When Princess Ivory is told by the Duke of Avas to marry Prince Blaine or else war will break out she is devastated. Against the wishes of her late parents and law Princess Ivory is being forced to marry a Prince whom she's never met even though being promised to marry the love of her life but what happens when a meeting with the Prince ends up with him mistaking Princess Ivory with her lady in waiting Lady Ivory and what happens when the Prince falls in love with Lady Ivory instead of Princess Ivory? The two girls will devise a plan to keep the secret going for as long as they can but how long will it be before the truth is exposed...











(I take NO credit for the cover art! The cover art is NOT my drawing!)

Upside down.
That's how the world looked like when Eli opened her eyes. It seemed that she had lost consciousness again after they returned from Venus's fabricated mirror world. Looking back, the hallway that time was immersed in citrine fluorescence, mellow streaks of the afternoon sunlight streaming through the window panes. The pleasant quietude could mean there's not a single soul out there when they arrived, which was probably a good thing.
"Are you seriously daydreaming right now?"
At that, Eli snapped out of her daze.
That's only when she fully digested the sight in front of her and realized why her everything just turned a hundred eighty degree. The ash-haired girl found herself inside the library, her mid-body tied up in a rope while hanging upside down from the ceiling. She looked like someone who just went bungee jumping.
Then, she saw Hal smirking in front of her.
"No way. You've gone deaf?" he jested, which she didn't find humorous at all.
Much to her flummox, he suddenly fished his revolver out of his pocket and pointed it at her, an ominous smile gracing his face. Then everything finally clicked in her head.
"W-Wait! Hal, this is me! Eli, your classmate! I'm not Venus anymore!" she frantically clarified, panicking at the sight of the deadly object.
"You sure?"
"Yes!"
With that, Hal finally lowered the weapon, making Eli sigh in relief. For some reason, she felt like she'd be wanting to do that more later on.
A few minutes already passed by but she remained dangling in mid-air like an idiot. She's starting to sweat at how peculiar Hal was acting at the moment. It's like seeing another side of the coin for the first time – one she never knew existed. Then again, she just found out his secret earlier, which she believed wasn't just a normal one that he'd easily let anyone who discovered it make it out alive. Perhaps, she's in for a much bigger trouble than she thought or worse, a planned assassination.
"Umm..."
Eli tried to converse, but she really felt like gagging at how weird all of these are.
Hal suddenly yanked a chair from who knows where, placed it in front of her, and flopped his bottom on it with a thud. With a smug expression, he propped his chin over the back of his hand, elbow resting on his knee, and looked at her with amusement.
"Never thought you'd be the first to know our secret," he started, grinning condescendingly.
Eli felt like being interrogated for a crime. What's more, she never thought it's the ever courteous Hal who'd be doing it.
Seriously, she didn't see any of this coming – not his bumptious mien nor his failure to sugarcoat his minacious remarks.
"I think you figured it out at some point but let me formally introduce myself. I'm Harrison Louen, eighteenth generation Emperor of Aristia. Like that crazy woman earlier, I'm a fictional character from one of the books you borrowed the other day. It wasn't supposed to fall into someone else's hands but oh well... Damage was done."
Eli flinched at the deflated tone on his last words. Now that she thinks about it, Hal's full name is Harrison Louen, the name of the main protagonist of the book. She should really practice memorizing names and people's faces from now on.
"S-So you're really that protagonist in the book... T-Then, were you also reincarnated or something?" she stammered to which he only guffawed in reply.
"Pfft...! As if. That's what that woman thought, at least. In case you haven't read the ending yet, I didn't die, you know... Oh, spoiler warning."
"You're supposed to say spoiler warning first. And I already finished it, so no hard feelings."
"For real?! In just one day?"
"In five hours. I've read it the night after I borrowed it."
"Wow... That explains those panda eyes, then."
"Hey!"
At this point, Hal's image as a gentleman who knows what delicacy means completely crumbled in Eli's head. Besides, they should be talking about something more important than her unsightly guise.
Then, as if he just read her mind, Hal's playful vibe suddenly turned foreboding, hooded amber eyes brimming with menace. "So then, care to explain how my mortal enemy ended up in your body?" he asked, voice low and intimidating.
Eli tried her best to ignore the shivers running down her spine at the moment, and tremulously explained everything that happened, starting from Venus's appearance on the mirror one morning up to the reason why she was alone in that hallway earlier. As she kept on rambling, she noticed how his stony look slowly contorted into a burdened one.
It seemed like this whole mess was gnawing at him more than it did to her.
Hal then heaved a sigh once she finished talking.
"While you're telling me all that, are you aware of your current situation? To tell you the truth, you're now stepping on thin ice. Once it broke, you might never return to your normal life," he questioned, voice and expression devoid of any jest.
Now, she could certainly feel the gravity of the situation.
"We're not reincarnated, but were literally sent out from the Book of Metis. Unlike the Empress who claimed to awaken to a second life, our lives in this universe are just a continuation – leaving off from wherever the story ended. We're fictional characters who're now living amongst humans of this world, blending in while disguised as normal people. Now, then..." he suddenly trailed off before standing from his chair and sauntering to her, their faces now only inches apart.
"Wanna break the ice?"
Smoky. His voice came out smoky, perplexing her even more. Eli then blushed at their proximity, utterly dumbfounded at his audacious action. With such a small gap between them, she could smell his soft, cool water fragrance that wafts her nostrils like the scent of ocean breeze. She didn't really want to bother herself noticing all these, especially in this situation, but she simply couldn't help it.
Too absorbed in her train of thoughts, Eli wasn't able to decipher his words.

"Where a bookworm's love for reading, fused with a little touch of magic, gives birth to a half-heroine and half-villainess protagonist...."

Grey hair, thick glasses and a gloomy appearance overall - though an outstanding student, everyone steers clear of Angelica "Eli" Claes. Unable to make friends due to her nerdy mien, Eli often drowns herself in the world of fiction, but then, with the appearance of the ever popular Student Council at her precious oasis, trouble leads to another.
 
The most befuddling thing is when she gained the memories of the antagonist in a fantasy novel she'd been reading - a villainous empress who fell on her own blade, Venus. Ever since, she found herself causing troubles to the esteemed Student Council instead -

The perfect Student Council President who's all smiles and sparkles, the charming and blithesome Vice President, the gallant Public Information Officer known for being a social butterfly, and a certain classmate of hers sought
 by every Sports Club at school yet chose to work as a library assistant instead? 

Little did the bookworm know that these people aren't really who they appear to be.

(UPDATES ONE TO TWO CHAPTERS A DAY)

We went on with our days waiting patiently for our equipment to be ready. We were told it could be finished by the end of the day. The gear and specifically the armour was personalised by our instructions. The armour could be merged with our mere clothing meaning that it's lighter to wear. The biggest problem with full body armour is slowed down movement. The last thing you want in a fight to the death is being unable to outrun your opponent and die. We need the perfect middleground between protection and speed. Too much protection and we're slow and die. Too little protection and we still die. The swords however have less personalisation with only our names engraved on. Metal work is easy and cheap in this world due to magic which is why it's even possible to merge fabric and metal to begin with.

Kath's equipment had almost zero metal work. She has a wooden staff and a cape. That's all. The staff has a magic crystal which can focus and concentrate mana. And the cape is actually special. It's a magical item that was created through mana which allows extra magical defense. The cape converts the mana stored in it to magical defense which flows  into the body however it can also substitue for regular defense thus she doesn't need armour. However the reason we can't get one is that if you lack the proper magic and even the class it will not work. It needs a body that can handle it.

The time got later and later until we decided we should go back as it should be finished. We can now take on stronger monsters. Who knows how strong we'll be now. That's why this is so exciting. We don't know how much it'll improve our abilities.

"I was expecting you three to come back. Your stuff is ready."

There was an atmosphere of excitement as we got 2 swords in their sheaths. Our names were on the bottom of the blade and it was well crafted. The quality is similar to a good sword in our world. I assume as I've never seen a real sword before death. Kath got her staff which was a long piece of wood that was only a few centimetres thick. It's only 1 inch thick from what I can see. It carries on going like that until the top where there's a clear crystal attatched to the top. The wood curves behind the crystal looking sort of like a scythe and it returns to the crystal and ends an inch beyond the crystal. The crystal is held in between the beginning and top of the curve.

Now time for the interesting part. The armour. As I stated earlier the armour is merged with the clothes. I put on mine as soon as I got it. It was much heavier then it looks but that's because of the metal. I looked at the mirror to the side and...

IT LOOKS SO COOL!

The right shoulder is armoured and connected to the arm however the left is empty. The armour is normal for the right half and the left half is normal clothing. However in the middle there's a sort of metal shield on top. And it looks awesome. I'm surprised he got it as I imagined even though I sort of gave a bad explanation. Basically it's armour cut in middle that merges to the clothes however on the centre there's a metal shield like piece.

Leon did something different. Both shoulder protection pieces were there however in the middle the armour goes like a triangle to the center of his abdomen and then it joins up with a band of metal that goes around him. This is true for both sides.

Kath has got a blue cape. That's it. It's a long piece of cloth however at one end there was two bits of metal that could clip together to connect. Other than that it was a cloth. There was some writing sewn on and it also had the symbols of the four elements sewn on at the back. The writing was just her name but the picture was cool. It had the symbols of the four basic elements of fire, water,earth and air.

We were finally geared up and were ready for anything. Probably. We only have everything made of iron with Kath's gear based mostly on the quality of the mana in it. There are stronger metals out there. The strongest metal on Earth that is used in both worlds for armour would be steel. After that it's all fictional metal. Then it would be mana iron which is a mana infused iron alloy? Can it be called an alloy as it's only infused with mana. I'll just call it a metal still. Then would be mana steel. Then mithril. Then charged mithril which is basically the mana metal equivalent of mithril however the main difference is that it also requires life force to form. Meaning a monster has to die on top of the metal somehow for it to form. So it's extremely rare. Mithril has the special ability to absorb life. And then the last metal is dragonsteel. It's steel infused with dragon scales which are apparently one of the strongest materials out there. Normally you kill a dragon from the underside where there are no scales. There is no mana dragonsteel as dragon scales already contain mana. There are more metals that are inbetween such as dragon iron however these are the common commercial materaials. They are also the metals used in guild ranks.

After thanking the man who's named Mr. Crimgrad.
Not a fan of the name but can't do anything about it.

We went off to the guild, the next day. Going home was weird as it seems my family also thinks my gear is cool.

We need another quest that is actually of our level and not that stupid slime quest. We were looking through quests again and found one that was really interesting.

Special Quest: The Curse: Someone's pet bear has gone rogue. It was taught magic and it has created a cursed area in the town of Goldire. Only children, any below the age of 16 can enter. The reasons are unknown however some speculate that it prefers to feast on the flesh of young. Only adventurers below the age of 16 can accept this quest.
Estimated level required: Unknown. Predicted level required: 15+
Minimum people needed: 1
Reward: 125,000 dracons

Pet bear? A pet bear? What sort of person would want to own a pet bear.
This quest has some odd backstory but the reward is so good. That's around $8333. Amazing!
The level is a bit high as we're barely over that but we can grind on levels on the way to the town.

"Miss Zaydrey! We want to have this quest!"

She started to laugh without even looking at the quest

"I see you got new equipment but I doubt you'd be able to do the quest."

"You didn't even look at it."

"Fine. I'll look at it...
No. I can't send kids to fight a literal Bear."

"We've already fought Bear in the forests."

"This one can do magic."

"We fought mana Bears."

Sorta. Bear cubs are different from adult bears. This is way more apparent in mana animals.

"No. It's in another town miles away from here. Why would I let 3 kids go out in to the world by themselves."

"Just give us the quest. You know your job is to give quests. Not give advice."

After arguing for at least 10 minutes she gave up when she realised that she couldn't change my mind. Maybe she thought that if I got an experience of the real world I'd come back with an apology but we ain't that weak.

"Fine! I'll do it. However if anything happens I can't be held accountable."

"No problem as nothing will happen."

We got the quest! Finally after much argument she gave in. My charisma isn't even high yet I got it. Why does that stat exist? Well I guess it's based on your mind so I for some reason expected it to have charisma thus it does have charisma. The system is werid ok.

We were gonna leave the town for the first time in our whole lives. Travel is only limited to the town you're born in for most people. Travelling to other towns is very difficult because horses and carriages are expensive so it's only walking. This will take at least a few days as we have to walk for quite a long time just to reach the town. We went looking for a map because we had no idea where it exactly was. Goldire was stated to be a few miles away but what does that mean? What does few mean? 5? 10? 100? Few is too vague so obviously we had to look for a map. And it costed money to buy a map. 200 dracons for a map. Thankfully this is after the printing press and magic exists or else that map would've been looking at the thousands. Each map would've been hand drawn so why would they price it at only 200? We may thank the inventor of the printing press in this world for allowing cheap books and anything else that needs ink.

Goldire seems to be 35 miles south east! That's a lot more than a few. That's like 56km. It'll take at least a few days just to reach it.

"It seems Goldire is 35miles towards the south east of Morvay so it'll be a long walk."

"B-b-but that's like over 50 km. Why'd you accept the quest."

"You 2 also agreed with it so I'm not solely to blame."

"Leon! Think about it. We're going to another town. We've never been to another town. Didn't you always want to see the ocean."

Kath is right. This is an opportunity. What a nice dream Leon has to see the ocean. The ocean is something people rarely ever see in this world unless you're rich or just live near it.

"So how far is the ocean from here."

"About 1200 miles south."

"I WANTED TO RIDE A SHARK THOUGH!"

Oh. That's why he wanted to see the ocean. Not because it's the ocean but because he wanted to ride a shark. A SHARK OF ALL THINGS.

I can't believe that I have to take care of these two children.
How'd life become like this?
A few years ago when there were adults around I could handle their stupidity as the adults could deal with it but now I'm the adult in this situation.

Let's hope that travelling can't make this any worse.

Xaltrey, a world that will soon fall into the grasps of cataclysm. 

Yet a hero exists, a being who reincarnated to this world.
The reincarnate is called Alex, a loser to society. He contributed nothing. He was nothing in the eyes of others.  Until one day he got killed.

He met the goddess of the Xaltrey asked of him to defeat the evil demon Yazuro however the problem is he has to start from a newborn child in a poor family and has to work his way up to the strength required by age 30 or else the demon will win. 

A journey of magic and monsters, evil and good, heroes and demons. Starting with nothing, he has to conquer the ways of this world. 

Yet there are greater evils yet to be discovered.

Zion woke up the next morning 
Zion: "haugh good morning world guess it's Friday now?" He then proceeded to jump out of bed and get a kickstart on his day "I should get familiar with the layout of the house I guess" 
In the kitchen he found the girl standing there with what seemed to be a small electric stove "I guess some people can't get the real one" Zion had been spoiled his whole life not much he didn't have 
The girl looked up a smile on her face as she saw the little red Yorkie prance into the kitchen "looks like someone decided to wake up" she said in a joking voice 
Zion still couldn't think of the best way to communicate with her "Anything I say just sounds like barks to her and a typing with my paws is really inconvenient" she seemed to understand what was going on in his mind as she said "Oh don't worry about it I'll cast a little spell that will allow you to speak in English" 
Zion sighed in relief "guess that's that" he thought to himself once this spell was cast there was a lot of explaining needed. Zion was so happy about being able to speak again he seemed to skip over the part about it being a spell.
...After breakfast 
"Ok let's start the spell casting," said the girl who Zion had yet to find out the name of. Fwoosh the air in the room began to swirl around the pattern if the light that had appeared before them she started to chant in a language that Zion could guess as Latin "How strange what is going on here?" 
She spoke softly "gratiam facere voluntatem tuam fac mecum astern Dii sedentis antequam loquaris" a golden light shined and the golden essence began to flow into Zion
It felt cool as if he was sipping he worlds the finest water chilled to a perfect temperature "Speak" the girl said and he sure did "Yo what the fu*k I'm gonna have to leave you on some extraterrestrial sh*t" Zion was shocked she just chanted some word and he actually started speaking he had to learn these spells
"So you got some explaining to do here, Zion" he took a second to react mesmerized by the way his name rolled of her tongue just like her he thought "I believe you do as well but let's just start with names I'm Zion and you are?" 
"Call me Riko, I'm 17 3rd year at Williamson Magic High" Zion processed her word Magic High this confirmed it this world has magic and maybe many more fictional things " what's next dragons, wizards, and immortals?" He thought to himself
All he managed to say was "Oh how crazy I'm 17 too" he had so many questions but they would have to wait as she was faster "What are you? How did you come here? You must be a human right? Spirit beast don't have ages you can't be one right?"
He followed up with answers "I'm a human from Earth, I was just running when I was transported here and what the hell is a spirit beast?"
"Ah not sure how this happened" Riko answered, "Ok then it's my turn where am I and what's up with the spells and spirit beast?"
"You are currently in the 7th sector of The continent of Zhou we are close to the Magic high school and university"  
"Hmm interesting," said Zion 
Riko continued "In this world, there are spells you can cast by chanting as well as other things like cultivating martial arts and magic weapons" 
Zion "...Woah..."
"So Zion looks like the form you are in has some relation to spirit beast in the scrolls of Tabi he mentions a man who takes whatever form he pleases walking as man, flying a bird, and his special trademark dogs"
"This is a lot to take in your saying I may be able to turn human again?" said Zion in a shocked voice 
Riko replied calmly hiding the excitement of having a special case discovered all by her "Yes, we should start cultivating you a foundation immediately lucky you, it's summer break!"
"Yes I'd like to start as well I can't remain this tiny dog forever" sighed Zion 
"Then it's settled you will stay with me, today read the books I provide they will give you information on our world, tomorrow we train," Riko said with a slight smile appearing on her face 
"Looks like she's enjoying this more than me," Zion thought 
... The next several hours proved difficult I mean try flipping pages with paws only then would you understand. 
" I've read up on this world seems to have a strange culture while spell casting is done in Latin the native language of Zhou is English while they seem to have a Japanese lifestyle" 
It seemed the top priority was turning into his human form once this was accomplished he could use his martial arts and sword skills to protect himself. Maybe he could learn spell casting as well and join his oh so familiar Riko in school. 
This was a successful day for Zion his language barrier was gone and he might actually be a special bein.

Zion was a typical high school jock he had great grades, good family, a muscles. Only in his 3rd year he has the eyes of major brands and teams ranked 3rd in the nation there’s almost nothing he likes more than track. Added to that he’s a decorated boxer knows jujitsu and can even cook. What more could the ladies ask for? Zion seemed to think he had it all figured out when on his way to a fashion shoot he starts feeling dizzy what’s going on he thinks I haven’t drunk in a month no way who’s voice is that? Poof (keep reading to find out just how crazy Zions adventure will get!)

Darth Vader is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. He is a primary antagonist in the original trilogy, but, as Anakin Skywalker, is the main protagonist of the prequel trilogy. Star Wars creator George Lucas has collectively referred to the first six episodic films of the franchise as "the tragedy of Darth Vader".[1]

Originally a Jedi prophesied to bring balance to the Force, Anakin Skywalker is lured to the dark side of the Force by Palpatine and becomes a Sith Lord. After fighting a lightsaber battle with his former mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi in which he is dismembered, Vader is transformed into a cyborg. He then serves the Galactic Empire as Darth Vader until he redeems himself by saving his son, Luke Skywalker, and seemingly killing Palpatine, sacrificing his own life in the process.[2] He is also the father of Princess Leia, the secret husband of Padmé Amidala, and grandfather of Kylo Ren, the main villain of the sequel trilogy.

The character has been portrayed by numerous actors. His cinematic appearances span the first six Star Wars films, as well as Rogue One, and he is referenced in both The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi. He also appears in television series (most substantially The Clone Wars) and numerous iterations of the Star Wars Expanded Universe, including video games, novels, and comic books.

Darth Vader has become one of the most iconic villains in popular culture, and has been listed among the greatest villains and fictional characters ever.[3][4] The American Film Institute listed him as the third greatest movie villain in cinema history on 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains, behind Hannibal Lecter and Norman Bates.[5] His role as a tragic hero in the prequel trilogy was met with positive reviews.[6][7]

Name

Series creator George Lucas initially wrote the series' main villain as separate from Luke Starkiller's father Annikin [sic]. Various combinations of names for the character were built upon the phrase "Dark Water". Then Lucas "added lots of last names, Vaders and Wilsons and Smiths, and [he] just came up with the combination of Darth and Vader." After the release of The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Lucas said the name Vader was based upon the German/Dutch-language homophone vater or vader, meaning 'father', making the name representative of a "Dark Father".[8] However, there is no evidence that Lucas conceived of Vader as Luke's father before 1978.[9] Other words which may have inspired the name are "death" and "invader",[10] as well as the name of a high school upperclassman of Lucas's, Gary Vader.[11][12]

As no other character with the title "Darth" was introduced until the release of The Phantom Menace (1999),[b] some viewers interpreted it as the character's first name, in part because Obi-Wan Kenobi addresses him as "Darth" in the original film.[13] The moniker is bestowed upon Anakin in Revenge of the Sith (2005) upon his turn to the dark side of the Force.

Director Ken Annakin's films Swiss Family Robinson and Battle of the Bulge influenced the original trilogy,[14] leading some to believe that Anakin was named after him. Lucas's publicist denied this following Annakin's death in 2009.[15] Anakin and Luke's original surname "Starkiller" remained in the script until a few months into filming Star Wars, when it was dropped due to what Lucas called "unpleasant connotations" with Charles Manson and replaced with "Skywalker".[16][c]

This book is made of wikipedia articles. Probably interesting articles. Probably not accurate articles.
New chapters daily.

I will start by saying welcome to my novel.

Before I can start writing the chapters and 'you' reading it, I would like to clear somethings first. There will be minor spoilers though, but I hope we can get past the spoilers because I think things that will be explained here are important.

First, as I said in the summary, English is not my first language. This is also not my first time writing a novel. Most of my novels were either scrapped or just gathering dust in my GDrive or inkstone draft. I know this will make you less motivated to read this, but I will try to finish this short novel.

Second, this novel is intended to be introductory to another novel that I plan to write in the future. I wanted Ray, or the MC of this novel, to be OP even before touching fictional or other worlds, which brings us to...

Third, the reason why I upload this novel as fanfiction. There will be video games and anime-related things such as the last boss of this novel that I took from Nasuverse or Type-moon or whatever you wanted to call the franchise with. Despite the story will be set on our Earth, specifically my home country. I won't go into any complicated things related to my home country like the politics at the time because I'm not interested and also I don't give a damn. I can't say that this novel will 'promote' Indonesia but I hope you are interested to visit.

I intended to put this as an original but I wanted to use anime-related skills and characters so that's why I put this in fanfiction.

The most important thing, however, is that the names that will be used in this novel are purely fictional. Meaning that I genuinely need to think hard just for a single name. Don't get me started on how long that I have to think before using "Ray Purnomo" as the name of the MC XD.

This novel will also reference some of my personal experiences with some twists to make it sound more... dramatic.

And uhh... I think that's pretty much it. I hope I can finish this novel in like 20 to 50 chaps or so because I wanted to write another world type of story using Ray as the MC XD.

*DISCLAIMER: THIS WILL PROBABLY BE A RUSHED AND SHORT NOVEL BECAUSE I INTEND TO FINISH IT FAST. THE REASON WILL BE ON THE AUXILIARY CHAPTER.

THE COVER PICTURE BELONGED TO THE CREATOR. ALTHOUGH I DID EDIT A LITTLE BIT, IF YOU ARE THE ORIGINAL CREATOR OF THE IMAGE AND UNCOMFORTABLE FOR ME USING IT, DO TELL ME AND I WILL DELETE IT RIGHT AWAY.

THE NAMES USED IN THIS NOVEL ARE PURELY FICTIONAL.

AND ALSO, FOR THOSE THAT ARE CURRENTLY FACING DEPRESSION OR SOMETHING SIMILAR, PLEASE CONSULT TO YOUR LOVED ONES AND/OR A TRUSTED THERAPIST. DEATH IS NOT THE WAY TO GO.

ENGLISH IS NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE, SO EXPECT GRAMMAR ERRORS AND VOCABULARIES BEING USED OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I WILL TRY TO FIX THIS ISSUE OF MINE, SO PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH ME.*

THIS IS 18+ NOVEL SO PROCEED WITH CAUTION

Ray Purnomo, an Indonesian citizen with a certain illness. A ruined family, betrayal, and unemployment for more than 5 years made him took a risky decision.

He expects a fiery hell waiting on the other side. But to his surprise, what greeted him was a classroom from his high school years. Before he can make sense of anything, time was stopped by a being with strength that he cannot fathom.

Having said bye to Lenna after assuring she would be fine, not attempting anything stupid, Kinn returns to his dark room and lies on his empty bed. On his way and while with her, his phantom sight had turned on and off a few times that it's hard to deny its authenticity.

"What the fuck is happening..." he mutters. The desert has become more believable to him and has become more controlled. Since now he could just blink it off. At least he didn't need to knock himself into sanity.

After some hard thinking, Kinn figures what he must do to come any closer to solving this conundrum; his power to read. Read the issue away like he always does, books were the answer to all questions, he claims from experience. The other solution is to seek Nulod. He is at the center of this all, and even if Kinn needs to face his fears, Nulod needs to be inquired.

"Tomorrow," he says as he shuts his eyes.

***

"How is this fucking possible?" Nulod kicks the table, its glass top shattering upon fall. "How can he still be alive? He can't be..."

"Don't know how, boss," Skinny says, "but I saw him with my own two eyes. He was very fine, better than fine actually."

"How sure are you?"

"Two hundred percent, boss..."

"How the fuck? How the fucking fuck. It's impossible..."

"Looks like things just got out of your ignorant hands." Fifty-Four bites on an apple slice. "I must say though, if he really is alive, then this Kinn fellow just got a whole lot intriguing."

"…" Nulod cringes, "Don't be such a fag and tell me what you know. You've been weird for as long as I've known you. Now its time to let me in on your weirdness. You owe me that."

"Trust me, kid, you don't wanna know." Fifty says smiling, "Just leave this Kinn fellow to me, and you lot can pretend nothing's happened. Him being alive sounds a lot better, don't you think, at least you're saved of all contingencies..."

***

Early the next morning, a class-free Saturday, Kinn wakes up, readies up in the academy's only permitted wear, his uniform, and goes to the library. The empire's most rich building in literature, Laverainian Grand Library, a massive building located not too far from his dorm.

Sitting at his usual spot surrounded by shelves stacked with countless visible spines, he skims through his collected pile of books. Unlike his genre preference, he was going through things non-secular. What could he do? What he seeks is only in the realm of disbelief.

Books titled from, "Reapers the creepers…", to "Hone your minds: see past the material", to "ten signs of prophethood?." He sits there opens up the books and scans through each after cringing at the ridiculous book names, of course. It has always been difficult to go through with something when he is almost certain of the unfruitful ending. But now he is doing it because he has to. Don't judge a book by its cover, they say, but that definitely doesn't apply here.

Nevertheless, despite his hopes to find a tad of sense or relevance to his case in the heap of books, they fail to provide. Thus, Kinn glumly closes the last book. He found nothing on how he might've come to attain his power besides a few mantras and yogas, attaining inner peace, and how to connect with lost souls. It didn't relate to him. This didn't surprise him as theism has always been the last place someone would look to to find information.

Unsated, Kinn lodges the books back in their spots, and just as he sets the last book in and heedlessly turns, he hits a black-mantled figure and crashes down together with it and some books. A reaper, he supposes he had crashed into, but when he catches a glance, that isn't the case.

"Ms. Gloom," he blurts and immediately regrets. Ms. Creep, Glum, or Gloom were some of the many names assorted to this cloaked, faceless girl, derived from her dispirited mood. But 'Mrs. Gloom' is what prevails. But Kinn isn't the type to mock people with their weakness, not because it is morally wrong, but because it is logically wrong.

"Mr. Deppressed," she retorts, fixing her hood and picking up her books.

"…" Kinn was about to ask for forgiveness and help her with her books, but he forgets to in his bafflement. Her voiceis not only eastern and pleasant to the ear, but it's also lofty, harsh. He never knew the faceless girl who he assumed to be a lot like him, forlorn and sad, could have such an uppity bearing.

Then she collects her books and walks off while he stares at her over-covered figure. But suddenly his vision shifts, as if triggered with interest, unveiling her flickering soul, a bit vigorous than a common. And the supposed-to-be, soul-accompanying reaper is nowhere to be seen. She doesn't have one. As this is, she has become weirder than weird.

Kinn exits the library and climbs down the stair of open-wide steps, amidst the traffic of students that come and go. Now he is to have breakfast, then try to confront Nulod.

"No… Please, bro... I don't want to…" the whining of a girl comes, and Kinn and everyone is drawn over. "I have book-philia, I will die if I read all the time."

"That would be book-phobia- I mean bibliophobia." a boy prods her up the steps, "When you're in an academy, least you could do is study."

"No…" she begs.

Like the masses, Kinn stops in awe of the two. They both looked similar, same midtone gray hair, with the girl's hair neck-length. Same height, and similar facial features; like twins. Moreover, their odd behavior and coveted looks, chiseled faces, and charming physiques, helps them stand out but in a good way.

"Hey! look," a girl whispers, "It's the Canner Twins, junior hotshots."

"I am looking," a boy returns.

"I wish I had hair like hers and a boyfriend as cool as him."

"You know I can hear you…" the boy replies, "I wish that girl, whoever she is, would be mine."

"She's Vissie, and he's Villis. Let's face it: she won't date you, and he won't date me. Guess we're stuck together, honey."

"Yea, babes..."

Kinn overhears the wishful but heedful couple but ignores their chat uninterestedly; he isn't into learning or befriending a set of twins just for their aesthetical dominance or exquisiteness; things one is born with, and he sees nothing to take pride in that. Then again, there isn't quality one has which technically they aren't born with. Even so, being proud of themselves or others isn't, in any way, wrong either.

Just as he cuts past the twins, the girl, Vissie, grabs his wrist. So tight that Kinn winces, but he doesn't let his voice out as he feels the pain of the constricted muscles and dying cells.

"What are you doing! Let go of him!" Her brother shouts at her, removing her arm off of Kinn. "Why did you do that?" he asks, seeing the red blush on Kinn's wrist.

Kinn kneads the stinging pain of his wrist while looking at the girl wondering what her issue is. He feels no anger, mere confusion, as anger and resentment in Kinn's case is reserved for things personal. The fact that a frail-looking girl as her could contain a grip that powerful didn't let him get angry.

"It's him." Vissie glares at him with her emerald eyes, which though look furious betray her naivety.

"Him? Him who?"

"The vam—" she stops midway aware of the many onlookers, then whispers into her brother's ears. "The vampirized human…"

"What? Don't be stupid!" Villis then looks at Kinn. "Sorry about this, mister, my sister can go crazy sometimes. Forgive her madness." Then he pulls her up the stairs.

"I am not mad; I know what I saw-- what I smelt."

"What time is it, dumbo? Have you forgotten that vampires come with the fragile label, 'Caution: do not open in broad daylight'?"

"No... I smelt the same vampire blood on him, mixed with his human scent. It's definitely him"

"You know that makes no sense, right? ...Unless- unless he wasn't vampirized."

***

On his way to the canteen, Kinn ponders over the words Viccie's whispered, which he happened to overhear too- calling him a 'vampirized' human, whatever that meant. Vampires are popular fictional beings first famously mentioned in Linte as the children of Dracula, a failed test subject demon of Lucifer's. This later develops into the fantasy genre.

From what she called, 'vampirize' was a fictional term for transforming a human into a vampire. Why would she call him such a thing? he wonders. Maybe, she knows something he doesn't.

Kinn also often glances at his hurting wrist, and every time he does, it looks less red and more healthy, as if the damaged cells were healing so rapidly he could notice the change. Another irregularity thing on top of the piling stack unexplained facts.

The first thing he sees as he enters the canteen is Lenna, quietly sitting in the prefect's left wing, eating breakfast. In her white uniform, primmed and proper, hair straightened and kempt. Behaving and looking normal.

Kinn fetches himself, his new favorite meal, bread and omelet, and goes and sits with Lenna. As he does, everyone looks at him as if they've seen a ghost.

"Kinn?"Lenna's eyes widen. "Weren't you scared to join me in the public, in the prefect's side of the canteen much less?"

"As long a prefect entertains me, it's, by the book, okay to sit here."

"Yes, but what about being seen in public with me; where guessings of us dating may foster. You didn't want that, 'cause Nulod. So what's this?"

"Don't know, Len. It's so weird. It's like I don't even know my self anymore."

"Pft..." Lenna chuckles out loud, pressing her belly. "Ba-ha-ha"

"What?" the spread-out smile of Lenna's is the best thing, he thinks.

"Nothing... You're like the 'wisest', the most introspective human I know. and you just said you didn't know yourself. Which sounds like a ridiculous joke..."

"Well, It's not that funny..." It really is funny...

"Still, what will you do when Nulod comes to collect? He now has all the more reason to act possessive around me," her face sinks along with her words.

"I haven't thought that..."

"Oh.. You can always listen to me and tell your parents about it. They can easily restrain Nulod by complaining to my dad. My dad might hate me, but he's a righteous man in all other things."

"No... I don't want them to know their son sucks and has been bullied as long as he's been away. Too late for that now. It would kill them if they knew- the guilt they'll feel. And they wouldn't be satisfied with a mere complaint; they might want Nulod in prison, or even have him hanged or beheaded. In other words, a dispute is inevitable. Too much bloodshed for my sake... What about you? If you were me, would you say a thing to them ?"

"No..." Lenna reluctantly agrees, "but I wouldn't just let it happen either. I would do something about it-- something less lazy and lame."

"Well, If you were me, you would be me. Which means you can't not be me."

"Uh, what?"

"Basically, you can't do anything I wouldn't do if you were me... Get it?"

"I guess, weirdo..."

"Holy Fuck!" Nulod appears on their flank, his eyes big as big as a full moon. "This looks to be real?"

"I told you, boss," Skinny says.

Meanwhile, Fifty-Four looks all smiles. Who knows what goes in his mind.

"Aw, man." Nulod gulps down, "It's like seeing a fucking ghost; so fucking unreal. Shit..."

Kinn and Lenna glance over, and the images of torture reappear in Kinn's mind, and he falls into a haze. Nulod's face incites rage in him that he feels like devouring him whole, rip his soul in two. Not just because of the traumatic memories, but for the injustice on Lenna.

As his fury surges, his mind tremors, his right palm begins to shudder, and he looks over. In a quick, imperceptible motion, a black blur forms around his fingers as if what is kept inside is striving to break free. The weird happening captivates Kinn as everything around him falls out of sight.

"What do you want" Lenna glowers at Nulod, her anger evident in her tone. "Leave us be!"

"Lenna, my love, just a moment, please... I really need to digest this all."

"I said, go away!"

"Sure.. alright, but I'll be borrowing Kinn for a while." Nulod pats Kinn "We really need to catch up on things, right, bro?"

But Kinn doesn't react, still lost at the creepy hand that twitches out of his hand.

"Leave him alone," Lenna shouts and then nudges Kinn. "Hey, are you alright?"

"He's fine," Nulod pulls on the back of Kinn's collar, getting him off his seat...

But Lenna, in turn, throws a spoon violently, which It hits his head causing him to flinch and fall. "Kinn... let's go..." she says, but Kinn still has no reaction.

"Fucking bitch!" Nulod screams, and the spectators leave their seats backing away. Snappy and Bulk look just as agitated for a fight.

The black hand finally peeks out as it moves its black finger. The motion of which reflects Kinn's own mind. A notion of handiness, development, and enhancement diffuses in Kinn's head. But before Kinn could further inspect his new hand, he feels a sweet soft mass press on his lips and, for some reason, awareness kicks itself in.

His eyes almost crawl out of its sockets when he sees Lenna's face touching his, her nose squeezing his, and her lips pushing onto his. It seems Lenna is kissing him right in front of his eyes. (where else would she kiss him?)

This Story is Fictional. Names, Characters, Places and Events are Fictitious. Any Resemblance to Person, living or dead, actual event is purely Coincidence. 



Author notice:
This is my first ever story, first timer. Don't judge me by this. 👌👌

Date Written: October 2018


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