And so, after a lot of thinking i have decided to publish my first story. I have to thank a lot of people for the inspiration they have given me with theirs. Especially Ten-Faced Paladin and Fenikkusumaru for their Familiar of Zero stories which gave me the idea of writing my own.
Now without more delay, here's the prologue of my story.
Disclaimer: I own nothing except Hawk Magnus.
Chapter 00: Prologue.
It was a chilly Sunday morning. As I was walking down the street, my black trainers scuffing on the pavement, I started thinking about how to get out of the mess I had been thrown into, head first. I shoved my hands into the pockets of my brown leather jacket and huddled into the collar, trying to keep the freezing wind out of my face.
As if it wasn't bad enough losing both my parents in a car crash not long ago; the rest of my family were having a cat fight over the money Mom and Dad had left behind, seeing as there was no last will leaving it to anyone. There was nothing I could do about it since I was still under age, but it irked me to no end. I kept walking towards the mall when I heard someone yell at me.
"Hey birdie," came the cocky voice of one of my classmates, also known for being one of my high school's bullies. He responded to the name of Tony, and also Ten Tonne Tony, but he doesn't really react positively to the latter. "How's it going? I need a few words with you."
I ran a hand through my messy light brown hair and sighed exasperated at the nickname. Seriously, why did they have to keep using it, as if it was my fault my father was obsessed with birds and ended up naming me Hawk. I turned to glare at him and his companion, chocolate brown eyes narrowing at them, then turned around and left in the direction I came from. I really wasn't in the mood for a fight right now. That didn't stop them however, as the other one, Conrad I think, grabbed the back of my jacket, not letting me go.
"Yo, Tony said he wanted to talk, why don't ya listen?" he asked, smirking.
"Because every time he wants to talk I end up with a black eye at the very least" I shot back at him, as I looked around while struggling to get free. 'Oh, come on, I really don't need this today.' I thought. 'Not that I'd want it any other day either.'
"Well," drawled Tony's voice from behind me. "How about having this conversation elsewhere?" he asked, although I knew it wasn't a question as he grabbed my shoulder and shoved me down a deserted alley. I got to my feet fast enough to just barely dodge a punch aimed at my face by jumping backwards.
"So, what did I do this time?" I sneered. Tony always had an excuse for beating me up, it had become a sort of a sick hobby to find out his reasons, but at least I could laugh about just how stupid they were.
"You dumped my friend." he stated "Come on, birdie, what's bad about her? She's as hot as hell."
"She has a few personality problems if you ask me." I replied bluntly. "Just like you."
I was going to get beaten up anyway, at least I could try to get some fun out of it, even if I was going to pay for it.
"Ok, birdie." he said, scowling "Maybe I'll end up killing you this time, you'll get to see your parents then." he yelled as he and Conrad charged.
I waited until they were right in front of me to lunge at Tony and punch him squarely in the throat, not strong enough to kill him, just enough to leave him coughing on the floor for some time, and then swivelled around on the ball of my foot and kicked Conrad between the legs, giving me the opening I needed to run away before they managed to recover.
I ran. I ran as if my life depended on it, and it actually might have. I reached my home and closed the door, locking it. I couldn't hear anyone running behind me, then again all I could hear was my heavy panting. I walked into the living room and collapsed on the sofa, taking deep breaths to try and steady my pounding heartbeat. I closed my eyes and let my head fall back onto the cushions.
"What did I ever do to deserve this?" I murmured out loud, and sighed as the empty house didn't answer. Not that I expected it to do so anyway, of course. That would have been a sight to see, a voice in my empty house.
I got up and walked towards my room, I had to get ready for that anime convention in the afternoon. The plan was to dress up like Daidou Katsumi, also known as Kamen Rider Eternal. However, I could only afford the LostDriver and the twenty-six T2 Memories as the NEVER uniform was way out of my price range, especially after what had happened.
I opened the case in which I kept those precious items. After all, they had been my parents' last birthday gift to me, I can still remember how much they had to search around to find them when I asked for them. They always gave me a nostalgic feeling. I picked up one of the Memories, the Eternal one. I had always found it funny that they looked like oversized USB drives but that just added to the charm now.
I twirled the device in my hand, pressing the button from time to time so as to listen at it exclaim ETERNAL, while I looked at the ceiling considering whether or not to risk going out after what happened with Tony and Conrad. I was lucky those two did not know where I lived, well nobody in the school did, I never told them. As I was pondering the matter my stomach growled angrily, I sighed and stood up to go to the kitchen.
After a quick meal I decided I had waited for this convention for far too long to let such a thing as a couple grunts dissuade me from going. So I put the Memories and the LostDriver back into the case and got into my leather jacket once more before picking it up and exiting my home. What I did not know at the time was that I would never be coming back.
I left the building and walked down the street until I was in front of the subway I needed to take. I was about to go in but something picked my attention. Besides the stairs and apparently ignored by everyone else in general was... something. Some sort of human sized opening glowing with green light. If it had been black I could have sworn it was a Black Hole.
"I must be seeing things." I muttered as I approached it, I was just in front when I heard someone yell at me.
"Found you, you shitty bird!" I did not need to turn around to know that voice was Tony's so I did what I thought best at the moment... I ran forward... Only to be swallowed by whatever that thing was and feel how my body started falling down an endless pit.
"Okay." I was strangely calm about this, although I had yelled for about thirty seconds already. "I should have thought this through a bit more." Suddenly, my hand hurt as if something had bitten me and I let go of the case.
I could only watch as lightning crackled through the metallic surface while it fell down beside me, only for it to burst open and reveal its contents. I could see the same electricity that surrounded the case enveloping each and every one of the T2 Memories as well as the LostDriver.
Then, before I had managed to take in what was going on with my belongings, I crashed down on the ground, or more specifically the grass, the case falling beside me and spraying its contents all around me.
After shaking my head I sat up to find something pretty incredible in front of me, a pink haired girl who was looking, almost glaring, at me with a mix of surprise and anger in her pink eyes. She was dressing in a white shirt and black skirt accompanied by black shoes and tights. She was covered in an equally black mantle held in place by a circular golden piece with a pentagram engraved on it.
"Where am I?" I asked her, and I could have sworn I saw a vein pop on her forehead when she heard me.
Chapter 01 will be posted soon. Thank you for reading and please review.