well ... I was good playing practically everything, they even treated me as prodigy; but I could never compare myself with Lucia's talent and her ability with the piano...
"Cade! Cade!" Like a bat out of hell, Lucia came in, opening the door with a kick with what appeared to be a manga tome in her hand.
"What bug flew up your chimney now Lu...?" I asked, smiling as I stopped playing my guitar.
"You're not going to believe me... I have an amazing surprise!" When she told me this, she put the tome in my hands and then started to stagger from back to front as she usually did when she was very happy. "Think of it as a late birthday present."
I, even more intrigued by the last thing Lucia had said, turned my eyes to the tome in my hands. Only to run into what had my best friend so excited.
"Do not tell me this is about..." Excited, I answered while a big smile was painted on my face. This was what I had been waiting for a long time now...
"Yes! Doesn't it seems great?!"
I don't understand, I just don't understand... Why? Why being such a happy being, why when her light and radiance soothed the biggest of the storms, why when we were so close of beginning the life we had dreamed... Why did she have to do it? Why when love had finally sprouted among us... Why do she killed herself…?
Floating in that abysmal emptiness, full of solitude, cold as a pole, dark as black amber, I understood that this was the afterlife attain... and what a lovely one... what a lonely and miserable afterlife awaited me.
Neither those images left my being yet. Everything in my head was still so vivid. Those train rails, the place where everything was supposed to start, the emotion-less face on Lucia... the place where both our lives began and went out.
Thanks to a desperate attempt at saving my beloved I ended up sacrificing everything, and I say everything because I not only failed miserably, but my sacrifice ended up being in vain, I died along with her.
Immersed in my thoughts, suddenly a light appeared. A light so bright that it was able to illuminate the infinite gloom in which I was. Even my eyes, which were closed, felt the caress of that radiance.
"Open your eyes, Caden." The authority in that voice was absolute. I fulfilled what I was ordered and when I opened my eyes I was dazzled by that light. It was barely distinguishable, but a curvaceous female figure stood out on middle of the glow.
"Who are you?" I asked, but no answer came from the supposed woman. Without being able to distinguish any of her features, the only thing I observed was a luminous body, a luminous body that somehow managed to penetrate me with a nonexistent glance.
"What you ask is irrelevant, Caden. The winds, the winds of change approach and they prophesy greatness. I can feel it Caden, I can feel it in the bowels of my creation, I can feel it in you. "
"Be my knight, become the one that brings balance to what I have created."
The warmth, the warmth of those meaningless words said by that entity were ethereal, worthy of a divinity.
What do you want from me... I thought stupidly to answer her, however...
"I have already told you. And the case is not what I want from you, it is what you want from me and what I have just offered you. "
She can read my thoughts...
"You can live Caden, redeem yourself, resume your life as my knight."
This is… too much for my understanding. At least I need some kind of explanation before accepting this nonsense...
"There is no time for explanations Caden, you will live your new life being my knight in a world you already know, the world for which you were destined."
Everything that that divinity said was bullshit for me. Yes, she may be offering something that only a complete idiot would reject, but I didn't want that life, I wanted to return, to continue with the illusions Lucia and I had created... goddamnit, I only wanted her back!...
And what the hell is all this knight crap...?
"Soon Caden, you will soon discover the course of your destiny... and when that happens, you will discover that that wasn't a goodbye."
..."That wasn't a goodbye?" Perhaps she's implying that...
"Quick, my time here is limited. Answer Caden, Yes or No? "
"Yes." I Accept without thinking it twice. I honestly didn't give a shit about all that knight bullshit, or about the place where that divinity would send me. Before me was a door, a door that could make me return to Lucia. No matter how few opportunities there were, I had to try.
"Excellent, my knight. Now, in the place I'm talking about, you will need powers if you want to be competent, even more for what lies ahead. So go ahead, choose what you want, I will give you that freedom, choose that that only in your wildest dreams you had obtained. "
Upon hearing those words, I couldn't stand remembering one of my many conversations with Lucia...
One year ago, 2017
"Hey Cade... If you could get any kind of power, what would you choose?" Lucia and I were having lunch in the music room as usual. We used to frequent the place always in the recess that the sisters gave us at noon.
"You know me from head to toes, you should know by now Lu. It is evident that I would choose to have all their powers." I answered without taking any notice of her, my attention variating between composing one of my songs and eating my lunch.
"I know, I know. But… you don't think that would be just a bit ... overpowered? "I wasn't paying attention, but by the way she spoke, I didn't need to see her to realize she may had her typical you-must-be-fucking-kidding-me smile.
"Tell me, did Tite Kubo consider that when he created Yhwach and Aizen?" I replied maintaining the same disinterest and focused on what I was doing.
"Well, no... but that isn't-"
"And if we follow that same logic, your sanctified Hiro Mashima must have smoked a giant joint when creating Acnologia."
"THAT ISN'T THE CASE, CADE! The point is that- "
"Saitama." And as a final argument, I decided to use my ace under the sleeve.
"... UGH! Remember this day as the only one in your whole life you will win an argument against me." And with big pout, Lucia continued eating her lunch a victorious smile appeared in my face. I had just achieved a fucking miracle!
"By the way, I bought us a pair of dogs." Did she just…
"… YOU DID WHAT?!"
"I want the Demonic Sword Lostvayne along with Meliodas powers."
"I want the Divine Staff Courechouse, and the powers of its bearer, Ban."
"I want the powers of the fairy king Harlequin, along with the Chastiefol Spiritual Spear."
"The knowledge and powers of Merlin, also the Aldan Morning Star."
"The power of the giant Diane, and the Warhammer Gideon ."
"The Twin Arch Herrit, and the power of Gowther."
"And finally, ...I want the weapon and skills of that man above all beings. I want Escanor's Sunshine and his Divine Ax Rhitta. "
"I understand you my knight, but you have to understand that the power you seek goes beyond your own expectations. It brings its consequences, and I still cannot afford to grant you all that magical potential, not yet." With that said, I had no other choice but to keep quiet, waiting for the next thing that would come from that divinity, showing the determination that burned inside me.
"... I can see guts on you, my knight... In a body like yours, Sunshine would destroy you, I will make you able to resist it so that you can unlock its true potential. Nor will you be immortal, you will grow old like any other human being, however, you will only die when your time calls for it. In addition, you will have to gradually improve all your powers. Train, train and get yourself out of situations of great stress until you reach exorbitant power levels. For the moment... you will be handicaped. "
"So be it." It was my only answer. The flame of determination within me burned like never before. Whatever it was that awaited me, I would fight it, I would fight to get the answers I deserve.
After exchanging words for the last time with that deity, the light that she emitted consumed the darkness and coldness that surrounded me. The glow was such that I was forced to close my eyes. When I opened them, everything was warm... I was now in the middle of a city with country pints, an bustling city with the smell of the sea. bustling
"A port." You didn't to be a genius to deduce it.
The streets reflected the activity of the city, the people talked happily, and the merchants in the stalls around the streets attracted passers-by with their sharp blarney to buy their products.
To all this, I was there, without having the remote idea of what I had to do.
This is just so cliche... why this doesn't surprise me at all?
I was about to move and seek help, but just at that moment I noticed the two objects on the ground to my right. One was a guitar, my guitar; and the other was a cell phone, my freaking cell phone.
How the hell did this on get here? ... And what am I supposed to do with a fucking cell phone?! How the fuck do I charge it!? This is just useless!...
When I crouched down and picked up my only two belongings, I noticed a small difference in me ... By God holy heaven my body had changed! My thin figure had gone to hell, now, although I still maintained my thin build, I was ripped as fuck! My muscles were worthy of a Michelangelo Buonarroti sculpture!... worthy of a space among the gods of Olympus ... well, maybe not that much, but damn I was sexy now...
Dude, you're a shame…
However, ignoring what seemed to be my subconscious slowly dying from an attack of self-pity, I also noticed what now adorned my arms. In them there were tattoos, two in each one to be exact. My left was adorned by a fox and a snake, while on my right there was some kind pig and a goat with long twisted horns.
Oh my fucking god! I got their tattoos!... still, three are missing… Damn, I may look like a badass with this now…
I also noticed that in my left hand was a wristband, completely decorated with golden fur, as in a lion's mane, obviously. In fact, that was the only difference in my way of dressing, I still kept the shirt and black jeans I had died with.
Continuing with the tattoos subject, I decided to take off my shirt to make sure of the location of the last three. I didn't care what the people around me think, they actually may get satisfied by my godlike body. I notice that right in the middle of me, on my oh sanctified and divine abds, was the grisly bear tattoo; and in my defined pectorals was the dragon one.
Oh my god…what kind of sick joke is this... Stop it Cade!
Ignoring what I still supposed was the voice of my conscience rolling in bitter pain. Anxious, I ran in to the first person who crossed me and stop it. I had a slight suspicion of where the last of the tattoos could be found, but I needed someone to check it out for me… And hell… I would become a screaming girlish fan girl if I was right!
The poor man chosen victim of my emotion was a little surprised when he turned to look at me. I didn't know if it was due to the fact that my stunning body captivated him to the point of leaving him speechless...
It's probably because you're half-naked asshole!
...or because I really scared him.
That's funny, today my subconscious was a little talkative.
"What do you want young man?" After the initial impact the middle-aged man ended up asking.
"My back, what do I have in it?" I asked turning around without more, being unnecessarily blunt. I was almost sure of what the man's response would be.
"Well... I can see a lion's head tattoo... and it seems to have a scar on his right eye... you also have a note stuck on your back sir." Indeed, the lion's tattoo was on my back! I expected it, but what I didn't expected was the note, rather it was incredible I hadn't noticed it so far.
Maybe if you weren't having greatness delusions of your body you would have realized...
"Can you pass that note on?" I demand.
The poor man, probably intimidated by whatever was the reason that made me speak in an angry way, obeyed and gave me the note. Then he left the place as if his life were at risk... that sort of a reaction made a small drop of sweat formed on my forehead along with some feelings of shame and confusion...
The hell just happened…?
"Not only do I have to endure that you are stupid enough to not realize my presence, that you have delusions of greatness, and that you can differ between our mental link and your own consciousness, what has been causing me grief for the last fifteen minutes, but I also have to observe how your little IQ does not allow you to say a simple "Hi, can you tell me where I am?"... Goddamn dude, so much time with Lu affected your mind... You may be retarded my now. "
"Who the hell do you think you-" Angry, I turned, only to find the responsible for the string of insults directed to me.
It was a dog, a GIANT dog, at least tall enough in his fours to reach my chin. Also, as normal as it was at dogs, this one had spoken to me. Since it is evident that the dogs do not bark, they speak. I, as the civilized and calm man that I am, acted as anyone on my shoes would.
"HOLY FUCKING GOD!"
"Do you kiss your mon with that mouth? Geez, calm down." The bored dog replied, with an almost comical neutral expression.
The point was that I knew this dog, only that a version more... doggish
"APOLO!?" In front of me was one of Lucia's and I dogs, the male of the pair, a Siberian husky with crystalline blue eyes called Apollo.
"In the flesh... Before you try to explain yourself, don't worry, I'm aware of everything. That woman, the shiny one, she explain it to me. She also told me to inform you that you may consider me as a gift from her, along with the guitar and your phone. And the note on your back is from her. "Apollo, unconcerned, as if his ability to speak, and see him speak, was the most normal thing in the world, reminded me of the note in one of my hands.
"Ok ..." I replied trying to assimilate everything that had happened. For my own mental health, it would be better not to take the matter seriously, if that woman could bring me from the dead she could certainly make a goddamn dog bigger and give him the capability to speak. The only think I have to do now is read the note and somehow recover the color of my skin. For obvious reasons y was pale as a ghost…
Dear Caden.
As you may have noticed, you have different tattoos around your body, your powers come from them, use them with wisdom.
The lion skin wristband you wear is the key for using Sunshine. I recommend that you use it when you are sure you are ready, now it would be too much for you.
Finally, I made you a couple of gifts. I also sent one of your dogs to keep you company, take good care of that adorable creature ok?.
With love to my knight:
Ilianna.
"Well, now what?" Apollo asked, approaching me and rubbing his head on my neck as a gesture of affection.
Returning the gesture with a caress, I take advantage of the moment to analyze my situation. I had four priorities I had to accomplish before sunset. First, I had to find out where I am. Second, I had to find a way to make money, although I already had a small idea of how to start. Third, I gotta get something to eat because damn I was hungry. And last, I needed to find a place where I could sleep if I didn't want to sleep on the streets that night.
I began following Apollo's recommendation and put on my shirt again. I had to start fulfilling those four thinks in some way, so I did the first thing that crossed my mind. I took my faithful guitar and took it out of its case, going with Apollo to the center of a small square not far from where I was. Once there I pose myself in the middle of the place, with my guitar case open in front me, Apollo lying down beside me while I was tuning my instrument.
"Being you, I'm not surprised that this is your first action in a world that you don't know, who knows ... this may even be a crime in here. You know?" Said my partner as he finished setting up, with a jovial expression and with his eyes closed.
"I'm not interested, wherever I am, I'll always do it ..." With my guitar ready, I played the first chords and get ready to start. "After all…"
"…Music is my passion."
"...Music is your passion."
(Song: I See Fire by Ed Sheeran)
Oh, misty eye of the mountain below
Keep careful watch of my brothers' souls
And should the sky be filled with fire and smoke
Keep watching over Durin's sons
And I started, playing the shorts at my guitar hoping that my music reached those who passed through the middle of the square, hoping that somehow this would clear my mind of the situation in which I was.
If this is to end in fire
Then we should all burn together
Watch the flames climb high into the night
Calling out father oh
Stand by and we will
Watch the flames burn auburn on
The mountain side
Some passers-by had stopped to listen me sing. Children with their fathers, couples holding hands, older adults accompanied by their sons, all gathered around me.
And if we should die tonight
Then we should all die together
Raise a glass of wine for the last time
Calling out father oh
Prepare as we will
Watch the flames burn auburn on
The mountain side
Desolation comes upon the sky
When I played, this was the moment I loved the most. The point where my surroundings became silent and it seemed that the world stopped spinning, the point where it was only me and the music.
Now I see fire
Inside the mountain
I see fire
Burning the trees
And I see fire
Hollowing souls
I see fire
Blood in the breeze
And I hope that you remember me
Between the chords of my guitar, a new melody came together, it was a howl, a melodious and refined howl to the rhythm of the song.
Oh, should my people fail
Then surely I'll do the same
Confined in mountain halls
We got too close to the flame
Tragedy, that's what my song was about.
Calling out father oh
Hold fast and we will
Watch the flames burn auburn on
The mountain side
Desolation comes upon the sky
I realized that without thinking I decided to play something tragic and harmonious...
Now I see fire
Inside the mountain
I see fire
Burning the trees
I see fire
Hollowing souls
I see fire
Blood in the breeze
As if the dragon that antagonizes this song was my own destiny...
And I hope that you remember me
FUCK IT!
And if the night is burning
I will cover my eyes
For if the dark returns
Then my brothers will die
And as the sky is falling down
I HAVE TO FIGHT!
It crashed into this lonely town
I HAVE TO OVERCOME ME THIS!
And with that shadow upon the ground
I hear my people screaming out
For your sake and for mine... I PROMISE IT!
Now I see fire
Inside the mountains
I see fire
Burning the trees
I see fire
Hollowing souls
I see fire
Blood in the breeze
I PROMISE I WILL BECAME STRONG!
I see fire (oh you know I saw a city burning out) (fire)
I PROMISE TO FIGHT FOR MY FUTURE!
And I see fire (feel the heat upon my skin, yeah) (fire)
I promise to find you...
And I see fire (uh-uh-uh-uh) (fire)
And I see fire burn auburn on the mountain side
At all costs…
At the end, the tumult of people who had formed around me, who I certainly didn't remember at what point they had become at least a hundred, burst into applause and whistles.
"I didn't know about your musical gifts, Apollo." Apollo and I turned to see each other, both of us smiling warmly at each other.
"I learned from the best." It was his simple answer.
While I was giving the obeisance's to my audience, they gave way to the front and deposited coins of different colors in my empty guitar case. I was very happy, my music had not got me some money, it had also touched the hearts of many of those who heard it.
However, one of the people who emerged from the crowd left me breathless ... That pink salmon hair, that smile and fangs a little longer than normal, that white scarf...
"That song, It talks about a fire dragon, right? You may know Igneel, is he here with you?! "
You gotta be fucking kidding me...
"Aye! Igneel must be here after all, Natsu!"
The happiness that boy radiated, that sense of innocence hiding the determination and strength of a thousand men... Natsu Dragneel, in the flesh, was in front of me...
"Hey Cade, do you know this boy? It seems familiar somehow… " I couldn't answer my partner, I was still in shock to do it.
I'm in the Fairy Tail universe... HOLY SHIT!
"... THAT'S A GIANT DOG! AND HE SPEAKS!" Ok, that was it, too much for me. The last think I could feel was my head bumping at the ground after I passed out.
To be continued...
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