===CH 2===

Hyperdimension: arrival

'Thoughts'

"Speech"

"Skill"

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Hyperdimension; Planeptune

Neptune and Nepgear were just returning from completing a quest together and are flying through the sky of Planeptune, heading for their Basilicom in their HDD forms.

A large hole suddenly opens up in the sky, not far from their current location.

"W-What's that!?" asked Nepgear suddenly after seeing the hole.

"We should go and investigate that." suggested Neptune

Both CPU's flew towards the hole in the sky above their city when a person covered in black red and purple flames shot out of it just before it closed itself again. The person crashed down into the street below with the black part of the fire around him disappearing, leaving only a purple and red fire behind

"Was that... a person?"

"It did look like one to me"

Both flew towards the crater where Alex crashed into and landed not far away from it, where Nepgear's transformation got canceled out by the Anti-Share energy radiating from Alex and Neptune almost got forced into her Next form by the share energy radiation from him.

"Is he... a CPU?" asked Neptune quietly

"Be careful Neptune! he sending out Anti-Share energy!"

"What?" stated Neptune surprised "The share energy coming from him almost forced me into my next form."

"Is he a CPU?" asked Nepgear while she carefully got closer to Neptune

"We should take him to Histoire." suggested Neptune on her way towards Alex.

"What about the Anti-Share energy?"

"I'll just carry him on the side with the regular energy." Neptune gave a dismissive wave with her hand.

Neptune then took Alex's left arm and started to lift him up.

The purple and red energy flame surrounding Alex suddenly condensed into a single black flame which send a small shock running into Neptune, causing her to drop Alex while the strange fire around him vanished along with all of his remaining wounds.

The sudden shock of black energy caused Neptune's transformation to revert partially, causing all of her processor units to disappear while her suit returned to her normal clothes, which strangely still fit if only barely, her body however remained her HDD selves.

"N-Neptune!" yelled Nepgear in panic after seeing her dropping Alex and partially reverting.

"I'm fine..." she then looked down on herself "...I think"

Neptune tried again to lift Alex up, this time more carefully in case of another shock and started to carry him to the nearby Basilicom.

Nepgear followed her sister closely, but retained a safe distance from Alex.

"Why aren't we flying?"

"I can't equip my processor units since this strange energy hit me. Neither can I transform entirely out of HDD or into it..."

The two of them walked into the Basilicom and headed for the elevator up, earning a few confused looks from the guards at the front door.

The elevator ride went by in silence, both conscious CPU thinking about the strange boy that fell out of the hole in the sky.

Histoire quickly took notice of their return and made her way towards the elevator.

"What happened?"

"This boy fell out of a hole in the sky. He was burning with an strange energy flame. The share energy which he emitted while he was burning in that flame almost made me transform into my Next form." Explained Neptune while she dragged Alex out of the elevator.

"He also had an aura of Anti-Share energy around him that canceled out my Transformation"

"Is he... a CPU?"

"That's what we came here to ask. I'm not sure but I think he could be a CPU." Neptune said and Placed Alex on a spare bed

Histoire ran a quick check over him before facing Neptune and Nepgear again. "I can say that he is definitely a CPU, but unlike you two. I cannot say what exactly makes him different as of now."

Alex slowly started to stir awake behind Histoire.

Histoire couldn't see Alex from her position and remained oblivious of his movements, while Neptune was the only one able to see him.

"I suggest that we ask him when he wakes up. He's not injured on the outside so I guess that he'll wake up within the next few hours."

Alex opened his eyes during Histoire's third sentence, quickly taking in the persons close to him while his eyes lingered on Histoire for the longest moment. Time suddenly seemed to slow down to him for the moment.

"Histoire!? I thought you were dead!" Neptune's presence in the corner of his vision then checked in a second later.

A pulse of Anti-Share went through the room and Alex vanished into a blur, reappearing in front of Histoire with a black magic circle in front of his hands.

"Dark Purple! How did you get in here!?" he practically yelled, only keeping his anger in check to not unleash the spell in his hands.

The pulse of Anti-Share energy hit Neptune and Nepgear. Nepgear instantly fainted and Neptune almost followed suit, having to support herself on a wall.

"What... are you... talking about?" Neptune managed to get out before following her sister to the floor, unconscious.

"Wait a sec..." Alex begun, dispelling the magic at his hands and taking a proper look around. "You're not Dark Purple, the real one wouldn't go down from just Anti-Share energy alone..."

Alex then took more time to take in his surroundings.

"Who are you guys? Where am I? and why is this place not destroyed?"

"Please calm down." came Histoire's voice from behind Alex. "We mean you no harm."

The Anti-Share energy emitted from Alex died down and got replaced by Share energy while he calmed down again.

"Explain!" he demanded

Histoire hovered a little bit away from Alex at his commanding tone "I'm Histoire, the oracle of Planeptune. The one in front of you is the CPU of Planeptune, Neptune or Purple Heart in her HDD form. Behind her is the CPU Candidate, Nepgear. As for your question on where you are right now, You are inside a guest room within the Planeptune Basilicom... and who may you be?"

"I'm Alex, CPU of Planeptune and last sane CPU of Gamindustri. Also known as Shadow Heart in HDD and other forms, but everyone keeps calling me Alex anyway." A large Purple magic circle appeared beneath Alex, scanning the nearby area before vanishing again.

Histoire remained silent at the display of unknown magic

"This isn't my Gamindustri. The city isn't burning and there are still people walking the streets as far as my senses reach"

"You fell out of a hole in the sky, could it be that you are from a different dimension?" asked Histoire, while checking on Neptune and Nepgear

"This isn't Alphadimension, is it?" asked Alex in return

"No, you are currently in Hyperdimension" replied Histoire

Two green magic circles suddenly formed beneath Neptune and Nepgear, one for each of them, restoring their Share energy. "Heal"

"I apologize for almost killing your CPU back there, I miss took her for someone from my dimension. I'm restoring their share energy, they should be fine again in a few seconds."

Neptune was the first one to wake up again, which Alex took notice off imminently.

"I'm sorry for almost killing you a few minutes ago, I thought you were someone else from my dimension." Alex apologized again

Neptune, Histoire and Alex then entered the Living room after dropping Nepgear off into her bedroom.

"If you are a CPU, then how did you manage to emit such strong Anti-Share energy?" asked Histoire

"I'm not an ordinary CPU as you may have guessed. I'm a war born CPU, the faith of my people gave me birth and their fear gave me power. One side manifesting as ordinary Share energy, the other side manifesting as Anti-Share energy. Both energy's are in balance, allowing me to use both at will." Explained Alex

"You said War born, does that mean that your nation is at war with another one?" asked Neptune

"In a way, yes. sometime before I was born, something turned the current CPUs into dark CPUs, beings controlled by an unknown master and fueled by artificial share energy. The CPU's turned against their people and started to slaughter them. When I was born, the world was already on the verge of collapsing, everything was destroyed, demons roamed the streets, dragons inhibited the sky. Only 50.000 people survived the years before my creation. That was 250 years ago." Alex paused for a moment.

"Today almost 200.000 people are living under my protection. I also managed to take down one of the dark CPU's, dark Orange. The remaining four are now rarely separated from each other, always attacking in teams of 2 or more and with entire armies to back them up."

Neptune and Histoire remained silent for a long time at that, before Neptune decided to speak up.

"How did you manage to end up here?"

"I'm not sure myself about that. I remember being ambushed by three of the dark CPU's as well as their witch and an army. I was leading my men towards the enemy base, we decided on ending the war once and for all. my men fell before I even got a chance to interfere. I've been frozen in time at that moment, got cut up all over my body, impaled twice and sucked into a miniature black hole... The next thing I remember is waking up here."

"How did you survive that?" asked Neptune after some shocked silence

"aside from myself there are two other beings residing within my soul. A Shadow Dragon, granting me the use of my Dragon Force form in battle, Forcefully bound into my soul by my own people. And Finally a Shadow Demon, granting me the use of Demon Force, also forcefully bound into my soul but this time by the other Dark CPU's in their attempt of turning me into one of them." After the short explanation one of Alex's arms got covered in black dragon scales and the other got covered in black tattoo like marks. "The Shadow Dragon allows me to cover my body with dragon Scales, neutralizing most attacks hitting me. The Shadow demon takes control over my body when I'm about to die, nullifying any damage dealt to me but also making me enter a form without reason, only seeking bloodshed for multiple hours."

"How many forms do you have exactly, if you don't mind me asking? I'm only aware of two forms, excluding human form, HDD and NEXT." -Histoire

"a lot, even if I'm not sure what NEXT is supposed to be. I have HDD, Shadow Drive (SD), Dragon Force Stage 1 and Stage 2, Demon Force Stage 1 and Stage 2. That makes 6 in total."

"What is Shadow Drive supposed to be, and can I learn that too?" asked Neptune

"SD is the Anti-Share Energy equivalent of HDD, I gave it the name it currently has because the Anti-Share energy in my dimension used to be so dense that it regularly covered everything in a dark fog. The energy appeared to be black in color so I thought it would fit, I only later found out that it is actually red in color."

"So can-" Neptune then got cut off by Alex

"No, you can't learn SD, It would most likely kill you. Instantly. You could compare it to eating a large Anti-Crystal, only 10 times worse."

Alex then changed his arms back to normal and stood up.

"Anyway based on what I've heard from you, you are familiar with dimension travel. My people are under attack of all four dark CPU's right now. I need to go back as soon as possible."

"You mentioned that you have your own version of me in your dimension. I might be able to contact her and come up with a way to send you back into your own dimension." said Histoire

"Sounds good in theory, the only problem with that is that she's dead. Any other options?"

"Neptune and Croire from Ultradimension may be able to help you once they return from Zerodimension."

"How do I get there?"