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Shadow Slave: Bloodborne

Fanfiction of the webnovel "Shadow Slave" by "Guiltythree". In the suffocating darkness of his Nightmares, a boy named Ragna finds himself standing on a sea of blood. As Ragna unravels the truth about his Lineage and the forbidden powers stirring within him, he must chose between embracing the darkness or risk being lost to it entirely. Follow him as he somehow survives the trials given to him by his fate.

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Waking up

In the underground hospital complex of the Awakened Academy, three people inside of sleeping pods had awakened all at the same time, just two hours after the last person did.

In different kind of rooms, multiple thing had happened right at the same time. In the first one, the girl inside the pod started to levitate while shining brightly, melting the pod she was in.

In the other room, a tree, a car and a dog had suddenly appeared, looking very real to the eye, but actually not existing.

And in the last room ... nothing happened, except for the boy inside being covered in blood.

And then, their eyes all suddenly shot up, before the automatic abilities that happened right after awakening were stopped.

***

Ragna was inside of his pod, being stuck inside. He could've maybe broken out, but didn't want to destroy it, so he clicked the red button inside, alerting the nurses of the Academy.

'I'm really back at the Academy, in the real world.'

Ragna waited for a bit, till he heard steps approaching. But then, he suddenly realized that he was naked right now, so he summoned the redfur cloak.

Layla of course did the same thing like Ragna, even tho she was in a different room. While Celeste had melted the pod slightly, it wasn't enough to step out yet, so she pressed the button too

'This was my first memory ... good times. It's kinda weak tho, I really need a new one.'

And just a few seconds later, a nurse had appeared in front of his sleeping pod and already starting to open it.

As it open, Ragna straightened up and faced the nurse before clearing his throat, since it felt kinda dry.

"Uhm... Hello. Good to be back in the real world, I guess." Said Ragna awkwardly.

"Sleep- Awakened Ragna, w-welcome back."

After Ragna had taken a bath, ate something and put on fresh clothes, he was asked by administrators to wait outside of a Room.

While waiting, he continued thinking about his plans of getting the protection of a great clan. He was pretty sure that if he gave away a few of his secrets, that the great clans would surely fight for him. The only problem was that he didn't know how to really get the attention of the great clans.

It wasn't like he had any connections or any real way to get onto the news or something. He needed to find a away, quick.

His thoughts were cut short by the door opening in front of me, as Layla stepped out.

"Oh, hey Ragna."

"Hi, Layla. Why were you inside the room ? And do you know where Celeste is ?"

"Uhm.. there is an administrator inside who asked me about my experience in the dream realm and about what happened. Celeste was inside just before me."

"Sir Ragna next, please."

Ragna stood up and walked towards the door, but he gave Layla one last glance.

"I see, thanks. See you later."

He then stepped inside and saw a woman with long brown hair who was wearing a tight, black pencil skirt and a white shirt.

She was sitting on a chair, waiting behind a desk for him.

"Hello, Awakened Ragna. I'm Mariella and I will ask you a few questions now. I Hope that's alright for you."

Ragna sat down on the free chair and nodded.

"Yeah, that's alright."

"I will now ask you a few questions about your time in the Dream Realm. The purpose of this is to enrich our knowledge and help the future sleepers to come. But you don't have to answer every question, of course."

"I understand. You can start."

Mariella smiled gently before asking her first question.

"How long have you spent in the Dream Realm ?"

Ragna scratched his cheek a bit before answering.

"Close to a year. Im not exactly sure how long."

This information matched the one provided to her.

'Poor kid. Spending that long in the Dream Realm is very unusual.'

"You did great, very few people survive that long in the Dream Realm, especially in a place like that. The boy and the two girls before you told me the most important stuff of the region but we don't have a name for it yet. The boy said that he didn't care and the girls said that you can chose sooo ... how do you want to call the region ?"

'I can chose ? Dead dessert ? Nah, too cringe. Glassy Hell ? Nope, sounds even worse. ...'

"I'll call it .. Glassspire Dunes"

"the Glassspire Dunes it is then.

Alright, to my next question. How many Creatures have you killed ? The others sadly didn't answer the question, so I would be happy if you do."

Ragna leaned back a little and thought about telling her. Ragna did want to become a little bit more known, to get the attention of a great clan, so this would maybe be his first step.

"I'm not exactly sure. A few hundred I guess, ranging from Awakened to Corrupted. The Corrupted were very rare tho and kinda special."

Mariellas eyes widened slightly, as she gulped.

"Excuse me? A-a few hundred you say ? From Awakened till Corrupted ?"

***

After that question, Mariellas attitude kinda changed. She seemed kinda scared, so the questions stopped after a few more. And so, he was left alone again.

For now, he just aimlessly walked around the Academy, thinking about some random stuff. He would soon have a lot of things to do and organize. Of course, there were the great clans but there was also more. He wanted to meet his parents and Rain too. Both thankfully wouldn't take much time. He would also soon be send to a Citadel and he needed to pick one suitable for him.

He then randomly saw his own reflection in one of the windows. Ragna stepped closer and admired his face for a bit.

"Awakening makes one really look like a supermodel. I wonder how I'll look as a Saint, if I ever reach that rank."

And then, he suddenly heart a voice behind him.

"Ah, good ol Ragna admiring himself in the reflection. Such a humble boy."

Ragna turned around and rolled his eyes.

"Tsk, happy to see you too, Celeste."

"Ah, don't be like that, Ragna boy. We were only separated for one and a half hours.. Already missed me that much ?"

He sighed before starting to walk again.

"Let's search for Layla first and then talk about the important stuff."

"Okay~"

***

A while later, they had found Layla in the Cafeteria, slowly eating a soup.

"Hey, seems like you haven't eaten anything yet, huh ?", asked Celeste.

"Yeah, I showered for a little longer so I didn't have the time to eat before they asked me to come for the questioning."

Both Celeste and Ragna sat down around the table, just talking about unimportant stuff for a while.

"Hey girls...", Ragna started speaking, taking a small pause before continuing.

"We probably will part ways for a while ... I just wanted to say that .. it's been an honor fighting side by side in the Dream Realm with you, really. I couldn't have made it without you."

Layla stopped sipping at her soup while Celeste started laughing.

"Don't get so sentimental now, Ragna. That isn't like you.", Celeste teased, though there was a hint of genuine emotion inside her voice and eyes.

"It's not like we will be gone forever. We'll see us again eventually. We'll just all tackle different things for a while, nothing much.", said Layla.

The three of them sat silently for a few minutes, a sense of camaraderie washing over them.

"Alright, enough with this sappy stuff !", Celeste declared.

"Lets talk about the cool and important stuff. What kind of Aspect Ability did you both get while awakening ?"

"Illusions", whispered Layla silently.

"Illusions ?", asked Celeste with stars in her eyes.

"Yeah, Illusions."

"Uhh, maybe want to elaborate more ?", Ragna chimed in.

"It says that I can make illusions of anything. It costs a whole lot of essence tho. And im not sure if they really mean anything. And if they did, I probably wouldn't have enough essence for it."

"Right, essence. I also need to try the limits of it. My power basically makes me able to leave marks on enemies, connecting them. If one gets hurt, all of them feel the pain. This also costs essence, by the way. And what does your do, Celeste ?"

"Its hard to explain, but I basically absorb starlight and can use it to shoot out beams of like really hot light or something. I haven't tested it yet to say more."

***

The friends had talked for one more hour till Ragna decided to stand up and excusing himself, giving both of them a hug before going.

"There's no more time to waste."

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