It was a starless night; two shadowy figures were walking toward an enormous door in the middle of a desert. One was an adult, and the other a child.
They reached the gate, and the child spoke: "Uncle, where are we?"
The adult said, "It is a place where you belong and deserve to go to."
Then two guards opened the gate and took the child's hand. The child tried to resist and begged his uncle not to let go of him, but he just smiled at him; after that, the door shut.
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"Huff...Huff, I still remember that day clearly"
A boy with long black hair and ocean blue eyes woke up on a mattress. He looked around, and his whole body was covered in sweat he stood up and walked to the sink to clean himself.
Then a voice called him from outside, "Ethen, are you awake?"
He sighed a little and went outside. There, standing in front of him, was a tall man who looked muscular. His hair was bright red, his eyes were of normal colour, black.
"What is it, brother?"
"It's time for your awakening right you turn eighteen today"
"Ya, it's about time. I wonder what it will be?"
"Probably something cool like me!"
"You got the fighters aspect right, it is because you used to fight a lot, but what have I done to get something cool?"
"Well..." he went quiet for a while and spoke "You could get something related to charm since you look good after all aspects are also related to the user also"
Ethen looked at him with a glum expression and said, "ya, I guess that could be nice in some way."
His brother wanted to encourage him but he didn't speak since it could hurt his feelings.
Then Ethen went inside the house to grab an axe to cut some wood for the house. After that, he moved towards the forest.
On the way, he observed the surroundings. It had been ten years since he arrived here from what he had learnt, the place he was in was called the deep.
It was a place built underground, but there was something weird going on; animals were also present in here. Oxygen was given through a ventilation system there was also a forest here.
But even after ten years, that is all he knew other than that there was a way to climb to the upper level of the deep, but nobody told him about it.
Ethen stopped and looked up at the ceiling there were a bunch of lantern-like objects that lit up the surroundings of the whole place.
He stared at it for a while and spoke," For some reason, I feel like a slave trapped here."
"There is no point in wondering, my aspect will decide whether I will go up there or be stuck here for the rest of my life."
He spent almost the whole day cutting wood and pondering something it was probably about his aspect.
It was almost night, and the lantern was glowing dimmer and dimmer when he came back home, but there was a problem: a group of people was surrounding his house.
"What the hell is happening here?"
Then he went near to check what the fuss was about. There were people in all black armour, and they were saying something to his brother.
He got even closer to hear what they were talking about.
"Why the hell won't you go with us we can give you anything you want!?"
Then his brother spoke, "It's Ethen, he is still here and..."
"That brat isn't even anything to you"
"Don't say that he is my brother!"
"It seems he is not going to cooperate with us..."
Then one of them who was silent the whole time with a cape spoke "Roy listen that child is not your young brother you just adopted him because you are kind but you have to think about yourself too sometimes"
Then Roy spoke " I am sorry but it's a no from me"
Then he sighed and said, " Kill him..."
One of the men took out his sword and killed Ethen's brother in one slash.
Roy's head flew in the air and landed near Ethen.
The people in black looked at him for some time, then the one who was wearing a cape spoke again, "He was a good fighter..."
Ethen looked at him with fear in his eyes.
"Don't worry, I won't kill you. Just remember this, he could have lived a happy life, but it's because of you he is dead, and live with the fact that you are the reason he is gone."
Then with a snap of a finger, they all disappeared...
Ethen quickly went to pick up his brother's lifeless head and looked at it while calling out his name while tears were flowing like a river from his eyes.
Then a weird type of voice rang in his ears. He couldn't understand what it was saying, but it was loud. It felt like someone was screaming directly in his brain and ears.
The noise was so loud, and probably because of the death of his brother, Ethen went unconscious...
***
When he woke up his eyes were swollen due to him crying that much.
He was next to Roy's lifeless body after looking at him for some time. Ethen picked up a shovel and decided to bury his brother.
He took his time to make the grave by picking up some flowers and making a stone engraving of his brother's name.
It was about to be night again when he finished the grave and he went inside his house and sat in one corner with a grim face.
Then a voice again spoke in his head, but this time it was different, it was understandable and clear.
"Awaken, Ethen, your life has been full of pain and suffering, but not anymore. You are given another chance to take revenge and earn your freedom You have been given an aspect"
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Name: Ethen
Aspect: Slave Of Fate
Attribute: Future sight, Denger Sense
Aspect Flaw: Attracts Denger
Mastery: 0/200
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