The Master System

Did you ever go at the top of a mountain ?

Did you ever get mesmerized by the beauty of a setting sun, it's every rays slowly disappearing from the world as night falls. Oh it was a beautiful sight, but one day that you should enjoy with your head on your shoulders.

And this could not be said about Frost Carnan Lumeo, or as all his companions who were laying on the floor, dead, would call him, the ' Noble Failure '.

He did however tried to enjoy the sunset, for as long as he could while his eyes slowly closed. In all of his life this was maybe the only moment he took to enjoy something.

' What a drag....' The young man thought. It was quite a strange thing to still be alive after his head was mounted on the spike of a flag. But at least he was still able to bask in the auburn light for the last seconds of his life.

" Oooooh but I think not !" Exclaimed a joyous voice. If Frost still could, he would be turning his head around to see who had spoken. In his current state the only thing he could do was try to widen his eyes in surprise, but he couldn't even do that. Time had been stopped.

' Time has stopped, before I could die....And a joyous voice is talking to me....Is that-' Before he could continue on his thoughts, a clawed hand grabbed his head and pierced a little bit of flesh. Fortunately Frost couldn't feel pain at this very instant.

' No no no, my dear friend. I am not God, or Death, or the Devil....

Or that weird fat woman who dares to call herself a fairy. I am MS....Or the ' Master System' if you want. ' Proclaimed the voice.

' What ? Master System ? Are you trying to confuse me ? Ha ! You must be the Devil !' Thought Frost. It wouldn't really surprise him if the Devil was the last thing he saw before dying.

" Noooo, boy ! The last thing a being sees before his death is what he once was and what he could've become. You shall see those in a moment. But let me explain something to you, boy." Said MS.

'...This is weird.....Way too weird even for me. If you're not the Devil, or God, or Death....Then I don't think I'll like what you are ' Thought Frost.

" Oh you'll like me ! Your enemies though....Can't say for sure ! OHOHOHO ! Now to be serious I have a little something to tell you. Once in a while, a certain being is born....The One who Lead All. I am sure you've heard of this, right ?" Asked MS, shocking Frost.

' Of course ! It's an old legend ! It says that all the greatest Leaders in the history of the Universe were born to lead, having been given a gift of tremendous value by He Who Reign Supreme...Or well The Supreme God.' Thought Frost, now truly dreading whoever he was talking to. It may have been an old legend, but a legend that he was the only to have heard of in his world. That he was sure of.

" Well you see....I am that gift !" Exclaimed Ms, now appearing in front of Frost. The young man knew that MS had to have a weird appearence due to his clawed hands and inhumane voice, but he certainly hadn't thought that the being would be.....Two floating bony hands with shiny blue razor-like claws coming out of where the knuckles should be.

" Weird, huh ? Yeah I know. But you're too weak to see my true appearence. Or rather the body that was given to me, because I quote ' Talking to some floating blue screen is hella weird ! '. And I do think so too." Said the....Hands.

' This is becoming weirder and weirder....Just tell me what you are supposed to already !' Thought Frost. He wasn't a very patient man.

" Okay ! Now since I am the gift that allowed so many figures to become legendary, I am quite great and very complex. But I will just say one thing.....I can allow you to become the Master of all things !" Exclaimed MS, the bony hands grabbing Frost's frozen face.

' ....Eh ?' Answered Frost, completely at a loss for words.

" Well to make things simple.....I am a being that can appear in different forms and that will allow you to become the Master of one thing at a time, no matter what it is, allowing you to completely cjange them. For example you can become the Master of.....A kingdom, and through the use of Master Points that you will receive everytime you complete the missions that I will give you, this would let you change it, alter it in any ways you want....Like say, change the races of all the subjects of this kingdom, or make it bigger....Or change the landscape....ANYTHING !!!" Said the voice, screaming at the end, appearing to be extremely excited.

And it had the right to be. For as soon as it said those words, Frost's world exploded. They appeared all around him, visions of what this power could do...Control an object, a being, an army, a kingdom, a continent, a world.....The universe or even Gods themselves.

' This...This is....'Frost couldn't even think straight, the visions still appearing before his eyes. He could see things that just blew his mind.....And the worse of it all ? He was in all those visions.....

" Didn't I tell you ? You shall see them in a minute.....The one you once were...." Said MS pointing at his bloody head.

" And the one....Or ones you could've become, and will definitely become with my help." Said MS, pointing at all the versions of himself that the visions were showing him. He couldn't feel it, but tears were flowing on his face, the only tears he had shed in his life.

'....Where....Where do I sign ?' Asked Frost, his mind coming back to him.

" Kukukuku.....Just say that you accept the contract....Partner." Answered MS.

' Then...Then, definitely...I accept the contract, partner. ' Thought Frost.

Time ceased to be stopped, Frost's eyes closed...And a bone-chilling laugh was heard throughout the entire world.

This was the sign of the beginning of the end, for everyone except for The Master, of course.