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Broken Universe
Chapter III
In Reality I'm Home
Harry was lying on something comfortably soft. It felt like it could have been a bed, and most certainly was. He hadn't felt so comfortable while sleeping before because his discomfort had always got the Dursley's smiling their widest. He still couldn't get how anyone could hate any innocent kid like they did, just because he was magic, and from what he got from his dream, he wasn't even a wizard in the same sense that they hated, but rather something of a God of Heroes, if that was the correct term.
He couldn't tell yet what his title would mean to his future, but here he was, in a new situation, and he was near certain a new world. He had to calm his beating heart or these people might notice that he was awake, and he wasn't sure he was ready for all of the questions quite then. He only knew that he would have to wing it, and hope that they bought any mistruths he would have to tell to protect himself.
He felt groggy as he had just returned to consciousness. He was used to feigning unconsciousness with the Dursley's so he knew not to screw up his eyes. He held back his shivers, as he remembered the wolf-thing vividly. His arm is still aching from where he was bitten. It reminded him of his uncle's sister and her dog, the way she set it on him to amuse herself.
Though, the thought of her favourite dog Ripper meeting the wolf thing, and the fear it would feel. It lightened his feelings. He liked dogs, but watching that vicious little thing being torn apart would be something incredible to see.
The wound around his arm felt better, numb, and wrapped. He had wrapped his own wounds from the Dursely's enough to know when he felt bandages. That left him feeling safe as an enemy doesn't wrap a person in a comfortable bed, and wrap their wounds.
He felt something warm surround him a second later, as if being embraced by light. It accompanied a man's soothing words, and when it stopped it went cool, and felt better than he thought it should. It must have been some kind of magic from this world. It made him relax into the bed, and he felt the numb ache in his arm sooth further.
Harry could feel someone was holding his other hand. He knew he was completely naked under the covers, and held back from blushing as much as he could. He felt the soft fingers caressing his skin in a gentle and kind manner that put him at ease. The movements of the small soft fingers made him feel relaxed and calm, at ease with the foreign situation. He realised with such soft hands that it must be a girl. Her other hand was gently caressing his hair.
"Is he going to be okay, Doctor?" she asks anxiously.
Harry almost started as he had heard that voice before. She was the girl that found him outside with that man. They rescued him. The man had used some incredible magic. He could only wish that he could use magic like that, but he would have to wait for now and see what happens in the near future, which in many ways was his domain.
"Yes," he agreed, startling Harry some more with his calm and kind older voice. "He should be perfectly fine Promathia-san!" he agreed kindly. "My wife will see that he gets his medications, but he is doing well now. It is odd though, how his body has adapted so well to my healing magic. Two Curaga and his body seems to have started self repairing all of the damage it had suffered over the years, not just the bite-."
He paused, making a soft humming noise in thought before he continued. "His arm will be perfectly fine. As well as the rest of him by all accounts," he said with a click of his tongue. "You can remove the bandages tomorrow. I'm sure my wife will be happy to do that for you, but. It's the malnutrition that worries me. If I ever meet his parents or guardians!" he growled out, leaving the threat unsaid, but another man grunted in agreement and the girl tightened her grip slightly in Harry's hand, showing her support for Dursley hunting.
"Then leaving a child out in the wilderness with all of the monsters that could possibly eat him!" he continued. He sounded as if he was holding in his anger. "Well, other than a mild concussion, everything is going well. He should be fine in a week or so, and the way his body reacts so well to magic, I would say that everything will work out brilliantly!"
The girl sighed in relief as the other man spoke up. "Well, thank you, Doctor," he said, and Harry knew he was the man who saved him. He was the man with the cool magical powers. "It's good to know the lads going to be fine. Though what he was doing out there, I fear only he can tell us. He's not from this village. The nearest town is over two hundred and fifty miles from us."
"Yes," the doctor replied thoughtfully. "What do you intend to do with him?"
"I'm not sure what we can do yet," the other replied. "I'll have to wait and hear his story before making a decision… but as you said before. His body has taken many beatings in the past and… if not for this affinity to accepting magic he would have a lot of work to get through to get up to the proper standard for a boy of his age."
"He should be perfectly fine. Just make sure to give him his medication regularly," the Doctor agreed. "As long as you keep him on those potions for the next few weeks…" he said before trailing off and continuing. "I would think once the kid is awake… a nice large meal would be an idea to start with. I doubt this kid has ever had his fill of anything, and by the look of some of the calluses on his hands and feet, he was worked beyond what he got, and then some."
The other man growled and Harry had to fight not to move as the girl kissed his forehead as if trying to make things better. "Whoever his guardians are…! Were…! If I ever find out…!" the man trailed of, and it sounded like he hit something in his anger.
"Yes, well," the doctor said sounding uncomfortable. "I have to return to my clinic now. My wife will be around tomorrow with his medication, and she will give him a checkup. Just one more thing about this boy…" he said and paused.
"Yes?"
"I… I don't know whether I should say anything, but-," he stopped for a moment. "That child isn't from around here. He has no traces of radiation coming from this planet on him. He is human, but he has no trace of his world on him apart from that bite he received. His affinity to magic is not normal."
"A Shinra experiment?" he asked in concern.
"Doubtful," he replied. "If he were he would have traces of this world on him, and wouldn't have been starved. They would have wanted him to have the energy for their 'tests'. There's something different about this boy, and I think, maybe it was destiny that you found him. He is something else entirely, so take care of him."
"Of course!" he replied without any thought. "That goes without saying. He's just a child and needs to be looked after. Well, let me lead you to the door Doc, and thank you very much for the house call."
"It was my pleasure," he replied as they headed to the door and Harry heard it close behind them.
Harry wasn't sure what he could do about what he heard except to play dumb, or memory loss. That seemed plausible as he did hit his head, but they would expect to find out eventually if he would be staying with them.
Harry could still feel the girl stroking his hair and gently caressing the back of his hand with her thumb. He thought that it was probably a good time to open his eyes. He knew he could not pretend to be resting forever, no matter how comforting her caresses were. And no matter how comfortable the bed was, and how soft his blankets.
He slowly cracked his eyes open and saw that he was in a dimly lit bed room with just a small bed that he was laying on with a set of draws next to it. He looked at the girl and saw she had noticed his eyes were open, and beamed at him as if he was the only boy in the world right then. He gave her a weak, sheepish smile as he didn't know what else he could do.
She let out a sigh of relief. "You're finally awake," she said gratefully. "We thought you were going to die or something. I'm Satomi Promathia by the way… so, umm, what's your name?" she asked, excited and bubbly. It was cute and sweet the way she looked at him with such gentle blue eyes that lit up with delight as she looked at him.
Harry opened his mouth to tell her when he thought better of it. He had almost told her the truth straight out. He wouldn't do that straight away. It was foolish, and dangerous considering his powers. If anyone found out what he was before he was powerful enough to protect himself they could try to use his powers for themselves. The Dursley's weren't the only self-centred pieces of turd in any universe, but whereas they hate his powers, others would covet them.
"I-I-I… umm…-," he stuttered out while making sure his emerald green eyes were wide and baffled. He had learnt a lot over the years about lying, and acting, just to get out of any kind of beating. "I-I should know that, shouldn't I… I mean… I have a name, don't I Miss. Satomi…?" he asked, putting on a worried look, and pretended that he was moments away from panicking.
"It's okay, sweetie. Its okay!" she was quick to sooth him with a smile, stroking his hair in a loving way. She leaned down and nuzzled his cheek with a kiss before pulling back with a smile while his cheeks went crimson with embarrassment.
"We'll figure something out, okay," she said as she continued playing with his hair. "Everything will be perfectly fine. I'm sure you'll remember in good time. You bumped your head, silly."
"O-okay," he said quietly as he felt his heart pounding painfully in his chest as he could almost feel her kindness, and, love for him, and she didn't know him, and it made him feel bad lying to her, but he had to protect himself first. His powers were dangerous, and somebody else trying to control him and his powers could destroy a world, or worse.
"Glad to see you've finally woken up," the man interrupted as he had returned into the room with a wide smile. "I'm Orphieus Promathia, Satomi's father… it's nice to meet you…" he said with a gentle air to his demeanuor.
"I think he doesn't know his name!" Satomi was quick to say as the boy looked close to panicking as her father paused to hear his name.
Orphieus frowned as he crouched down by the bed, placing on a careful smile. "So… what do you remember?" he asked gently.
Harry felt himself blushing as he thought hard. "T-that wolf dog thing!" he quickly said, panicked as he looked around but there were no dogs lot alone a wolf monster. "I was like… I don't know, and then this thing attacked me, and bit me, and you both came and rescued me, and now I'm here!"
"Wolf!" the man muttered rolling the unfamiliar word around on his tongue before looking to the boy, smiling. "That was a pretty vicious hornback scavage," he told him, smiling. "We were hunting that one as he had gotten so close to the village. You were very lucky we were."
"So… you still can't remember your name?" Satomi asked while her father was lost in thought. Harry shook his head, but that didn't dampen her smile. "Then I suppose, as a smart family we should find you a name to use. You know like a taken name… a name you can borrow, or use or something. You never know, you might like it better when you remember your real name."
Harry smiled at her. It was only small, but it relayed his appreciation as he thought of one. It came to him after a few moments. It was a pun on his powers. It was a play on who he was, with the time element to his being.
"C-Chrono!" he said, blushing brighter as they looked at him, expecting a reason. He shrugged sheepishly. "It just came to me, like… like it was there, waiting for me to take it, you know. It's strange for me to explain. I'm sorry!"
"That's okay, Chrono!" Satomi said, rolling the name on her tongue, testing it out. "I think it's a nice name, so how old are you?"
Harry sat up sharp, keeping the covers over his lap. He wanted to make the act look good. "I'm ten! I think…" he said with a confused look in his eyes. "It was my birthday and… I can't remember what happened… no… my friend died too young, and… 'they' went to 'grieve'!" he hissed out, angry, and he didn't need to fake anger. "They wouldn't let me go to the funeral, and then, I was there, and after I was being attacked by the wolf-thing!"
He tried to give some information, but nowhere near enough that they could even begin to piece the truth together. "I… I don't know what happened before than!" he said looking down at his lap while Satomi pulled him into her arms, cuddling him. He stiffened at the touch at first before he melted into her arms, content and warm.
"Don't worry little brother!" Satomi said with a soft kiss to his temple. "You'll be safe here with us," she said. He felt a fuzzy feeling in his chest as he was snuggled to her breasts, comforted, and comfortable, realising he could get used to that treatment. "Happy Birthday, Chrono!" she chimed. "We'll have to make you a nice birthday dinner then, right dad?!"
"Of course, Chrono," he agreed, smiling as his daughter cuddled the boy to her and he had melted, never having that kind of treatment before. "I'll get sorted as Satomi has a lack of cooking talent!" he said with a smirk.
"Dad!" she whined. "I so too can cook…" she argued, but trailed to a stop at his look. "Well, okay, I can at least help!" she said with a sigh, but smiled widely as Harry couldn't help himself and giggled.
"Well, I'll get on that then!" he said with a grin of his own before leaving them alone where Satomi let Harry go and hopped up from the bed where she had sat up next to him.
"Okay then, umm," she looked down at the small boy, confused. "Err… do you need me to help you get dressed or can you handle that yourself. I've never had a little brother before. Dad made me take your clothes off, but then you weren't in any state to do it yourself."
Harry was blushing brightly as she gestured the chest of draws where some clothes were neatly folded with a pair of brown walking boots. He had never had clothes that looked like that would actually fit before, and his eyes widened.
"I measured you when dad took the doctor to the lounge for a cup of tea," she said sheepishly. "It wasn't easy while you were out cold."
"T-thanks," he replied embarrassedly. "I-I can get dressed m-myself thanks Satomi."
"Don't be silly, it's Satomi-nee-chan now!" she said and rolled her eyes as he looked confused. "It means big sister, Chrono-kun!"
He sighed, as he supposed he would get used to those little extras. He already realised that he wasn't speaking English anymore. It must have been another one of his abilities. It was a built in translator or something, but then he supposed there was probably magical translation spells anyway, so it wasn't far-fetched.
"Umm… okay, Satomi-nee-chan!" he said, smiling as she looked so bright and happy to hear him say it. She turned to the door when he called her. "N-Nee-chan!" he said and she turned back, smiling at him. He bowed his head slightly. "Thank you for being so nice to me!" he said, and his cheeks were flaming red.
She laughed, shaking her head and leaned down kissing his cheek. "You're welcome, Chrono-kun," she whispered to him giving him a slight hug before she left him in the room and hurried out, closing the door behind her.
Harry smiled widely as he watched the door for a few moments. He had never had the opportunity to feel so light and happy before in his life, but now he had everything he could have imagined. He had a place to stay away from the Dursley's and his very own big sister. It was more than he ever had, and he would have to look after her like a good little brother.
He pulled his covers off and slid round to sit on the bed. He could already see he had some colour to his skin rather than the pasty white it used to be, and he would swear he looked a tiny bit taller. He jumped from the bed and wobbled a bit, holding his bandaged arm he realised it still stung to move it too much.
Looking over the clothes left to him he grinned as he pulled down some black boxer shorts. They were brand new, still in a packet of three. He pulled a pair out and pulled them over his butt and 'thing', keeping them comfortable and cozy against the soft cotton. Then he found a fresh packet of white socks and pulled out a pair, sat on his bed and pulled them on.
The socks were soft and comfortable, and he had always wondered what he could be missing. He found a pair of dark beige cargo trousers that were a little baggy and pulled them on. He liked the look and feel of them, and he supposed that extra pockets on the legs were a good idea. They came with a brown belt that he pulled on to keep his trousers from falling down.
Then he had a brand new white tee shirt that slipped over his body perfectly. It felt nice, soft and cool over his body. His boots slid onto his feet. They were comfortable, and made for walking. They were a dark brown and had some good grip.
There was a mirror in the room in the corner, and he looked in it at himself. He smiled as he brushed his hair back. It was a dark black, and messed into nice nests of spikes that looked like they were made like that on purpose. His scar was almost non-noticeable, and looked as if it was completely healing over, so in a few weeks it would be gone.
He looked out of the window as the blue curtains were open. He could see a small patch of grass with a small fence around where he could see beyond to the street. It was a dusty stone path with some other houses and a place that looked like the local supermarket. It was quant and old, built into a cottage with a wooden sign above the door.
There were small trees and kids playing ball outside while their parents sat outside chatting, or reading the local newspaper. It was the ideal place to enjoy his new freedom, and he was sure his new sister would love to show him around when they had time. Preferably after a nice meal that he was sure would be more than he had ever eaten before, and it would be special for his birthday.
He felt good as he took some deep breaths of the hot mountain air. The sun was shining brightly, and he was on a new world with a new family. He liked them more than his previous as he knew he was going to have a better time on the new earth.
Leaving the room he closed the door behind him and moved through the hall. He walked, but didn't know where to go as all of the doors were closed. He chose the door at the end as that seemed like the obvious place. However, obvious on this planet didn't seem like the right choice as his emerald eyes widened as they connected with wide blue eyes among other things.
Satomi was naked, sitting on her bed pulling on a fresh pair of panties. She had paused in a position where her legs were open and she was giving him a show he thought he was too young to appreciate. It took her a minute or so before an amused smile lit her lips and she giggled while rolling her eyes at him.
She shook her head as she stood up, pulling her panties up onto her bottom. "Chromo!" she playfully reprimanded. "You should knock before you enter a girl's room, and then you should wait to be called in," she said, not even trying to hide herself as she pulled on her clean bra. Harry could only stare at her in some form of shock as she was the first girl he had ever seen naked and she was so beautiful.
He just stared as she pulled on her skirt, top and shoes while she just let him, not minding in the least as he was now her little brother, and only 10. After she had finished dressing she walked over to him, smiling, and taking his hand.
"You should think yourself lucky Chrono!" she said, giggling as he blinked his eyes free, blushing bright as she led him from her room. "If dad did that I would have killed him, but you're so cute, so I don't mind," she told him laughing as his cheeks lit up more and she opened a side door onto a landing, which led down a flight of stairs into a large dinning lounge combination with food already on the table, ready to be eaten.
"I hope you're hungry, Chrono!?" Orphieus said as he bought in a large bowl full of what looked like mash potatoes while Satomi sat him down and sat next to him while the father sat opposite, smiling widely as he and Satomi loaded up their plates with what they wanted.
"Don't be shy now Chrono!" Satomi said, smiling as she helped dish him out enough food. "You'll need a lot of strength living here. You'll have to learn a trade, and since our trade is monster hunting. That will be what we'll teach you."
"R-really?" he asked hopefully as he swallowed some smooth mash.
"Of course…!" Orphieus was fast to agree. "It isn't the most respected career path, but it's better than letting any monster destroy the town and kill everybody."
Harry smiled a little as he thought about it, looking at everything he had to eat. The Dursley's would scream thief even if he had a quarter of what was on his plate even though he would have made the food, and did most of the chores. Now he was going to be taught how to fight monsters. He just hoped that lessons in magic were included.
"How did you kill that monster?" Harry asked after several minutes of eating in silence, and nearly everything was gone from his plate, and he had eaten some cake for the first time. It was delicious.
"Well," he replied as he lifted his left sleeve to reveal a silver coloured gauntlet. Harry saw the same silver metal on him when he saved his life from the wolf thing. It had 5 small gems within it. Three of the gems were green while one was red, and the last was blue. They each had a sheen to them, and Harry could actually feel the power drifting to him from them.
"These gems," Orphieus continued with a smile as he admired them. "They are called, materia. Different ones can control different elements. Or they'll just have different powers or abilities, but you have to master and practice with them and the level of those masteries will increase, making them stronger. The better you get the more advanced the spell-type you can use. Do you understand?"
Harry nodded thoughtfully. "So do the different colours do different things?" he asked eager for new knowledge of these magic gems.
Orphieus chuckled while nodding his head. "Yes, very clever. The green ones are attack and curative magic. The blue are support magic… they assist the power of your other materia. Then the red are summons… this one," he said as he indicated his red stone. "Is Bahamut… he's a huge, powerful dragon. We are also lucky to have a Phoenix materia that Satomi uses." He chuckled as Satomi showed Chrono her bracelet eagerly. It only had three slots, but all were occupied with materia. Two of hers were green, and Harry understood that the red one with them must have been the summons Phoenix.
"Don't forget we have Leviathan too, dad," Satomi piped in, making her father smile while shaking his head at her eagerness to show off.
"Of course," he agreed, chuckling. "There's also the Leviathans materia," he said as he pulled out a five-piece forearm gauntlet similar to his; only instead of silver, it was white gold. He slid it over to Harry for him to see it better. It had five gems within, one of them was yellow, which was new to him; another was one blue; one red, and the last two were green.
"Umm… what does the yellow stone do?" he asked as his fingers delicately touched it. It was exciting to learn about any kind of magic, especially something he had never known about before, and even more because it sounded so useful, and he had seen how destructive it could be. He could blow up the Dursley's if he ever saw them again, which he would, if for nothing more than to blow them up.
Orphieus smiled. "It's called command materia. The one in your gauntlet is called sense materia. It will help you evade monsters, or find them. It can also help you determine what the monster can do, and what its weaknesses are. Satomi has one in one of her daggers, and I have one in my double edge."
Harry nodded in thought before double taking and looking up to see them smiling at him smugly. "Mine?" he asked, baffled, even though he shouldn't be too surprised if he was going to hunt monsters he would need some magical gems to blow monsters up with. "Y-you mean that I can keep this one, and learn how to blow up the mean wolf things?" he asked, feeling rather childish for once.
"It is customary for the birthday boy to receive presents on their birthday!" he agreed, smirking. "So this is from me and Satomi. Happy Birthday, Son!" he said while Harry looked overly excited while Satomi carefully slid the gauntlet onto Harry's right forearm. He thought it wouldn't fit for a moment when it shrank down to fit snugly to his arm.
"Everything is going to be awesome around here with you, Chrono-kun!" Satomi chimed out hugging Harry to her side, embarrassing him further than ever before, and he couldn't have been happier.
to be continued…
