A blue coat. A pink dress. Worried voices. A coach. Food. A bed. Worried faces overhead. "Who is he?" "Where did he come from?" "What do we do with the sword?" "How did he get there?" "What is he?"

Marthus awoke. He was in a bed. Sunlight, golden as his armor, was drifting in through the window. Wait, his armor? What had happened? He remembered the surge of power, the capture of the bandits, but then what? At least someone had found him. He needed to find out where he was. Where were the people?

"Sir, Lord Pewdiepie sent me to check on you. Are you feeling alright?"

"I think so, who are you?"

"I am Mister Chair, the Lord's butler. Do you remember anything? You seem quite young to be in the situation you were in."

"Um, I remember a sword. And my village. And not much beyond that. Only feelings and sensations."

"Well, if you are feeling well enough to walk, I will escort you to the Lord and Lady. They are most interested in you, boy."

I am no boy, I am a man, thought Marthus. But he decided to comply nonetheless. Until he could get out and find out what happened to the bandits, he would talk with this Lord Pewdiepie. The butler, Mister Chair, took him out of his room. The hallway outside seemed undecorated, as if the Lord had just moved in. He walked down an elegant stairway, following Mister Chair.

"In here. The Lord and Lady are waiting for you. If you are hungry, I could serve some food," said Mister Chair.

Marthus opened the door, and walked into the room. It was furnished very well, with a fireplace and a bookshelf. Three chairs sat in the middle of the room, two on one side of the table placed between, and the other with it's back to him. The two were occupied by a man in a blue coat, and a woman in a pink dress. Marthus walked over and sat down.

"Hello, um… What is your name?" said the man.

"My name is Marthus."

"Ooh, that's a nice name! I am Marzia and this is Pewdiepie, also known as Felix." said the woman.

"Nice to meet you. How did I get here?" said Marthus, cutting straight to the point.

"Well, um, you tell it Pewdie." said Lady Marzia.

"We found you on the street, crying, sitting with your sword and surrounded by dead men. Did you kill them?" asked Lord Pewdiepie.

"Yes, they were bandits, they had killed my family and burned my village."

Over the next few minutes, Marthus told it all from the beginning, how he had been blessed by his village's god, and how he had learned to control his power from the sage. He told how he had come to his village and found it destroyed, and how he had become the god and brought the culprits to Victubia, where he lost his power and was forced to kill them. Lord Pewdiepie revealed that he was a supernatural investigator, and had been drawn to his power, and that was how they had found him.

"Well, that was quite a story. We can let you stay for a few days, but we should send you to the VMA if you have magical powers." said Marzia.

"Thank you so much for your hospitality. I haven't eaten since two days ago, is there any chance of breakfast?" asked Marthus.

"Oh yes. MISTER CHAIR! We need breakfast for three, please." said Pewdiepie.

"Right away sir." replied the butler.

Turning back to Marthus, Pewdiepie asked "Can you show us some of your sword work, or tinkering, while we wait?"

"Sure. Do you still have my sword?" asked Marthus.

"Of course, it's fine craftsmanship. I would never get rid of it." replied Pewdiepie.

"Oooh, this will be so fun!" said Marzia.

Marthus smiled. "Just make sure you stay back." He began to spin the sword in arcs and twisted it around him in intricate patterns. Using one hand to keep it going, he reached out and plucked a piece of fruit off of the mantelpiece. He threw it up, and sliced it into three parts, which landed directly on the table in front of Marzia and Pewds.

"Oh wow! That was amazing!" exclaimed Marzia.

"It was certainly very impressive. Your breakfast has arrived." said Mister Chair as he walked into the room.

Over the next few days, Marthus tinkered a little with various mechanical items the Lord had collected, producing new gadgets, and improving old ones. He also kept up his magic practice, using up to three elements at a time. At one point, Pewdiepie walked in on one of his practices.

"Wait, are you using three elements?" the Lord asked.

"Yup. Been able to all my life. Why, is it unusual?" Marthus replied.

"It's just that the most elements anyone had ever had control over was two. This is impossible!" said Pewds.

"Well, I'll certainly stump the VMA magi!" laughed Marthus. He had been getting more social, as the wounds of his family's death healed. He pushed his eyeglasses up his nose, and concentrated. Fire from a nearby candle shot over and formed into a ring, which then heated up to almost white hot. Water from a jug and one of Marzia's sewing needles joined the dance.

"Watch this." Marthus said to Pewds.

The water joined the fire, twisting around each other, but somehow not affecting each other at all. Marthus then tightened the ring to an almost invisible hole. Then, still holding the ring up, he levitated the metal needle, then passed it through the ring slowly. He then handed it to Pewds. It was completely unaffected, as if the fire and the water simply never touched it or were close.

"It's completely normal! Shouldn't it be hot, or wet or something?"

"Nope, that's true control. I can only do small magic though, when I'm not part of the god."

"That must be an amazing feeling, fusing with such a being." said Pewdiepie.

"It's like having all the power in the world in your body. It's kind of scary though. You lose who you are, and the god takes over."

"Well, tomorrow you should head to the VMA. They'll see what you're capable of, maybe help you break down that barrier." said Pewds.

Marthus slept, content that he had friends in this world. Tomorrow he would see what he was truly capable of, and maybe meet some other friends. His world was piecing itself back together, but it was still fragile. Hopefully nothing would break it apart.

This one was a bit short, but I wanted to cut it off before the VMA chapter(s) I'll start working on that soon. Please review and tell me if there's anything I should change. New chapters coming soon! Follow my tumblr for updates: blog/divine-colossus.