Hello there any and all reading this. I would just like to state that this is the very first story I have ever made, so bear with any rookie mistakes I may make and feel free to give me criticism and any tips on how to improve.
I will try to replicate most of the canon characters' personalities to the best of my ability with a handful serving as the outliers. These outliers will consist of side characters who may have their personalities and/or histories tweaked in favor of the story.
There are going to be numerous OC's in this story serving as both minor and major characters. So if you absolutely disdain OC stories, this is your warning. That aside, I hope I don't leave (too) much of a bad impression via this story.
To give a time frame for this story, it begins between Gasper's training and the Leaders' Summit.
I do not own High School DxD or its canonical characters. Those belong to Ichiei Ishibumi solely.
Renewal
"My patience for this realm has run dry," declared a disembodied voice heard by all.
Confusion manifested within the worlds of life and death as the voice rang in the ears of all life and unlife with no discernible source. As the people and beasts of the worlds stood dazed and confused, uncertain of whom the voice belonged to or from where it was coming, the voice boomed once more: this time much louder than before and much more overpowering.
"My Vessel shall be the final thing you witness."
Following these words, a blinding light brighter than any star consumed the sky. A light so impossibly bright, it may as well been the face of God. But was this God? If so, why is he speaking so direly and full of deific indifference? The people looked on in reverence and distress as the light engulfed them all, consuming mortal and immortal alike until all was an impossibly pure white.
"With this, your existence shall become naught but a memory in my mind. Do not fear, for this was the ultimate destination for your very lives and afterlives. You never had any choice in the matter, so sink into nothingness along with all of time and creation."
Following this decree from the voice, a darkness darker than even the abyssal darkness of the eternal void itself enveloped what was once an impossible light in a way comparable to a beast devouring its prey whole, creating an absence of space and time. It had seemed that all had ended, reduced to less than nothing; then, inexplicably, an enormous mass teeming with fleeting light akin to the embers of a stubborn flame in defiance of being snuffed out emerged from the infinite darkness.
The voice, now a glimmering light within a void of chaos encased by what seems to be infinity, questions the potential of the light beyond its own. Watching it through its domain, it anticipates the infinite possibilities that can come from the light beyond as numerous other lights swirl around it like a solar system.
"It has begun," muttered the voice to itself with a voice comparable to a mighty thunderclap despite the lowered volume as it eagerly watched the light beyond swirl creation into itself once more, becoming one of the other countless masses of light that flocked around the largest light like moths to a flame.
"Another Renewal."
That is it for the prologue. Sorry if it happened to be short. I didn't want it to run on too long.
As for me separating the prologue from the next chapter, it was something that was heavily triggering my OCD; so I had to make it a separate chapter.
Also, I apologize for the excessive dialogue queues. I saw that others were doing so and thought that it would be a good idea to follow along (at least for my first story).