By the way, Seto speaks in Latin sometimes. So, run a whole sentence through google translate. I made sure it works. And now, for the continuation of Flashback Land (6/14/16)! Wait! Sing the title to the tune of Ode to Joy. You may now read the chapter (6/25/16).
"Well that shouldn't be too hard because here I am."
Seto scowled at the man. He wore a blood red t-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and had fiery red hair. "My sister was a sorceress. My parents were sorcerers. I'm not. The magic just isn't in me. Heh, it's funny, they died ten years ago but I didn't mourn. I hated them. All they did was rub it in my face that I was normal. I was EXCLUDED! Sorry, pardon my yelling. It's just that all sorcerers are the same. Cold, heartless monsters that do what they want and push others away." He'd been slowly walking forward, and now he was at least three feet away from Sky and Seto.
"That's not true!"
"Ah, ah, ah! You'd better watch yourself, Sky! One wrong move from you seven humans or the three foreigners, and I push this button."
He pulled out a small remote trigger.
"What does it do? And why don't I get this obvious special treatment?" Seto spoke through gritted teeth.
"Oh, this? It opens capsules that I injected them with last night. It releases various potions that you keep in a vault. First, a poison that makes them feel like they're burning from the inside out. Then they go blind. Next, it feels like knives are being shoved into them, everywhere, all at once, and repeatedly. Finally, I found a little something called mortem potione, or a slow acting death. And the best part? You get to watch and live with your grief for one month before I kill you too!"
"You are a monster!"
"Thank you!"
Seto seemed horrified as the others were in shock and feared for their lives. However, a small yet evil smile grew on Seto's face as he began to laugh.
"What's so funny? You're friends are about to die!"
"You can threaten me all you want. You can attack me, kill me, or damage my property. I'm always fine. But there's one thing you never do."
Seto's eyes glowed a dark purple, matching the dark purple whisps violently swirling around his hands. The rubble also stirred at his feat. That combined with his voice deepening made Seto seem menacing, maybe even evil.
"A-and wh-what's that?"
The man was scared, which he was right to be.
"Nobody. Hurts. My. FRIENDS!"
And Seto lost control. He practically blasted into the air, causing the wind to pick up. With a small hand movement, the remote flew from the man's hands and in front of Seto. Seto moved his hand again and small capsules erupted from the arms of the team, the foreigners, and Seto, leaving small, bleeding holes from where they were. Seto looked down when he heard the cries of pain.
"Oh, shut up."
With another simple hand movement, the holes were healed and the capsules came up to him. He clenched his fist and the materials disintegrated in front of him. He then pointed at the man, who suddenly seemed unable to move.
"You! Veni ad me!" The man levitated towards him. "You think that you can make people destroy our base for false hope, crush me, and then try to kill my friends just because you hate me?! Vos fastidium me! Eum ligare!"
Dark purple bands appear around the man.
"Obstringere!"
The bonds tighten as the man cries out in pain.
"Mitto ego te ad vitam aeternam damnationem! Spero te et putredo in inferno!"
Before Seto can do who knows what to the man, Sky yells.
"Seto, STOP!"
Seto looks down, his face in a hate filled expression. He sees his friends. They're afraid. Everyone's afraid of him. They watch in fear as he tortures this man.
"I-I-" His eyes stop glowing and the wind dies down. "Rumpe vincula! Te mitto ad terram!" The man flinches but finds himself standing on the ground, free. Seto floats back down as well. The man looks at Seto, his face full of fear.
"What are you?"
"Sorry."
The man turns and runs from Seto and through the crowd. Seto looks up at the crowd and sees their fearful faces. Actually, the faces turn to those of hate, hate directed towards Seto. He turns away from the crowd and towards the rubble heap.
He holds out his hand. "Reædificas et innova!" The building then begins to repair itself. Cracks disappear and it looks just as it had before.
Seto turns towards the basically stunned team. His voice is monotone yet solemn and guilt ridden. His face also shows small signs of guilt, but not many. He wants to- no, needs to be completely emotionless now.
"You will find the building has been rebuilt to it's last point before it was destroyed, minus the bombs of course. I should never have used Dark Magic, but I let my emotions take over and blind me, causing me to forget my morals in favor of vengeance. That was wrong and I will endeavor to never let it happen again"
He turns toward the crowd.
"I am truly sorry for what I did, for what you had to see..."
They begin to yell insults, saying the man was right, that Seto is heartless. All they saw was destruction and a near death encounter. Worse yet, they saw Seto as the man who didn't care.
As the one doing the senseless killing.
With a sigh, Seto teleports back to his house.
Finally the End of the Journey Through Flashback Land
Seto's POV
"And that's pretty much why basically everyone started to really hate me."
"Seto…"
"Don't worry about it, I'm fine." By no means was I fine. I mean, I just recalled every detail of the lowest point in my life. It hurts. "I try to control my emotions for that reason. I don't want to hurt people. That's why they think I'm cold, because I try not to feel. If I do, who knows what could happen? Any way, although Dark Magic can be exhilarating, it hurts people and it's dangerous. That's why I don't use it. Well, I try not to."
"It's okay. Look at me." I look up. "It's okay now because you said everything got better three years ago."
"Well, not everything. As you saw, some people still hate me, but it's by no means as extreme as it once was." I let out a deep breath. "Okay, so three years ago…"
Flashback to Three Years Ago
It was twilight as Seto ran into the TC city base and pressed the emergency alert button. "Augendae mea vox!" Seto's voice then began to resound throughout the city. "Citizens of Buddertopia, we are all in danger. You must gather by the Team Crafted base. I need to tell all of you the problem." He dropped his voice down to a whisper "Silentium!" Seto watched from the roof as people began to gather outside of the building. The only reason they gathered was probably because they feared him more than they hated him. The insults were used to hide their fear and exploit their hate.
He then saw Sky and Ty enter. They called out his name as they looked for him, but Seto didn't answer. They finally found him on the roof and the two shared a look of worry. Sky then spoke.
"Hey, Seto, how's it going?"
"Not well." His voice was hard yet full of worry. He turned around. Sky and Ty were shocked. Seto had never looked more upset. It looked like he hadn't slept in days.
"No, I haven't slept in a while. Hang on. Evigilo! Implete mea potestatem!" Seto raised his hand up towards his face and purple whisps erupted from it. The bags disappeared from under his eyes and he stood up a little straighter. "Sorry, I haven't found time to do that."
Since Sky and Ty had come up, the rest of the team began to appear as well. Finally Quentin came up and Seto turned back towards the ledge. "Everyone seems to have gathered. Okay, so everyone in the city is poisoned."
Seto turned around to see shocked faces and hear noises of disbelief.
"How did this happen?"
"Um, well Ian…" He was uneasy about telling them this. "There was a leakage at my lab and it seeped into the ground. It was harmless, but then it came into contact with Zombies. The mixture then became an airborne poison that will permanently kill the infected in a week. The spill was six days ago. I've been working nonstop for five days, looking for a cure. I didn't tell anyone because mass panic would make this worse. In fact, the eight of us are the only ones who know."
Their faces had turned to expressions of horror.
"You found a cure, right?"
"Yeah, I did."
They were relieved.
"It's a massive spell that gathers the disease into a visible cloud which i will send into this bottle."
He pulled out a large potion bottle.
"However, it's strenuous, so please don't bother me and ensure the crowd stays calm."
He was met with nods. Sky walked forward and looked over the edge. He then began to yell in a rather assertive voice.
"People, we need you to stay calm. No matter what happens, stay calm and stay quiet. We need silence or this won't work." The crowd gave Sky their undivided attention. Not a sound was heard after he stopped speaking.
"You're up."
Seto nodded to Sky and he stepped forward. He flew up and positioned himself slightly away from the tower. He took a deep breath.
"I've got this." Seto took another deep breath and his eyes turned a bright purple. "Aufero virus! Planto virus visibilia!" Deep purple specs came out of everywhere and everyone. The people were surprised at first but stayed quiet as they watched in awe while Seto moved his arms around, controlling the direction of the poison. He was obviously struggling. His flight faltered occasionally. He actually seemed to be shaking. "Afferte ad me!" The poison manifested in a ball in front of Seto. He brushed his hand on his side, causing the bottle to come out in front of him. "Intrabit in utre!" The poison spiraled into the bottle. He began to struggle with the last word and closed his eyes. His eyes opened again and were an even brighter purple than before. "PROPE!" A seal appeared on the bottle and Seto moved his hand down. The bottle went into his endless pouch. He blinked and his eyes returned to normal. Seto turned around and gave a weak smile to his friends.
And then he fell.
The crowd watched on in horror and confusion while the team rushed to the ledge. Seto hit the ground with a resounding smack. He didn't move. No groan, no pixelation, no signs of respawn. There was nothing but silence. The team then sprinted down stairs and out of the base to gather around their fallen friend. He lay on his back, eyes closed, and mouth slightly open with some blood slowly trickling out of the corner. Bones were obviously broken or put out of place. The small group lowered their heads, knowing that he should have respawned. They began to back off, in order to face the crowd. Sky stepped forward and began to speak, hoping that whatever came out of his mouth next was as respectable and dignified as it should be.
"People of Buddertopia, our friend has fallen today. Seto sacrificed himself to save all of us. He pulled the poison out of us and the city to save us. We would've died tomorrow if it wasn't for him. I know that some of you dislike him, but Seto sacrificed himself to save us. I don't think that's what a cold, heartless sorcerer would do." He was met with soft clapping that slowly grew in volume. A few people still looked on in disgust towards the body, but Sky was happy. The people finally saw the real Seto. Just then, an ear piercing scream cut through all of the noise. The clapping instantly stopped. The scream had come from behind the team. They turned to see Seto, writhing in pain and breathing heavily.
"Sana me! SANA ME!"
Pops and snaps were emitted from his body as bones were moved and repaired. Once he appeared to be fine. Seto lay there, eyes open, taking deliberately slow breaths. Everyone else stood, frozen in their shock. Seto slowly stood up, but he began to fall. The two closest to him, Jason and Ty, caught and supported him as they walked towards the crowd. Seto looked at Sky.
"I-I did it?"
"Yeah, you saved us."
Sky then hugged Seto and the others joined in.
Through Seto's robes, Sky spoke in a playful, menacing, and sincere voice. "Don't ever leave us, okay? I'm the only one allowed to pull stupid and dangerous stunts."
In return, Seto's voice was weak. "I'm not going anywhere. It takes a lot more to kill a sorcerer."
The crowd then began cheering as, one by one, the team let go of Seto. He stood up, tall and proud. They finally accepted him. Well, most of them. There were a few obvious haters, but that was next to nothing compared to an entire city despising you.
We are Out of Flashback Land! Uh... Again!
Seto's POV
I let out a small smile at the fond memory.
"Seto, that's great! So the people like you now?"
"Well, most do but some don't. Also, I have come to the understanding that they all have varying levels of fear of me, so that's why they listen."
"It's still good, right?"
"Yeah, it's good."
She smiled brightly at me and I mirrored her.
"Alright, we've been standing here for almost a hour and never got your new glasses."
She blinked. "Let's do that."
"Yeah." We then went into the optometrist's office.
Yeah, definitely going to start writing longer chapters. Sorry about the repost. I just had to underline some Latin and tack on a sentence. All criticisms are welcome.