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Chapter 2 - METAMORPHOSIS

a boy born in darkness, knows nothing but the darkness his born too but is made to dream by the story he hears that makes him wonder when will he be able to feel those moment of joy with people that he loves. Eight years pass by in the abyss as we shift to a woman with short hair running away from a heard of ants but stops and looks at the heard using her roushin she summons pavo and casts a spell (void crusher) to crush the heard of ants as she breaths heavily it's revieled to be mary who has changed alot in her time there, showing her tiredness she starts to collect meat left by the crushed ants and puts it in a her bag she made in her time there and towards a destination while being alert of her surrounding no wanting anything to follw her, as she reaches a dead end were she looks her left and right side to make sure nobody's watching and phases through the wall entering the sanctuary that she was banished too.

The scene changes to a young boy running, doing push and many more hard core exercise as he finishes he dips in the waterfall enjoying the coolness of the water notices his mother coming back from her hunt, he jumps out the waterfall to go and greets his mother.

Mary: oh onir i see your having a nice time.

Onir: there's nothing more to do in here 

Mary: have you done all your chores

Onir: yes mom I watered the plants, feed the boars and cleaned the bed room

Mary: she coughs while covering her mouth with her hand "that's good now you should wait for mommy to fix you a meal" as she hides the blood on her hand

Onir: "hmm look at you such mess can't even stand up straight let me deal with the cooking and just go and clean yourself up" while his face shows consern he put holds himself together so he won't make her worry

Mary: oh onir what would i do without you.

As they sit to have a meal the silent fills the room as onir can't take it anymore he speaks "mom i know you think am young but you can train me and i'll follow i promise" mary remain quit for a few minutes as she fineshes her meal "oh young so full of energy your old mother is too tired for this amgoing to sleep" as onir shouts at her in a conserned manner "mother i know about the bleeding your getting weak mom let me help you " mary smashes the the boil in which she was eating in com manner she replies "am going to sleep" onir looks done on the ground in disappointment as he failed to convince her mother.

mary laying on bed looking at the empty coners of hallow sanctuary as she takes a breath as she thinks on how life has been in this underground sanctuary how the monsters are so random one day she found a heard of goblins another day she saw two goblins roaming around and many insect like monsters. she is abruptly starteled as she hears huge BANG coming from the entry as runs outside to see what's all the commotion about, her eyes widen as her face goes from confused to pure shock looking at onir's headless body as she turns her head to look the entry she finds a being in a black robe as she looks closer she sees a reanimated skeleton infused with necrotic energy, spreading decay with every touch. Its bones are darkened with a black-green hue, veins of shadow pulsing through the marrow. When it walks, the ground withers beneath its feet and air chills with the scent of death. "this is what awaits you in this accursed place if you keep staying hear" Mary's confused at were the voice she hears is coming from but shouts out "this ain't funny Pavo" as the scenery fades away into pitch black as stars start to fade in as pavo appears infront of her.

Pavo: am just showing you the result of your ignorance

Mary: oh now you wanna play mom were the fuck have you been i have been calling out to you for the pass eight years you haven't answered even once 

Pavo: I am a celestial being i have more pressing matters at hand 

Mary: "oh great celestial being thank you for granting me your presence" she talks in a silly demenor "oh fuck you and your pressing matters me and onir are doing just were we are"

Pavo: "thats a beautiful name you gave him how is the boy" pavo spoke in a tone to show she cared for the well being of onir

Mary: his alright now speak up i know you you didn't show up just to see how we were holding in this abyss 

Pavo: huh this generation of humans is so rude. now listen mary what i showed you isn't just for show it's a near possible future 

Mary: so it may not happen

Pavo: it has a higher possiblity of happening hence the saying near possible future

Mary: outside is more dangerous atleast in here i can keep him safe 

Pavo: there is a human saying that says the only way to deal with a problem is to cut it's roots so it can not grow anymore 

Mary: "but the monsters, what if they get to him before i do" (the membering the time before she made in hencement of the sanctuary entry a group of goblins where able to enter the sanctuary and abducted onir but where entersepted by mary when she was coming back from a hunt and delt with them.), clutching her fist "my baby his"

Pavo: will one day need to become a man and face the evil of this world alone but before that happens you need to guide him so he can be able to deal with the hardships he may face so he can achieve peace.

Mary: with tears in her eyes confused with which choice she should make pavo grabs one of her many trains and touches mary with on her head "what are you doing"

Pavo: "a gift to you from a dear friend" as a huge light appears 

Mary opens her eyes as she is still on the bed as onir is their wiping her head

Mary: " what are you going" 

Onir: you were sleeptalking so i came to check on you but noticed you crying so i thought to wipe of the tears

Mary: "oh onir your so caring" as she puts her hand on his face to feel her son's warmth.

Onir: with a blush face "well i have to check on my mother to make she is alright" as he stands up quickly trying to leave

Mary: looks at him and looks up at the she just touched her with and clutches it "Onir wait." she stands up and goes towards Onir, looks him straight in the eyes "okay i will take you with me hunting but under one circumstance"

Onir: his face lights up of excitement " yes mother anything"

Mary: Okay i'll train you for one month if i see development if not i will add another month

Onir: "train me ? but mother am already fit enough to fight a goblin" he smiles 

Mary: she remembers 1 year ago when two goblins entered the sanctuary and where being thrown around like rag dolls and laughs as she puts her hand on his head "i know your physically strong my baby but you don't know how to use your roushin"

Onir: huh roushin ? do you mean the magic you use, i have that too

Mary: "every living being has it it's just a matter of awakening your aura and to be choosen by a divine beast" as onir looks in confusion " okay were starting your lessons today your first lesson is to understand roushin"

Mary: what is roushin ? roushin's are divine beast which can be tamed by a few aura users, Onir looks at her mother with curiousity and asks

Onir: "what is an aura user ?"

Mary: her mother smiles " someones an attentive listener today. first thing what is aura?, it is the energy that lives in all living beings, it is the energy of life or in other words the soul, but the thing is aura it's self can't be achieved by simply breathing, one has to be able to unlock it through hard training or release through meditation."

Onir: Onir shows confusion as he asks " is ther a difference between training and meditation like did you train for your aura ?" 

Mary: nice question as it's true that one can either train or practice meditation to activate their aura but their is a difference in the type of aura you activate, when it comes to training one ativates an aura type that's essential towards fighting, it's mostly used by knights and many other warriors. but when it comes to aura that is achieved through meditation it's a type of aura that changes to a force akin to magic, used more by mages and many other magic users.

Onir: so it's magic 

Mary: yes

Onir: can one achieve it by doing both training and meditation ?

Mary: yes it can

Onir: why haven't I activated my aura ?

Mary: have you trained to the point you want to faint ?

Onir: No

Mary: have you meditate to thee point you enter insanity ?

Onir: no

Mary: to achieve aura one must hit their limit either it be physical or mentall, one must face the door of death and smile as if it's not the end in simple terms it is to extinguish fear from the body.

Onir: i understand now and one last question ?

Mary: what is it ?

Onir: how did you activate your aura ?

Mary: through meditation and help from your father

Onir: huh dad helped you how ?

Mary: when i was fifteen and your dad was 16 he already awaken his aura 

Onir: he awakened before you

Mary: yes and his one of the youngest to do it at the age of 12 

Onir: wow his so cool, i want to awaken my aura like dad did 

Mary: you have to train hard first 

Onir: "okay mother" with dedication in his eyes

the following weeks onir spent 12 hours of his day training like there wasn't a tomorrow he spent his night's meditating in silence following the guide her mother told him. mary watching him train day by day with displine she remember her time with leo when they where training in his father's castle "oh leo his just like you". in a castle far north leo in his office gazing at the sunset through his window "huh mary has it really beeen eight years"

one month has passed as Onir awaits his mothers test in his training grounds her mother who has been in isolation for the past week as he wonder what she's doing for the past week he think's about the huge pile of gem stones she took with her in the cave under the waterfall. As Onir is lost in thought a huge explosion can be heard from the cave under the waterfall as he runs to look at his mothers state, she walks out the cave coughing yelling at Onir "bring me some water" Onir moves fast to fetch some water for her mother as she stands the middle of the waterfall Onir brings her the water and she drinks it as Onir looks at her seeing she is caring something like a long stick, her hair hazy as if she was hit with lighning he asks

Onir: are you alright ?

Mary : "do i look alright" with a slight sense of excitment on her face "alright now sit with me"

Onir: "here on the water" confused he asks

Mary: sitting down on the waterfall's pool as the water reaches to her belly "don't you want to awaken your aura" onir sits down on the spot facing her mother, mary looks at him in a serious manner "now onir you have trained hard in this one month alone but haven't awaken your aura don't faulter in ten people only one can awaken there aura even in the outside world there are only a few aura users in that a few roushin warriors . Now what will do now is try to awaken your aura by force"

Onir: how ?

Mary: it's a technique used by your fathers family the storm-hearts

Onir: the stom-hearts that's a cool name

Mary: with an angry look oh it is

Onir: he notices her mother's angry impression "but not as cool as the autums family's name, Onir autums that sounds cooler then Onir storm-heart"

Mary: chuckles a little bit "now focus the technique will focus me polluting your body with my aura"

Onir: why did you say polluting ?

Mary: because aura is like energy and inputing aura which is not yours in your system may kill or disable you so you need to cleanse it before it makes contact with you aura

Onir: that's just simple.

Mary: don't worry i will guide every step of the way so you just need to follw my instruction and focus. 

Onir: "okay, let's do this" as he closes her eyes and takes a deep breath.

Mary: listen and follow everything i tell you and before we start a word of advise "your mind,your domain" 

Mary's sapphire like aura starts to appear around here body and starts to enter Onir's body, he senses something entering his body but his mother tells him to calm down and don't think of anything, to open his mind to her energy but not all the way. Onir becomes so focued and calm to the point that even even a fly can't disturbe him as the scenery shifts inside his mind as we see onir under deep water, he opens his eyes and start to look around himself seeing that his under water and starts to hold his breath as he swims to the top, a mysterious fish like figure can be seen from afar but onir doesn't mind it because breathing is more important at this point as he reaches the top the sight he sees is takes his breath away seeing the sun rising from the east and the clear blue sky mixed with yellow gold from the sun and the clear but still water as the huge fish like figure appears passing from below, Onir seeing the figure starts to feel scared and starts to swim away but at that moment something pulled him back a little bit as he turns to look what pulled he sees nothing confused his body is pulled down in deep water by an invisible entity, it pulled him until he reached so deep it was pitch black with little to no oxygen in his lungs ready to let go of life a faint voice can be heard calling out to him Onir remember what I sayed "your mind,your domain" Onir realizes that it's his mother's voice as he gather's the little bit of strength he has he looks above in the darkness as it starts to get brighter and brighter the scenery changes to the beautiful still water and sun rise he saw from before but now his above the water standing above the water as he opens his eyes to the breathtaking scene his appears before him with a proud smile on her face and tells him "you can wake up now" Onir opens his eyes as his lying down facing upwards his mom besides him looking exhausted just like him.

Mary: Onir

Onir: yes mother 

Mary: your training starts now 

Onir: huh what you mean it starts now

Onir's growth has just begone but his future is unknown and yet his heart is filled with ever lasting hope. we shift to the dark corners of the underground labryth as a figure in a rob with eyes glowing the colour scarlet with three words from can be heard "I see you" 

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