1 Just the Beginning

Creed

*11: 00 at night in a small two room apartments' living room*

Damn it's so cold outside I should have brought my winter coat but I should still be fine with just my jacket and scarf. I look around as I sit on a couch with two other teenagers, while another one sits on a chair next to the couch. "How about black ops 3"? Ty a black skinned, overweight friend of mine asked the everyone as he's scrolling through the games on the Xbox one. "Huh" I say as I snap back to reality. Sure I'm alright with that" I say when I realize what he said. "No issues here" echoed the other two. Oh shit I never texted mom where I'm at, I'll just send it now and hope she isn't ma... what?... where's my phone? "hey Ty are you sitting on my phone" I ask. "Oh hold on" Ty says as he gets up to look. "No, it's not there, sorry Creed" he said as he sat back down. "No worries. Well fuck... are you on it Keith"? I ask as I turn to my best friend a skinny guy of obvious mixed heritage based on his slightly darker skin tone. "My nigga, forget about your fucking phone for a second and make your class real fast so we can play the game" Keith said. "Okay Okay, I'll make my fucking class". I pick up the controller and customize my gun to my liking. "Alright your turn James" I say as I looked at the brown haired overweight young man. "Oh ok" James responded.

*Many hours and several different games later*

"Hey it's about time I should take you all home" James said to the us as were sitting on the couch. "Really dude it's fucking eight in the morning" said Keith. "Sorry man, I got a girl coming over at nine and it looks like two of you are about to pass out anyway" James responds. "Ok, whatever" I groggily reply as I stand up and start grabbing my jacket and scarf. Wait where's my phone wait... "FUCK" I shout. "What's wrong" Keith asks. "I forgot to text my mom, she's gonna fucking kill me when I get home.

*20 minutes later pulling in to Creed's driveway*

"Alright, see y'all later" I say as I get out of James' beat up old truck. Oh moms not home. I'm not sure if that's good or bad considering I forgot my key. Hope the garage doors open.I walk over and open the large upwards sliding garage door and close it behind me. Fuck this garage we need to clean this place again, I think as I step over a bunch of random crap and duck under cobwebs, finally making my way to the door that leads to the basement. "Well moment of truth" I turn the doorknob with little hope. *Click*. "Oh thank god" I say as it opens with ease. I walk through the basement over to my chair and set my scarf and jacket down on it. I turn around to see my dog running down stairs to see me. "Hello Able how are you" I say as he runs around in circles sniffing my pants as he wags his tail. "Who do you smell huh". I pet him for a little while and decide to head upstairs as it's still a bit cold in the basement. "AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH" I scream as I kneel down on the stairs and grab my head as a burning, crushing pain assaults my mind. After less than a minute everything fades to black.

"What... What happened. Wait where the fuck am I" I start looking around but that does nothing to ease my confusion as I'm now floating in an area of complete white . *VRRRIIING* A high pitched but strangely pleasing sound plays behind me as I can see a brilliant golden glow coming from the same direction. After making an effort to turn around to look, I see what is causing the glow and presumably the musical note as well, A giant symbol that looks similar to a Transmutation circle from a certain anime. Its made up of various interconnected shapes and what seem to be either an ancient language or some kind of writing out of lord of the rings. Looking around I notice that this symbol is only one of many that are floating around in this whitespace I just didn't notice the rest because they are nearly Invisible as they aren't lit up, are a type of off white that blends in to the rest of the space and, are semi translucent and make no sound. As I look around I get the unconscious desire to touch the glowing symbol in front of me, without even thinking about it, as I assume that this is all some dream I'll have faint if any memories of after I wake up, I proceed to reach out my right hand and touch the center portion of the symbol. As my palm presses against the symbol a gallant heavenly glow burst forth covering my entire body which I am just now noticing is completely naked. At first the glow feels amazing almost intoxicating but it quickly becomes very violent. "AAHHHH AHHHH AHHH HELP PLEASE HELP ME"!!!!! I scream but theres no one there as I writhe in torment and suffering. As I do my best to curl in a fetal position I notice what the light is doing to my body. My previously overweight stomach is shrinking. My arms and legs which used to only have a small amount of muscle are becoming toned and refined. Every part of my body is being turned and molded into something I could never dreamed of having, this was should have been a dream come true but there was no possible way to enjoy it with the pain I was currently experiencing. Every second it went on was another second I plead for death. What seemed like forever wasn't probably more than a few hours. Eventually, while I didn't grow numb as I would have wished I became unresponsive to the pain just floating there letting the light do what it wanted. Slowly the light faded and so did my senses but before I passed out several words that automatically associated themselves with the symbol I had touched appeared and scorched themselves into my mind _LEGACY GRIMOIRE OF A FALLEN ARCHANGEL_LEVEL ONE ARCANE ART_BODY TYPE_ANGEL COMMONER'S PHYSIQUE_

*In a Dark castle hall*

Two people who look like nothing but dark silhouettes sit across from each other at a rectangular wooden table. They continue to stare at one another for sometime till one breaks the silence. "Shouldn't you be on the run yet, They'll be coming to arrest you anytime now". One says the voice clearly labelling her as a female. "Oh don't worry I'll be just fine we both know they won't be able to catch me. But lets cut to the chase we both now what I'm gonna ask". The other replies in a deep, husky voice. "What do I approve of you sending grimoires out into the public giving commoners a power they don't understand and have never been trained in how use it. Your reckless self righteous decision will ruin countless lives, what you've done will bring nothing but death and misery"! The woman replies getting angrier the longer she talks. "You're exactly right they don't understand it, they haven't been trained in the arcane ways, despite the fact that in the past magic was common knowledge and any one with even the slightest talent was allowed to practice it. It wasn't until that power hungry Revival Gold Guild that your'e a part of came in to power that magic began to become restricted. Huuuu Listen Ms.Dawn we both know that there's a war coming against forces that we've never seen and know nothing about. But while everyone is so worried about making sure that there wealth will be protected and arguing over who's going to the frontline first, not once has anyone mentioned the common people, they will be met with a genocide if left to the way things are now. So EXCUSE me Ms.Dawn but what I'VE done is give them a fighting chance. Now pardon me but is time I take my leave. Make no mistake Ms.Dawn this is just the beginning".