Ch. 5 - The Stardust Man Appears, Pt. 1

Beacon Academy Grounds, Danny's POV

The school was under lockdown and the head honcho herself was actively trying to find me.

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… You know, If I wasn't this paranoid on any other day, I would've just remained on that infirmary bed and waited for someone to come, but given what's transpired in the last 24 hours, I'd rather find refuge somewhere else.

I managed to somehow make it outside when my vision started flashing yellow and my body started getting tense for some reason.

"W-what the hell?" It felt like there was some kind of danger coming towards m-

"[Hermit Purple!]"

Suddenly I was grasped with what looked like to be purple vine-like thorns around my body and I was trapped very tightly by an old man!

"Hrrgh! What the hell..?"

"Ah, there's our guest!" said the old man.

"W-what is this? Why can't I move?"

"Don't bother trying to break free, Mr. Branco. We don't wish to harm you and given your situation, we only want to he… huh?" the old man says before the golden ghostly figure that I saw before materialized in front of me again.

It looked to be stuck like how I was, but it was also trying to break out.

"Hrrgh!" shouted the old man. "There's no doubt about it. That Stand is none other than The Wor-"

"MUDA!"

Suddenly the golden figure managed to break free of the vine-like thorns around its body and proceeded to send the old man flying by punching him in his chest!

"OOF!"

I managed to break free as well and started booking it, while also silently praying I didn't kill that old man.

Unfortunately, that whole commotion must've alerted everybody in this place to my present location so I made my way to what I hoped was the exit.

The door, however, was shut tight due to the lockdown in place, and I turned around to find another exit only to hear additional footsteps coming down the hallway.

"He's this way, hurry!" said the old man from earlier.

I was essentially trapped where I was and tried the door again to open it to no avail.

"MUDA!"

But then the golden figure, as if on cue, forced the door open in one punch. Huh. I guess this thing is pretty strong.

Not wanting to look a gift horse in the mouth, I then proceeded to make my way outside and hopefully find my way out this place.

But yet again, Lady Luck just loves to hate my guts, as when I finally went outside I realized that this place was located on the edge of a cliff and civilization was just miles away.

As I mentally said "Oh, crap.", I heard the footsteps from before getter louder and louder as they got closer to my position.

As that happened, what looks to be like a flying ship that came straight outta sci-fi was going to land. My guess is that the ship didn't get the memo about the school lockdown. Seeing my new good fortune, I thought I could easily "borrow" the ship in question and hopefully get away from this place.

I ran towards where the ship was about to land and make a quick exit when he showed up.

He was more than six feet tall, wore a dark overcoat and wore a hat that looked to be blended with his hat. The hat had a green star imprinted on its center and the white shirt he was also wearing also had a star as well.

On top of all this, it was as if his default demeanor was all serious.

My head started hurting as a voice started appearing in my head.

'...Oh? Are you approaching me? Instead of running away, you decide to approach me?'

"Ow! W-what was that voice?" I silently said to myself.

"So, you're the Stand user that fell from the sky." the man said.

'Oh, boy.' I mentally said.

"From the looks of it, I'd say you're trying to escape from Beacon in order to find your way home, am I right?" he said.

"Uhhhh….."

"Jotaro!" the old man shouted after he finally caught up with a bunch of people in tow.

The people who I met earlier in the forest were among that group as well, including two blonde-haired women who seemed to be in charge here.

"Mr. Branco, please! We don't wish to harm you and we know of your situation. If you leave here, you'll find yourself with merely more questions than answers!" the blonde lady with glasses said.

"Oh, really?! Then answer this, then: Where am I? Why is the moon all shattered? And more importantly: WHAT THE HELL IS THIS AND WHY IS IT FLOATING OVER ME?!" I pointed at the golden ghostly figure above me.

"Hmmm…. Oi, Jiji! Would you mind if I demonstrated this kid the situation he's in?" the tall man behind asked.

The old man looked puzzled for a sec, then realized what his grandson was going to do.

"Taking a page off of my book, eh grandson?" The old man chuckled.

"All right, just try not hurt him too badly." he said.

"Wait, wh-"

"ORA!"

(Fists of Platinum [from JJBA: Stardust Crusaders] - Yugo Kanno)

Suddenly, my vision started going red and a similar-looking ghost figure like mine manifested from the tall man and proceeded to lay a right hook to my face at near lightspeed!

The golden figure that was hovering over me, however, as if it read my thoughts, somehow managed to block the attack with relative ease.

"Hmmm… still as fast and strong as it was back in Vacou….but I wonder…" he said.

"HOLY CRAP! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FO-"

"[Star Platinum: The World!]"

*VRRRRRMMMMMMM TICK-TOCK-TICK-TOCK-TICK*

To be Continued…..