Every Man has his Woman
Alan slowly came to, but realized he was in a dark place of which he didn't know how to get out from. There was nothing, but darkness from left to right, north to south in all directions. He yelled out, "Hello!! Is anyone there?" No reply was heard. Momentarily though, Alan then heard a booming voice. It said, "Greetings, oh young apprentice. I see that I found you at last." Alan shook his head and then replied, "Listen I don't know what you're talking about, but I'm no one's apprentice. I'm just a guy trying to work his way through law school and…" "Silence!!", the voice yelled. He then asked in fear, "W-Who are y-y-y-you?" Then the spirit replied, "I am Aranse, former leader of the Rulius Court, a well known universal protective government designed to eradicate all impurities and evil beings from the universe itself. You must be Alan." Alan then asked, "How do you know my name?" "I know many things about you and your world because I was the head of the Rulius Court."
Alan covered his face as he soon saw a bright red orb glowing right in front of him. "I apologize, but you must head my warning of great importance. There is an imminent threat heading towards your world. I alone along with the Rulius Court had attempted to destroy the abomination, but we were betrayed by one of our own members and he destroyed the Rulius Court himself." Alan then said, "That's terrible. But what's that got to do with me?" "Upon my sorrow taking inside my heart at my brethren's deaths, I was thinking of how to combat this new 'viral' threat and I took a gander at your world, Earth. I then discovered that perhaps if I couldn't destroy the new virus with my powers alone, I would make myself into a soul instead and give my heart up for its pricey cost. I was then lead to you by my instinctive nature to teach you about your destiny."
Alan then put his right hand behind his head and then said, "To be honest, I don't really know if I am all that special you know. I mean I was always expected to carry on my family's traditions, become successful, and think of having a family. How am I supposed to save the world when I can't even balance a check book, hang out with my friends and get past law school at the same time in one day?" "You are the chosen one, that's how. My instinctive nature has never lied to me before. Now then begins your journey." Alan shook his head thinking, 'This has to be a joke. There's no way that I can be a 'chosen one'. I have enough to deal with as it is in terms of school. I guess I should play along though.' Aranse then said as three giant pillars appeared around him and formed a giant column underneath Alan, he saw a picture of Aranse's giant alien form and in the background around him was a set of stars, the Rulius Court, and Obeion in the shadows in the far left hand corner, "To fight this threat, you must be strong, ever vigilant, courageous, and a true friend to those you meet. You must also endure through five disasters…" Alan then asked, "Five disasters?" "Yes, these 'five disasters' are the components that make up every heart's structure, its functioning, and their experience in every being's life." Alan then saw five doors slowly appear as Aranse spoke. "They are happiness…" A door glowing gold, with a rainbow like hue in its background appeared. "…fear…" A door that was grey and glowing a black aura appeared. "…anger…" A door that was red and covered in a misty smoke appeared. "…sorrow…" A door that was blue and looked transparent when one gazed on it appeared. "… and love." A door that looked pink and had many pink hearts all over the structure appeared as Aranse finished his statement.
"From all of this, you must enter in each door, regardless of which one you pick first. Head my warning though, each door that you pass through will have its own challenges and its own risks and benefits that will aid you in your quest.", Aranse continued. Alan then said, "This is so much to take in. I'm not sure if I'm ready." Aranse then replied as quickly as Alan had ended his comment, "You must… for the universe's salvation, you must take up the headed challenge before you and do what all of the strongest warriors, have failed to do. Now then choose which path you shall go on." Alan thought for a few moments looking at each door and then headed for the 'Door to Love' as Aranse said, "The Door to Love… such beauty and fragrance await you there. However, remember Alan. With great affection and love, comes great danger and risk. You will have to defend those you care about for the rest of your days and no more or less. Now wake up…wake up… wake up…" Alan then awoke slowly as he stood up, yawned and then stared out the window to gaze upon a glowing sunrise. 'What a nightmare…I guess it's over though.'
Alan then took out the journal that was left to him by Mark Benjamin Jr and slowly read through the first page, "Through each heart as we have studied, we can conclude there are five components that make them function the way they do: Happiness, Fear, Love, Anger, and Sorrow. Each of these emotions can mold us into anything we desire, but only through our intentions and desires does one single emotion of the five guide us to our destiny as a human being." Alan then thought to himself, 'How Ironic and convenient. This may come in handy after all. Better take it with me.' He then put the book in his backpack and got dressed as he left his apartment to get going to law school. Hours later, he traveled to a nearby office building in a quiet little suburb quite far from the downtown area of Edmonton to meet up with a few colleagues to discuss a few topics for the final exam to prepare for. It was old for a neighbourhood and was made during the 'Dirty Thirties' from cheap housing equipment. As he entered the tall, hotel looking building, he looked around for any of them and saw that they were in the other room. Yet before he could enter in he heard a faint, sweet voice ask, "Excuse me…do you know where the Corconium Enterprise is at?" Behind him as he turned around to face this voice, was a young girl close to his age, about 5"3 compared to him being 5"11, had green eyes, fine short brunette hair, and she was wearing a red skirt matching with her red dress coat as well. Alan's jaw slightly dropped a little as he pointed to his left and said, "There's an elevator on the right hand side, and go up to the fifth floor. You can't miss them, their room is the first one down the hall." The girl giggled a little as Alan noticed that she was carrying a few books as well and she tripped on the stairway going up elevator. The girl then said, "Oh drat!! Nadia, Nadia, Nadia get it together." Alan then ran in and did what he could to help as he said, "Why don't I help out. This place is pretty big and all."
As Alan was helping Nadia, as she called herself pick up the books, their hands accidently met went they went for a book labeled Real Estate: From the Swingin' Sixties to the Present. Alan brought his hand back quick as he saw Nadia look up at him and he said, "Oh I'm sorry. I didn't mean to…" Nadia giggled a little bit and said, "It's okay. You wanted to help out." Alan then slowly asked, "Listen, I was wondering… if you-you're not too b-busy…then maybe we could uh…" Nadia shook her head sarcastically and then replied, "Go out some time? Maybe for Lunch?" Alan nodded nervously as he then said, "Yes, lunch is good." Nadia smiled and then said, "I'd love to." Alan then replied as he shook Nadia's hand, "Great that's great. Anyways, before I forget. I'm Alan." Nadia replied as she shook his hand with her right hand and held her books with her left, "My name's Nadia, but you probably heard my ranting about me dropping my books and all." Alan then said, "Well it's no big deal, I drop books all the time and eheheh…" There silence for a few seconds and then Alan said, "I guess I'll see you at the Chateau Louis then?" "Oh yes of course. How do you know about it?", the girl asked. Alan replied as he waved good bye, "I've been living in Edmonton for a couple of years now and I just got used to the city so much I like trying out new things in the place. Well I guess I'll talk to ya later."
Nadia then slightly waved her right hand and then carried her books off into the elevator as Alan then went to the door and stomped on the ground saying, "Stupid, Stupid, stupid. How could you be so dumb? How hard is it to say 'Hi I was wondering if you're not too busy, we should go out sometime'? Everyone at the U of A can do it, what about you?" As Alan said this, a few of his colleagues were behind him as he said, "You're right behind me aren't you?" They nodded their heads and one of them said, "Trying to get a date?" Alan nodded and said, "I got one, but it was merely luck though. I don't even know what to talk about with her. Plus I said we'd have lunch at a restaurant I didn't even know existed and it's just been a weird day." One of the colleagues that was talking to him was tall and looked like Pierce Brosnan in a black tuxedo then put his arm on Alan's shoulder and said, "You know what you need? A nice game of pool at the billiard." Alan nodded and then said, "Why don't you guys go on ahead? I'll catch up in a few minutes okay?" The Pierce Brosnan look alike and the other colleagues nodded and then ran off to the right side of the building to the billiard's room. Alan then looked at his journal as he read the first line on the second page. It read: "Sometimes when your heart has a lot of tension, doubt, or anything troubling it, it can become vulnerable to attack by any foe, mastermind, or sick-minded people. It would be wise to always keep your heart focused and keep your goals as a big priority for you in any situation." Alan then put the journal away and then ran off towards the billiard room where his friends were waiting for him.
(Looks like Alan has himself a lot of stuff to deal with as well besides going to school and all that extra stuff. Also to put it simply as to what Aranse said about the five disasters, I basically took the major of all emotions that many people feel on a regular basis since envy, jealousy, greed, and lust are just a little too unrelated, that and the due fact that in KH, I saw if any those to be the main emotions they use for each character. The point I'm getting at is that these five disasters are the key stuff you should keep an eye out for in my story. I won't give too much away yet, but every time Alan 'completes' each component, a strange event (some unorthodox) will occur.)
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