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Chapter 1 (Epilogue): Second First Steps
"So... cold." he thought, he felt grass under him... he was lying down on a carpet of grass, he tried to open his eyes, however it hurts but it was odd for him, he endured the pain like it was a day to day occurrence, "Whoa..." he said seeing the cubed sun...
"Wait, what?!" he jumped immediately as he looked around, "The bloody hell is going on here?!" he kept on looking and saw everything is cubed from the trees, to the ground, to the clouds. He immediately ran in to the forest and almost already saw a river flowing through the forest.
He looked at the reflection of himself and saw black hair that stood up by an unknown force, black-framed glasses and behind the glasses are very dark brown eyes that would look black without the aid of a source of light. He wore an outfit that consists of a white hoodie-jacket with gray accents, black slacks, and black running shoes with red accents. He didn't notice but there was a bag slung over his shoulders so he decided to look at the contents while flipping on his hood.
"Huh... it only contains a Swiss-army knife." he said to himself but he notices a card, he saw that there are writings and read it:
"You probably don't remember anything about yourself, so let me help you; your name is Chrome Leonardo Donovan, you are seventeen years old, your height is 5 foot 9 inches and your birthday is at the seventh day of summer. You are probably in an unknown place and knowing you, you probably only checked the main compartment of your bag, check the second and you'll see a filled map, a compass, and a clock that also tells the day and date. Do your absolute best in surviving with the items I gave you. -N"
He looked back at the water and decided to wash his face to see if this was only a dream, he removed his glasses and placed it in his bag and began to wash his face, he covered his right eye with his left hand that scooped up the water but instantly saw his left eye glow blue, he saw his hand as well glow blue but the glow disappeared upon opening his right eye. He took his glasses and wore it once more and then closed his right eye, his left eye and left hand started glowing blue. He saw the part of the water he was looking at moved and when he moved his left glowing hand to the water, the part of the water it moved, "Whoa."
He then decided to try something and looked with his left eye at a grass block, he then moved his left hand upwards and saw the block move as well; he moved his hands back down placing the block to normal. He then set his glowing eye on a wood block and gripped his glowing hand to which made the block to shrink into its pick-able state, "Huh?" he opened his right eye then moved towards the block only to stop when he saw the block flew towards him, "What the?!" he took hold of his heart, scared that a piece of wood went flying in to him.
He looked all around him for the wood block but to no avail he hasn't caught a glimpse of it, he checked his backpack and saw that the wood block is in there, "I guess this is inventory." he then saw another card and read it:
"Good job, kid! Hurry up though, you better make a house the resources you acquire before night falls, trust me, you wouldn't want to be outside at night. -N."
"What the hell happens at night?" Chrome asked to himself, "I'm quite curious now." he then slung his backpack over his shoulders and stood up, "Exploring sounds more appealing then sitting down." he then continued to walk back to where he woke up and saw a wide and bright grassy plains and saw herds of cows grazing around. He then heard something plop inside his backpack as he checked it and saw another card and read it once more:
"Forgot to tell but to get food you have to kill animals or farm crops, if you become hungry, the power that you'll have would be very unstable and would weaken you. So, remember, eat foods to prevent unstable power and weakness. -N"
"Who's 'N' anyways?" Chrome asked to himself then shrugged, "I guess this Swiss-army knife is really useful." he then and walked towards the cows as said mammals look at him with crossed eyes. "I'm sorry." he said as he stabbed one of the cows in the head, instantly killing it as it disappeared in a small cloud of smoke and dropped two raw beef and one leather. The three items instantly flew towards him and he heard three plops, he looked at the other cows who started running only for him to close his right eye and hold them down. He killed about twenty cows while saying sorry each kill and had plenty of food, "Now... how to cook it?"
He then remembered about the map and looked for it, once he found it, he checked it and saw an arrow at the bottom middle of the map and when he look around with it the arrow moves, "That's probably me." Chrome said to himself as he checked the upper parts of the map and saw a lot of landmarks and at the very top of the map he saw a large structure made out of stone, "I guess I'm heading... North if I'm correct."
He went ahead and checked the nearest structure and in front of him is an abandoned shack which had vines growing all around it, he went inside and saw it was very small however, he saw a block made of stone and checked it, "Oh, it's a furnace." Chrome said as he checked the place more and saw a small chest on the side of the furnace; he opened it and saw twenty charcoals in it. He took all of it and placed at least two in it, "Now how do I ignite it?" he placed the raw beef on the top part while he ponders about it.
To his surprise the bottom part of the furnace lit up, "O~k... This is... convenient." he waited for the meat to cook and when it was finally done he decided to eat one while he kept the rest in his backpack, "I hope that it won't spoil." he said as he went out of the building.
A few hours of walking later and to his excitement, night came, "Oh good, I wonder what happens next." he said as he anticipated for something, "What's that?!" he exclaimed as an arrow almost hit him and instead stuck to a tree, he looked to where the arrow came from and saw a cubed skeleton holding a bow and a quiver slung on its shoulders, "Oh boy." he said as he stepped back a few more times as the skeleton shot another arrow at him which he dodged, "See ya!"
He ran to his relief, he was fast as he lost the skeleton in about ten seconds of running, he then heard moaning and looked to his right and saw a cubed zombie, "Damn!" Chrome exclaimed as he moved back away from the zombie, he then heard a grass rustling and looked back to see a green creature that has a frowning face and empty holes for an eye, it has four legs and is walking up to him, it then started hissing when its close enough which made Chrome panic and close his right eye and immediately stretch his left hand to throw the creature away from him to which it exploded, "I better find shelter and fast!"
He ran, adrenaline pumping to the point of exhaustion, he then saw light but he went against his instincts and crouched down near a bush and inspected it, he saw a group of men clad in iron armor, "By judging on their looks, I'm guessing their knights... being surrounded." indeed the group of seven knights were being surrounded by monsters that he saw, except for the very large spider, big enough to stand toe-to-toe with a mature dog, "Holy crap, I hope there is no species of those that can fly."
He watched to see if they can protect themselves which they can but they were outnumbered and judging by one of the knights' swings they were getting tired, he then decided to help and appeared out of the bush, "Run!" he said as he closed his right eye as his left eye and hand began to glow blue as he started to toss the monsters around like rag dolls, "Don't stand there! I'll keep them busy!" Chrome said as he managed to kill all of the monsters within an hour and when he looked back to the knights he was knocked out.
His eyes manages to open and close each time and he saw he was being dragged on a paved walkway while hearing whispers, upon the twentieth time his eyes open he saw that he was now being dragged on a velvet red carpet, he was then dropped and heard a regal and booming voice.
"Who is this?" the booming voice asked, "He's a human your highness." someone replied from behind him guessing it was one of the knights, "Why did you bring a human here? In this state no less." the voice said once more, "He..." someone trailed off behind him, "He helped us against the hostile mobs." someone finished.
"A human? Helping a humob? Ridiculous... How did he help all of you? I don't see any weapons on him." the king asked once more, "He's left eye and hand was glowing blue as he moved his left hand around throwing the mobs around."
"Magic? That's not uncommon." the voice stated, "He didn't have any magical artifacts on him." one of the knights said.
"Enough! How about let's ask him instead?" the king said as Chrome was forced to sit up as he's right eye was opened instead of his left as his vision is still blurry, "Ugh..." he opened his left eye as he tries to get his proper vision back, he was looking at the two royalties in front of him but can't distinguish if they were or not as his vision right now is probably worst than him removing his glasses.
"Are you alright, boy?" he heard the queen spoke but before he could answer he was kicked down and forcefully made him lie down, "Answer, human!" one of the knights said still keeping him from sitting up, "T-that's... a nice... way... to treat... somebody... who saved... you." Chrome said his breathing ragged from tiredness, "What?!" the knight holding him down exclaimed as he was about to stab Chrome through the head but he stopped, "Enough!" the king boomed, "Let him sit up!"
"As you wish, your majesty." the knight reluctantly did so, anger still seething from him, "I will ask once more, are you alright?" he heard the queen asked once more, "No... I am not... your majesty." Chrome answered finally, "Which human kingdom do you belong, boy?" the king asked him as Chrome's vision slowly came back, "I don't... belong to... any... your majesty."
He then saw a girl wearing a similar looking crown and is in a very regal dress walked up the throne, he saw her about to trip when he suddenly used his power to keep her in place, the royalty saw that his left eye and hand began glowing and saw their daughter being held in place, "Seize him at once! Throw him in to the dungeon!" the king said anger being dominant in his voice, "Aagghh!" Chrome screamed as he once more was knocked unconscious.
He woke up to the familiar feeling of coldness enveloping him, he opened his eyes and saw light nearing his cell, once it was there he saw the same girl in the same dress accompanied by her personal maid.
"Hello." the girl greeted, he tried and examine her to see about the same age, and she looked like her father and mother which had gray hair falling down to her back and gray eyes, "W-what... do you... need?" Chrome said his voice hoarse, "I wanted to thank you for... holding me in place or else I would have tripped."
"D-don't... mention... it." Chrome said showing tiredness in his voice, "You seem tired." the girl mentioned to which Chrome didn't bother to respond, "W-where's... my... backpack?" he asked as the girl looked at her maid who just nodded and dropped his backpack in to his cell, "Sue, I think he needs a glass of water as well."
"As you wish, princess." the maid now known as Sue said as she placed the torch near a wall and left, the princess accompanying Chrome who is still in darkness, "I haven't really seen your face that well, since you have that hood always over your head when you were talking to my parents." she said as silence only replied to her, "Please wait for Sue to come back with your water, do you need food as well?"
"No..." Chrome replied as he crawled slowly towards his backpack and took out one of the steaks he cooked, he finished in about twenty seconds before taking another one and eating it once more, "Here's the glass of water you asked for, princess." he heard the princess' maid say as the princess took the cup of water and hands it to Chrome who took it slowly, he ate another piece of steak and finally drank the water, to his delight he no longer felt weak. He then stood up and stretched cracking his knuckles and his neck.
"I assume you're all well?" she asked, "Yes, thank you, princess." Chrome replied, "Sorry for my father's behavior." she apologized as Chrome just shook his head, "Father's are always protective, especially to their daughters. however, the injury the knights gave me is rather too much just for me helping them."
"They waged wars against humans, so I can understand their hatred for them." she replied, "You don't hate humans?" Chrome asked going with the flow, "You're human as well, aren't you?"
"I hate humans who've done us humobs wrong, that means, I hate every human who slaughtered humobs in the past wars." she said gripping her dress very tight, "So you don't hate me?" Chrome asked sitting down cross-legged, "No, I don't. You helped my father's knights and you helped me from falling." she stated, "You're good in my book."
"Whoops! My father is calling me, I'll see you tomorrow." she said as she went on her way, followed by her personal maid leaving Chrome in the light of the torch the princess left intentionally, Chrome then saw a blanket outside his cell just near his reach, he smiled, "Thank you, princess." he then went towards the bed which was just a large wooden plank sticking to the wall by chains. He lied down and placed the blanket on his person and tried to fall asleep, to his comfort, he did.
When he woke up, his cell gate busted open making him open his eyes immediately and grab his backpack as he was dragged by two guards and is now once more in front of the now three royalties in front of him, "Thank you, release him." the king said and with that he was dropped, he stood up and looked around to see one of the guards push him forward, "What's with this guards hating me?!" Chrome thought as he looked in front of him to see the king standing up, "Uh oh..."
"We are deeply sorry for the misunderstanding, I thought you were about to harm our daughter when you suddenly used your magic on her." the king stated as Chrome kept silent, "We are also sorry for the mistreatment of our guards. They hate humans more than anybody else in this kingdom." the queen this time said it but Chrome kept silent, "Don't get this the wrong way, your majesty, but, your guard's hospitality is outclassed by dogs, however, your daughter... her hospitality helped me recover." he said to which the guards were seething and immediately charged towards him "However, I will say this once and only once..."
"Whatever hurtful things you do to me, I will do it to you tenfold!" he said as he closed his right eye and then his left eye and hand began glowing, he stopped the guards charging at him and then slowly closed his hands making the guards suffocate slowly, before they even die from lack of oxygen Chrome opened his right eye again dropping them down, who they all tried to catch their breath, "Is this an act of treason?" he asked looking back at the royalties, "N-no." the princess said to the shock of her parents.
"By the looks of your parents, they were indifferent." Chrome said, "It's only fair, they had hurt you multiple times without you fighting back." the princess said to the enlightenment of her parents, "If I may your majesty, why did you send me out of my cell?"
"My daughter made me do it, she said that you prevented her from tripping which she convince me and my wife in believing." the king said, "I have also observed that you are very protective..." the queen said trailing of, "What is this about me being very protective?" Chrome asked as he crossed his arm, "There is a royal tradition in which there is only one way in doing it; even if you have a son or a daughter, you will have to send them out into the wilderness once they have reached the age of seventeen. They will have to stay in the wilderness for one year before coming back, once they were back however, they'll be known as the one true successor to the throne." the king explained which made Chrome widen his eyes from under his hood.
"So that means... you'll be sending your beloved daughter, outside, all on her own?" Chrome repeated what he heard in a shorter version, "Not exactly, boy." the king said as the queen stood up as well, "You'll be accompanying her, if she comes back unharmed and healthy, you'll be a trusted citizen of the kingdom." the queen stated as Chrome's composure faltered, "Your majesty... you two, um... entrusting me... to take care of your daughter... out there in the wilderness... the two of us, all alone..."
"We get it boy, we're merely testing if you can be trusted or not, I will hear everything from my daughter after this." the king stated as he and his wife sat down, "For now however, today is the time to prepare."
"Well now... this is interesting to say the least." Chrome thought. Days passed as preparations were on its way and at the first day of the week at 6 A.M the kingdom is at its liveliest as soldiers' forms a wall to separate the princess from the citizens; she is now wearing something more fitting for the occasion. With that the king had made his speech and after that he sent his daughter away with her guardian walking fifteen steps away from her. While the princess is walking, she was receiving lots of goodbyes and good lucks; however, her guardian is receiving a lot of negative vibes. It fazes him but he just had his hands in his jacket's pocket and closed his right eye.
She heard what they were saying and looked back concerned for her guardian but what she saw was a frowning face, Chrome noticed that she was looking at him and just gave a forced smile. She gave a reassuring look and just went and looked up ahead. Once they were at the near the gate she waved goodbye to the citizens of her father's kingdom and finally took her first step outside.
"Hope you brought the survival books, we might need it, your highness." Chrome said standing beside her but a few feet away, "Right now, I'm no longer royalty..." she said trailing off, "You still are, it's just tradition." Chrome stated, "Right now..." she trailed of once more.
"Call me by my real name." the princess said to her guardian, "Stella."
End of Chapter 1
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I decided I should finally publish a cliché story about my OC waking up in the middle of nowhere, meeting with friends and foes, and finding romance etc. and… I would probably need to a cover image for this story…
This is not the one-shot I mentioned nor would it be published because, I am having more troubles in writing it then writing this story. This story is easier to write because I have more inspiration in this story than the one-shot.
