Chapter 1: Colony 9
(A/N): This is my first fanfiction. Please don't flame, but comment constructively in the review. Also, this is first-person limited perspective (this game is hard to write in first-person limited)
The sun washes over my eyes. The grass is both long and itchy. This is not my bed, I think, trying to remember why I am in the middle of a field.
A voice stirs me: "A Mechon M71! I can use its optical system to align one of the anti-air batteries."
Anti-air batteries? Am I in a military base? I remember sleeping in a bed near my girlfriend in a lab.
I hear a clang, "No good. It's broken." He picks up another piece, "The joint section, it's buckled."
So, I am in a scrapyard of some sorts. Seems obvious, I see that there are a lot of parts everywhere. I also sat up, gaining the attention of the short man, my age, with blonde hair.
"Who are you?" he asks.
"Want to help me up first?" I ask.
He helps me up. "My name is Augustine."
"Mine is Shulk, want to help me find something?"
"Ok."
He walks in a direction and lays on the ground. Apparently something caught his eye.
"An M69!"
"What is that?" I inquire.
"You'll see, here pick up that sword right next to you, and that bow."
"What-?"
I look behind me and see a very elegant raper. Not more than one and one-half inch in width, it is both suited for thrusting and slashing. The rapier, is about four feet in length, which included the guard, and a pommel. The grip is of the Italian style, and it had a cup hilt. Picking it up, in my normal fencing grip, I also saw that I had a scabbard which matched it on the side of the left side of my body. I also pick up the bow, which had no arrows, even though I had a quiver on my back.
What is this place, and why do I have this?, I ask myself. While I was looking over the sword, apparently Shulk is thinking on what he will do, when he gets the shield off.
"Its armour would be perfect for making a shield. If I get it off, I should be able to do..."
My mouth falls wide open when the shield flipped over and scuttled. Suddenly, a man with flaming red hair runs, takes off his shield-sword (what is that thing), and hit the monster right on the head.
"Reyn, it's not a Mechon, it's a krabble! It was using the Mechon armor as a shield."
"I'll lure it away and topple it, you two lure it away and topple it. Anyway, who's this guy?"
"Right" I say.
I lunge at the krabble which makes it bleed. I retreat. The animal's animosity centers on me. While charging at me, I counter-attack, moving out of the way and sticking the sword out, while Shulk turn-strikes it, and lastly, while broken, Reyn topples it. Shulk, lastly, slashes the krabble from the back. The three of us look over the body.
"Thanks Augustine and Reyn! That was close." Shulk says.
"Man, what are you two doing wandering away from the Colony. Stay where I can keep an eye on you. It's pretty dangerous outside of the colony. There are all kinds of monsters outside the colony."
"Shulk, what is this place?"
"Hoo boy! What is this place?! That's the biggest whopper I've ever heard! That's even larger than that time when Fiora-" Reyn chortled.
"Reyn!" Shulk scolded. "Anyway, thanks to you two, we got the shield! Everyone in the colony is going to be really happy!"
"I'm more worried about you than the shell. Ah...whatever. Knowing what you're like, at least you'll make a decent weapon out of it. This Scrap Driver's excellent."
"Shulk, you make weapons? Any improvements that you can make on my rapier?" I ask.
"Let me first see the weapon, then let's go to the lab so that I can do some touch-ups." Shulk replies.
"Anyway, how did you learn how to make weapons?"
"I just saw Dickson make weapons, and I copied him." Shulk answers.
"Any weapons that I can get?" I ask.
"'Course, there's the weapon that Dunban wields. It is called the Monado!" Reyn answers.
"The Monado, what is that?" I ask.
"The Monado…I hope I can figure out the secret of its power one day." Shulk deadpans.
"Um, hello! Augustine, new guy! What is this place? Why am I here? Why do you call it a colony, where did you guys come from?"
"Oh, both Reyn and I will tell you a brief history of what this is." Shulk uttered. "Long ago, the world was nothing more than an endless sea, cloaked in a boundless sky, reaching as far as could possibly be imagined. Two great titans came into existence, the Bionis and the Mechonis. The two titans were locked in a timeless battle, until at last…only their lifeless corpses remained. Eons have pa-"
"Remember, Bionis is good and what we are living on, and Mechonis is bad!"
"Yes Reyn, thanks for the elaboration. Anyway, are under attack from a relentless force known as the Mechon. My mentor, Dunban, held the Mechon back, using the Monado. The sword that you want to use."
"Cool! Can I use it now?" I demanded. "Just kidding.", I added after Shulk looked taken aback.
"Anyway, we need to go back and stop at the Weapon Development Lab, as this shield can't build itself. Let's get the both of you down there." Shulk declared. "Reyn needs to get back to the colonel, as he will be get extremely mad if he does not go back to the drill square."
The three of us walked down to the Colony, where Shulk and Reyn said their goodbyes to each other.
"Well, I'm tagging along with you Shulk." I said.
He smiled, "Yes, you are lost right?"
"Yes, I remember where I am from, but not how I got here."
"You know what, let me educate you on what this place is. This is Colony 9, the main city of the Homs. You, I'm assuming, are a Homs, as you are not a Nopon."
"What is a Nopon?"
"You'll see them in about a little bit."
The two of us walk into the Commercial District, where Shulk said is the beating heart of the colony. Wow, this is the largest Commercial District I have ever seen in a little town. People are everywhere, as we walk. Wow, this is almost as packed as Fifth Avenue. How are there so many people in such a small place?
"Shulk, what is the population of the place?" I request.
"I am not sure. Why do you want to know how many people there are in the Colony?"
"This place is almost as packed as one of the biggest cities. I almost can remember where I am from."
"That's sad" he agreed.
I walk and see a little blue creature, it looks like a blueberry with two little arms, and wings that can lift it up.
"Shulk, what is that?"
"That's a Nopon, but let's stop ogling at them, we need to go and stop at the Military District."
Setting out for the Military District, we say hello to the Gem Man.
"Shulk, what does the Gem Man do? He looks interesting."
"We can go and ask him if you want."
"So, what do you do?" I ask, walking up to the gem man.
"Now, these gems are incredible! These things make you stronger, have better reflexes, and even make you take more hits before you die!"
"Wow, they are incredible!"
Shulk smiles in the side, while I ask the man how to create these gems.
"You can't! The refinery is broken."
I tsked, annoyed, and then walked with Shulk, while laughing.
"Ha ha. I probably should have told you that the refinery is broken. Also, he gave us three gems, and told us that we could have them." Shulk said.
"Anyway, on to the Military District. Maybe I can find out where I'm from."
"Exactly, Augustine."