Prologue
A long time ago, two races ruled over the Earth; Humans and Monsters. One day, war broke out between the two races. In the end, the humans were victorious, sealing the monsters underground with a magic spell. Any human that fell underground was never seen again.
Many years later…
Present
A young boy opens his eyes to find that he is on a bed of golden flowers. He sits up and views his surrounding, coming to the conclusion that he is in an underground cavern. He looks up, seeing a bright beam of sunlight streaming into the cavern from WAY up high.
He stands, wearing a dark black and grey striped sweater and black pants and white shoes. He had green eyes, pale skin, and brown hair with freckles on his face and a kind smile.
He makes his way to a small opening in the rocky wall, following a long corridor to a small room. As he steps into the room, he spots a brown, red and white flower on the ground in the center of the room. But it's somehow… alive.
The flower turns to the small boy, an uneasy feeling settling on him as the flower smiled at the boy.
"Howdy! I'm August! August the Flower! You're new to the Underground, aren't' cha? Golly! You must be so confused!" the flower, August, chirps in a cheerful tone.
The boy gulps and nods, replying with, "Yes."
August giggles and says, "Someone ought to teach how things work down here! I guess little old me will have to do! Are you ready?"
The boy nods again.
"Let's go!"
Suddenly, a red, glowing, heart-shaped necklace appears around the boy's neck and a small, yellow, glowing bracelet appears around the boy's wrist. The bracelet displays a little yellow bar and "HP- 20/20" next to the bar, along with "LV 1" on the opposite side of the bar.
August giggles again and says, "You see that heart? That is your SOUL. The very culmination of your being! Your SOUL starts out weak, but can get stronger by getting a lot of LV."
The boy narrows his eyes and asks, "What's LV?"
The small flower replies, "What's LV, you ask? Why, LOVE, of course! You want some LOVE, don't cha?"
August winks as little white, glowing speckles begin appearing behind him.
"Well, down here, LOVE is shared through… little, white, 'friendliness pellets'! Grab as many as you can, now!"
The boy smiles and walks towards one of them, and touches it, only to be knocked to the ground, gasping in surprise and pain as August's face transforms from the formerly friendly smile into an evil and menacing grin.
His tone also changes into a deeper and threatening pitch as he says, "You IDIOT. In this world, it's KILL or BE KILLED. Why would ANYONE pass up an opportunity like this!?"
The white pellets now surround the boy, and the boy is unable to move. The boy looks at his bracelet, only to see that the, "HP 20/20" has changed into, "HP 1/20" and the yellow bar has turned into a nearly completely red bar, with only a sliver of yellow remaining.
August winks at the boy and snarls, "DIE."
August cackles in delight as the boy struggles to move, and as the white pellets begin closing in on the boy.
The boy braces to be killed, while August cackles at him.
Suddenly, the white pellets disappear, leaving a frown on August's face. A flame appears next to the small flower, moving and effectively knocking August away, earning a grunt from the small flower.
The boy is finally able to move again, and another, taller being appears, kneeling down to the boy.
"What a terrible creature! Torturing such a poor, innocent youth!" a feminine voice says in a worried tone.
The boy flinches when the creature touches his shoulder, but gets a better look at the creature.
She was tall, much taller than him. She had hazel eyes, long eyelashes, a kind, motherly smile, and kind demeanor. She had long, platinum blonde hair, two fangs in her teeth when she smiled, and two, long goat horns. She wore a light purple robe that displays a white Delta Rune on the front.
She gives the boy a smile and says in a gentle tone, "Ah, do not be afraid, my child. I am EMMA, caretaker of the RUINS. I pass through this place everyday to see if anyone has fallen down. You are the first human to come here in a long time. Come! I will guide you through the catacombs."
She helps him up and walks out of the room into a large, purple room, with two staircases leading up to a doorway. Emma walks up the one on the right and waits for the boy up top.
The boy steps into the leaf pile between the two staircases, a smile spreading across his face.
The shadow of the ruins looms above, filling the boy with determination.