Monster's Awakening (Chapter 1-The lightning arrives)
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Dialogue key
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(POV-Drago)
I wake up in a cold sweat as I notice it's almost morning. As I look around to see who was awake I noticed that Robin and Chrom were still asleep, and deciding that I'll be unable to get back to sleep, I decide to recount everything before I got in this situation.
'Ok, so I was walking home from work. I decided to play with my 3ds and after a while I got drowsy and went to bed, and when I woke up I was here...why do I feel like I'm missing an important piece of information?' after some unsuccessful tries to remember I decided to switch topics. 'Ok I got nothing, let's see what else I should worry about...that dream; what the hell what's that!? A talking Zinogre!? I have dreamed some weird things before but that it's probably in my top 10, all I know is that iit may be linked to that stone and if it is so then I better make damn sure I don't misplace it (A.N: You don't say!?).
That's weird, I have a nagging feeling that someone it's making fun of me...oh well, I don't care.
I finally see the first rays of sunlight shining down, and with that the 2 bear eaters decide to wake up.
"Hey, good morning guys," I said trying to sound cheerful and doing my best to hide my foul mood and tiredness.
"Hello Drago/Good morning," They both said still a bit sleepy but ready for action.
We cleaned up camp, and started gathering our things..or more like I helped gather THEIR things, mine were in my pockets.
After finishing up, we went left and began heading to the town were Robin said they were meeting up with their comrades, until I started thinking something…
"Since when was there a town between Ylisse and Regna Ferox? As far as I knew it was empty the whole way apart from forest and snow." I decided to ask
"Hh...oh! Well I guess it is kind of understandable, the town was originally a small rest camp for travelers. since the Khans and the Exalt have decided to start open relations it was decided that it would be a good idea to have a rest stop for the merchants and the travelers in the halfway point of the road" I nodded at the explanation.
'This did not appeared in the game, but I think it is understandable, these people aren't 1's and 0's but are living people, it is obvious they would try to innovate as much as they can.' I thought to myself...wonder what new things I'll find!
"Ok, but you said 'rest camp', how do you go from there to a village?" I asked
"Usage, since so many people passed that small checkpoint some merchants decided to set up shop there, then others decided to stay there and build some houses and inns, and with time it grew. surprising how things change in a couple of years" Robin explained.
"The people of Ylisse have grown since Emm's death, many decided to follow her example and try to make life better for other people," Chrom said, but looking at his eyes I could see sadness in them, I knew that look, it wasn't a good one.
'I wonder if in this timeline Emmeryn was able to survive, it really hurts seeing someone in so much pain, and experiencing the after effects' I thought sadly
"My condolences, I heard she was a great person, many more people should follow her example." I bowed my head a bit as I said that.
"Yeah, thanks" he said smiling a bit.
"Well changing things to something more happy, Drago what can you tell us about your homeland?" Robin said trying to lift the mood a little, Chrom stared at him for a bit before nodding at him,a gesture he returned.
"Well…"I started to think about it "Ok, it would be a good way to pass the time," I say as I clear my throat. "my world is divided into 5 continents, each with their own countries-" "Countries?" Chrom asked.
"Think of them as kingdoms, I have lived in 2 of them, but know a few things about the others, well I was born in the country of Venezuela, grew up there for 12 years before I had to move away with some members of my family"
"Why did you had to do that? Was the 'country' in a bad state or something?" Robin asked.
"I'll...rather not talk about that part" I said with a hint of sadness in my voice "Oh...I'm sorry" Robin quickly apologised "Don't worry, you didn't know, anyways on a brighter note the cities I have been are really pretty" I then went ahead and told them as much as I could without revealing sensitive information like games, the innards of politics and most important the weapons.
'These people already have apocalyptic dragons, crazy gods, mind raping magic, weird cults and who knows what other fucked up things, I don't need to give more sleepless nights,' I thought to myself.
After a while talking about random things and walking! 'My only weakness! .' the town was in sight on the horizon.
"There we go, just a bit more, we should meet up with our comrades there and then off to Ferox" Robin said.
"I still don't get why we couldn't go with just the two of us, we can handle most bandits," Chrom said a bit annoyed at Robin worries.
"Because no matter how strong you are if they catch you off guard in a fight we'll be in serious trouble, remember Chrom, you are an Exalt now, you hold a lot more political power than you realise," Robin explained.
"I guess but I still not a fan of having bodyguards, just with Frederick it was enough most of the time" Chrom relented.
"Oh hey we're here" I said breaking them out of their argument, 'they really get absorbed in that don't they?' I thought.
"So...what's the plan for you guys?" I asked them
"We'll restock a bit and meet up with some people, what about you?" Chrom asked
"I guess I'll look for some information, not really hoping much but anything helps" I shrugged, it's true that I know a lot about the game but as I've seen there are things I'm not aware of.
"Ok then, meet up with us after a bit, so we can go to Ferox together" Robin said.
"Wait...you are really going to accompanying me!?" I was actually surprised about it, guess I underestimated their kindness.
"Yep, you don't have a lot of info on the realm, and I really am curious to know more about your realm," Robin said with a smile.
"Thank you very much" I said with a big smile plastered on my face. After saying goodbye to them, I asked some people if there was a library of some kind in the town, turns out there was, and after thanking them I head there.
When I get to the building I find it's a small place run by an old man. After asking for some history books I sat down to read...and ran into my first problem, the language.
'So these people speak english, but write like this!? Guess I'm stuck asking until I learn to read this thing.' I sighed and faked reading for a bit more in order to not draw suspicion, after an acceptable amount of time I returned the books and headed to the meet up point.
I finally saw Robin, he was speaking to a pair of individuals I couldn't make up until I got closer, after getting closer I finally recognized them, they were…
"Oh hey Drago, over here" Robin called out to me.
"Hey there, are these the people you were speaking about?" I asked him.
"Indeed, let me introduce you to them" He said dragging me toward them 'Why is he so trusting of me?' That thought keeps popping up in my head, I know Chrom was really trusting but Robin? I thought he'd be more cautious.
"Drago meet Lon'qu and his wife Olivia" Robin said introducing us, I waved at them, Lon'qu only grunted in acknowledgement and Olivia struggled to sputter a simple "Hello"...is it bad that I found it quite funny? Maybe.
"The time for pleasantries will have to wait" a voice said, we turned to look and see Chrom coming with a serious expression on his face.
"What happened?" I ask 'Please don't be bandits Please don't be bandits Please don't be...oh who am I kidding? It's either that or Risen and I'll prefer to not have to look at the zombies for a while' I internally sighed.
"Bandits" 'FUCK' "They were spotted in the outskirts of town, apparently they are a common occurrence but this time they decided to bring a lot more guys" Chorm said.
"How many?" Robin asked in a serious tone, I knew he could be serious in battle but the shift from casual to tactician is pretty jarring.
"Apparently there are 2 groups of 20 each, they usually come here to fight but don't attack the town, this time however they decided to attack it.
"Well that's fucking convenient" I said with a deadpan tone.
Chrom chuckled a bit, then Robin asked "Do we have any reinforcements?" "Yes, the local militia that is composed of 15 people, plus some mercenaries that live here and are annoyed with the bandits" Chrom answered.
"So we are still at a disadvantage…" Robin pondered, I could almost see smoke coming from his head as he tried to find a solution.
"For now the best course of action will be trying the spread the troops in a way that they cover enough ground while not being so apart from each other" I suggest.
"That could work, but we still run the risk of surprise attacks, however with the amount of time we have that will have to work for now" Robin said, I decided to look around for a bit for anything to help when I noticed my pocket heating up, I put my hand on it and saw that weird cristal glowing slightly and heating up.
"Oh right! Drago you should get to safety, we really don't want you to get hurt" Robin said with a bit of concern
"Oh no, I'm fighting with you guys, you are already understaffed, you'll need as much help as you can get!" I state, even though I'm terrified at the prospect of killing someone, I'll feel worse if I just stand in the sidelines like a coward.
"Do you even know how to fight?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I know enough to incapacitate them...as for killing them...I'm...not sure" I admit with a downcast expression. I've never killed someone before. sure, I've got into some nasty fights in the past, but nothing kill or be killed.
Robin sighed "Ok, you can help but stay close to one of us, if you can incapacitate them then your partner can go for the killing blow" Robin said
"Got it" I said, though I didn't feel the crystal heating up more.
(-Line break-)
After Robin filled everyone in on the plan, the troops spread out across the town, I ended up with Chrom of all people as my partner. apparently Robin decided to provide support with his magic, understandable as this weren't the shepherds so would need to constantly shout orders, I was armed with an Iron sword that was provided to me, I've never used a metal sword so it took a bit to get used to. I would probably go the safe route and stab people if I can't get the edge's alignment right in the seconds I have. i did have my knife, that,I was good handling it, but i couldn't use it as my main weapon as its range wasn't long enough for thi.
My legs were shaking, my hands were sweating a bit, and that fucking crystal keeps trying to burn a hole through my pocket! As I was having my mini panic attack I felt a hand on my shoulder, I jumped a bit and turned to see Chrom with a concerned expression on his face.
"Are you alright?" he asked
"Yeah just a little nervous about my first real fight" I answered honestly.
"All of us have felt that way sometime, just try to remember why you are doing this," he said trying to help me calm down. It did help a bit, but I still felt some doubts, however before I could thank him the bandits began approaching.
"THEY'RE COMING!" I heard someone shout in the distance, oh look I can see my composure running away, good to now I can count on it.
I took a stance, a really crude stance, putting the Sword in front of me holding it with both hands, I saw the first wave of bandits coming, Chrom took the initiative and cut down 2 of them before they knew what was happening, as they dropped dead. I was thankful that their armor and clothes didn't let me see the wound.
A shout brings me out my thoughts, I saw a bandit running towards me with his axe raised,I managed to sidestep as he brought down the axe, after that I went for an overhead swing I managed to hit in the shoulder, the bandit dropped the axe and went for a punch, now this I can deal with, I waited for the right moment, blocked the punch, hit him in the abdomen and threw him over my shoulder, when he hit the ground I went and kicked him in the face knocking him out.
I then see another bandit running towards me, I grab the axe from the fallen bandit and throw it at him, as expected he dodged and I went ahead and stabbed my sword through his leg, as he screamed in pain I punched him in the jaw as hard I could, with a satisfying crunch from the hit he finally decided to go to sleep.
I run after Chrom as fast as I can,then I see him and some troops cornered by bandits, as Robin went ahead and fired an Elthunder spell at them, the spell hit 3 of them but wasn't enough to kill them, that's when I noticed this guy's classes, 2 knights, 4 mercenaries, 3 cavaliers and a berserker.
The 3 cavaliers were pretty damaged, no doubt thanks to Robin's spell, the knights didn't fare much better, the only ones in decent condition were the mercenaries and the berserker.
Chrom's side didn't look much better with some injured soldiers, about 2 mercenaries and a healer that looked as overworked as I was nervous...which is a lot if you somehow didn't catch on.
I then saw a cart full of straw and a torch, thinking quickly I went ahead and lighted it on fire and ran to the group like a goddamn idiot...or I would have if it wasn't for Robin deciding to throw an arcthunder spell, with the enemy shocked I went and hitted one of the knights using a murder stroke...and yes it is as satisfying as it sounds
"Drago!" Chrom said surprised to see me.
"What? Thought leaving me behind would make me not fight? In your dreams blue king," I said.
As I reunited with Chrom our side managed to get it's bearings together and took the opportunity to attack the enemy, that's when I saw the berserker preparing to cleave a man from behind as he was busy...I'm gonna regret this
Running at full speed I yelled "LOOK OUT!" and managed to push the man out the incoming axe...by putting me on it's path instead.
"AAAAAAHHH!" I screamed as I felt the axe hitting me and burying into my back, as the berserk pulled the axe back to prepare the final blow, an Elthunder spell hit him full force killing him.
"Couldn't..you...have...done..that...sooner?" I barely manage to said as blood filled my mouth, as my vision was getting darker I managed to hear Chrom's voice as an echo.
"Drago! Hang in there! Drago! Open your eyes damn you!" I heard him say.
So this is how I die...in a foreign world, away from my family and loved ones...I don't even know if they noticed I'm gone yet...why did this happen? Oh right I tried to fight a war I knew I would lose...I wanted to help...I want to help!...I want to survive!...I WANT TO LIVE!
"So you've made you decision boy?" A familiar voice said in my head.
'Who are you? What do you want?' I managed to ask as I felt life escaping me second by second.
"I'm just a friend that wants to help" It replied.
'Help? How?' I asked.
"I can give you the power you need, however you must promise me something in exchange for it" it said.
'What is it?'
"I want to see if you can manage to master this power, entertain me by showing me where this path leads you! however know this, all your decisions are yours alone, so don't go blaming me if you keep making bad ones." It said clearly amused at the prospect.
'...I accept, give me the power I need to save lives, give me the power so I can protect those who I care about.'
"The deal has been done, now show me if you'll become an alpha of the pack or a beast bent on destruction!"
As the voice said that I felt a great shock on my very being, I felt as if I was electrocuted, I then opened my eyes to see Chrom with a healer on his side.
"Drago! You are back!" he said clearly happy.
"What happened?" I managed to say...and now I have the worst headache I have ever felt.
"The bandits are managing to push us back, apparently there were more hiding in the area" he explained.
I then felt a pulse from my pocket, when I took out the source I saw the crystal now shining brightly, as I looked at it, as information on what it was suddenly appeared in my head…
I managed to stand up, pushing aside the pain I still felt, I lifted the crystal parallel to my face.
[Go this power is now yours, crush the limiter, scream you soul and defeat your prey!] The voice from earlier said though I now knew it's name...ZINOGRE!
"BREAK UP!" I screamed as I crushed the crystal…
Then everything went red…
(End of chapter)
A.N Hey guys Dragon_XZero here, thank you guys so much for following and favoriting this story.
Honestly I didn't have much hope for this fic as I've never written before, but I guess you guys like this so I'll make more of this.
Another thing, I know I put gamer in the summary, I wasn't talking about the ability, it's just a character trait for my OC, don't worry about that part.
Also if you guys can give me some tips on how to improve I'll be grateful
On a final note, this fic will be mostly centered on Drago, after some chapters we'll get to the Valm arc, however just because the fic is centered on him doesn't mean I'll make him an OP god among man lady killer that can eat grima for lunch, I honestly don't like those types of fics unless the character they use is already OP (Why is the number 1 reason why the Naruto section is full of trash, they basically make him god).
I want to focus on the OC relation with other characters, how he will affect the story and all of that...so yeah.
Anyways, please review and tell me what you thought of this chapter.
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