Now in the present, as we move past the Fire City in the Axia Realm we reach the countryside where a little house was seen in the distance, which holds our future hero.
"Fejiro dear, it's time for breakfast".
"Ok mum, I will be down soon", he said.
As he woke up, he got out of bed and stood in front of a mirror, and we see a young slim boy with dark skin and red spikey hair. He had no noticable features apart from his hair and his apparent weakness despite him coming from the Realm of Power.
As he walked down the steps he was met with the smiling face of his mother, Mrs Williams.
"So how was your sleep", she asked.
"It was alright", Fejiro replied.
"The only reason she is asking me this is because I am resuming my second year at school and wanted me to have a good morning", he thought.
"Well alright, come over and eat while I get your things ready", she said.
As I sat down to eat I could notice that the food was the same as yesterday, salted rice and sweet stew.
I had realized before that we were simply too poor to afford better food.
I finished the food and then put on my clothes my mom just laid down.
I then carried my bag and placed it over my shoulder. In the bag were books, leather gauntlets and a special energy ring. I also carried a rusty sword hidden in a worn out sheath that looked like it would soon fall apart.
"Ok I'm ready, goodbye mum". Fejiro said.
"Wait, I have something for you".
She then went upstairs leaving Fejiro confused.
As she came down, she held in her hand a oddly coloured stone attached to a necklace. It surprised Fejiro since it was something he never thought he'd come close to in his life. It was an energy source stone.
"Mum, where did you get that?", He asked frantically.
Energy source stones or energy stones for short were discovered long ago in caves that led deep into the earth by the Heavenly Knight, it was what he used to become stronger than others. These stones when infused with a person's energy light up and through continuous infusion of this energy causes the stone to grow brighter until it eventually shatters.
When this happens, the energy from the stone will mix with the person's infused energy thereby becoming his and will then enter the person's body fusing with them and making the person stronger due to the now increased energy. There are two ways to increase one's own energy, either to absorb from the stones or to grow the energy naturally through training. But the latter option is much more difficult than the former.
It was later discovered that the deeper you go into the Stone Mines as they were called, the stronger the energy contained within the energy stones but unfortunately, the stronger stones became much harder to find.
But Fejiro had never seen an energy stone like this. It was dark red and had yellow lines around it.
There were five major grades of energy stones each with different colours, Blue Grade, Green Grade, Orange Grade, White Grade and Gold Grade, with blue ones being the weakest and gold ones being the strongest. Apart from these five, there were others like those contained in Energy Beasts but those were crystal clear and a story for another time. But this one looked like none of them meaning it was an entirely new stone.
Seeing his confusion, she proceeded to verify.
"Yes, it's an energy stone but not quite like the ones you know. This one is special and found at the very end of the Stone Mines. It is the most powerful of them all and as such, it's power has never been awoken", she said.
"But how did you get it", Fejiro asked.
"A long time ago, just after the secrets of the stones came out, one of our ancestors worked at the cave and discovered a hidden chamber. It was there he found these stones, and since he had found it he had a small claim over it. But other high ranking officials saw a chance to increase their military might and chose not to give him a portion. In fury he ran off but before he left, he took one of the stones hoping to become stronger and take what was his, but it didn't work and the stone and been moving down the family until it got to you", she concluded.
Surprised by this, Fejiro thought he didn't have any chance to unlock it's power because his energy level was too low.
"But I can't break that stone with my current strength".
"Don't worry about strength, just remember the family motto", she said convincingly.
"Do not stop, keep fighting and keep moving forward", Fejiro said a bit happily.
He was then given the stone which he placed around his neck and then waved goodbye as he left the house.
"I hope he will be ok", she finally said.