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Chapter 3 - Back to the beginning

A  alarm  clock  goes  off  at  9:00 am and  Sapphire  grumbles  underneath his bed  sheets  as  he  tries  to ignore  the annoying  ear  screeching  sound  of  his alarm! He  tries  cover  his  ear  with  his pillow  to  try  and  tune  it  out  but  it doesn't  help  one  bit. His  room  is  a  bit of  a  mess  with  tons  of  comic  books laying  around  just  about  everywhere on the floor! There's  a  calendar pinned  to  a  wall  that's  next  to  a  flat screen  and  sticked  to  each  day  of  the calendar  are  a  bunch  of  sticky  notes.

Next  underneath  the  flat  screen  is  a desk  that  has  a  video  game  system  on it. Theres  a  few  posters  on  his  wall mostly  about  music  bands  and  artist, Video  games  and  some  colorful  and expressive  drawings  that  he  made  him  self. He  twists  and  turns  in  his bed  and  then  reluctantly  puts  his hand  out  and  slams  the  alarm  several times  before  finally  shutting  the  damn thing  off!

He  sighs  with  relief  and  then  rolls over  and  tries  to  go  back  to  sleep... But  then  the  female  Wakevoice  that comes  after  the  alarm  ruins  it...

GoodMorning,  Dawn! Today  is Vikeday and  for today's weather forecast the  weather  well  be  clear  all  day  long with 10 percent chance of rain at night! Have  a  lovely-! Before  the  WakeVoice  could finish  Sapphire  Yelled  Out  "off"  with  a annoyed  tone  in  his  voice  and  the Alarm turned  off  at  his  command  he  then  tries  to go  back  to  sleep  again. Two  More  hours... Pretty  please...

But  then  his  shield  magically materialized  itself  right  besides Sapphires  bed  and  it hovers  down towards  him. Sapphire  called it  Avalon when  he  forged  it and  Like  his GunSword,  Caliburn  it  can  materialize it  self  at  will  if  he's  in  danger  but Avalon  quite  literally  has  a  mind  of its  own. Or  soul  to  be  more precise.  Kiddo~. Time to get up~! Merlin said  with  a  teasing  and  friendly  tone  and Sapphire  Groans  out  of  annoyance

Not you to, Merlin... Just two more hours please. Sapphire  begged Not a chance pal! Its a school day remember!? Now get your GlyphBook out and sign in to your 1st period class! But  Sapphire  doesn't  budge

You don't want me to do the "Unsnoozer" on you, do you? Merlin said with a taunting tone of voice. The boy peeks his glowing red eye out to Merlin. Your Bluffing. The magical shield then laughed hysterically at Sapphire for a full minute and Then tones down to a Chuckle and then sighs deeply.  Seriously kid I beaten your Older Brother 6 times in a row on  poker so don't test your luck with me. Merlin said in a light hearted and casual tone but he was clearly proud of  his winning streak

Ah, come On! That 6th win was a fluke! You cheated and we both kno-! Suddenly Merlin starts to emit a loud screech worse then a Firetruck's siren! This is the "Unsnoozer" that Merlin warmed him about and gods is it awful! Sapphire covered his ears and then finally got out  of  his bed!  Ok! Ok! Ok! I'm up! Have mercy on my poor ears, please!

Sapphire  is  wearing  nothing  but  his gray and black shorts that  he  usually  wears  to  sleep  with.  With  no shirt or sock's  on  all  his  blue  marks  on  his body  are  revealed.  They  almost  look like  highly  detailed Tattoos  but  they're not.  Both  him  and his  older  brother  were  born  with these  marks  on  there  bodies  just  like  his  older  brother's  mom  and  Sapphire's  dad

The  two  of  them  are  covered  head  to toe  with  these  marks  and  they  seem to  pulse  with  energy.  Sapphire yawns and  he stretches  his  arms  up  together.  Smart  move  buddy!  Actually  before  you  log in to  your  classes  you  should  fix  yourself up  first. Start  by  putting  on  a  shirt.

Yeah. Yeah. Nobody wants to see my 6 pack, I know. Sapphire then scratches his stomach and then notices that he has loss a bit of muscle mass over the month. Uh, make that 4 pack.  Sapphire  sighs  and  then  pulls  out  a blue  T  shirt  with  a  White  "The  Only One" Logo  on  the  chest  of  it  out  of  the drawer  we're  he  keeps  his  shirts.  But he  doesn't  slip  it  on  right  away instead  he  walks  out  of  his  room  while  his  shirt  is  in  his  right  hand.

He  looks  around  the  wooden  hall  way  that  lead  outside  his  room  and  starts to  walk  through  it,  then  he  slips on  his  shirt.  As  he's  walking  he  comes across  a  dozen  photo  frames  and  half  of  them  don't  have  pictures  in  them. There's a wooden label above the Frames that says "Family Photo's".  Half  of  the  photo's  are  of  him  and  his  older  brother,  Yin.

He's  a  6  ft  5,  17  year  old  guy  with  a strong  chin,  broad  shoulders  and  a  physique  that's  a  absolutely  perfect  blend  of   Athleticism  and  muscularity.  But  his most  defining  characteristic  is  his  short  and  slick  Bright  White  Silver  Platinum  hair  that's  combed  back  and  spiked  from  the  sides  and the  back  of  his  head.  His  looks  are  Movie  Star  level  like!  He's  got  the  type of  face that  makes  girls  want  to  look at  him  not  just ounce,  not  just  twice  but  4  times!

But   At  the  same  time  he's  got  the bone  structure  that  looks  like  he  can take  a  bloody  Beating  and  then  some and  boy  can  he!  In  fact  he  actually  LOVES  to  fight  or  anything  that's  fun and  life  threateningly  dangerous!  To give an example of how nuts Yin is 3 years ago the two of them were out camping. They we're sitting side by next by a blue flamed camp Fire that Sapphire obviously light up with a snap of his finger.

Suddenly Yin gets up and looks up at one of the 5 moons that were up in the night sky. See that moon up there, Little Brother? The one that's 10 times bigger then the other 4 put together? I'm gonna kick it. Yin smirks and before Sapphire could say anything Yin jumps up to the night sky! He leaves behind a streak of platinum light so bright that he looks like a shooting star! Suddenly in a instant the massive shining moon shatters to tiny Pieces because of the force of Yin's kick! Sapphire gasps and then starts to laugh hysterically at what Yin has just done! Yin didn't even use his Fable! It was Just pure strength, skill and speed!

Then Yin appeared beside him in a flash of light and judging by the look on his face he did not meant to absolutely ANNIHILATE a moon that so big that it's almost the size of a normal sized planet! Gah, CRAP! I just meant to punch a hole in it not-! Yin then sighs and pinches the bridge of his nose out of embarrassment My mom is gonna KILL me... Yin says and there was a short pause of silence that last for 10 seconds. Then Sapphire's mouth burst out with laughter!

Yin then laughed with him for a half minute! They they both start to settle down and he sits besides Sapphire.  I did that for you know? You were looking down today and I'm glad that I cheered you up. Yin said with a smile on his face as he nudge his smiling little brothers shoulder playfully with his fist.  Now if you excuse me I'll be taking a nap now! Punching one of the biggest moons orbiting around our planet tuckered me the HELL out! Yin slept for 5 whole days straight. Yeah... He's a bit of sociopath. Meh, it pretty much runs in the family! We're a pair of brotherly sociopaths!

In mostly all of the photos that Yin is in he is seen wearing his signature outfit. A black leather jacket with with platinum colored lines on the side of both of the arms of the jacket which also reach up to the neck. He usually wears it unzipped and his sleeves rolled to his elbows. Underneath his jacket he's wearing a stylish black, Platinum and Gray T shirt. The design and the logo of the shirt is unique as well.

But to simplify its like a single black lighting bolt with a platinum glow pointed downwards to his waist. He wears black jeans with several small white colored torn holes. On his feet he wears stylish but durable shoes with bright white soles. Wrapped around his waist is a bright orange furred waist coat that hangs from the left side of his waist.  And he wears a  pair  of  black  fingerless  gloves  on  his  hands.  For  the  sake  of  making things  easier  in  the  future  let's  call this  specific set  of  clothing  the  "Stryker"  outfit.

Finally  The  piece of  Resistance  is  his  precious  platinum  framed sunglasses that he wears at all times. He even sleeps with them on believe it or not! No it's not because of the platinum frames, his sunglasses have deep sentimental value to him ... Very deep... They belong to Yin's Dad... No that's a sad story for another time.

Sapphire grabs on to a picture frame and holds it in his hands. Yins carrying Sapphire on his shoulders while Sapphire raises up a big ornate platinum trophy in his arms. Dozens of spotlights and camera's flashing in the background behind them. They have wide smiles on both of there faces with Sapphire missing a couple of teeth in  his  mouth. The actual Sapphire smiles a little and sighs nostalgically.

I faced over 150 warriors and the 2 world world champions and I still came up on top. No  one  thought  it  was  possible  especially  For  a  12  year old Kid,  But  I  did  it. On my own. It was a close call though.   He  then  stretches  open  his mouth  a  bit  with  one  finger  to  show  that  the  teeth  that  he  was  missing  in  the  photo  the  have  now  grown  back.  He  also  reveals  his  4 razor  sharp canines  that  are  colored  and  glow light  blue.

Sapphire  chuckles  a  bit  at  himself  as he  let's  go  of  his  mouth  and  then  hangs  the  photo  back  on  the  wall.  He  looks  at  the  rest  of  the  photo's  of  him  and  Yin. There's one that they took together while they were in the middle of helping a charity organization a couple years back. Sapphire made Yin Volunteer with him and they both helped a lot of good people that lost there jobs, homes and family's. They lost a lot and everything but they still had HOPE and WILL in there eyes. The two of them just helped light the FIRE that was already in those people, little by little and day by day.

I... I didn't get a chance to find out how they're doing before I left. Gods I cant believe I forgot about them... Sapphire says with the look of guilt written all over his face. He'd forgotten all about the wonderful people that he helped in Charity Organization. He almost forgot about all his friends that he made back on the other side of the main Source wall to... Fafnir, Amethyst, Zack... "Her"... I miss you all so much... "You" especially...

He moved here... And he might not ever see them again... He can't call them with his Glyph cause it obviously can't make calls on the other side of the Barrier.  He  raises  his  hand  up  and  then  magical  shards  manifest  on  it  and  take  a shape  of  a  hand  sized  screen.  He  taps  the  screen  with  his  thumb  unlocking  his  Glyph  and  making  it  turn  on.  These  are  the phones  and  handheld  devices  that  everyone  uses  in  the  world  of  Colored  Mythos.  Sapphire  stares  at  his  faces reflection  on his  Glyph's  screen.

Man... Merlin's right I do look horrible. He then presses his contacts app on the bottom left of his screen. He scrolls through all his contacts. Yin was first and Fafnir contacts tab was second cause he hadn't sent him a text or called him in forever. The two of them were in good terms the last time they texted each other. It's same with the rest of his friends... All Except for "her" though... Sapphire sighs with sadness and guilt... He barely manage to shake off ALL the depression that he felt and he heads into the living room of the house. I miss you all.

Theres futuristic boxes all over the place that contains his father's things. They aren't moving again his Dad's just always away from Work. He's so busy that he never really comes home to be honest... But there were rare times when his Dad does come home. But to Sapphire even though his Dad was actually there it always felt like he was still at work... He felt like he was still a dozen miles away from him even though he would stand right in front of his dad... Even though Sapphire was staring right in his father's face... He was still. "Just." "Not". "There"...

They're relationship has been like this ever since Sapphire was born. What of his mother? He... He doesn't know what happened to his mom or where is she. But he will find out what became of her. It's why he came back home, to find out the truth. It's what his Dad promised to him. Yeah his Dad has been neglectful towards Sapphire but he is a man of his word. After Sapphire figures out what to do with himself..."

He walks to the kitchen and then rest his hand on the kitchen counter. The counter then light up gently like a screen. Honey Crack Cereal bowl filled with cold milk. Medium size bowl please. Then counter emits a small light and it then dissipates revealing medium size bowl filed Honey flavored Cereal and cold milk. It came with a iron spoon that lays besides the bowl. He scopes the bowl up in his hands and ate a spoon full of cereal. He smiles to himself form the sweet taste of it.  Mmm, just what the doctor ordered.

He then walks back in his room and sits on his bed with his legs crossed together. He takes his Glyph back out and presses a app that looks like a laptop. His Glyph then took that shape and hovers down and rest on top of the folded table that's right in front of Sapphire's bed. But then Merlin hovers towards him. Forgetting about something, Kiddo? Merlin asks him and Sapphire eats up another spoon fill of cereal. He chews loudly as he glares at Merlin and even though the shield doesn't have eyes or a face he can feel Merlin glaring right back at him.

Sapphire just kept on chewing and chewing for a full minute while glaring at Merlin at the same time. Afterwards he finally swallowed And then groans in defeat. I'll do my hair... Sapphire Said reluctantly as he puts his cereal and his spoon on the folded table Hey at least I'm not your Aunt. That woman had no patience with your antics. Sapphire then sighs Out sadly Auntie... He thinks about his strict but dotting and caring, Aunt. No not Yin's mom, Scahatch. The Aunt that he's thinking about is on the other Side of the Main Source Barrier like his friends. He was his Tutor on the other side but the two of  them were like family.

Ah, Man right... I'm sorry-. Merlin tried to apologize but Sapphire interrupted him before he could finish the sentence. I-It's fine, Merlin. I'm fine. I-I'll go fix up my hair. Sapphire reassured him but Merlin knows him better. He misses his, Aunt hard but he lets the subject go for Sapphire's sake and he watches the kid walk off. Way to go you ancient bastard. Way. To. Go. Merlin scolds himself in silence. Meanwhile Sapphire hands rest on the sink.

I... I hope Dad told Auntie that I was moving back home. She'll turn every stone on that side of the Source Barrier to try and find me. Even if it would take 20 years or more she will never stop looking for me. She just cares about me that much and I would absolutely do same for her... For the rest of my friends... But... He can't look for "Her" though... For his best friend... He failed her after all so he has no right to see her EVER again... He then looks up to the mirror and sees his reflection.

He Groans Out self pity and he pulls himself back together and starts doing his hair. A couple minutes past and he walks back in his room with his light blue hair is  combed  in  a  medium side  part  hairstyle  that's  neatly combed  to  the  right.  And with his hair combed  like  this  his glowing amber colored left eye is revealed. So what do you think, Merlin? Is this better? Sapphire asked Merlin with his hands resting on his waist. I think that you'll give all your classmates a heart attack looking THAT good! Especially the girls!

Ah, huh, Right. Sapphire said with both his eyes narrowed and a unamused frown on his face. He then sits back on his and types away at his Glyph's keyboard as he logs in to his school website and then into his online class. W-Wait a second here. Sapphire narrowed his eyes again as he just noticed something. He then smiles.  Well watta you know! Classes are tomorrow! TODAY'S A BREAK! Haha! Sapphire's face lights up with joy and he pumps both his fist up as fanfare played in his head! But it was all a ruse that blow up in his face when Merlin leaned in next to his shoulder

It's a school day but it was a good shot nonetheless. Merlin Said with a smug tone in his voice. Sapphire then sigh's in defeat and for the rest of the morning he spent his time reluctantly attending his classes. It was a normal BORING school unlike the ones he use to go too back on the other side. Half way through his 5th period he felt asleep out of boredom but Merlin waked him right up using the "UnSnoozer". The shield laughed it up and a second later he was seen being thrown out the window by Sapphire. A hour later Sapphire finally finished attending his classes. He made his Glyph return to its normal handheld shape and it flings back into his hand.

Sapphire sighs with relief. Merlin is hovering right beside him. Right after Sapphire threw him out he teleported back in with his connection with Sapphire. Still waiting for an apology, Kiddo.  Then Sapphires  thoughts immediately go to his Older Brother. He  just can't stand being in this anymore  house. It's lonely... Sad  and  reminds  him  just how  empty  his  life  is  now.  He then goes to his contacts list and text Yin. "I'm done with school.  Can  we  go  out  today?  Please?" Said Sapphires text and Yin quickly responds. "Of course! Let's meet up In Time Circle!  See  yeah  there  Epsilon!" Said Yins text and Sapphire smiles. Epsilon is Sapphire's second first name and from what his Aunt told him his mother was the one that gave it to him.

So in way when Yin calls him Epsilon he's honoring his mothers memory. No... Not Just her memory. Her existence. Sapphire finds and puts on his blue jeans, his leather white and light blue jacket hoody, with amber swirl patterns on the arms of the jacket. He then puts on his blue sneakers. Finally he makes his cape manifest on his back. He was about to jump out of the  window until Merlin stopped him.

AHEM~! Sapphire then sighs and scratches his Light Blue hair. His  back is  facing Merlin  and  then  he  turns  his  head  toward  him. Im sorry for throwing  you  out, Merlin. Happy? Merlin then laughs heartedly and hovers to Sapphires side on the window. Very! Let's go see your brother! Merlin says happily and he dematerialized. For a minute Sapphire Gazes At the landscape outside his home.

Looks like he lives on the edge of a steep mountain and off in the distance is a futuristic and magical Utopian City,  Towering bright skyscrapers and dozens of magical symbols and circles Floating  in the skies as far as the eye can see! Sapphire smiles a little at the sight of it. He then breathed in and out... And then leaps off the edge of the window! The howling winds fly past him as dives down to the ravine that's still dozen miles below him!

Then his cape spreads out and pulses with violets petals and blue flames! He suddenly makes a sharp turn to the right and darts back to the skies! In a second he gets back to the same height as his house! He smiles as he looks back at his house and turns his attention back to the city and takes off at Mach4 with his destination clear! But little did he know that a 15 year old girl with beautiful silky golden hair with pink highlights watched him take off. She was hovering in the air above him and she smiles with curiosity In her eyes as she flys after him to the city. Leaving behind a streak of golden light behind as she goes. The aura radiating around her body glows with... Divine energy, Like Sapphire...