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sigh*

So... where to start?

oh right, i should introduce myself.

my name is Adam... Adam Mcgrath.

in case your wondering... yes, im human.

and you know something...

life... can be a real pain in the neck...

it has so many suprises for just one person, or fate has a really twisted sense of humor and has it against me. but above all else everything is perfect, everything is just... fine.

...

...

but...

just a little detail thats making me question a 'few' things...

and just for a cover up... on whats going on...

1:

"AAHHHHHHHH!"

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Why am i screaming while running? And also, why am i carrying a beautiful naked dark elf?

crazy right?

2:

"GET BACK HERE YOU PUNK!!"

Why are power, hungry... lustful looking mercinaries and ogres... wait... orcs maybe? eh what the heck just call them whatever you want.

point is, why are they chasing me?

and finally...

3:

how did this all happen anyway?

why dont we go back to how things started, cool? ok.

REWIND!

Sound tape rewind*

A few hours earlier...

New york city, the center of the universe as people refer to but i just see it as the most popular city in the world. given its nature from famous tv shows to movies, and above all other things. (mostly marvel)

But im not gonna focus on that for now.

As for me i'm home, sprangled around my bed in my own apartment. i should describe myself as a normal teenager with black hair, not much but a fairly good pyshique, and also a scar over my left cheek. today was practically like any other day, except...

RRRRRIIIIIINNNNNGGGGG!!!!

"AH! oof!"

Falling off my bed and right on my face, should've known that would happen cause i have to go to school but really, i mean, its just two days till the weekend and i still have to endure it. i lift my head to look at the clock...

sigh* "guess i should get up now" looking around the room. "maybe it gives me time to eat breakfast and play a little."

Did i forget to mention im an awesome gamer. i mean ive been in a few gaming tournaments and some of them i came out on top, mostly, but above all that there's one game in specific that i love and cherish the most...

Skylanders.

My very first game i played since i was a kid. it was given to me by my parents when it was my birthday a few years back. at first i didn't really much get it, since i had to use figurines to play the characters, as well as the gaming consoles since it was an Xbox, but eventually i loved it. my first game was "spyros adventure", then "Giants", "Swapforce", "Trap team", "Superchargers", and finally "Creators".

And because of it i managed to get all of the figures at a record pace, including the supercharged cars and sensei's, it became an obsession.

Before getting out of my room, i put on a grey shirt over my blue zip up hoodie and has a logo of star trek, putting on some blue jeans not to tight or to baggy, also putting on black converse shoes, and as for accesories i put on a brown wrist watch on my left wrist, and to my right wrist a black wristband. Before walking over to the living, i go and grab a bowl and a box of cheerios. but before sitting i look over a photo... a family...

My family...

And back to the reason as to why i cherished that game, it was not because It was popular... but because it was the last thing my parents left me... before when they passed away.

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I'm sorry, i'm getting a bit sentimental here, i need to hurry or else ill be late, gaming can wait till later. Rushing out from the apartment and towards school.

geez, can something new happen for a change? thats all i'm asking.

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Maybe i was asking a little too soon.

Location: Unknown...

"Please... Help...

Within a Dark cell deep inside, A woman of unrivaled Beauty and knowledge...

a woman of great authority...

But now...

Broken... Tortured... raped... humiliated...

Mentally and physically...

all hope lost...

but enough sanity, to make one prayer...

a prayer for a miracle...

"My home... my friends... my people...

all of it... gone... reduced to rubble...

now an endless nightmare... Please...

i beg of you... anyone... help me... help... us... "

Location: Earth, new york

*sigh*

"What a drag, i tell ya"

arriving a few minutes later to school, time flew pretty quick. School rings for the end of the day, and Walking through the hallways and towards my locker only to put in a few books to leave it in for later but when i close it, i came face to face with my two best friends.

Cole, cool dude and also my gaming buddy. he's african american, and also likes playing 'halo'.

as for my other friend laura, Shes a writer and sometimes a gamer.

"Hey man hows it hangin?" Cole responds

"Cool bro" both cole and adam fist bump and then turns to laura "what about you laura what are you up to?"

"oh nothing much, but for the record im goin to The NYC Anime convention, and im gonna go dress as... drum roll please... Nezuko!" Being the hyperactive she is, oh it definitely fits her personality. "so what do ya think?"

but before i could respond...

"Really? nezuko? couldn't you choose someone else?" of course, Cole had to butt in. "im mean nezuko is cool in all but couldn't other characters like uhhh... Zero two or sakura or even wednesday."

"ok first off, nezuko is cute and i like her, and second wednesday is at another convention im going in the anime convention, am i clear?" huh, cute she made a pouty face.

"yeah yeah whatever you say" cole just waved it off like nothing. "since im going anyways"

"figured as much" what will i go as? i dont know. i was brought back when laura spoke to me. "and what about you? do you plan on cosplaying?"

hmmm... maybe i could as luffy, Gintama or tanjiro so i could be buddy with laura, i dont know, or maybe ichigo from bleach? i shook my head showing i dont want to go dressed up.

"nah im cool, ill just go and buy some stuff from there"

"Really?" she seemed suprised by my answer and reluctantly nodded in understanding. "ok, suit yourself then, Well ill go home now and get my costume ready" She ran off at the opposite but before she waved us off, "See ya fellas!"

Wow quite the energetic one.

"So, ready to go?" looking at cole as he ponders the question for a bit and answers...

"Sure, got nothing else better to do"

"Great lets go or else laura is gonna bite our heads off"

ngh. i think i felt a disturbance in the force.

...

hours later, before going we went to buy something to eat so we dont starve to death, and then Cole and i arrived at the convention.

and boy it is packed!

there are so many anime stands and costumes out there like jotaro, naruto, ains, Goku that suprisingly a really well built guy fit its form, nami, rengoku, Erin and all sorts of anime fans. mostly some of them are Otakus of sorts but i prefer to be a fan than an anime freak, ill keep that comment to myself just to be safe.

but then my thoughts were cut off by someone...

"Hey guys!"

yup, sweet ol laura

we both turn back to the direction of the yelling, and wow... Laura got her costume at the very finest detail. the hair, the bamboo in her mouth, though she has the strap dangling around her neck, the contacts, and her kimono.

man she is really dedicated to her fanatisms, but before we could comment she ran towards us and stood there and made herself spin to showoff her costume.

"Sooo... how do i look?"

"Wow... you look like the real thing. but knowing you, you always manage get every single detail out without a problem" Praising her mightve upped her ego just a bit when she puffed up her chest.

"mhmm, I take pride in my creations." yeah pride isnt the word im looking for. but hey its lauras idea and i cant complain. "So shall we begin our quest for knowledge and treasures, who's with me?" She pumps her fist in the air and so did we.

"Yes ma'am" cole and i said in unison.

and so together we paced around the convention and looking at all sorts of accesories including other people in their costomes and mostly laura being asked for a picture of her costume. a few minutes passed and we bought all sorts of stuff, laura bought herself a plastic made RWBY Sycthe, Cole got himself a kingdom Hearts keyblade with highlights and as for me i got Yuya sakakis goggles from the 'Yugioh Arc V' series. Currently we were at a stand while Laura and cole looked at some action figures i went to look at some anime posters.

"What!? 300 Dollars!? just for the strelitzia figure!?" Ok, maybe that price was exaggerated but he didnt have to scream it out loud, looking back at him without seeing that i was holding on to a poster, now hes just crying. "*sniff* I cant believe it *sniff* my savings *sniff* i just cant." if you cant buy it just leave, even laura is trying to conmfort him.

"Well if you cant buy it then dont buy it and besides try to find something affordable for once." My thoughts exactly laura, thank you. Geez this guy really wants to waste his money that badly.

chuckle*

i cant help but find it amusing. taking a glance back at the vast amount of posters but man why stack it up in a pile? Choice of client? eh, who cares.

i start mumbling to myself on what i want, "maybe i could get the bleach poster... or maybe inuyasha, nah too old school, hmmm what else is good... maybe-"

"Help... "

"you say something laura?" i asked her since the sudden voice i heard was feminene but she looked at me confused.

"i... didnt say anything"

what?

"Cole?" turning my head towards him but he gives a No answer.

Weird, did i imagine that? Or maybe it was just someo-

"help... us..."

...

...

Ok... either im losing my mind or did playing to much is starting to make me hear things. but before i could think further...

"Hey dude, are you really interested in that?" Huh? interested in what? what is he talking about?

"What?"

"i mean that" he points at the stack i was searching through.

i look first at the poster in my hand, which is that of MHA, and look back down at the stack was a poster of one anime in particular...

and one im not very fond of...

...

Kuroinu.

"Your kidding right?" i look deadpan at my friend, "Do you honestly think im into that sort of stuff."

"Sorry, But... you just kept staring at it so i just assumed."

"Assumed?" i raised my eyebrow with annoyance.

but before this discussion could escalate...

"Guys what are you arguing about?" well thank god laura was here.

"Nothing, just that adam here was looking at a specific poster." Cole... why you little-

"Really? Which one?"

"this one" i point out at the stack before me, but when she came over and saw the poster she inmmediatly frowned at what she saw, so she knows. "im guessing, you know this anime."

"tsk, Who doesnt? its one the most, if not, the most sick and twisted anime there is" she had a very mad demeanor and i cant blame her. "i mean, did the author have some sort sick perverted fantasy that made him write this, its unbelievable." Ending her sentence with crossing her arms.

"She's right ya know, but it mostly gives men a really bad reputation i tell you." i had to agree with him there, of course this hentai anime gives us guys a bad name making all girls think we're like vault and his minions. "Even so it has a really dark ending and worst for the girls."

"Id agree with that... " looking back at the poster, seeing how each of those girls had to suffer such a twisted ending.

"you ok?" laura asked me looking at my expression.

"its just... *sigh* i know their just characters in some sick fantasy world, but i just can't help feel... pity and mostly... pissed off." With me realizing it I scrunched my eyebrows and started to clench my fists.

"I totally get it but their just fictional character's, What's there to do?" he's not wrong there.

"i know but... its just not fair. They all ended up with a cruel fate and... no one did anything to help them" i felt and hand on my shoulder, looking over i saw laura a sympathetic look but i just looked back down. "If i just had a chance..."

"And there it is, your sense of justice, not suprising but yet understandable" My what?

"My sense of justice?" i asked looking back at cole with a raised eyebrow.

"Dude i know you, your always one to jump in and help others without hesistation or a reward" Really? is that how my friends see me?

"Huh... i never thought of that" i just rubbed my neck sheepishly. "i guess ive been watching too many hero movies." Mostly marvel cause it has moral lessons that help people...

...

ok maaaybe a bit of DC.

"Yeah! and if i had that chance id pummel vault into a bloody pulp and show him real women power!" Yeesh, get a grip on yourself laura or you'll pop a vein. "But... i trust you more with that adam since you have the traits of a hero" Wow... just wow.

"oh you flatter me, but your right on one thing if i had that chance id take it." i look at them and see them smile at my determination, i guess i really have a sense of justice... But first...

GROOOWL!

"So anyone up for some lunch?" i rub my belly signaling that its for a break. "My treat, any suggestions?"

"Pizza"

"KFC"

"No, pizza!"

"and i say KFC!"

"oh yeah, i call dibs on Pizza!"

"and i call dibs on KFC!"

And there they go again. if sweatdropping was possible than it would be in these kind of moments.

hehehe... Cant be helped, thats just who they are. and right now i just feel people looking at me and my friends *sigh* now this is just embarrassing...

...

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But i didnt realize, someone was looking at me and only me...

...

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"I have found you... at long last...

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"...My champion."

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in the end we came to conclusión... and that conclusion almost lead to cole trying to strangle me to death since i chose lauras idea of pizza instead of cole's Chicken, he can get it anytime soon so i dont see why he's complaining about it.

After a while of eating, mostly hearing cole being angry at me, we decided to hang around for a bit longer in the convention and finally go to the arcade. But after a while it was getting late so we said our goodbyes to one another, i had to watch them leave in the distance...

they seem like they could be a good couple...

but why do i get the feeling... i wont see them again...

weird.

but i guess its just natural when one has good Friends like them. After a few minutes of walking it was pretty dark but not dark enough to see, I then made it to my door step and opening the door but when entering...

My house just felt... empty.

Sighing at that fact i just walk up to the couch throwing my bag and slumping on it. With the goggles over my head i put them on and i try to put myself in 'yuya's' place when he thought about his problems, in one lense i could see the blue star and the other was just clean... i guess he thought of a lot of things but his problems are different than mine. Deciding to put them back over my head i walk up to the televisión and turn it on, as well as my Xbox, grabbing the console and sitting back at the couch, just to play a little and obviously it was my favorite.

But playing it made me feel nostalgic, remembering how my parents taught me how to play and when dad and i played together we were an unstoppable duo.

"Good times, good times" Tightning my grip on the console, while being careful not to break it.

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Playing for a while, i was replaying the 'Superchargers' game at the level with the arrogant so called god of thunder, cheap knockoff if you ask me. Kind of figured id get rusty but in the end im pretty good at it, whatever the case im glad that i-

"Help... "

...

...

What... the... heck?

"Save... "

I... Knew it! I wasnt just imagining it! But how? and who?

i start to look around my house just to see whats going on and why? maybe a spector? poltergeist?

Shivers*

i think i just got the shivers for thinking its a ghost... *cough* but seriously though...

"Help... us... "

where is that coming from?

and why does it sound... feminene?

"Help... me... "

wait, Wasnt it just saying 'us'? why the 'me' now? and what does it mean?

"Hello? If your there come out?" Standing up from the couch i glance around to see any signs of any of the paranormal. "Ok... dont worry im not gonna call the ghost busters... yet, they dont even exist anyway's" mumbling the last part.

But before i could think further I saw... my controller floating? ok definitely a poltergeist but then my tv, My coffee table, the couch, everything and... Even Me!? Oh man, i think i made the ghost mad, Really mad!

"Ok ummm... ghost, uh Ghosty? listen im sorry i didnt mean to offend you or anything i just wanted to talk ok" I was pretty scared at the moment, i didnt even know what the hell i did to make the ghost angry.

But then the unexcpected happened... i was suddenly glowing.

huh?

that was the only thought in my head for this sort of event, and before i could commenty body glowed brighter blinding me... but all i felt was very soothing almost as if... i was... dead.

Opening my eyes i could see my hands and my body but... everything else was pitch black and i was floating...

I guess this i supposed to be the... after life?

"No it is not"

"Oh, thanks for tellin-"

...

Hm? did i hear that? blinking my eyes just in case im not just hearing things... again. Hold on...

"uhhhh hi there" Really!? thats the only thing up to come up with, 'hi there'? geez, my social skills are bad... and i mean really bad.

"Not to worry, your concerns are much appreciated, young Mcgrath"

Oh thank god.

"Sorry about that, i guess i just-" i just realized something... my name. "Hey, no disrespect but how did you know my name? and most of all where are you?" To stare at nothing but infinte darkness is starting to get annoying.

but then i heard... giggling? but it sounds... cute.

"I guess i owe you an explanation"

then out of nowhere a bright orb of light appeared blinding me slightly but i could make put something... or better yet someone... a silohuette.

but when the light dissipated...

...

How?

How is this possible?

those were the only questions in my head as to seeing the person before me...

a curvaceous body...

large assets... very unnatural assets...

very revealing clothing... thank god i'm not a pervert mind you...

blond hair...

green eyes... huh, guess they look like emreralds...

and...

pointy ears!!

"Ce-Ce- Celestine!?" Oh My God!? literally speaking.

"I see you recognize this form or bettter the person in question." that smile of hers, just shot an arrow at my heart.

"Know? Know!? everyone literally knows who you are! and not just from japan bu-" Huh? did she say... 'this form'? "Wait? what did you mean by 'this form'?" She looks at my puzzled face she just giggles.

"Forgive me, but i took this form to make myself presentable and... to give you a brief idea of who i am." ok now shes just messing with me or is she just playing riddles now? "the only clue clue i can give you is that this person... was my vessal."

'Was' her Vessal? wait hold on a minute... i look away to think for a minute crossing my arms and closing my eyes.

"Celestine? check, not the so called real thing but close enough... Goddess of reincarnation, that she is... An elf, no wait, correction high elf... but a vessal? a vessal to who?... " Pondering on the thought maybe high elfs could be considered gods given their long life spans... but a vessal?... hmmm...

Tick tock, tick tock*

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Ding*

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"Goddess..."

that was the keyword... my eyes shot wide open at the answer, slowly turning my head towards 'Celestine' seeing her up front she had a small smirk on her face... Bet you ten bucks She's taunting me.

Giggle* "Guess i should tell you, i already won that bet"

"What the?" How did she-

Cough* "Well i guess introductions are in order..." I see her then walk up to me closing the gap in between us, but not too close though, closing her eyes and raising her hands in front of her clasping them as if making a prayer, but did she have to really press it on her chest. "I... am the one who see's all, I am a deity of knowledge..." She slowly opens her eyes, seeing them is really breathtaking, once opening them completly... "I am the goddess... Larentia."

Her smile radiating as if shes the sun herself...

but as for me...

O_O

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Eh?

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EEEHHHHHH!?

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This may have not been how i got in the situation i'm in, but im getting there...

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But what i can say its that this... is the beginning to an unforgettable journey...

one i hope to survive.

Preview:

Hold up... Eostia is real!?

How am i going to handle all of this... But best of all... I got The powers of Skylands!

And now a portal master!

Next Chapter: Arrival... New hope!