Chapter 2:
The Fated Encounter
[First Person- Mia]
"Mia!" shouted someone.
I turned around. "What is it Jack?"I asked.
"Let's go and play something!"
"Later. I still have something to do" I replied.
Jack waved his hands. "Is that so? Guess I'll just have to wait you! BYE BYE!"
"Bye!"
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It's been a year a year since I arrived here in Snow village.
So ironic right? It has the same name as the city where I came from.
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Alice and her team accompanied me into here and after that, they left and continued their job as bounty hunters.
I'm living now with Mr Oliver and Mrs Isla Maier. Both have black hair and eyes. They are a couple who doesn't have a child despite of being together for so long so when I came, they thought of me as a blessing from God. They took care and love me as if I am their real daughter. And of course, I'll never forget the kindness that they've shown to me. One day, I will surely pay them back.
Mr. Jayson Faure is the leader of this village. He has a thick black beard and hair, a big tummy, black eyes and his height is average. He's living together with his daughter named Brielle Faure. She has a black hair who's length reached the end of her nape, black eyes, cute lips and nose, white skin, and has the same height and age as me. Mr Faure's wife died long ago when Brielle was born.
The library is the main attraction of this village. It's not that big but it took me a year to read all of its books. I learned many things about magic and stuffs about this world. But sadly, I never found any clue why I ended up here.
This morning, Mr Jayson went into my house and said that he wants to show me a book who hasn't have any title that he found in his attic. I really want to check it out so as soon as possible, I departed immediately and went into his house.
As I talk now, I'm halfway towards his home. All that's left is crossing the stream near Mr Wilson's farm.
Then so suddenly, I noticed someone lying in the water. I rushed to check who is it and I'm surprised when I saw him. He wears white cloak, polo shirt, pants, and boots. He has a black hair and a pair of blue eyes. I don't know who that guy is yet he seems so familiar to me.
Someone shouted from afar. "What's the matter Mia?!What happened to him?!"
I turned around and saw Mr Wilson who has white hair and pair of black eyes running towards us. "I don't know! I just happened to be passing by when I saw him!"
Without even realizing it, Mr Wilson is already at my side. "Let me check him."
He positioned his right ear in the boy's chest.
After a little while, Mr Wilson reassuringly looked at me. "He's just unconscious."
"Thank goodness." It really made me feel better.
Mr Wilson carried him on his back. "Let's bring him into Mr Faure's house. We might get some info about this boy."
Without any more chatter, the two of us went into the leader's home. While on the way, I tried my best to remember if I met the boy before but not a single thing comes into my mind.
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[Meanwhile, somewhere in the earth...]
[Third Person]
Alice and her team just got their reward from killing a cyclops. As of now, they're on the way into a beach to celebrate their victory.
But...
A strong tornado made of flame appeared in front of them. A child's voice can be heard from it. "Hold it right there fools. I'm fed up of you. Killing my beautiful creations one by one. I can never allow beings such as you to live."
Harry looked at it frightened. "Crap...My senses are telling me to run away."
Finn put his hands on his pants' pocket."Shut up you scaredy-cat. Like hell we can escape in this state. Look around you. Idiot."
Harry did what Finm said and after a little while,he made a poker face. "Holy Sh*t."
A tall and giant wall of flame is surrounding them. Even the ground is starting to turn into lava.
The child-like voice giggled while the flame tornado is slowly disappearing and revealing what's in its center. "Welcome to my game arena! Behold! This the place where in you will die! HAHAHAHA!!"
Its a small naked bald child with a body made of lava and doesn't have any eyes. He holds a book made of flame in his right hand. There's a red reaper floating behind him and its holding a scythe on both hands.
Alice went in front of her teammates."This is bad! That's a super tough opponent for sure. We don't stand a chance of winning! Anyone who have any idea how to escape?!"
"Unfortunately" said Finn.
Harry kneeled down terrified. "We're finished." But after a little while, he stood up. "Well... I think going into heaven isn't that bad. Cuties are surely waiting for me there! HAHAHA!"
Finn stared at him. "You mean hell and demonic women?"
Harry sighed and seems like his fear vanished instantly. "Nah" he said in a soft voice.
The monster raise its hands.
"RUIN!!!!"
A lava tsunami dashed into them. There's no escaping it. They got struck and reached their demise without any doubt. A huge explosion happened after.
But...
Alice and her team suddenly found themselves in the inn of the village they just came from.
Harry scratched his head. "What the hell just happened?"
"It's Cronus. I used his power to turn the time back" said Finn then snapped his fingers. "Waiter, please give me something to eat."
Harry smashed the table with his hands. "The heck are you doing?! This is not the time for that! And who's that Cronus guy?"
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Alice angrily punched Harry's face. "Calm down! Acting like that won't answer anything!"
Harry got knocked down unconscious.
While waiter wearing maid uniform approached and seductively winked at Finn. "Here's our best seller here. Enjoy sir."
Harry regained consciousness. He ascended while trembling, blood's dripping from his nose and glared at Finn.
Finn stared at him. "As expected from a playboy who's often getting a punch from a girl."
Alice pinched both of their ears. "Please stop that..."
Harry hopped, hold his ears and said OUCH like a Gatling gun.
While Finn never bothered touching his ears. He quickly wiped his teary eyes with a tissue. "I-it d-didn't h-hurt a-at a-all." he stuttered.
Alice groaned in a loudly way. "At any rate, start explaining!"
Finn sighed and drank his beer. "I encountered Cronus before. Remember last month, when we split individually to kill 3 different monsters at the same time. You see on my way back...
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"The sky is so blue... What a fine weather" said Finn while stretching his hands and yawning. "A good meal after a job would be nice."
After for about 30 min, he arrived in a place where the route splits into two, the right one is a valley while the left one is a forest. He opened his map and see how far is he on their meeting place with Alice and Harry. "Maybe I should take the longer route this time. Strolling in a forest once in a while isn't that bad."
Finn entered the forest and walked slowly while appreciating the beauty of nature. He joyfully inhaled and exhaled deeply to smell the fresh air coming out from the trees but a bug got stuck in his nose. "What, hachoo! a fine weath-- hachoo! weather it is to-- hachoo! it is today!" he said while sneezing intensely.
After a while, he finally calmed himself down. He continued walking but tragedy happened. He stepped in a slippery poop and slide himself, bumped into a tree where a bee hive above is located. The bees have been disturbed and it furiously attempted to sting him. Finn ran as fast as he can. He saw a river and decided to dive underwater to hide until the bees gave up on chasing him. But unfortunately, a bunch of piranha is living in the there. He swam into the riverside in great speed to escape. When he finally do, the bunch of bees that's chasing him earlier ambushed him. It seems like they're waiting.
"The hell is with this forest!!!!"he shouted furiously.
Because of aggravation, Finn released a huge amount of energy beam in his perimeter, strong enough to blow away a small part of the forest.
*Boom!
"Damn it. Seems like I'm out of luck today..." he said while panting very hard. "Maybe I should get out of this place as soon as possi---"
"This forest us so beautiful🎶
You can feel the very essence of nature here🎶🎶"
One unknown voice started to sing.
"Such a badass song! Who the hell is that?!" Finn shouted peevishly.
"I love nature🎶
I love birdsongs🎶
I love-"
"The f*! Show yourself!" he shouted."The hel-"
*Crackle, crackle, crackle*
Finn briskly looked around but no one can be seen.
"What's gotten into you big bro? I'm just singing joyfully here" exclaimed by a boy who has a pair of read eyes and blue hair, dressed with a white T-shirt and black shorts with blue slippers in his feet, who has appeared behind Finn out of nowhere.
Finn looked at him and started to crack his knuckles. "I'm really in a bad mood today my singing fellow. Stop or I'll snap your bones apart. I won't show any mercy just because you're a child" said Finn while making a wicked face.
"You wanna have a fight? Sure. No prob. But first, introduce yourself to me" said the boy while smiling sarcastically.
"I am the world and me alone. As long as it exist and so do I. I walk the path of heaven and one day will rule over everything. I stand at the zenith of everything. My name is Finn Garnier. Don't you even dare to forget that name" said him with a menacing smile.
"Oh. Nice to meet you Mr Garnier. My name is Gabriel Redfrow, 10 years old. I'm the leader of the hawk empire and also a collector of human heads. Will you give yours?" he said while glaring and smiling at Finn.
Finn smirked. "Didn't your crappy parents taught you how to respect adul-"
"I'll take that as a yes! Thanks Mr!!"said him then he swiped his hands horizontally.
Finn gaped. "Huh? I'm flying? Why is my body still standing? It doesn't have head? Wait, WHAT-"
Finn got beheaded.
*Sound of a cuckoo and analog clocks can be heard*
Finn opened his eyes frightened while panting intensely.
"What the heck!" he shouted.
Finn find himself in a place with so many different types of green clock. Out of the blue, a greenish skinny old man with long beard and four arms wearing an outsize shorts with a giant clock floating behind him while meditating showed up in front of him.
"Welcome to my dwelling place, My chosen one."
"Who are you?" said Finn while observing around.
"My name is Cronus. The guardian spirit of time. I have chosen you as my master."
"So guardian spirits do exist. Wait, didn't I just died? How did I ended up here in the first place?"
"Yes you did die. I've snatched your soul in the mortal world so I can save you."
"Let me guess. You're going to revert time from when I was going to die, no?"
"You're a clever one. I'm never wrong of choosing you."
"So what now?"
"As I said earlier, I have chosen you a my vessel. You may use my power a you pleased. Would you like me to tell you my abilities that you can wield?"
"No thanks. I'll discover it myself."
"If that's so then I'll already end this conversation. Just summon me if you ever need my help. Best of luck for you Finn."
"Thanks."
"R-E-S-E-T"
*Boom
"Damn it. Seems like I'm out of luck tod-...
Oh, it looks like time really has reverted"said Finn with a slight amusement in his face.
Someone abruptly appeared in front of him. It's Gabriel.
"So you reverted the time to save yourself Mr. That means your Cronus' chosen one" said Gabriel while glaring at Finn.
"The hell do you care! I ain't lettin' you behead me this time" said Finn while making a battle pose.
"Forget it. I'm not interested in you anymore. This time, I'm going to turn you into a mincemeat" said Gabriel while facing his right palm on Finn.
Finn smiled. He closed his eyes and everything in the surrounding froze.
"No matter how powerful you are, your useless if the time itself is frozen. I'll call this ability 'PAUSE'" said Finn confidently.
"How did you figure out that Cronus' power can froze time Mr?"
"Simple. If he can revert time easily, then freezing it would be a child's play. Wait, how can you-"
"Mr, you're a dumb one aren't you? Changes in time and space couldn't even barely affect me. I'm not the leader of hawk empire for nothing"said Gabriel while giggling.
"So what? You'll die either way!" shouted Finn furiously while charging up a huge amount of power.
"Farewell Mr" said Gabriel then he launched a powerful wind attack from his hands into Finn.
Finn slowly lost consciousness. "Seriously? With just one hit?!"he muttered.
"No matter how many time you revive, I'll kill you as many times as it takes you one shit of a man..."
*Sound of a cuckoo and analog clocks can be heard*
"I died again huh?"
"How careless of you Finn."
"My fault. By the way, do you know a boy named Gabriel Redfrow?"
"No, I don't"
"I see. Thanks anyway. By the way, am I immortal? Can I revert time much further?"
"As long as you had the power to rule over time, you can revive as many times as you want. Also, you can't freely control how much time you can reverse."
"I see. Thanks..."
"Your welcome."
Finn closed his eyes and remained silent.
"He completely outclasses me in terms of power. So my only hope is to outsmart him" said Finn to himself.
He cogitated for some time until,
"That's it!"he shouted.
"Be quiet Finn"
"Anyway, Bye Cronus!"
"...Farewell."
"R-E-S-E-T"
*Boom
"You're back again Mr" said Gabriel.
Finn smiled a little.
"R-E-S-E-T"
He found himself in the place where the route splits into two. He tried to open his map when,
"...thank goodness it worked...I better hurry before that brat finds me."
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"Why didn't you told that to us?!"exlaimed Alice.
Finn looked away. "Nah. You won't believe me anyway. I'll just waste my time."
"So, basically speaking, Cronus power saved us?"asked Harry.
"Yes" answered Finn.
Harry stood at the top of his chair. "OH YEAH!!!!!"he shouted.
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[First Person- Audely]
Huh? Where am I?
I found myself in a very dark place. I tried to look around to observe then I saw Frey, my mentor. He looked at me and he seems to be muttering something.
"What is it Frey?" I asked loudly.
He continued to gazed at me instead of answering.
"Frey?"
Silhouette figures appeared behind him.
Frey smiled. "I'm counting on you Audely" he said then a child like shadow stabbed him.
I suddenly weep"No! Frey!"
("...wake...your...nightmare...")
"FREY!!!!!!"
("wake...boy...")
Everything started to spin. My own body itself is being distorted.
"FREY!" I exclaimed out loud then I closed my eyes.
"Boy! Wake up! Your just having a nightmare!"shouted someone.
When I opened it, I suddenly saw a white ceiling and two old men shaking me. Who are they?
"Are you okay?" asked by the man who has big tummy.
I get up and held my head."Yes. Sorry to worry you."
"Anyway, what are you dreaming of?" asked by the man who has white hair curiously.
My tears started to fell. "I dreamed of my mentor being killed."
"C'mon it's just a dream! Cheer up boy!" said the man with white hair reassuringly.
I started to observe around. "Where am I?"
"Your in my house. By the way, I'm Mr Faure." He pointed the other one. "This man is Mr Wilson. Nice to meet you..."
"Audely. My name is Audely."
Mr Wilson tapped my shoulders. "Nice to meet you Audely" he said.
Mr Faure smiled."You'll be rejected by girls if you act like that. Stop crying over a dream
Audely."
I wiped my tears. "I'll stop this silliness either way and I'm not interested in girls."
Mr Wilson laugh out loud."We'll see about that! HAHAHA!"
Mr Faure did it as well. Their happiness is contagious so without even realizing it, I smiled.
After a while, someone opened the door.
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[First Person- Mia]
We already reached Mr Faure's house a little while ago. We called a doctor just to make sure that he's safe. By now, I'm going into Mr Faure's office. He said that he hid the book in his drawer. I'm very excited.
While walking, I suddenly stopped. I saw a vision. I heard a woman's voice.
It's the Phoenix that I'm always dreaming of. Oh my god. Now, it's really talking to me.
"The other spirits are starting to awaken. I too will be soon enough. Brace yourself at that time."
Spirits? What's that? Does she mean ghosts?
I sighed.
I need to figure out what's happening fast.
I rushed into Mr Faure's office. I quickly searched for the book in his drawer. Then when I saw it, I noticed an unfamiliar symbol printed in it. I tried to open it but it won't.
What kind of book is this? I'm extremely disappointed.
I brought it with me and went into Mr Faure's room to check the boy and ask Mr Wilson if he knows anything about this book.
When I came, I saw the boy awaked talking to both Mr Faure and Mr Wilson. They seemed so happy.
Mr Faure looked at me. "Oh Mia, you finished reading that book already?"
"Nope, it won't open whatever I do."
"Umm. I think it's not a book" said by the boy sitting on the bed.
"What do you think it is Audely?"
Huh? So Audely is his name. Never heard of it before.
"Sorry. I don't have any idea" he said.
Mr Wilson pointed the book I'm holding."I think I've seen that symbol before."
I showed it to them and Mr Wilson suddenly made a surprised expression. "That!...That's not a book! That's a puzzle piece. I saw the others before. That's definitely the one missing in the middle"he shouted.
"Where?" I asked.
"In the ruins of the white raven!"
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[ 2 years earlier... ]
[Third Person]
Mr Wilson, a farmer went outside his village to look for his daughter who has lost her way home after going in the kingdom Floravelle to buy some goods. He brought his favorite spear with him and courageously searched for his daughter despite of the danger caused by wild animals and monsters.
While searching, he suddenly heard her daughter's shout coming from the ruins of the white Raven. He immediately went there to check what's happening.
When he came, he saw a giant blue frog holding his daughter with its tongue.
"HELP ME FATHER!!"shouted her daughter.
He run towards the monster while dodging the poison its spitting from its gun-like arms. He thrust his pointed spear into the monster's eyes. It released his daughter unwillingly due to pain. They quickly escaped and just before they leave, Mr Wilson saw the White Raven's statue and a puzzle at its bottom. He noticed that something's missing in the middle.
They went home safely.
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[Present day]
[First Person- Mia]
Mr Wilson's daughter huh? I've become friends with her long ago but she didn't told me anything about that. She's slightly shorter than me. Has a long blond hair with a pair of brown eyes and fair skin.
Mr Faure laughed while tapping Mr Wilson's shoulder."You never cease to amaze me Mr Wilson! Taking a blue frog alone...You're quiet the man dude!"
I've red it on a book. The white raven is the symbol and guardian spirit of wisdom.
"I've made up my mind. I'm going into that ruins. I may find there the answer that I'm seeking for so long" I said in a fiery manner.
Mr Wilson's tone of voice got higher."But that ruins is too dangerous. Many monsters are roaming around it!"
Audely raised his hand. "I'll go with her. I also had some questions with me."
Mr Wilson sighed. "Youth this days are so fearless. I really envy them."
"No. You won't go. As the leader of this village, It's my mission to keep my citizens safe" said Mr Faure worriedly.
" BUT WH---"
*Boom!
After I even said what I'm about to say, an explosion outside utterly interrupted me...