Beginning

"This is where my life starts"

A child who could only be 4 or 5 awoke in an alleyway of Pandora thinking about nothing but the pure rage he felt. After awhile he became tired and laid on the cold stone floor.

He consequently shivered, Rageful and unable to sleep he decided to look around the alleyway, In the corner of his eye he saw a floating eye, He quickly scooched away frightened by the strange eye. 

Still, The eye flew back to him anyway but he continued. After a few more tries he realized it was useless to try and move away from the eye.

He tried to remember how he ended up in this odd place. Infuriated at the fact he couldn't remember. A red blanket appeared above him. He had no idea why it did but it did. 

He covered himself with the Odd blanket, Held the floating eyeball closer to him and fell asleep. The eyeball seemed surprised but fell asleep peacefully by the boy after a while.

Twelve Years Later

A girl entered the boys room. 

"Wake up you Pig. Hey I said WAKE UP"

She hit him on the head with a neutral look on her face. 

"Ouch Okay Ok I'm up, what time is it?"

He asked as he took off his sleeping mask and rubbed his eyes. He still looked tired and his hair was messy.

"It's time to WAKE UP, Unless you want Kalpana to beat you up again" 

She said pointing at the clock in his room. 

"Don't remind me, God I just want to go back to sleeping"

He got up while thinking about what to eat. He yawned as he got up and scratched his hair.

'An omelette would be good right now'

"Can't you wake up by yourself?" 

She asked out of anger as she sat on the edge of his bed. Her hair laid on his bed, It was long, Silky and black.

"Yeah I could but my adorable little sister could do it instead" 

He said as he gave her a noogie.

"Aww come on Mom just did my hair you know"

She tried to fix her hair, Failing to do so, She got mad and messed up his hair in annoyance. 

"I haven't even brushed my hair yet Nyx, Can't you just do your hair again anyways?" 

he asked cluelessly while stretching, He glanced over at her. 

"I'll break your legs pig"

It seemed his careless wording had angered his sister. She was tempted to throw something at him.

"Ok ok I'm sorry princess" 

He said teasingly while running towards the door of his room. She threw the closest item at him maliciously. It was his alarm clock, it struck his right leg as he was running.

He fell to the ground holding his breath knowing he'd yell if he didn't, He grimaced while holding his right leg. 

"That'll teach you" 

She left his room while still annoyed.

After a while he got up and took a shower. After that he got dressed and checked his phone, Noticing he was late. He walked down the stairs to the living room slowly. He saw the rest of the group.

"Hey guys how's it going"

A bead of sweat ran down his face.

"You're late" 

A relatively tall woman with short and messy black hair glanced at him. 

"Yeah I guess I am huh?"

He covered his head in fear before she threw a few rocks at him. 

He curled into a ball thinking.

'Why do I always get assaulted?'

"Must hurt huh?"

The tall woman with black hair asked him. 

"Damn chill I was just a little late!" 

He yelled while rubbing his head, He didn't yell too loud as he didn't want another rock thrown at him.

"Is an hour a little late to you Isle? Kalpana's a busy woman you know" 

His little sister walked out of the kitchen into the living room and gave him a teasing look. 

"What are you doing here Nyx? You should be at school right now" 

The young man had an annoyed look on his face. 

"Didn't I tell you yesterday, I don't have school today" 

She shrugged with a smug look on her face.

"Either way that doesn't mean you have to be here disturbing me"

Isle said before he heard a meow.

"And why is there a cat here!"

Isle asked while picking up the cat, It was pitch black in color. He immediately suspected Kalpana and looked at her.

"That's my cat dont worry about it" 

Kalpana answered calmly while looking at Isle curiously.

"Why does it matter if there's a cat in here anyways?" 

A young man with long hair asked him while petting the cat, The cat purred clearly content with the pats.

"Why is it pitch black?! I can't see anything but it's damn eyes!"

Isle asked while looking closer at the cat. Although as he said before, All he could see were its round white eyes.

"I don't know but when I found her she was all alone so she's my cat now" 

She was stretching her neck while answering.

"Where the hell did you find it!? The Abyss!?" 

Isle held the cat up and looked into its eyes skeptically. 

"Just shut up so we can get to the bounty already" 

The young man with long hair said with an annoyed look on his face.

"Fine" 

He put the cat down, It meowed at him then walked over to Kalpana and laid down. 

"Let's just move onto the bounty plan already" 

Kalpana said, Isle glanced at the cat one more time, Then he looked at Val's braided hair. His hair was black with gold colored tips. It was long and braided.

"Isle you alright?" Val fidgeted with his hair nervously. 

Isle stared at the corner of the room, Noticing a tall man with white hair. He was leaning on the wall with his eyes closed and his arms crossed.

"Star, why are you here?"

Isle asked while looking at him curiously.

'Was he always this antisocial?'

Star opened his eyes. 

"Neiva insisted I come with her so here I am, It'll be interesting to see how you've grown with the sword" 

Star answered, Glancing at Neiva and Isle before closing his eyes again. 

"Are you guys dating or something?" 

Isle asked teasingly while poking Star. 

"No, She just likes me for some reason I don't know why though" 

He was confused as to why, After all he considered himself to have a cold personality, And who would want such a cruel man as a partner?

Neiva blushed at the mention of her crush on him.

"Can't you shut up Isle?"

Neiva knocked his head in annoyance, He rubbed his head and backed away from her a bit.

'I'll never be free from the assault huh? I guess it was my fault to be fair'

He stood back where he was before and looked at Neiva while covering his head, Then he looked at Star.

"Well If you're here where's your brother don't you usually take him with you?"

Isle asked while still rubbing his head.

"Oh you mean that little prodigy? He's doing some 'training' with the princess, He's probably found a way to extort food by now" 

He said while shrugging his shoulders casually. He didn't really find it to be that interesting but to be fair he doesn't find a whole lot to be interesting.

"Training with the princess? As if that wou-" 

Isle said with an amused tone before really listening to what Star said. 

"WITH THE PRINCESS!?!?"

You would've thought his jaw was coming off with how much it dropped.

"It's not very surprising after all his quantum is pretty similar to the princess'" 

He said in his usual monotone voice.

It's not out of the ordinary for the Kingdom of Pandora to train children with similar Quantum's to other ones, It is weird to see a child be trained by the princess personally but not unprecedented.

"That's pretty interesting, Has he told you anything about the princess?" 

Kalpana curiously looked at Star.

"I mean he said that she took him to some fancy restaurant" 

He answered blankly as usual.

"What a fatty" 

Nyx chimed in, Star glanced at her. 

"Shouldn't you be helping your mom cook right now?"

She had an anxious look then ran off to the kitchen, He watched her run back to the kitchen. He closed his eyes again.

'She must've forgotten to' Star sighed.

"Anyways he also said she asks about me a lot" 

He said this with just a little more emotion than before.

"What did you just say?" 

Neiva had an annoyed look on her face. Star showed the slightest amount of emotion before saying. 

"It's not that big of a deal really" 

He shrugged at her, Truthfully he didn't really care about it at all.

"You know what you're right it's probably fine" 

She sighed. 

"She's probably just curious about who's taking care of him after all he's a good kid"

He said with a slightly prideful look on his face.

"Star… You know what it doesn't matter"

She frowned slightly. 

"Good, Anyways Isle what's the plan for today's bounties?" 

Star looked at Isle with a tired look.

"I'm glad you asked cuz today we're gonna kill the Dryad of the Aklyne forest. That bounties way too good to let go" 

He daydreamed about the reward, Thinking with that money he could get all the stuff he wanted.

"Isle you're drooling stop it" Val said in an disgusted tone. 

"Huh what?" He snapped out of it then wiped his mouth. 

"You know you're splitting the money right? So don't think you'll be taking all of it" 

Kalpana said as she punched his head.

"Oww yeah I know" 

Isle winced in pain from the punch. 

'Damn Island Company, Is it that bad to dream?' 

He thought while rubbing his head.

"Well let's get going then" 

Nyx had an excited look while holding an odd dagger.

"You're not coming, it's too risky"

Isle said while still rubbing his head. 

"Why can't I? It'll be fine if Lucille comes with me won't it?"

She begged. Isle held his face in annoyance.

'That idiot probably isn't even awake in the first place.'

"Is Lucille even awake right now?" 

Val wondered while looking at her. 

"Probably not, Knowing her, She's sleeping comfortably in her room or anywhere else" 

Isle responded while taking a wooden sword from a floating sword rack and handing it to Star, The rack disappeared instantly after.

"Isn't that the Reality Carver? Can I hold it?" 

Nyx reached to grab it with excitement.

"No"

Star said coldly as he moved it away from her. 

"How come that idiot gets to hold it?" 

Nyx glared at Isle. 

"It's not a toy Nyx, I'm sure you know this" 

Star answered in a monotone voice as usual.

"Yeah whatever" 

She poked Star and Isle. 

"Anyways as I was gonna say before Nyx interrupted, Here's the plan, First Val will distract the Druid, Then the rest of us will ambush her when she's distracted and we're done" 

Isle was visibly proud of his plan.

"That plans pretty bad but it'll work I guess" 

Kalpana said smugly teasing him, Isle stared at her with an annoyed look

"Don't cry about it dude" 

She said even more teasingly than before. 

"Fuck off"

He said nonchalantly while flipping her off. 

"Let's just get going already before we waste anymore time" 

Val patted Isles shoulder while holding a wisteria petal. 

"Nyx don't do anything stupid while I'm gone alright? Moms already on me cuz of last time" 

Isle said to her with a petal in his hand.

"Yeah I won't, See you later Isle" 

She gave him a hug. 

"Mhm"

He hugged her back. 

"So where's that forest?" 

Neiva stretched. 

"Don't worry I know where it is, just hold the petal" 

Star answered as they all held their petals.

"Wait don't tel-" 

Before Isle could finish his sentence, Star warped them all to the Aklyne Forest.

Isle ran over to a bush and threw up in it, Val walked over to him and patted his back.

"You alright?" 

Val looked at Star walking away. Star glanced back at the two before he walked off with Kalpana and Neiva while repeating Isle's plan in more detail.

"I'm fine… Where are they going?" 

Isle wiped his mouth with a red towel.

"I'm pretty sure they're going to look for our bounty. Why do you ask? Feeling good already?"

Val asked teasingly while poking Isle's head.

"If I'm being honest, No I feel like I'm going to barf my organs out"

He started to stand up and Val pulled him up.

"Well I hope you're feeling fine cuz it's not getting any better" 

He laughed and walked towards the rest of the group while Isle followed.

"Oh you two finally stopped goofing around huh?"

Kalpana turned around to look at them, She was obviously annoyed by them being behind.

"Oh calm down, it's not like you've even gotten close to finding the Dryad yet so it doesn't matter" 

Isle said cluelessly with his hands behind his head.

She pointed towards a bunch of trees, And there she was, The Dryad was playing with some birds blissfully unaware of the bounty hunters stalking her.

"Oh… Well let's start the plan then"

Isle said eagerly as he pushed Val towards the Dryad, He fell through a bush.

"Oh and who are you?" 

The Dryad stopped playing with the birds and stared at the odd visitor.

"Me? I'm just laying here" 

He said tiredly as he dusted off his shirt while laying down.

"That doesn't answer my question" 

She said shyly as she held her hand out to pull him up.

He grabbed her hand and she pulled him up.

"Thanks" 

He smiled at her and brushed some dirt off his long black hair.

"So... Who are you?" 

She asked again as a bunch of butterflies landed on her, She laughed.

"I'm Valekis, How about you?"

He answered while braiding his hair.

"My name's Mori, Why are you here? You couldn't have come here by accident"

She had her finger on her lip while thinking. 

"So what do you need here?"

"I got lost while I was taking a walk, And I guess I just kept on walking and ended up here" He rustled his hair.

Isle jumped to hit Mori with a crimson bat the second he rustled his hair.

Mori glanced at him and he was struck by a root from the ground, Sending him flying, Snapping trees until he hit a rundown cabin. 

He grimaced in pain and held his head, "I'll make a mental note not to mess with nature"

He pulled a splinter out of his shirt.

'That was my favorite shirt'

He looked at his shirt in disappointment then looked at the Cabin he hit before walking into it. Isle hesitantly opened the door to the cabin and looked inside before entering. Everything was old but it was much older than what should be possible.

Everything looked as if it was from the Primordial Era. Isle took a few steps forward before tripping on something and landing on his face.

"As if my luck wasn't bad enough"

He rubbed his forehead and held his nose to stop his nosebleed, While still holding his nose he kneeled down to see what he tripped on, There on the floor he saw a dusty book and blew on it before opening it.