A/N: Not many people expected this happening, so I'm pretty excited on how it turned out. I hope you guys will enjoy this!
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Fire turtle: Didn't know you used text-to-speech to write reviews. Depends on if I enjoyed writing the characters. Probably not going to get an extra form, Zero has enough forms planned. Like Peanut Butter and Chocolate. You'll have to wait to see what happens, and how. No need for a Palisman, Zero may or may not use a Galdorstone, I'm not sure. Save, Restore, and Heal will be secrets, once again. This isn't an AU, dw. You'll know if it's an AU.
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I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANY PERSONS, PLACES, OR THINGS, EXCEPT ZERO, AND THE HOSHIGAN. IF I DID, THIS WOULD BE AN ANIME.
Misgendered the MC Counter: 7
Words
'Thoughts'
"Speech"
"Whispering"
"~Singing~"
"Threatening/Serious"
"SHOUTING"
""Multiple People Talking""
[SYSTEM]
"[TELEPATHY]"
{[System Admin]}
{Skill/Item/Title/Achievement/etc.}
"*{[HIGHER BEING/ENTITY]}*"
The Boiling Isles is a very strange place. I've been here for a week, and I've experienced how terrible the living conditions around here are. The foliage is colored like someone tried to describe autumn to a blind person, and the weather is unforgiving. I actually looked at one of those "Painbows", and it did exactly what they said it would do. I got hurt so bad that I got a Zenkai from it.
[Name: Zero Nigiro]
[Age: 18]
[Race: Elite Saiyan/Elder Namekian]
[LVL: 53]
[Title: Plagiarist III]
[HP: 40,000/40,000]
[MP: 60,000/60,000 (+100% Max MP due to Elder Namekian Race)]
[AP: 40,000/40,000]
[STR: 200]
[DEX: 200]
[AGI: 220]
[CHA: 200]
[INT: 200]
[WIS: 200]
[LCK: 800]
Skill Points: 198
Wallet: $187,751,943.77
After packing up my food and throwing it into my inventory, I fly up again, and look around the area. I notice a town, and land on the outskirts. I quickly go into the MV shop, and search for a cloak. I find one, buy it, and equip it.
{Cloak of Hiding} {Cloak} (Makes people have a 70% harder time noticing you.)
I walk right into the town, as many different kinds of people walk by me. Some creatures, some people, most of which I don't recognize.
Until I do.
Walking through the market, I notice a crowd clamoring over what seems to be a TV, with each of them shouting prices at the vendor lady. Strangely enough, she seems to be taking all the money that's being handed to her while talking to a fourteen-year old girl, with nobody actually taking the TV. I recognize these two before quickly casting Observe on the both of them.
[Edalyn Clawthorne]
[The Wild Owl Lady]
[Level 63]
[Luz Noceda]
[A Human in Wonderland]
[Level 6]
I go to approach them, but one of the guards approaches them instead, causing the crowd to flee.
"Eda the Owl Lady! You're wanted for Misuse of Magic, and Demonic Misdemeanors!" The Guard bellows. "You are hereby ordered to come with me to the Conformatorium!"
"Woah, Witch Criminal." Luz whispers.
"Will you guys quit following me around? I haven't done squat." Eda says, crossing her arms and looking to the side.
"And you're coming too, for Fraternizing with a criminal!" The guard says, picking up Luz by the hood
"What?! That's not cool!" Luz says, hugging her legs to her arms. I decide enough is enough, and decide to intervene. I activate the Mystic Arts, and use it to wrap up the guard. The Guard drops Luz on her behind, and struggles to get out.
"Ow…" Luz groans, hitting her tailbone. She looks over at me, as her eyes sparkle upon seeing me. "Woah… Mysterious Hooded Figure…"
I sigh at that slightly, as a notification pops up in front of me.
[Quest Challenge (Optional)]
[Complete The Quest; "Into the Thick of It", only using the {Mystic Arts} Skill.}
[Reward: +50 Levels to {Mystic Arts}, Time Stone.]
[Failure: N/A]
[Note: This Quest has been Auto Accepted. If you go outside the limits of this challenge, you automatically fail.]
I quickly send a message to the Admins, asking If I'm allowed to use Transformation Skills and Booster Skills, and what's fair game.
{[Transformation Skills are Allowed. Any Skills you Learn are Allowed. Any Skills you Buy from the Shop are Not Allowed. You are allowed to pick 8 Non-Transformation Skills for this Challenge. Choose Wisely.]}
I quickly pick my eight skills, and continue with what I'm doing.
[{Meditation}, {Parallel Thought}, {Superspeed}, {Bestow Skill}, {Gluttony}, {Esuna}, {Limitless}, and {Hoshigan} Chosen.]
"You two need to get out of here. I'll catch up with you later." I say, equipping the Supreme Sling Ring and making a portal, before dropping the guard in the Emperor's Chambers.
A bunch of other guards appear, as I do the same to them all, making a pile in the Emperor's chambers. Suddenly, Lillith Clawthorne bursts into the room and notices the guards dropping through the portal. She tries to jump through it after me, but I close it before she can. I'm pretty sure she got a good look at my face, judging by the expression I'd seen on her face.
I use the sling ring to appear in front of the Owl House, showing up just a few seconds before Eda and Luz do.
"How did you get here before us? You were all the way in the town!" Eda says, surprised at how fast I'd arrived. She puts her hands on her hips and looks at me. "And who are you anyways?"
"Someone who's here to stop Belos. He's planning on using the Coven leaders and the Coven Marks to cast a Draining Spell, Killing all Magic Users with Coven Marks. He's planning to do this on the Day of Unity." I explain to them, before Taking the robe off in a Dramatic Fashion. "You can call me Zero. Sorcerer Supreme of My Universe, Master of the Mystic Arts."
"Wow." Luz mumbles with awe.
"Your Universe? You mean the Human Realm? Because Last I checked, there was no magic there." Eda says, before walking towards the door of the Owl House.
"I'm talking about the Multiverse. For every 'What if?' question possible, there's a universe where that "What if" exists." I explained to her. She stops and thinks about it for a bit, before shrugging it off and inviting us inside, arguing with "Hooty" on the door.
Suddenly, Luz comes up to me and grabs my jacket sleeve, tugging on it. I look down at her as she's got stars in her eyes.
"The Multiverse is real?! You're from another dimension? What's it like, are there dragons? Can you teach me magic?" Luz speaks really fast at me, before realizing how she's acting and blushing. I chuckle.
"Settle down, kid. In order, Yes, Yes, Three, one that I'm raising, and one that I created as far as I know. I'm willing to take you on as a student." I say, before Luz pumps her fist in the air. We walk inside to it being dark.
"Welcome to…" Eda starts, before snapping her fingers. "The Owl House."
Suddenly, the candles light themselves, so does the fireplace. A broom starts to sweep, and a Ladle in a cauldron stirs whatever's inside it. A giant Owl marking glows on the roof, as Luz gasps in awe.
"Where I hide away from the pressures of modern life… Also the Cops. Also Ex-Boyfriends. Ha!" She laughs at the end of that.
"Wow… Do you live here alone?" Luz asks, before the house starts to shake.
"No, Actually I have a Roomate." Eda says, looking un-amused at what's happening.
"Who dares intrude upon I,-" A voice says, becoming higher and higher pitched by the second. "The King of Demons!"
A little fuzzy guy with Black fur, a White Skull Head, and a Red Collar with a Gold Coin attached to it dressed in Shower Clothing, while also holding a rubber duck, comes into the archway of the living room. He squeaks the rubber duck a few times for good measure.
Luz gasps in joy, as I sigh and shake my head.
"¡AY, QUÉ LINDO!*" Luz squee's, as she picks up King in a bear hug, before resorting to baby talk. "EDA! He's SO CUTE! Who's a widdle guy? Who's a widdle guy? Is it you? Is it you?"
"No! I don't know who the little guy is! EDA! WHO IS THIS MONSTER?!"King screams out, pushing Luz away with his paws.
"Luz, that's enough. Different world, different culture. Be careful how you act." I say, physically pulling Luz away from King. 'Dang, this girl does not wanna let go.'
"Oh, sorry!" Luz says, dropping him.
"This is Luz and Zero. Luz is here to help us with our… 'problem'. Zero is here for… what, Regicide?" Eda asks, looking at me.
"Something like that." I say. "I've come here for a few reasons. My main target is Belos. I do have other objectives, such as finding the Looking-Glass Ruins, and fixing your Curse."
"Please, save your sales pitch for a different sucker." Eda scoffs, rolling her eyes. "I've looked everywhere for a cure, and If I haven't found it, It doesn't exist."
"A curse?" Luz wonders out loud, as I continue.
"Then you have nothing to lose." I say, smiling back at her. "How about this? I will help you with your plan, and if that goes well, I will cure your curse. In exchange, you help me take down Belos, along with letting me stay here."
"Eh, Knock yourself out. Anyone who's got beef with Emperor Belos is good in my books. But first-" Eda turns to Luz, grabbing the side of her face "We need your help-"
"Getting this back?" I reach into my inventory, and pull out a Burger King crown, and put it on top of King's head. "I made a portal inside the Human-Only barrier, and grabbed it when I was dealing with the guards."
"You- Wha-?" Eda stutters out, as King does a little happy dance with the crown. King hugs my leg, and I pat his head a few times. "How did you know what to look for, and where?"
"I have knowledge of future events. I know who cursed you, I know how to undo the curse. I know where King came from, and what he is, I know who Luz is destined to be with, and that she has the potential to be the most powerful mage on the Boiling Isles."
"...Who? Who cursed me?" Eda asks, looking serious. "I want to know."
"Nope. Before anything, I'm going to get rid of your curse. Hold still." I say, shushing her. I was going to cast {Esuna}, but I start to ponder about Eda's Harpy form that she gets later on… instead of curing her, why not change the curse into a blessing?
I let the {Esuna} skill flow in my hands, and I imagine the Yin and Yang, with Negative effects and Positive effects being the two sides. I concentrate my mana, before getting a notification.
[DUE TO A SPECIFIC ACTION, A NEW SKILL HAS BEEN CREATED!]
{Reverse Status} {Active} [1/100 - 0%] (Ye Olde Switcheroo! Changes Negative Status Effects into Positive, and Vice Versa. Reverses the Percentage of the Status Effect equal to the Skill's Level.)
"Hey, Eda?" I get her attention. She'd sat down on the couch reading a novel, while Luz and King were playing on the floor.
"What's up, Green Bean?" She asks, tilting her head, but not looking away from her book.
"If I told you instead of curing the curse, I could reverse it, so you'd be in full control of yourself in the Beast form while still using magic, Would you want that?" I ask, tilting my head to the side, as I sit down next to her.
THAT got her attention, as she snapped the book shut, and looked me dead in the eyes.
"You could do that?" She asked, eyes wide.
"Without a doubt." I say, nodding at her. She pauses for a minute, before nodding.
"Go ahead."
I put my hand on her shoulder, and use {Reverse Status}. My hand glows purple, before glowing green, as two percentages show up in front of me.
[-6,000 MP]
[(Curse: Owlbeast) = 99%]
[(Blessing: Owlbeast) = 1%]
"Alright, get comfy, This will take a bit of time." I say, rolling up my sleeves for no real reason, other than to show I was ready to get going.
{Timeskip - 30 Minutes}
[(Blessing: Owlbeast = 100%]
[{Reverse Status} is now LVL 2]
{Blessing: Owlbeast} {Blessing} (Allows the User to Transform into an Owlbeast Harpy. Improves the user's Wind Element Magic by 75%.)
"And that's it. Your Curse is now a Blessing." I say, taking my hand off her shoulder, and stretching. I look out the window, and realizing the sun is going down. "Hey, Luz!"
Luz cranks her head to me, before calling back. "Yeah?"
"I'll teach you tomorrow, It's getting pretty late. Get a good night sleep, you'll need it for the training." I say, as Luz looks excited.
"Yes Ma'am! I won't let you down!" She responds.
"Good, because when I leave, You'll be the Sorcerer Supreme of Your Universe."
Luz stares off in wonder, her mouth agape in joy. She runs to the spare room, and shockingly falls asleep in seconds.
"Dang, I wish I could do that." Eda remarks, before throwing her arms around me, catching me off guard. "Thank you for the fix-me-up, It means the world to me. If there's anything I can do to repay the favor, I'll do my best."
"The only things that would help me, are you figuring out how to change between Owlbeast and Normal forms, Helping me take down Belos, and Enrolling Luz into your old school." I tell her. Before she can cut in, I keep talking. "Luz will find some very powerful allies, and very good friends at that school. She'll need them, and they'll need her."
"...I guess I could see about heading back to my old stomping ground, catch up with that old geezer of a principal." She shrugged, heading up the stairs. "I'm going to bed, you can share the room with Luz."
I enter the room where Luz is sleeping, and buy an Enchanted Sleeping Bag from the Multiversal Shop.
[Enchanted Sleeping Bag] (Always stays at the wearer's perfect preferred temperature, and is as soft as a bed, and as comfy too. You could sleep on the most jagged rocks, and it would feel like you were sleeping on cotton. Immune to all weather conditions.)
This beautiful contraption cost me a pretty penny, but it was worth it. I snuggle into my sleeping bag, and activate {Parallel Mind}, So I could use {Danger Sense} at the same time as I sleep.
I close my eyes, as slumber takes me.
{RWBY-Verse}
{POV - Raven Branwen}
'The Strong Live. The Weak Die.'
These were the words I grew up on.
However, There was one man I'd always had respect for, regardless of my views on the world, and that was Shirou Aurelia. Fawn Aurelia's father. A man respected far across the land for his skill, and his astounding amount of Aura, Hitting over 3,000 Aura Points in his prime, setting a record.
When I was the newly appointed leader of the clan, I ambushed him when he was traveling from place to place, and he thoroughly thrashed me.
I expected him to kill me.
I didn't expect him to make a fire, and some warm soup, so he could hear my worries.
He was a man who valued the life of everyone, claiming that everyone had a bit of good in them, at one point or another. That no-one was born bad. That people can change for the better
I called him a fool. I still believe he was a fool. I called him as such the day he and his wife died.
That doesn't mean I didn't respect him as a fighter.
I took his daughter, the small thing, and raised her within the protection of the Branwen clan.
Fawn Aurelia is a Naive girl, with similar morals as her father, and has the potential to be stronger than him. Amongst the Branwen clan, Fawn is the strongest of the members, due to her genetics. She even has a nickname.
'Fawn Aurelia, The Chimera Amongst Men.'
She's the strongest I've trained.
Which is why she will take my place as Leader of the Branwen Clan.
After that Green Demon showed up and took my Maiden Powers away, I'd felt empty for a bit, following Qrow's example by drinking, until I realized I was doing such a thing.
I've left the Clan, despite people begging me not to. That Demon has an issue with me, so I'm going to remove myself from the situation, protecting the Clan by drawing the Demon's attention from it to me. Despite how cowardly I might seem just leaving, I know I'm anything but cowardly.
I'm doing the right thing. I know I am. I have to be.
Because I don't know what I would do If I wasn't.
A/N: This chapter is one that I workshopped with RadiantGV's Fawn Aurelia in mind, keeping Raven in character, while also Providing some insight on what's going to happen with the cast of the Owl House. Fawn is now the leader of the Branwen Clan, and Luz is going to be learning the Mystic Arts.
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