"I am Damian, and this is my twin brother, Devin; I'm the older brother, by the way!" Damian snorted, clearly trying to tick Devin off. Devin, staring at Damian's wide grin and feeling a hint of annoyance, mumbles, "By only 2 minutes."
"What was that little bro!?" Damian said almost yelling.
This struck a nerve as the students in the class that they were introducing themselves to started to whisper to each other.
If it weren't for Devin's dark skin, his face would have turned a slight shade of red from embarrassment.
Devin, eager to seek shelter from so many eyes, quickly reintoduced himself: "Hi, my name is Devin; I'm sure you heard from that loud-mouth brother of mine. I look forward to learning and cooperating with you all."
Following his "little" brothers lead, Damian reintroduces himself and says, "And my name is Damian Melio!" The class gives the airhead a blank stare.
The teacher, Mr. Bulac, directed the twin brothers to their desks; they were seated right beside each other. Upon seeing this, Devin released an audible sigh.
After being seated, Mr. Bulac began speaking, "I hope you all will make our transfer students feel like they never even transferred. Alright, class, let's begin."
***
Damian and Devin are on their way home after their first day at school. "What did you think of our first day." asked Damian. "You ruined it with your stupid loud-mouth." Devin teased. "Keep talking like that and you'll have a fist flying at your face" Damian taunted. "You're all bark no bit-" Damian launched his fist at his brother's face
Devin dodged.
"You wanna go?" hissed Devin
"Why not!" Yelled Damian
After 30 minutes of fighting, there was no victor, only two sets of dirty school uniforms.
The twins finally went home, and they were greeted with a hug from their little sister, Ava.
The only time Damian and Devin got along was during hug time with Ava, which was just a three-way hug between the siblings.
The smell of a home-cooked meal permeated the air almost invited the twins into the kitchen, where they saw their mother cooking and their father watching T.V. in the living room still wearing his work clothes.
Devin and Damian were smiling at the sight, until a blinding light enveloped both twins' vision. Both the twins bodies fell limp, void of any consciousness, and both their pupils glowed a deep red light.
*THUMP* *THUMP*
At the sight of this, Charlotte and Arthur, mom and dad, respectively, rushed to the boys while Ava cried. Once the initial shock left them, the parents instantly knew what this was, their eyes were a dead giveaway, they had been taken to Echo.
What they didn't know was that the twins had not been taken there naturally, like most, but forced their by [Fissure].
***
Echo is another plane of existence governed by an authority beyond even the gods. This being has a lot of names, but the one most common was [The First]. Not much is known about Echo, let alone [The First].
All that is known about them is that they bestow each person that enters Echo with an ability. The ability is essentially a system that tells you how strong you are and how close you're to advancing a "level".
***
"W-what where are we" mumbles Damian looking around to see a vast plain of sand but the sand was grey, and a not yet awakened Devin.
Damian shook Devin awake, waking at a gasp and looking around, even the usual collected Devin was at a loss for words stupor written on his face.
They sat there frozen for what seemed like minutes, until a voice shook them out of their daze. It seemed like this voice planted directly into their minds.
[Welcome to Echo; it is essential that you invoke the system to survive here.]
"what? system?" the twin said in unison
The System seemingly answered them [To invoke the system, just think of the word "System".]
The twins subconsciously thought the word and a display appeared in front of them
Name: Damian Melio
Title: [Fated Twin: Effects: Weak Telepathy, Completely Synced in Combat, *Only with your Twin*]
Blessings: [Blessing of Fissure] Effects: Unknown
Skill: N/A
Strength: 9
Speed:8
Toughness: 12
Awareness: 20
Name: Devin Melio
Title: [Fated Twin: Effects: Weak Telepathy, Completely Synced in Combat, *Only with your Twin*]
Blessings: [Blessing of Fissure] Effects: Unknown
Skills: N/A
Strength:7
Speed:11
Toughness: 10
Awareness: 21
***
'So we're in Echo, I can't believe this I've heard hundred of storie about this place most of death... but some of power. ' Devins thoughts trailed
"Get up we can't stay here it's dangerous, if this is really Echo we cant stay still" Damian spoke in a demanding tone.
Devin complied, and they started walking in a random direction. right now all they could see was a horizon of grey sand.