Chapter 2 Emerge in a new Body.
"Is this some sort of sick joke?!" The boy, after being thrusted out from his own home, into a new body and a new world, continues to stare at the reflection given off in a nearby stream.
In the reflection, he saw a man with dark colored skin and carried a dark gaze with black circles surrounding his eyes along with being strangely muscular. Not only that, he saw tattoos on his face which were perfectly symmetrical on both sides and wore a dark colored cloak with sharp red claws around his neck with baggy pants and no shoes.
"This person… he's supposed to be the most powerful human there is! If you can call him human." The boy continued to act surprised in the stream, the reflection staring back at him and proceeded to back away. A look of horror was seen on his face with sweat drops dripping down his face, only a few.
"The Black Dragon of the apocalypse… the self-proclaimed Dragon King, Acnologia." Upon coming to this realization, the boy quickly dashed away from the river for he knew of Acnologia's exploits and dangerous personality as well as other things which greatly disturbed him.
After this though, the boy stared at his right arm, observing its muscularity which in return, instilled a great deal of fear within his new body. He is afraid of the man who had committed countless despicable things which sent chills down his spine upon thinking about such terrible atrocities committed.
"This can't be true, can it… why was he chosen?! Of the numerous things he's done, after all that has happened still he lives. He attempted to eradicate every living thing that drew breath. Is this a… dream?!" The boy, still confused by what has happened, pinches his cheeks, albeit feeling immense pain and immediately stopped.
"Ow! Such pain! No no, I'm awake. I have to accept that. But this?! Why did this happen?! I never wanted to be trapped in that man's body! Well don't I feel cursed…" Struck by terror, the boy dashed yet again to a forest of sorts and hides amongst the trees, unaware of what lurked in the area he was in.
Feeling betrayed and fooled, the boy begins to feel a great deal of disappointment and melancholy while also feeling dread. Not only that, he was trapped in a body he was more afraid of than anything else.
"Why me though? There were dozens of others who could have easily took my place, but yet… that being chose me. Just who or what was it" The boy pondered on his predicament, unamused by what had transpired and the new body he entered.
True, he was vastly familiar with the atrocities and horrors Acnologia committed but all that was through one of the Watchers he used. Observing Acnologia for the first time had terrified him and promised to never observe him and his actions through the Watchers ever again.
"I feel betrayed by that being... whatever it was. I couldn't even see its face, much less its body. It was cloaked by a bright, yellow light which seemed to blind me immensely. Still, this is unusual… just what is this place?" The boy pondered, looking at his surroundings yet again and took note of the numerous trees all around him.
It looked to be a standard forest with many tall, green trees as well as the grass around him but he had no idea where he was going. He simply wandered in a straight line through such a forest and eventually came upon a rock and decided to sit upon.
"Hmm… this forest seems to span miles on end, but I've only scratched the surface. Perhaps I should use this here rock to get a better look at my surroundings..." With that, the boy stood atop the small rock and gazed in the distance, becoming surprised by what had happened to his...
"It's normal! No way! I thought for sure my eyesight would be the same as before… interesting... This is… hehehe….. Hahahahaha!" Suddenly, the boy began laughing maniacally, as if he had gone completely insane. After viewing the environment with his eyesight thoroughly, the boy had smiled and went insane, a bit.
Yes! Hahaha, yes! This is what I've wanted! This is incredible! After all this time... my eyesight is finally normal! Thought an excited boy, his eyesight was different than others. It allowed him to see further than those of the others he met back at his old home. Take note, his increased eyesight is nowhere near the same level as other worldly powerful beings such as Superman or Wonder Woman.
"This is truly a sight to behold! No pun intended. Phew, I have to calm down. No need to go completely insane over such a rare occurrence. In all seriousness, just where exactly am I? I've mentioned this a few times in my thoughts. My apologies readers, what must I do her-" The second he began to finish his sentence; he was interrupted by his thoughts, distracting his train of thought.
The boy quickly remembered what he saw before arriving here, seeing through a Watcher that of a few girls who were small and petite. One of the girl's he saw was named Neptune who wore pink and white colored clothing which quickly caught his attention.
"Neptune… that girl… I don't know who or what she is. But I must find out who she is, more so where she is. Alright then, that is what I will do." Plotting his mission, the boy stands up and proceeds to find where Neptune is. However, er… there was a major detail he was overlooking...
"Aagh! I don't know where she is!" While brushing his head, crazily with his hands and looking annoyed, the boy went over and bashed his head against a tall tree, thinking it would ease his pain.
However, to his immediate surprise, the tree snapped and fell with a loud crash. Witnessing what had happened before his very own eyes, the boy reached over to his forehead with his hand and brought it back before his eyes.
"No wound huh? Well it makes sense. After all, this is Acnologia we're talking about here. This is most, unsettling. I'm going to pretend this didn't happen and move on." The boy was quick to dash past the fallen medium sized tree and continue on to locate this Neptune. That and to find an exit to this forest. "I know that!"
Ignoring the boy's 4th wall break, he finds himself in an area in the forest, hoping to find an exit of sorts but all he finds is trees. The boy then finds it rather difficult in finding a way to escape this forest, much to his annoyance.
"Where am I going?! Is there no way to escape?! This is so frustrating!" Not only becoming annoyed but also angry, the boy punches a tree, his hand piercing the tall object and snapping it in two. This, in return, causes the tree to fall to the ground with a loud crash.
Taken aback by his own strength yet again, the boy quickly moves his hands behind his back and begins running at an incredible speed, ignoring the wildlife around him. When he came upon a certain part of the forest, he tripped on a branch and slid several feet away and stopped after a few seconds.
"Ouch… who put that branch there?! I'm gonna find whoever place the branch there and…! Hmm. Hey, wait a minute… is this what I think it is? Well, it must be the…" After traversing the forest for a long time, he had finally found the exit. However, he came across a rather large grass field just beyond the forest.
Within this grass field however, there were a few townspeople gathered about and the boy quickly knew what he was to do. He ran towards the townspeople frantically with a few noticing him running so fast from a distance and didn't know what to do. After a short while the boy stopped in front of one of the townspeople.
"Sorry about that, I'm uh… looking for someone. Do you know where, uh… Neptune is?" The boy nervously asked one of the townspeople, not receiving a response even after a few minutes had gone by.
However, when the townspeople saw the look on the boy's face, everyone started running away, much to the boy's confusion. I'm aware that I haven't introduced his name yet but it would seem the boy has plans for this, er… name.
"Of course I have a plan! Since well, this is my body I might use his name. But it might instill a great deal of confusion in the readers so I won't. Let me see… Ah, yes. From now on I shall be known as Misery! Alright then, now to find where Neptune could be. Hmm?" As soon as Misery established his not-so-creative name, he turned around and saw a tall tower in the distance, far from where he is.
Becoming intrigued by this and seeing no other option, Misery makes his journey towards the tower, hoping to find Neptune within that general vicinity...
