Feliciano slowly rose up from the comfort of his bed. For once he had gotten up in time! Feliciano flickered on his light in his room and went through his closet. He picked out something to wear and then ate breakfast. His brother wasn't even up yet, meaning the Italian had some time to watch TV.

The Realm Fighters in Belgium have gone 'extinct'!

Feliciano gave out a small frown, but felt sorry. He remembered that strange dream he had. He had actually fought and defeated one of those scary monsters that the Realm Fighters always had to fight. In the end it had to be a dream right? He didn't even have a costume like they did! Plus there were already Realm Fighters in the country he lived in, America.

Feliciano stood up and stretched. He got up a lot earlier than he expected. I always sleep in! he noticed to himself until he hit his head on the ceiling.

"Ow!" Feliciano rubbed his head until he noticed he wasn't on the ground. He was floating up in the air like the gravity was turned off for him. His expression was fixed with terror until he let out a panicked shriek.

"L-Lovino! Help!" Soon after Feliciano came crashing down into the floor. He tried getting up to his feet only for sudden beams of red to fire out of his hands, hitting everything in its sight. Feliciano began to tremble and suddenly his whole body began to appear in different parts of the house without his consent. First the roof, then the kitchen, and finally his room.

"What did you do!" Feliciano heard surprised yelling from his brother. He then heard footprints creeping to his room.

"W-Wait don't come in here! I'm really sick so I don't think I can go to school today." Feliciano's voice was shaky. He tried not to move as much as he could but he stared at his door hoping it wouldn't open.

It seemed like Lovino understood but he repeated his question from earlier. "What the hell did you do out here? Everything's broken!"

"Eh? Maybe Grandpa did something before he went to work? Or did we get robbed? I hope not!" Lovino didn't respond. In fact he didn't get a response for a while. Feliciano assumed Lovino left or did something about whatever mess he caused out there. What was he supposed to do? Feliciano didn't even know how long he was lying still on his bed, but it was getting uncomfortable.

He took a deep breath in and got up. Nothing happened. What was wrong with him? Feliciano glanced at his hands. The 'dream' he had suddenly didn't even seem like a dream anymore.

Feliciano began to feel his body shake once again. Before he knew it he was stumbling outside until he ended up in a tree. No, no, no! Feliciano didn't even think it could get worse when another monster like yesterday appeared. He fell flat to the ground, stunned by fear.

He had to do something. Staying still would end up with him being crushed. Feliciano hauled himself up. Like last time he jumped in the air, trying to move away from it. A bony arm came crashing down, slapping Feliciano down with a long shriek. The whole creature was like a plant with leaves for hands.

He felt aches across his body, finding it difficult to move. The creature made its way towards the Italian. It was about to step on him but then—

"Duel."

Two slashes were heard followed by a bright light. The creature let out a wail, toppling over. A shadow appeared in the light until the full figure was visible. It was another boy—around his age perhaps? He had golden eyes and short gold hair with wavy ends. His tawny shorts puffed out below his buttoned shirt of the same color. On his left wrist was a small charm bracelet

He gave Feliciano a short glance before looking back to his opponent. "Monster with an ill-heart, begone. Fill your heart with calm thoughts. Realm Rising Sun!" the other held out his hands and his voice was hard to hear. Red and orange beams in the shape of circles hurled to the monster. It let out a yowl until it faded away. All that was left was a blue crystal. It soon flew off.

Feliciano fumbled for words. "T-thank you for saving me! You're a Realm Fighter right?"

The boy simply stared in response. "No, you're a Realm Fighter," His mouth didn't move as he spoke. Instead, there was a charm on his charm bracelet in the shape of a small 'x'. It glowed every time he spoke and gave him a robotic voice. Feliciano froze. "By how it looks, you don't have a way to transform when you'd want to. Which means you don't have a way to control your powers without them sealed, correct?"

Feliciano narrowed his eyes and nodded. "But w-why is happening?" He never even thought about being an actual Realm Fighter. He didn't want to be one! Those monsters were scary enough from what he has seen so far.

"…You should find the answer yourself," he bluntly answered. "Think about what you'd want to protect and your deep feelings."

"Deep feelings?" Feliciano reiterated. He took a large breath in and closed his eyes. Of course he wanted his family and friends to be safe. What would he ever do if something happened to Lovino or his grandpa? Or Ludwig, Antonio and the others? He strongly cared for each one of them. After thinking about everyone, his hands glowed a bright white until a bracelet appeared. On it was one charm in the shape of a heart. Half of it was magenta while the other half was gray. What's wrong with it? Feliciano asked himself.

"You need a partner. Your powers may be sealed now but they cannot be used to their full potential. You'll have to find a Realm Fighter to ally with." As if he read his thoughts, the boy had answered Feliciano.

Where was this Realm Fighter's partner? The heart charm on his was all gray. "Could you be my partner?" Feliciano softly asked. The other was obviously much more skilled and he could at least learn more about what to do if another monster were to suddenly attack again.

He paused, looking down at the ground with a sudden expression of sorrow. "…I'm extinct." A charm in the shape of wings suddenly began to shine until there were yellow wings on his back. He took off and soon disappeared without giving Feliciano one last glance. Feliciano stood there for moments until he understood what the Realm Fighter meant by extinct.

xxxREALMxxx

"Yesterday was crazy, Lud!" Feliciano exclaimed. "Apparently someone broke into our home and we had to call the cops!" Ludwig asked where Feliciano was the previous day. He hated lying but had to say he was sick. Plus Lovino was going around angry about the apparent 'robbery'. He was wearing his charm bracelet. No one else seemed to notice it or they just didn't take any mind to it.

The rest of the morning flew by until it was lunch. Everyone was at the same table again. Feliciano had gotten up to grab some napkins. A boy with some sort of light blue lunch box came walking towards him. He seemed a bit upset and was looking away. It kind of reminded him—

Bam.

"I'm so sorry! I didn't see you, are you alright?"

Feliciano blinked a couple of times to see some people staring at him. He was on the ground with bits of rice and other food on his shirt and pants. Across of him was that new student, Kiku. He was also on the ground with his lunchbox between them. All of its contents were spilling out. "No, I should have paid attention better! But your food! What are you going to eat?"

"It's alright, I'm not that hungry." He began scooping his food back into the box. Feliciano helped him but had a frown.

"You have to have something! Oh, I know, you should sit with me!" As soon as the mess they made was cleaned up, Feliciano made sure Kiku held onto the box and pulled him to his table. "Guys this is Kiku! He's gonna sit with us today!"

Kiku's face was unpleasant and he didn't say anything. "Feliciano, you can't just make someone sit with you." Ludwig sighed.

"I'm fine with sitting here if that's truly okay with everyone." Kiku shyly spoke up.

"Of course!" Francis was the first to respond. This guy was already reminding Feliciano of Matthew. Everyone else was fine with it. Lovino wasn't there as Belle offered him and some others to go buy lunch. Antonio offered him some of his food after what happened was explained, but Kiku felt bad accepting anyone's offer for food.

"Say Kiku," Arthur started. He never explained why he was absent at lunch the other day. "Where did you move from?"

"Oh, I moved from Japan."

"Japan? Wow! Do you know Japanese then? You're really good with English!"

Kiku shook his head. "I was born in America, I just had to live in Japan for a few years. My Japanese isn't that well."

"That's really cool! I've always wanted to go to Canada." Matthew sighed. This started a conversation about countries everyone wanted to go to. Antonio eventually had to leave early to find Lovino and Belle. Feliciano wished he were a junior like his brother and Antonio. They both knew how to drive (though Lovino didn't get his first car yet) and could go wherever for lunch.

Feliciano stopped thinking about his brother and looked at Kiku. "Are you going to eat with us tomorrow? You should!"

Kiku was finding Feliciano to be a bit overwhelming, but he was very kind. "That seems nice."

"Come on West!" Ludwig jumped in Gilbert's car. He had no idea where the hell his older brother got that nickname for him. It made no sense but Ludwig went along with it. "If you're going to get your permit, you gotta do it right!" he winked. Ludwig wanted to roll his eyes. His brother was eighteen, shouldn't he be much more mature?

Ludwig buckled his seatbelt and they began heading home. Though what happened next was not expected for them.

"Grandpa isn't back home yet." Lovino muttered, setting down their plates of food.

"Thank you Lovi!" Feliciano beamed at the plates of rigatoni that his brother had prepared. Lovino gave him a nod and sat down. They both ate their pasta until Feliciano heard a ringing noise. The heart on his charm bracelet began flashing. Lovino continually ate, paying no mind to what his bracelet did.

He can't see or hear it! Feliciano thought. But why is it flashing like that?

"Since I have a test tomorrow I'm supposed to go to bed early!" Feliciano started as he hurriedly cleaned up his dishes. "Good night! Tell Grandpa goodnight too!"

Lovino gave Feliciano a small eyebrow but nodded. "Good night."

As soon as Feliciano was in his room, he looked at the piece of jewelry. It continued to beep and flash. The Italian stared at it before he shut his eyes and took a deep breath in. "Please take me to the problem!" he exclaimed, somehow knowing what to phrase.

Feliciano opened his eyes to see he was outside. Not by his house, but by the side of a road. There were some trees and a few houses from far. In front of him was a car that was flipped over with a boy halfway emerged out of window, unconscious.

"Ludwig!" Feliciano shouted. He was dazed and hurried over to his friend. Where was Gilbert? That question was soon answered when Feliciano scanned the area and saw a man lying flat on the ground. There was a hole in chest. Feliciano's face became pale, wanting to vomit. Gilbert couldn't be—

"Found you!" Feliciano felt his neck pop as a strong amount of force kicked him away from Ludwig. He let a groan escape his mouth and slowly moved his head up to see his attacker. This was much different to the monsters that he had encountered before. It almost seemed like Gilbert. It had the same clothes on that Gilbert had and the same hairstyle. The only difference was the figure was faceless and had a light blue aura around it.

Before the Italian could react, he jumped out of the way when circular objects flew out of the creature's body. The creature let out a grunt and continuously shot. Feliciano moved out of the way again. He had to get this thing away from the other two so they wouldn't get hurt! He took off in hopes that the creature would follow after him. Feliciano looked at his bracelet. "How do I use my powers?" he wondered aloud. He heard shots behind him, confirming that he was being followed. Feliciano held out his hand, trying to figure something out. "Please let me transform!"

Feliciano felt his body flash for a moment. In his right hand was a large white flag. Did he do it right? More objects came from the monster, making Feliciano defend himself by waving his flag until there was a strong wind current to reflect them. They shot through some trees, even knocking down one.

"Do you think you can leave that easily, Elizabeta?" A sudden voice that almost sounded like Gilbert caught Feliciano off guard until he felt an arm wrap around his neck. Feliciano let out a startled shriek and the flag fell from his grip. The area around him began to spin until he was hurled into the ground face first.

I can't do this! Feliciano had trouble lifting himself up. He felt blood come down his forehead and his eyes tearing up.

"What the hell?"

"L-Ludwig?" That sounded just like him! Though Feliciano's vision was blurry because of his tears, he could see Ludwig. The creature turned his head, almost like it was staring at Ludwig. Feliciano unsteadily wiped his eyes. "Ludwig you have to get out of here! Before—"

Shots were fired out of the creature's hand at Ludwig. Feliciano felt all his adrenaline pile up. He pushed himself up from the ground and immediately felt his feet run as quickly as they could to Ludwig. In mere seconds he was gripping onto Ludwig and sprinting away. Once they were away, Feliciano stopped. He didn't know he could do that too, but he looked at Ludwig. "A-are you okay?"

Ludwig seemed astonished about what just happened. He stared at Feliciano like he didn't recognize him. "Feliciano is that you?"

Feliciano never had the chance to see what he looked like. He slowly nodded but looked down. It would be okay telling Ludwig wouldn't it? Ludwig was fumbling for words. "When? What happened to Gilbert?"

"Just recently! But I don't want to do this, I really don't!" Feliciano didn't move from glancing at the ground. His head had smeared blood on it. "I don't know what happened but that thing really looks like him! I really don't want to fight it!" It could've injured Ludwig and definitely wasn't fond of Feliciano. He thought of himself as a terrible Realm Fighter. Flashes of light were seen in the sky, followed by loud noises of something soaring. The creature was looking for him.

"How were you able to turn into one?" Ludwig could clearly understand Feliciano's situation. He glanced in the direction where the lights and noises were coming from. His brother was over there.

"With a bracelet," Feliciano answered. He didn't know how it was able to transform him though. "but I don't think just anyone can see it! Only I could see it today!"

It was true that Ludwig never saw Feliciano wear any sort of bracelet earlier in the day, but he could now. "It's the one on you right now, right?"

Feliciano was surprised. "If you can see it, does that mean you're one too?" He looked down at the heart on his charm bracelet. All of it was magenta.

Chapter 2: Ludwig

A/N: Sorry for the wait but I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter ^^ reviews always appreciated!