The Epsilon Quartet/Novel



Hello, and welcome to the Epsilon Quartet Novel ! Right now the book isn't finished yet, so I will be uploading/updating this from time to time if I have new chapters.

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-Spyral

Pilot
 Pilot

I didn’t expect this to happen…

…yet it did happen…

…could this be a dream…no…I’m currently pinching myself and it appears that I haven’t woken up…

…guess that cliché is a hoax…

…or maybe I’m in horridly deep sleep…

…no, it can’t be, but besides the point…

…I never knew my pals and I would be…who we are…

<span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">…now…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">…it was as if we were pitiful pygmy caterpillars at first…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">…easily crushed and looked down upon by everybody…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">...and all we could do was to eat the leaves...

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">…that made us have that feeling that…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent""> …we were nothing…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">…that was our purpose…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">…ingesting the fact we were nil…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">…then by fate we were trapped inside a cocoon of a mix of hardships and discoveries…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">…which hardened and formed more discoveries and hardships…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">…until we broke out…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">…the result…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">…my friends and I became wondrous butterflies, who pose by many as beautiful and worthy…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">…we weren’t crushed or looked down upon anymore…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">…we soared away from those things, and instead we were sky high into adventure…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">…we were free…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">…this is our story.

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Chapter 1
<p class="MsoNormal"> Chapter 1

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">It was a typical day in Dreamland. Typical summer weather, typical things people do, and typical…er…everything. It was an ordinary and uninteresting day indeed. No new things that happened. And to be honest, it has ALWAYS been like this ever since Kirby and co. have saved Dreamland from Queen Sectonia and Magolor. I’m not saying that I detest their efforts (quite the opposite really), but the people here really need to do something new for once. But besides the point, it was also quite happy and peaceful on that day…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">…then there was me.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">I was sitting on a wooden splintery bench by a water fountain and a couple of deciduous trees. Everywhere I looked I can see children with their parents, a couple of people the same age as me playing some sports, all that shenanigans. Finally out of boredom I lifted myself off the bench with my stubby Kirby “hands” and stood on my stubby Kirby “feet”, and before I knew it, my legs were walking me back to my house, probably a reflex or something since my mind didn’t think of going back home.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">Speaking of which, have I told you about my house? Obviously not. Well, my house isn’t as promising as you think, in fact, it’s quite abandoned really, I decided to move in myself since it’s the only one I could find unless I find an already owned house and beg the owners for me to come in and stay in there (which of course will not happen since I do not have the money to pay for rent).

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">Did I also mention I am an orphan boy? Man, I should explain everything at the start first. But yeah, I have never seen my parents, and if I did, I couldn’t remember what they looked like. As soon as I was alone, I was suggested to be put into an orphanage, and so I was.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">Of course, I didn’t want to be in one. Lucky for me, I shrewdly departed from the so- called orphanages and looked for any house to be in, and so I found this.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">Well anyway now you know a little bit of me. Time for the actual story.

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The Next Morning
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">I was running, no, sprinting to my school (They apparently allow orphans in, which is a plus) and as soon as I barged through the doors, I immediately headed to my new science class (whoopee *sarcasm*). I was also greeted by a couple of people who knew me for my knowledge and kindness (No bragging rights intended).

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">It was a new school year and I was pepped up for any contemporary things happening. As the whole class entered and lined up, our science teacher had the guts to show herself to the class.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“Good morning class. As you already know I am your science teacher Mrs. Palsa!” said the teacher.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">(Not necessarily a unique name but okay.)

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“Before we could start, I’ll take the attendance and arrange the seating plan!” said Mrs. Palsa.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">I heard a mix of voices, some complaining that they won’t sit with their buddies while others say that by Nova (who I don’t worship since he’s just a wish granting clock) they will sit by their best friends. I didn’t mind really, since I don’t really consider everyone as friends, just people I talk to.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">Mrs. Palsa then took out a folder and began calling names out loud. After a couple of names were said…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“Blake Remington?” asked the teacher.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“Present” I replied.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">(Yep, now you know my name)

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">After yet calling another row of names, the teacher finally said the last one.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“Kim Solstice?” asked Mrs. Palsa.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">Then, one of the students who was purple in color raised her hand and said in a rather high pitch voice and in a cheerful manner: “Here”.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“Excellent, a full attendance, now to arrange the seating plan, first off…” said the teacher after she sent a runner off to bring the folder to the office.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“Now let’s see…um… Blake?” asked Mrs. Palsa.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“Yes?” I replied.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“You can sit over there at the front” she pointed, and thus I went there.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“And beside you will be…Kim!”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“Ooh!” Kim said in a happy tone and began walking to the desk beside me. While the teacher was announcing what we’re going to do this semester, Kim decided to speak to me.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“Hi” she said.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“Hello” I replied.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“So…what’s up?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“Gas prices”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">Kim then giggled a bit, I laughed along with her.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“Hehe, you’re funny” she said

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“To look at?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">She giggled again, and I laughed along. After we calmed down, we resumed to talk.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“So you’re Blake right?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“Yes that’s my name all right”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“I like it, it suits you”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“Oh really? Thank you! I also like your name too…Kim”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“Oh t-t-thank you t-too”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“You’re welcome”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“Hehe, you’re nice”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“Why thank you”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">She smiled.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“We should probably talk more often”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“Yes we should”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“Yeah, we can be great friends!”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“Agreed”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“But now let’s focus on this class…maybe we can be partners or something”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“Right, and yes I would like to be your partner I suppose”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“Thanks”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“You’re absolutely welcome”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">Then, we started to focus on science.

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<p class="MsoNormal">==Chapter 2==

<p class="MsoNormal"> Chapter 2

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">          Few years have passed by, and Delta and I have been growing our friendship together to the point we were best friends. From that point on, I was the only person she would hang out with, and of course she was the only person I can hang out with.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">When I turned sixteen, I felt that feeling of boredom since everything is just routine. I mean, get up, go to school, learn, go home, do recreational activities at home, sleep, rinse ‘n’ repeat. It’s pretty much a never ending cycle. And so, I came up with an idea…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">…why not explore around the outskirts of Dreamland for once?

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">And so I did.

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Later In the Evening
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent""> This is quite a hike, I thought.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">I was going over a little river, its waves of water greeting my feet as I surpass towards the other side with each step. I can feel my sore feet collide with rugged pebbles under my foot, the heat from the sun drenching me of water and sweat flowing down my face. Any moment now, I could use a bottle of water, but of course no one was around, and I was idiotic enough to not carry one myself.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">Just as I was going to return home, I saw something interesting at the corner of my eye. It was a rather dilapidated appearing cave  inside a mountain, with foliage hanging over the top of the entrance, but the true thing that caught my eye was the fact…there was a dim blue light inside it. With curiosity eating at me, I decided to enter it, and I prayed that nothing would jump me of incapacitate me whilst being inside.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">As I slowly went towards inside the cave, the sunlight behind me slowly faded way like mist in the morning. Speaking of mist, there apparently WAS mist as I proceeded inside the cave. The cave became darker and darker, and all I could hear was dreaded ambiance. Then, I was nearly meters to the light source. I mix of excitement, worry and anticipation were blending within me, and I could almost not contain it anymore.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">After a few more steps, there it was in all its glory…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">…and what I saw surprised me.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">The light source was apparently two glowing blue swords, both lying on the ground softly, as if it was there for centuries. At this point I wanted to immediately walk up to it and hold it for inspection, but it took a fair quantum of reluctance for me to finally have the guts to do so.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: "FixedMiriamTransparent"">Such am eccentric and interesting pair of weapons, <span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: "FixedMiriamTransparent"">I thought, maybe I should research on these things, if I would just pick it up—

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">But as soon as my hands were in contact with the sword handles, something odd happened.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">From the blades of the bright blue glowing swords emitted a blue aura, which then wrapped around me as if a snake did so. It then expanded and “entered” my body, giving me an electric and overwhelming sensation. My vision was momentarily enhanced, and I could see things in a brighter blue light zoomed out surrounding.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">Then, it all returned to normal, as if nothing happened. I could hear my heavy breathing, coupled with the sound of my heartbeat, as loud as a Taiko drum with every thud.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">Then, dead silence afterwards.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">I barely budged…after what just happened, it had the same effect of a normal jump-scare, and of course, I wouldn’t just proceed what I was previously doing as if it went out as normal, but then again, I’ve conquered enough pop-ups to the point I don’t cry or urinate myself.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">But anyways, I was able to move again, and I walked outside dazed like a zombie. My eyes adjusted to the bright sunlight, and my mind was flooded with stashes of questions, thoughts and concerns. Then I realized that I had the swords in my hands, and strangely enough they didn’t glow anymore…huh.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">I immediately headed back to my usual house. I have actually beefed up the house rather significantly, making it nicer and adding some technology. Some I made myself while others I bought with money via errands and all.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">As I walked up to my bedroom, all I could think of is inspecting and analyzing these two blades. I studied the appearance, sturdiness and design. It looked as if it was made a century ago, but at the same time it looks rather sturdy, clean and durable for such outdated looking weaponry. I guess it preserved itself or something. Whatever the case may be, it was quite interesting.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">There were two options I could have done with these swords; one of them was selling it to a nearby pawn shop, then maybe I could earn lots of money, but then I changed my mind, because…well; pawn shop owners want a cheap deal.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">Then came my second thought…actually USE the weapon for what it is for.

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: "FixedMiriamTransparent"">Fighting. ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">And as my first target…a little lamp stand that I have at the corner of my bedroom.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">With the blades grasped tightly in each of my hands, the feeling of exhilaration coursed through my veins. As a usual person would do, I was primed to swing the sword and slice the lamp. But in a split second, the swords lit up in its signature blue aura, and then to my revelation, a wave of fire emitted out of the swords, headed towards the lamp and completely incinerated it without causing any more fire spreads.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">I cringed.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“…”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">I swung it again, this time at a table, and out went wind blast, which pushed the table towards the wall, fracturing and shattering it with force.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">My thoughts were confirmed…I should have noticed it all along…

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: "FixedMiriamTransparent"">These swords hold supernatural powers. ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">Then I changed from shock to excitement. I could use it for defense or maybe… help people from danger with it. I know, not necessarily an original idea, but hey the world does need help, but that’s an overstatement, I can’t just protect the world at a snap even with these powerful blades, of course.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">Following the said idea, I was wondering what I should look like as a hero. I didn’t want to be a stereotypical one with his underwear out of his/her pants with a cape. I was thinking if I could conceal my identity, which again isn’t original but I prefer that than the former.

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Later That Evening
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">Yep, the sound of welding, forging, and engineering simultaneously rings in my ears.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">          After what felt like ages, I finally created my gear. I made a dual X-shaped sheath (which I designed for it to be worn at the back) to place my swords in if I don’t use them. Then my signature mask, which was made out of standard steel. It looks somewhat like Meta Knight’s mask, though with a different slit visor as well as the design of the mask itself. It’s quite hard to explain so apologies if I can’t do so.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">After I donned the mask and equipped the sheaths, I ran out of the door and began my hero work.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">Little did I know what was in store for me.

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<p class="MsoNormal">==Chapter 3==

<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"> Chapter 3

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">          I was walking along a soil road surround by an open plain with a couple trees and shrubs. As I look around it seemed that no one was near my immediate vicinity. Then strangely enough I was clumsy enough to trip and roll down a hill. Thank goodness I didn’t break my neck…wait, what neck?

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">As I slowly rose up to do a full 360 degree sweep, I spotted a couple beings heading my way. I looked closer, and then I finally knew what they were….NZs, Waddle Dees/Doos

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: "FixedMiriamTransparent"">Aw great, <span style="font-size:16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent""> I thought.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">As I continued to inspect them, one of them attempted to charge at me. I immediately did what my reflexes would have done; slash it. And so I did, and just like that the NZ disappeared. A couple of Waddle Dees then followed after that one, and I slashed them, one after the other, but I still had no time to celebrate.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">An entire horde of NZ’s and Wild Waddle Dees and Waddle Doos surround me like a circular wall closing in on an insect.

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: "FixedMiriamTransparent"">Just when I thought it was over. ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">Then, I did another tactic; ranged attacks. I unleashed a couple fire waves, plasma beams, electric orbs and wind blasts at the ever-closing in enemies. But it wasn’t over yet, since ANOTHER armada of NZs and Waddles went after me, and all I could do was fight with a mix of close/far ranged attacks. Then I felt something bite me at the back; an arrow from an archer Waddle Dee.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">I tumbled from the recoiled, and I crashed into a boulder, my back against it. My vision blurred a bit, then fixed itself, only for me to see the band of NZs and Waddle Dees/Doos marching straight for me, ready for the last strike. I felt like this was it, I was hopeless to stop the fact that I would die.

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: "FixedMiriamTransparent"">Yes, I’m pretty sure I am going to die…. ''

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">…I was wrong.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">Before I knew it, a somewhat purple blur zoomed right around them, eviscerating every enemy in front of my own eyes. I was dumbfounded. What just happened?! At the point of my imminent death, something or…someone ended all of my adversaries in a blink of an eye. But WHO did it?

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">Then the answer came to me.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">The blur stopped immediately in front of me. All I could see was a dark purple silhouette, with pink glowing eyes staring into my own. I was afraid it would kill me last, so I backed away more at the boulder. My vision cleared up again, and I saw the being it all its glory.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">It was purple, red, blue, and cyan in color. It had a mask similar to mine, but with a different visor. It also had shoulder guards, boots, and gloves similar to mine as well, heck even the blades, which looked more like Katanas, but they glowed like mine, this time the Katanas were pink, not blue.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">Then the being held its hand out towards me and said in a feminine voice…

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“Wait”.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">I froze.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">Suddenly, the being took off her (?) mask slowly and put it by her (?) side. What I saw startled me even more.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">She had glowing pretty pink eyes, with eyelashes, one beside each eye, and she also had purple skin complimenting her said eyes. She looked familiar…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">Then it hit me.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">The being was no one other than…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: "FixedMiriamTransparent"">Kim <span style="font-size:16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">My jawed almost dislocated off my face. The one who saved me from my brink of execution was no one but my best friend and classmate.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">After a long awkward period of silence, I uttered her name.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“...Kim?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">She replied…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“...Blake?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">I was shocked. She already knew who I was deep inside the mask (the voice probably gave it away)

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">After yet another seemingly long pause, the both of us screamed and ran to each other.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“Kim!!”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“Blake!!”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">We both then embraced each other in a loving friendly tight hug. We were like that for what felt like 5+ minutes. Kim then began to cry out of happiness.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“I missed you so much Blake! I was worried sick about you! I thought you were gone!!!”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">She sobbed a bit, her tears trickling down her checks like a stream of water. I close my eyes and hugged her tightly.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">“Don’t worry Kim, I’m here right now, I won’t leave you.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">==Later==

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">After the hug, we had a conversation. It was about if the both of us could be partners and do the usual heroic obligations together. Of course, we agreed together. I then asked Kim how she was like how I am. Apparently she found her weapons in a rather stony temple full of moss and fungi. She claimed it was lying on the ground, and she pretty much had the same things as me; overwhelming aura, goes home to make armor, etc.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:36.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:"FixedMiriamTransparent"">After the talk, we finally put our partnership into action.