1 Dreamer
A boy no older than 10 was laying flat on his bed while reading some manga that the nice couple across the street give him. 'Dreams are so nice..' he thought to himself while twiddling his fingers. Not even a few seconds later his room's door burst open, the sight of a tall man with black hair and brown eyes and a face full of anger and hatred appeared. He walked over to where the boy was sitting while the floorboards creaked under his steps.
When his gaze landed on the boy it was one full of hatred and disgust, to which the boy was quite used to. It would disturb him more if the man didn't look at him like this. 'hah.. uncle must really be mad today.' The boy thought to himself while not talking, to avoid his uncle's fury.
The man was talking to himself in small whispers. The boy could barely make out, "Why don't you just die already? I want your inheritance you fucking brat," from the man, his breath rank of alcohol. Sighing to himself he watched as the man grabbed something from his back pocket.
Under the pale moonlight, a small switch knife gleamed. Under the unintelligible rambling of his uncle, the boy's eyes widened in fright before turning cold. 'If you're going to kill me.. I'LL TAKE YOU WITH ME!' he thought. As the man walked closer to the boy, he snaked his hands under his bedframe grabbing a knife that has long since been hidden.
The man seeing the movement lunged towards the boy in an attempt to end him with his knife. The knife slid in between his stomach causing grunts of pain to echo from his mouth. Steeling himself, he grabbed the knife while aiming for his heart. The man seeing this was started, he started stabbing the boy in hope of him dropping the knife.
His hope was unfounded for the knife slyly made its way into his heart, but not before the boy was stabbed so many times that he would die of blood loss. 'Dreams must truly.. be nice.' the boy thought with a small smile as he closed his eyes.
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[Welcome Dreamer!}
[It is my goal to help you in your travels. You may call me a 'System' of sorts.]
The boy stared blankly at the voice emanating from his head and the screen appearing in front of him. "What do you mean by 'Dreamer' and 'travels'" he asked, wary of the strange occurrence happening to him.
['Dreamer' is the name for those who turn dreams into reality! You have been chosen as the successor of the last 'Dreamer' to use his power to fulfill you dreams! It won't be easy though, there is no such thing as 'free lunch' as humans call it. You will have to train yourself, body and mind, to match yourself with the last 'Dreamer'.]
[Travels refer to journeying across multiple worlds for entertainment, equipment, skills, and meeting 'characters' of stories that you read in your past life!]
The boy tried to pinch himself only to realize that he didn't have a body. 'This can't be a dream.. I was supposed to be dead.. so is this.. real?' he thought to himself.
[I assure you Dreamer that this is real!]
"HA? YOU CAN READ MY MIND" The boy yelled. After taking a few moments to let all of these events to settle in, he felt more at peace with the situation. The voice hasn't responded yet so he asked another question, "Also what do you mean 'characters' of stories that I read in my past life?"
[Past Dreamers take stories from other worlds to create new 'realities' which also includes all of the stories you read in your past life! While that was the Dreamers original purpose.. it has since degraded. While the new Dreamers had a set purpose, the recent Dreamers have no purpose, because the first of them already completed their purpose!]
"Huh.. that doesn't really make sense.. but ok, I guess?" The boy thought to himself.
[Now, please say 'Status' to begin!]
"Status" the boy said after he finished reading the message.
[Status]
[Name: Samael] (A/N: I am bad with names...)
[Race: Kitten of Dreams]
[Level 0/10]
(Average Human is 5 on all stats)
[Strength: 4] (Strength indicates physical power and stamina.)
[Vitality: 50] (Vitality indicates health and longevity, -lifespan-.)
[Agility: 20] (Agility indicates speed and how nimbly you can move.)
[Magic: 50] (Magic indicates how good you are in magic and how big you mana pool is)
[Skills]
[Dream Magic] [Magic Manipulation] [Speed Boost (minor)] [Health Boost (minor)]
[Description]
[Dream Magic: The beginner stage of dream manipulation. Can put others to sleep and affect their dreams and nightmares while sleeping. Once mastered [Dream Manipulation] will be unlocked.]
[Magic Manipulation: The ability to cast, conjure, or shape magic. The tool to use [Spells] that every respectable Magic user would need.]
[Speed Boost (minor): A small boost in speed in exchange of mana or stamina, +5 in agility when activated]
[Health Boost (minor): A small boost in regeneration in exchange of mana or stamina, boosts regeneration speed by 1.2x.]
[First World: Spinning.....]
[Dreamer will be restricted to this world until you have enough power to world hop yourself!
[*ding* First World Chosen!]
[First World: RWBY]
[Dreamers take on the form of whatever the soul is most like, which is why your race classifies as: Kitten of Dreams! They can be any creature, once you reach a high enough 'level' you will undergo evolution to the next stage and unlock more of your full potential! Good luck Dreamer!]
After Samael finished looking though his status he looked at his first world. "Fuck.. well.. I guess it depends on what timeline I am in.." He said aloud. At first he was apprehensive, but if he's in the timeline when Naruto is born and in the Hidden Leaf he should be fine.
[When you would like to read your 'Status' just say or think of the word and the screen will appear! Transporting in 3 seconds!]
Anxiously squirming around he saw a crack in space appear in front of him. His body was sucked into the space opening while he looked around. He gasped in surprise seeing the sight of huge trees surrounding him. He looked around to see grass the same height as his eyes. He slowly looked down to see small cat feet that the fur was half black and half white.
Letting out a small meow in surprise at seeing his new appendages he tripped. If someone were to look upon this scene they would think it would be very cute seeing the kitten tumble around trying to walk. After Samael got used to using his new paws his fur bristled.
Instantly set on edge he ran into a bush trying to hide. Landing in the thickest bush he could find a large boar came trampling into the small opening he was in before. It was easily 3 meters tall and 4 meters wide.. in other words, a HUGE boar. The boar seeing that whatever was in its clearing wasn't there anymore laid down and fell asleep under some sticks and leaves.
Samael, seeing a chance for food, started testing out his [Dream Magic] in order to put the boar into a deep sleep. After failing a few times the boars previously tense sleep quickly melted into full-blown deep sleep.
Samael's paws couldn't cut through the boars tough tough skin, so he tried the next best thing. Since the boar was going to sleep for a while he decided to make a blade out of mana to try and cut through his skin.
Sparks of mana ignited from where he was attempting to make the blade. After a few minutes of attempts he got a very bent piece of blue transparent blade with no handle floating beside him. Walking closer to the boar who was still sleeping peacefully Samael shot the blade directly through his skull, utilizing the speed to get its way through.
[Level Up!]
'Status'
[Name: Samael]
[Race: Kitten of Dreams]
[Level: 1/10]
[Strength: 4-->9]
[Vitality: 50-->55]
[Agility: 20-->25]
[Magic: 50-->60]
[Attribute points: 25-->0]
[Skills]
[Dream Magic] [Magic Manipulation] [Speed Boost (minor)] [Health Boost (minor)]
'So I just kill stuff to level up? This is pretty weird but alright.. I will do it.' He thought to himself. Summoning the blade once more it looked more.. refined that before, but still had some rough spots on it. 'My magic is running low.. I should probably eat this boar and sleep.' Samael told himself.
After using the blade to skin off a part of the boar Samael started eating it raw, he is a cat and he is low an magic so no fire. He finished eating, leaving a still rather large portion of the boar uneaten. He ran around grabbing sticks and leave with his mouth and began covering the boar while dragging the skin of the boar through some mud while leaving one side uncovered. He quickly threw the uncovered side over the boar while mud should cover the smell a bit.
'Time to sleep..' he thought to himself while patting the floor around him and laying down in a pile of soft leaves.
5 days have passed since he began hunting in the forest. He would use a combination of his [Dream Magic] and his [Mana Blade] skill to hunt some of the other creatures in the area, -mainly boar and some wolves-. Surprisingly, he didn't run into any grimm. (*cough* plot armor)
'Status'
[Name: Samael
[Kitten of Dreams]
[Level: 10/10]
(Average Huntsman: 100 w/Aura)
[Strength: 9--> 30]
[Vitality: 55-->100]
[Agility: 25--> 115]
[Magic: 60-->129]
[Attribute Points: 225--> 0]
(A/N: Leveling up will get harder.)
[Congratulations Dreamer! You are now able to evolve! Evolution will begin in 3 days.]
Samael was very excited to finally be able to evolve, but seeing the '3 days' part of the status made his mood sour a bit. Deciding not to get sad about it he started exploring more of the forest near his makeshift base. While he hasn't technically found any city yet he knows that he is in the surrounding area of one.
How does he know? He found a road with some hunters patrolling with big ass weapons. Walking into the direction of where he first found the road he passed by some small groups of wolves that he didn't want to fight currently. After dodging a couple of stray wolves he made his way onto the dirt road that was wide enough for 1 big group to walk on.
After walking for around a day it was quickly turning night, even though he doesn't necessarily need to sleep every night with his increased vitality it certainly feels nice to laze around for a while after walking for so long. Climbing into an empty tree stump he curled into a ball and quickly began sleeping while using [Dream Magic] to give himself good dreams but still awake enough to run away from combat.
The next day was the same.. Samael kept on walking at a generally slow pace on the road. At the end of the day however he could see walls with the some signs hanging over it. "I really don't want to go into the city as a cat.. maybe once I evolve I can fix that." He said at loud, which only came out as small meows. (A/N: foreshadowing)
He slept for the rest of the night and most of the next day, preparing to enter Konoha. On his third night when he went to sleep his 'System' appeared again.
[Evolution Started...]
[Will be completed within 12 hours.]
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[Congratulations! You have been evolved into...]
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(A/N: If you post a review with 1 star for the 'no-harem' reason... I am deleting it.)
P.S: The next chapter will be longer. This one was only about 2000 words
Double P.S: What world should he go to next? I got some ideas but none concrete so far..
