A/N: So, here is the start of the journey, support is much appreciated, as well as a beta reader… not that I'm demanding one but…

Disclaimer: I do not own Atlus, or any of its game series, Shin Megami, Persona, Igor, or any other related themes. All original characters are mine.

Warning: Contains harsh language, blood, suggestive themes, het, yaoi, maybe yuri.

Chapter 1: Awakening

The house wasn't very large, but since the last house the family had was practically an attic, Leu felt slightly overwhelmed at the amount of space.

"It's huge, isn't it?" His step dad, Paul said, "Your room is upstairs. The Internet should be hooked up by now, so you can go on if you want. Just unpack your stuff first, ok?"

"Yeah, ok Dad," Leukos said, smiling a little.

He climbed the stairs and entered his room. He smiled, as it was about as large as his old house, and it was all his. He heard footsteps as Helena came upstairs to see.

"What do you think? Pretty cool huh?" she said, almost more excited than him, "It's all for you, now here is your bed, over there's the closet…"

She went on explaining the furniture of his room, but Leu felt oddly distracted. He sat down at his desk, vaguely aware that she started talking about it with considerable enthusiasm.

"Um, Mom?" Leu said to her, "Could you please go for now, I'm kinda tired, and I want some time to rest, ok?"

"Ok, Ok… I'll let you rest, just come down for dinner when it's ready, ok?" She said, leaving.

"Ok Mom, I will." Leu called to her as she descended. He went downstairs and to the car. He quickly pulled out his backpack from the rest of the luggage and opened it, retrieving his laptop from its depths. He moved back into the house and his mother noticed him.

"I thought you were resting." She said with a smile.

"Well I, uh…" Leu trailed off.

"If you wanted to play around, you could have just said so, it's OK." She smiled some more and went into the living room. Leu sighed and ran upstairs to his room. He plugged his laptop in and turned the power on. Sighing, he waited for it to load. He opened his Internet browser and noticed that he wasn't connected. He reasoned that it was probably because they had to set up a new connection, and he clicked on the Internet side button. A screen popped up and showed two possible connections. Noek Family, which was their Internet, and something strange.

"BTEIC72?"

The strangely named connection was obviously available and unsecured, he noticed that his own connection was temporarily disabled.

"Leu!" Paul's voice called from below, "Our Internet is down for a bit, sorry…"

"It's OK Dad!" Leu called back. He decided that whoever had this connection was obviously letting him connect as well, so he hit the connect button.

Leu slowly opened his eyes to find himself standing in what seemed to be a room. There was nothing really in it, nothing on the walls, and only two doors.

"What the fuck?" Leu said, his voice quivering with fear and surprise, "Mom? Dad? Hello? WHERE THE FUCK AM I?! I…"

He looked around to find nothing in the room at all. He decided that the best way to get out was to go through a door, but which one? He looked at one, than the other, and he turned and opened the blue door and walked through. He was greeted by an open plain. There was a low fog that didn't go past his knees that was rolling over the ground. He wandered around for a little while before he saw what seemed to be a young girl running around.

"Hey! Hello?" Leu called out to her, but the ground sprung up and a strange building was formed. The girl quickly ran in to the structure, and Leu went after her, trying to get her attention.

"Hello?" He said again, now in a dark room.

"Be careful." A voice near him said, "They're here…"

"What?" He replied.

"Shadows…"

Leu heard a disgusting squelch and saw two dark masses form up from the ground. Masks were formed on each of them and they let out a low hiss.

"Please, run! They'll kill us!" The girl leaped out in front of Leu as the shadow swung a dark arm at him. With a small shriek, she fell to the ground, hurt. The shadow advanced on him, and he felt his head start to throb.

This has to be a dream… please, wake up…

You can't escape fate, A strange voice resounded in his head, Now, it begins, go forward, and accept your destiny.

Leu winced again and looked up slowly. His head throbbed again and he felt a strange surge resound inside him. His eyes widened as something started to materialize in front of him. A mask, like those portrayed in theatres. He smiled just a little.

"Persona." He whispered just before reaching his hand out and crushing the mask. The power swelled and formed a humanoid figure, dressed in a light robe.

"Thou art I, and I am thou. I am Apollo, God of Music." The figure said in an overwhelming voice. The shadows hissed and lunged at him, but Apollo simply raised a hand, which caused a bolt of electricity to descend on the shadow, killing it. The second one advanced and struck Leu in his side. He grunted, but recovered quickly and delivered a quick kick right at the mask. The monster recoiled and Apollo casted another bolt of lightning, killing this one as well.

"Th-that power…" the girl said, slowly getting up, "What is it? Was that…"

"What?" Leu said faintly as Apollo disappeared.

"Nothing, um… thanks for saving me…" The girl said.

"Uh… no problem…" Leu said, still feeling pretty dizzy.

"Oh, by the way, I'm Neira Irzaii, nice to meet you um…" The girl extended her hand.

"Leukos Noek." Leu said, shaking her hand lightly.

"Well, let's get out of here, right?" Neira said cheerfully as she headed towards to the exit, "Come on, you don't want to stay here much longer, do you?"

Leu nodded and headed out. He looked around the misted plain and grimaced slightly when he remembered he had no idea how to get out.

"Um, Neira?" He said, concern soaking his voice, "Um, how do we get out of here?"

"Didn't you see the other door? That's the exit, wait… is this your first time here?" She responded.

"Yeah, why?" He said, a little nervous.

"How did you get that power so easily then?" She said, a little shocked, "And do you even know where you are?"

"No I don't, could you please tell me? I was just trying to get online and now all these crazy things happened and I don't even know how or why or where I am or what happened to my parents or anything!" Leu said frantically.

"Whoa whoa! Calm down," Neira said, obviously overwhelmed, "Let's get one thing clear though, you got online alright…"

"What?"

"Well, as far as I understand it, this world is filled with creatures called Shadows. And the only way to get into this world is by connecting to BTEIC72. I'm not exactly sure how it does what it does, but you get sent here." Neira explained.

"What?" Leu said, having some serious trouble believing this story, "Um… how?"

"I told you, I don't know… but there is one problem that my friends and I noticed."

"What?"

"These Shadows somehow are attacking people."

"What?"

"Could you stop saying what? all the time? You sound stupid. Just shut up and listen, ok?" Neira said with a hint of annoyance in her voice, "I don't know how they do it, but there have been a lot of unexplained deaths here. What's even stranger though, is that some who get attacked don't die, but they act like, brain dead or something… The media are calling it Apathy Syndrome."

Leukos watched her intently, "One question. Your friends?"

"Oh that's right! My friends!" Neira said, her serious expression suddenly shifting to a cheerful smile, "You have to meet them. But not now. Um… Get back here tomorrow, I'll introduce you to them. They all have the same power that you do."

"You mean what I did back there?" Leu said, "What was that?"

"Ask them tomorrow," Neira said with a smile, "They know better than me, well, I'm going, see ya!"

And with that Neira ran back to the door and leaving. Leu sighed and took one more look around before heading back himself.

End of Chapter.

A/N OK, from this chapter on I will be giving out the character stats at the end of the chapter. Why? Because I have nothing better to do, OK?

Leukos, Level 2

Equip: Shin Blocker, Simple Hoodie, Tennis Shoes, String Bracelet

True Persona: Apollo

Skills: Zio, Dia

St: 2, Ma: 4, En: 2, Ag: 4, Lu: 2