So far, about the OCs, I already know there's one winner, the rest... contemplating about it.
RebelWingsProduction97 = You must be really rich to be throwing oreos just like some sort of candy.
Shine Archetype = Do they? I don't think they do.
TheHerobrine = ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
MSLBRAWL = Is Kirito really that much of an influence to you?
Evilhunter439 = Not certain about it being... weekly.
The OC that I guaranteed would be one of the winners is female and by the looks of her profile... nah I wouldn't want to give away the surprise. So without further ado! Let the story begin!
Chapter 3: The Pyramid of Origins
"Jeez, she's awfully clingy." Chrome thought to himself as he part ways with Stella, his destination being the pyramid, "She's competent enough to be on her own so I guess that's not one of the reasons why she wants me to stick with her."
"Then again, I don't know how girls think." Chrome thought as he holds his chin, "Yeah, I think that's it." he placed his map and compass back inside his pack and continued onward, "Ah, cripes." Chrome swore as he felt hotter than usual as he unzips his jacket and wore it like a cape instead, the hood still on his head, "Okay, that's better."
"Whoa." Chrome was in awe as he saw the giant pyramid in front of him, "This place is huge! Better explore now just to save time." he then and went to look for the entrance almost finding it immediately due to the immense size of the entrance, "I wonder if this place has guards in it." he then went inside as darkness starts to thicken, "Ugh... where's the torch." Chrome thought checking his pack, "What the hell?! I don't have a single one!" he exclaimed as he's exploration was cut short.
"Dammit." Chrome said as he yawned and somehow it's second nature for him to close his right eye while doing so, "Whoa. My glowing eye acts as a light!" Chrome thought fascinated and excited that he's exploration is in progress once more. He looked at the strange symbols engraved on the walls of the hallway and even seeing pictures engraved to it as well, "If only I could understand this symbols." he then looked forward and saw shadows that moved away from the light of his eye, "Who goes there?!"
No one answered as Chrome became even more alert and vigilant with the knowledge of him not alone in this place. After walking through the hallway for twenty seconds he reached a large open area with mighty and towering columns holding the entire jagged roof of the place. He took note that the pyramid has five floors and each floor gets smaller and smaller. When he took a step and he then suddenly heard different kinds of moaning, the other one he could tell easily that it was a zombie's while the other seems to be too different to be one.
He is currently at the level of overly cautious and vigilant due to him being in the dark and as he could tell enemies is closing in on him, "Damn it, why do hostile mobs can see in the dark?!" Chrome thought as he tries to locate his enemies with the sound of moaning but it just seems to bounce everywhere, he instead circled around and definitely saw a few zombies, "Oh, the other type of moaning is coming from a mummy... How do I even know that it's a mummy?"
"I better stop asking myself questions, especially when I'm about to be beaten and eaten." Chrome thought as his left hand glowed blue like his eyes and he immediately took his sight at a zombie suddenly gripped his left hand crushing the undead immediately. While he did that he didn't notice a zombie nearing behind him and when he finally realized he was already in its grasped.
"Agh!" Chrome screamed as he struggles to get free, he then used his magic to make the zombie float and remove its gripped from him and he then slams his hand down causing the zombie to fall head first in front of him, the effect of this action has made the zombie's head popped to lots of disgusting pieces, "Eeh." Chrome emoted in disgust seeing the blood and brain parts on the floor and it all disappeared a second later. He then set his eyes with the rest of his enemies seeing three zombies and a mummy.
He couldn't afford to waste his energy using his magic so he checked his pack to see anything he could use and saw a large and thick stick, "This should do." he thought as he took it in his hands and immediately stood at a ready. He then beat the remaining zombies to rest and took his attention to the mummy but to his horror it was in striking range. He took a very painful blow from the mummy as he was sent flying towards a wall, he then slid down said wall and sat holding his guts, watching the mummy nearing him.
"Crap!" Chrome thought as he was breathing sporadically he then tried to close his right eye but it was no use he was too tired to use his magic, he then closed his left eye hoping to give it rest but he then felt power surge that only lasted a second, giving him curiosity and determination to continue. He then close his eyes and tried to steady his breathing and when it was steady enough he opened his left eye which glowed once more, he then look at his hand and he still has enough to use it. With that he gripped his left hand tight which crushed the mummy to rest and disappear in a small cloud of smoke.
Fire began appearing in the room, lighting the room he was in, he looked up and saw that the fire didn't appear in the rest of the floor, "Oh great... I guess I need... to clear the other... floors." Chrome said to himself having a bit of difficulty in breathing, "At least I'm safe enough to rest, thanks to the lighting. he then took out a piece of pork chop and ate it and decided to eat another one and slowly he felt getting better and better. Once he was at full health he then decided to take another look at the room.
He saw the same kind of symbols engraved on the walls together with pictures showing two guys floating above the world as if they're watching it, "Huh, interesting, they might be gods considering I could see that the people here worship them and even made temples to do so." Chrome thought as he placed his hand on the picture then suddenly he felt another surge of power once more, disappearing as fast as it made its presence known, "What is this feeling? It felt like I'm being roasted alive."
He then checked the middle of the room where there is a platform two blocks high and stairs surrounding it forming steps to reach the top, once he was there he felt the surge of power once more and this time it didn't disappear immediately, it lingered causing him so much pain. After ten seconds of agonizing pain a four by four hole appeared under him making him fall at a great height of twenty blocks, fortunately for him, he fell on a four by four by four pool of water.
He swam up immediately breathing in the air as he felt his right eye burning but the rest of his body is fine, "Ugh, this is irritating me beyond reason!" Chrome thought but he saw nothing due to darkness but then a single lone fire appeared at the corner of the room, "Well isn't that convenient?" he thought once more as he got out of the water, as he was soaked to the bones (no puns intended). He looked up and saw the hole he fell from knowing he couldn't escape that way.
"Now how could I get out of this place?" Chrome thought once more as he sat down thinking of a solution, however, by doing so, he didn't notice the rapidly appearing balls of fire in the room as it all began circling faster and faster around Chrome. When he finally noticed the balls of fire already went towards him at frightening speed and it struck him, setting him in agonizing fire. He screamed as he felt his skin being burnt to a crisp but doesn't see it happening, "What the hell is going on?!"
Another ten seconds had passed as the burning sensation disappeared and the lights went off. He opened his eyes and saw that his left eye is glowing even though he's right eye is open, he notice as well that there's another light coming from it and it was different colored, it was yellow, he then checked his right hand and saw it was glowing yellow as well, "Huh? Interesting, I wonder what this new found power can do." Chrome said to himself as he inspects his right hand and left hand while being irritated that there's two different colored lights in front of him caused by his eyes.
He then stretched his right hand forward and suddenly a stream of yellow went towards a wall, he then checked the stream to see it act like a hybrid of rope and rubber, he then pulled which pulls him towards the wall, "Whoa!" he exclaimed examining his right hand once more, he then thought of the idea and use it on the hole he fell from. He did so and he sling shot forward but he was stuck there, he then shot another and was surprised nothing came out but instead his body was forced towards the desired direction and was about to fall but with quick thinking he made his hands dig inside wall as the aura made sharp claws around his hand, allowing him to accomplish the feat.
"This power is a bit too chaotic." Chrome noted about his new found power, "But it appears it's more on utility rather than offensive or defensive." he then imagined a rope once more and then he shot his right hand upward which a stream of yellow shot towards the ceiling of the building, he then pulled downwards causing him to get a lift out of the pit. He then swings a bit to get off and finally reached the floor where he fell from, "What time is it anyways?" Chrome thought checking his clock while drinking a bottle of water, once he saw the time he almost choked and spat the water out.
"Ah cripes!" he swore as it's about to be night time, "She's gonna kill me if I break my promise!" he then ran back to where he came in and when he was now out of the pyramid, "I don't think two hours would even be enough to get me to the village. Time to test this out to the fullest." Chrome thought as he tried to activate his right side magic but nothing happened, "Huh?" Chrome then closed his left eye as his right eye and his right hand began glowing yellow, "I don't think Yellow String would reach that far."
He then thought of something, "If I could use my magic with my hands then that means I could use my feet as well." he hypothesized as he then concentrated and just as he thought his right foot began glowing, he then imagined himself dashing at a very fast pace and when he moved he immediately dashed five blocks from where he stood, "Let's go!" he shouted as he continued dashing through the plains making a supposedly three hour journey into a five minute jog as the village is just on the horizon, however, it was night and he saw it was being attacked.
He also saw Stella about to get pounced on but he used his left side magic to stop it, he then dashed in between Stella and the spider, "Remember, princess" he gripped his left hand crushing the arachnid, "I am your guardian and I won't let anyone or anything hurt you." He then turned around and relief flooding him seeing her without a single scratch on her, "Please let me handle them all."
"Like them for instance!" he reached out his right hand as a stream of yellow shot out and he was immediately pulled in towards the middle of a large group of monster, he then used his left hand and smacks it on the floor, crushing the monsters instantly, "Let's go, I'll give you all a very bad time!" he said with a scowl as he started clearing the enemies on the roof which is full of spiders.
However an arrow flew towards his back which hurts a lot and he looked to see that a skeleton riding a spider was the culprit and it shot another arrow, hitting him on five inches below his heart. Chrome answered the aggressive act by using Yellow String and hooked it to the skeleton and he used his left side magic to crush the arachnid. Chrome then pulled the skeleton to him and he powered right hook causing it's skull to fly away from its body killing it instantly, "Hm... It didn't hurt." Chrome paused from his killing spree then he continue on hearing hisses, lots of it.
He then looked down and saw dozens of creepers about to explode on the villagers but he didn't let them as he used his left side magic to lift them twenty blocks high and crushing them, making them drop lots of gunpowder.
"I've dealt with the pests!" Chrome shouted at the villagers, "Deal with the rest of the zombies while I deal with the skeletons!" he shouted as he immediately dashed to the nearest skeleton and started giving powered punches at them killing them almost instantly. One by one the hostile mobs falls as the entire village would see the morning rise up once more, preventing any from spawning. Chrome fell unconscious due to blood lost and fell down darkness filling his vision.
When he started to wake up, his vision blurry stacked to his already blurry vision, "Ugh... Where are my glasses?" Chrome thought as he instinctively reached out with his left hand and felt a wooden surface, he then tries to search more and there, he found his glasses. He wore it and slowly but surely his vision is starting to come back to him and once he was able to see he immediately saw Stella sitting on a chair and had her head resting on the bed. He looked down and saw he was half-naked if you don't consider bandages wrapped around his wounds clothes. He then looked at Stella, seeing her wearing his jacket like a cape.
He sat upright but grunted in the process and this action caused Stella to stir and woke up, she saw that he's sitting upright and immediately stood up trying to push Chrome back down, "You're still injured! Take a rest and lie down!" she exclaimed as she finally pushed Chrome back down.
"T-thanks for being gentle." Chrome said with sarcasm as he lied back down, "What's with your right eye and hand and even your feet glowing yellow? Is it supposed to be blue instead?" Stella began the interrogation, "I don't know..." Chrome said holding his right eye, "I just stumbled upon it when I went to the pyramid."
"Did anything happen there?" Stella asked a bit worried, "Um no. If I told her what happened to me back there, she'll never let me explore on my own, ever, again!" Chrome thought sweat dropping, "I got a question myself, princess." Chrome said as Stella immediately placed her hands on her hips and her peeved expression showing, "I thought I told you to... CALL ME BY MY REAL NAME!" Stella shouted as Chrome's body immediately became erratic as his ears rang.
"Alright, alright, stop shouting, woman." Chrome said as he picked his ears, "I'LL STOP SHOUTING WHEN YOU STOP CALLING ME PRINCESS!" Stella yet again shouted but Chrome was prepared as he used the pillow to muffle the sound, "Alright, 'Stella', how long was I out?" Chrome asked, "Hmph! You were out for two days." Stella replied with her crossing her arms together and looking away with her cheeks puffed up, "T-two days?!" Chrome exclaimed, "That means... you need a bath." Stella said and blushed as soon as Chrome reacted by looking at her like she was planning something, "W-what are you looking at?!"
"N-nothing! Just the moon." Chrome blushed immediately as he got under the sheet and covered himself, "W-what?" Stella asked a bit confused and when she looked at the mirror, she was slowly realizing what Chrome meant. When she finally realized it, she blushed profusely and had her hands on her lap and looking away from Chrome but strangely, she was happy about the indirect compliment and had her heart beating rather fast. When her heart beat slowed down she then looked at Chrome who had his hair appearing on top of the sheet.
"C-Chrome." Stella called to him as he slowly pulled the sheet down just for his eyes to show, "In my state of panic... I never noticed that he was so... W-what am I thinking?!" Stella thought as she shook her head, "Y-yes?" Chrome said as he pulled the covers enough that his entire head is showing, "Thank you... for saving the village... and me." Stella said with a smile, "No problem... !" Chrome immediately went rigid as Stella gave him a kiss on the forehead, "W-why d-did you do that?!" he blushed as he hid himself once more with the sheet.
"Why?" Stella repeated as she giggled, "It's your reward, silly. I couldn't just let you do good without being rewarded."
"I didn't plan to get a reward." Chrome stated, "Just by doing what I think is the right thing to do." he then uncovered his head once more seeing the ever smiling princess, "Ah, that makes you even more eligible to receive a reward." the princess stated as Chrome kicked the sheet away which surprised her, "Where do you think you're going?!" she said as she placed her hands on her hips, "Standing up." Chrome replied nonchalantly as he gripped the bandage wrapped around him, he then removed it slowly which shocked the princess.
"He already healed from two deep wounds?!" Stella exclaimed in her head, "He's also kind of..." Stella immediately shook his head removing any naughty thoughts about Chrome, "I should have at least two scars... Hm..." Chrome thought for a while as he wants to get out of here now, "Where's my clothes?" Chrome asked Stella as she was a bit surprised since she was deep in thought, "Eh? Oh, your clothes? It's over there." Stella pointed to a hanging rack which his white t-shirt is hanged upon.
He walked towards it and wore it after doing so he stretches his hand out to Stella, "Eh?" Stella looked at Chrome then to his hands, "My jacket." Chrome stated, "Oh, here." Stella said feeling a bit stupid that she didn't get what he meant immediately. Chrome wore it once more and zipped up the zipper, "I'm heading out, I need to take a bath." Chrome stated as Stella suggested something, "You could use Elizabeth's bathroom."
"Nah, I'll just find a river." Chrome said, "You don't want to use her bathroom?" Stella asked, "Yes, I don't want to use her bathroom, I might see something over there that I wasn't supposed to see." Chrome stated as she immediately got what he was saying as she nodded, "Alright, be careful."
"It's not night, is it?" Chrome asked as he headed out, he met Elizabeth and thanked her and her father for taking care of his injuries as they just said that it's okay, "Would you like to eat first before heading out?" Elizabeth asked politely, "Can I?" Chrome asked shy about this type of things, "Of course you can! You help saved the village, it's the least I could do to repay you." Elizabeth stated with a smile as she gave a plate of breakfast for him to eat, "T-thank you."
"Oh my, you're eating too many! I guess that would happen if you haven't eaten for two days." Elizabeth giggled as Chrome shyly looked at her then went back to eating, "Here, you might need to wash it down." she gave Chrome a big glass of water as he gingerly took it from her hand and drank it all up, "I've never seen anyone with a bigger appetite than yours before."
"Hehe, this is what would happen if I use too much of my magic." Chrome laughed awkwardly, "Thank you for the meal, I'll be heading out now."
"Awe, stay for a while, we never had a human visitor before, since the village is located deep in Mob Kingdoms' territory." Elizabeth stated, "I just need to stretch my leg." Chrome said as he went out, "I wonder what took Stella too long to get down stairs?" Chrome asked himself as he used Quickstep to get back home and get to the river. He took a bath but can't shake the feeling that he's being watched, he just took a bath as fast as possible and once he was done he wore his clothes again and immediately use Quickstep back to the village.
"Hey, Chrome!" Stella called out waving her arm at him, "You're already finished taking a bath?"
"Yeah." Chrome said as he placed his hand inside his pocket, "Stella, we need to talk about something."
"What is it?" Stella asked as she walked closer to Chrome, "Remember the pyramid I mentioned?" Chrome asked to Stella as she nods, "Well for whatever reason, something is telling me that I need to go back there." Chrome said as Stella grabbed his arm once more, "You're not going back there." Stella said dangerously serious about it, "I need to go back there, some force is compelling me to." Chrome reasoned as Stella sighed knowing that they both are stubborn, "Alright, you can go but you'll have to bring me along."
"It's- uh..." Chrome was about to reason but she saw Stella's very fierce and dangerous look plastered to her face, "Okay then, we'll have a day to prepare." Chrome stated as Stella nodded and sighed in victory as she went ahead and prepares while Chrome on the other hand is experimenting with his magic some more. Not noticing that he's power is growing more and more powerful, the more he uses it and the more he practices it.
Alright, that's the end of this chapter. Now if you don't know, I am accepting only three OCs with a twist, you'll have to make your own OC form to describe the OC you sent me. You have to send your OC via Private Messaging and there's a few rules about this which is all listed in my profile, do check out my profile if you plan to send an OC for this story. Oh also... good luck!
Thank you for reading and I hope you have a pleasant Day/Night! :D
I might as well just list down the names of Chrome's magic.
Left Eye/Lock-On System = Allows him to use Forcing Will on anyone or anything.
Left Hand/Forcing Will = Allows him to control and manipulate anything or anyone.
Left Foot/Rooted Tree = Allows him to stand on any surface which allows him to do feats such as walking on walls and ceilings.
Right Eye/Target System = Allows him to aim Yellow Strings.
Right Hand/Yellow Strings = Allows him to fire out a stream of yellow energy that acts like a hybrid of rope and rubber.
Right Hand/ Iron Fist = Allows his hand to be tougher than steel and produce an energy claw sharper than a newly brandished sword.
Right Foot/Quickstep = Allows him to dash up to five blocks.