Chapter 1- the beginning

Gregor woke with a start, his heart was pounding and his breath was uneven and shallow. He struggled to calm himself down and tried to remember last nights events. it was another dream, he was used to them now, but they had rarely been like this one. He thought back to his nightmare and what had exactly woke him up.

he had been running, running for his life. And screaming his head off.

Gregor's feet were flying against the cold hard ground, he could hear the giant white rat bounding after him, frothing at the mouth.

"Ares!" he called, his legs were getting tired now, "Ares, where are you!" His voice echoed against the tunnel walls.

"There is no one to save you now, Overlander" A sharp voice yelled from behind him. The Bane had been chasing Gregor for over half an hour and showed no sign of slowing down. "I will hunt you 'till the end of your light." A shiver went down his spine. He saw the precipice getting nearer and hoping against all hope that his bond was ready to catch him, he flung himself off the edge and tried to spread out his body to slow down his fall. His head turned as he heard a "huh huh huh" coming from above, it was his bond, Ares, laughing his head off at Gregor's stupidity.

"what?!" He screamed

"Nothing, Overlander, but you have just jumped off a cliff and I will not be there to catch you" Ares snorted and continued laughing

"Wha-" He had begun to reply but Gregor's body stopped falling, and for a moment he thought that Ares had caught him, but as a giant wave of pain ran through his entire body he felt every bone inside him break. Leaving nothing but one thought.

Ares. The one creature he trusted above all others. Had let him die.

"You... are not my bond" He heard before everything went black.

Gregor turned the shower on and let the freezing water wash off the sweat that had stained his pyjamas, he tried not to let his mind wander to where his dream had taken place, even after five years it still hurt to think about the Underland. It had been four years, ten months and seventeen days since he had felt the cool and comfortable air, seen all his friends. Especially Lux- "NO," he thought, he couldn't even think about her name without hurting. He got out of the shower, turned it off and dried himself down. Then returned to his emotionless blob.

He missed the spider silk clothes as he dressed in itchy and dry long sleeve shirt and jeans. He couldn't wear shorts even when it was hot, because if he did, it would reveal all his scars from the Underland.

He walked downstairs to help his uncle prepare breakfast. Ever since his family moved to Virginia, his uncle had always been the first to rise and the last to sleep and it had been like that for the past five years.

"Morning, Gregor," A deep sturdy voice said

"Morning uncle," Gregor barley spoke more than a few sentences nowadays, afraid that he would be forced out of his emotionless shell and back into the world of feelings. The pancakes and bacon were ready in minutes and Gregor laid the table for six because unfortunately, his grandmother had passed away before they moved. His uncle called out to the rest of the family as Gregor took out the food.

After breakfast, he cleared his plate and climbed back upstairs to his room. He and his uncle were the only people who had a room to their self as his parents shared a room and so did his sisters. Gregor had a choice of either sleeping with his sisters or sleeping in the attic, he chose the attic in a heartbeat, even if it was a bit squashed. his bed was on the far side of the wall, next to the floor length window which had a latch for Gregor to climb onto the roof with. His dresser and desk had been placed on the other side of the room next to the door to his bathroom, overall it wasn't that bad a room but the height was the main problem. seeing as Gregor, who was 17 and had reached 6 foot 8 inch his head bumped the ceiling and had to be cautious each time he stood up.

Every morning after breakfast he forced himself to take a good hard look at himself in the mirror and today he saw, himself, looking like a fool. but never the less he forced himself to keep looking, his eyes wandered to his muscles that he had worked so hard to keep up with.

He left the bathroom and opened the window to crawl out onto the roof. When he reached the top he lay down on his back and stared into the sky, the deep blue sky. And fell asleep.

So, there we have it. My first ever fanfiction. I am really excited to keep writing but it took me quite a while to get this chapter how I wanted it to be and I still feel like I need to change something. If you don't like it, feel free to let me know what I can do to fix it, but please don't start downright insulting it. I will try to not let many weeks go by without a new chapter because I have some really good ideas on where I want this to go, but they will take a while to get there. Please leave a review on what you think I did well and what you think I could improve on and maybe what you want to see happen next. I honestly don't know how long this chapter was but I hope it wasn't too short or too long. (Bonus points to those who know what I wrote in Spanish.)

That's it for now!

C'ya later

-El Cerdo Solitario