I sat down in my favorite robust chair, this one is my favorite since, never mind that, it has a great story, believe me. I looked around at my cabin, my favorite place to be, this is where I am writing my chronicles. This cabin has been my home for many years, there is a map on the wall, a map of multiple realities, and their parking spots.
Over the course of many years, I have visited many places, There is a chest with gold, gems, and many other valuables, I have a king's bed, I stole it from the palace we sacked. There are some other minor decorations, like the chair I throw my clothes at, my wife's stuff that is scattered around, and some more junk.
I glanced into the mirror that was hanging in my room, I took a good long at myself. Black, long hair is pulled back to reveal a craggy, warm face. Round white eyes, set handsomely within my sockets, I have a large beard, neatly combed. I am wearing a black pirate outfit. I took off my pirate hat and put it down next to the chronicle I am writing.
With a deep sigh, I put down a camera and pushed the play button. “Hello there, my name is Eros, I have written down my adventure. You might wonder if I am a captain, I must be old, how do you remember everything? I have a computer in my head to remember everything like it was yesterday. This video is to get you started on my chronicles. As in, it is a set item, and by you, I mean my family, children, and friends.”
“Things have gone horribly wrong, and I fear for my life, and that of my friends, and I have already lost so many friends and loved ones. We are sailing to our final destination, and we are going to cross the point of no return soon. That is why I am chronicling this, My name was not always Eros. I have gone by many names, that is not relevant right now. When my adventure started, my name was Steve, it actually still is, That is all that you need to know.”
“If you are looking for more answers,” I held up the chronicle called the chosen one next door. “This is the first volume of my chronicle. For convenience’s sake, I will split my chronicles into twelve volumes. I hope to finish the last chronicle off course, since if I die, you will never know how my story is going to end, well, you would know how it ends then, but it won’t be a happy ending. I sincerely hope I won’t die, but it is not out of the realm of possibilities.”
“This adventure starts in the reality next door, Fun fact, time is universal and works the same for both of the realities. A man named Nicholas, he was able to bend space and time, Not since he was born with that knowledge, but he had learned it from somebody else. That would have been me. It was never my intention for that ability to get abused.”
“However, there were two people who did want to abuse that ability, they even had enlisted a strong being, if you look at this being, all you see are shadows. I called him the shadow man, you wonder why the shadows, how strong is he, and you might have more questions, it will be revealed in due time.”
“One of these people used time magic to destroy Brickton, it is like the main hub of this reality next door. It is made from massive stones, but I made sure to detail it in my Chronicle. Countless events are going to take place in Brickton over the course of years, it is where I first met a good friend of mine. That is a story, for,” I looked through the scattered chronicles, “volume ten, This one is called the pirate king.”
“I have tried to hack up the volumes in decent chunks. I have been on numerous adventures and many bad things happened. It was never my intention to even get involved, but one of the strong people sent the shadow man to Brickton. Destroying it in the process and forcing Nicholas to use time magic.”
“It forced him to summon people that could help, me and someone else named Alice, it started this massive chain of events. For some reason, it felt like one domino got knocked down, and it led to this moment. My final fight, everything is at stake here, if I lose, all that will remain is darkness, as all existence will be destroyed. But, I hope to come out on the other end, alive. Then I can show everyone this recording, and my chronicle. It means a lot to me, I am ancient, I have lost a lot on this long journey.”
“This is the beginning of what might be the end of everything, if you are someone that likes to skip ahead of the story and start with chronicle twelve, then I am sorry. You will probably not understand what is going on.”
I turned the camera around as I got up, “Hey there, Clara,” White, short hair hangs over a bony, friendly face. Dancing green eyes, set deep within her sockets. Slowly, I walked over to Clara, “I am working on the video that goes with the chronicle.”
Clara adjusted her pirate attire and started speaking, “Hello there, for anyone who might see this, if we aren’t going to die soon, Eros over there is my father or is he recording by the name Steve? Whatever the case is, I pushed him to add interludes to his chronicles, why would he even listen to me? I am one of his many daughters, he would do anything for us, some of my sisters are on board as well.”
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“It is important to see the other side of this long, elaborated story that will most likely end with everyone dead. Many of these events that took place beside his own story, he did not know about until much later. I read the chronicles, I liked them, but he is my dad, so I am biased.”
I let out a deep sigh and spoke up, “Thanks, Clara, why don’t you tell me about Brickton or the beginning of my adventure?”
Clara put her hands on her waist, “Well, what can I say? I was not born yet at that moment. As you can clearly see, I am over thirty years old, that means the first chronicle takes place a long time ago. I was born in the fairy kingdom, approximately, twenty years after the beginning of the first chronicle. Eros probably mentioned it, but he was feeble in the beginning, nothing compared to the feats he can perform now. He now also has a special friend helping him with his combat abilities.”
I sighed and walked over to Clara while looking at the camera, and I spoke up. “You can see me limp, my right leg hurts. If you are wondering why, you will learn that in chronicle nine, called the great reset.” I hugged Clara. “Thanks for that, Clara, can I finish this before we arrive at our destination?”
Clara nodded, “of course, dad, she walked out of the cabin.”
I sighed and spoke to the camera, “It seems we are arriving at the final destination soon, meaning my time for this video is running out. You are probably wondering who else is important in chronicle one, that would be Funk, he is an Insectine and a good friend of mine, if you are wondering what an Insectine is, I detailed it in chronicle one, in the interlude of the watchers, not all Insectines look the same, just like no human is the same.”
“Next to Funk, we have Abby. A seemingly normal human that kind of got dragged into my mess accidentally. For a normal woman, she was strong and courageous, Abby always tried to be respectful of me, and my wishes.”
“We have, of course, Alice, but you will learn more about her as well, Alice was, a woman I used to love. I'd rather not spend too many words on her right now or ever, but I will let you know her story in my chronicles as well. Then we have a crucial person, one of the biggest factors in my chronicles, my driving force.”
I grabbed the necklace that hung under my shirt, “Look at this necklace, it has a piece of tail, this is, of course, not from a fox. Or any other normal creature with a tail, As this reality next door has different species. This is from a wolf person, A half human and half wolf, her name is Lorraine. I carry this tail with me so that wherever I go, she is with me. If we get split up, which happened one too many times, she is with me. This piece of tail that I carry with me has a sentimental story that goes along with it.” A big smile formed on my face, “You will learn about that soon enough.”
“This almost brings me to the end of our recording.” I limped over to the table. “Thus, it is time to get started on chronicle one, oh, and later in chronicle one, I will introduce Rose.” I shed a tear, “she was important to me too, including,” I shook my head, “I'd rather not talk about it, writing it down is hard enough for me as it is. Then we have the person I love the most, after Lory of course.”
“Her name is Haley, my daughter, don't even get me started on the name. We have had, fights, we killed each other a few times, we have had wonderful adventures together, but we always end up at the same spot for some reason. If anyone ever outlives me, it will be her, she might become the chronicle guardian that Apollo prophesized.”
I smiled at the camera, “This is it then, no more time for me to keep on lollygagging.” I was about to push the off button when a giant black tentacle rammed through the cabin and the camera flew through the room.
A woman ran inside, one with a wolf tail. “Our target found us.”
As I made my way to the camera, I spoke up, “No shit Sherlock.” I got up after picking up the camera, “As you can see, the final fight has found me, forcing me to kill yet another person I love.”
Another black tentacle rammed through the cabin, the woman with a tail started shooting crimson red energy beams at the black tentacles. “Steve, turn off the camera and come help me with this tentacled planet eater!”
“Alright, Lory, just let me finish this. You hear it, everyone, it is time for me to fight. I hope you enjoy reading my chronicles, if they make it somewhere safely, someone promised me, a chronicle guardian will arise and take care of these chronicles.” I chuckled, “who knows if that is true.” As another black tentacle rammed through the boat, I sighed, “can I have one fucking moment of peace?”
I looked at the camera while in the background, a woman with demonic wings and tail jumped into the cabin and sliced the black tentacle in half by using a green katana, “Hurry dad, we need to fight, I need to transform.”
I grunted as I grabbed the camera tight, “You hear it people, there is no rest for the wicked, I hope to see you on the other side, have fun with my life story, Eros and Steve out.”