PROLOGUE
The sun shines its bright light into a new day, symbolizing a fresh beginning. Its rays spread out carelessly, illuminating everything in their path. However, the light we should follow is the one that passes by Unity City and reaches a penthouse previously shrouded in darkness. As the sun's rays enter, they brighten the once-shadowed living room.
Going up the stairs we enter one of the many rooms found on the second floor, but the one we're going to see is the master bedroom which is where our protagonist is, sleeping soundly beside his wife.
The room's windows open, allowing the light of the sun to enter the couple's room. Showing a man with silver hair, in his pajamas holding a girl with long blond hair, and in her nightgown resting on the silver-haired man, which was our protagonist: Daniel. The girl who laid her head on his chest was his wife Bianka a.k.a Durandal. Even when the light of the sun hit them, they did not wake up nor even felt bothered by it, hmm wonder why? Why don't we see what's inside of Daniel's head? The answers might be there. Let's do a funny transition while we're at it too.
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Except for the bright sunny day, we find ourselves in a blackened dark void with absolutely nothing around, unless you count the giant white dragon, the guy with purple flames sprouting from his head, and Daniel, who was sitting in front of both of them holding uno cards. The dragon, who is Albion, and the guy with the purple flaming head that has black armor, who was Ashborn, were also holding uno cards.
Daniel: "Hmmm"
Albion: "HMM"
Ashborn: "Hmm"
Daniel: ". . . . . . . ." (puts down a green 6)
Albion: "DANIEL!"
Daniel: "What?"
Albion: "WHY DID YOU PUT DOWN A GREEN SIX! I ONLY HAVE BLUES!"
Daniel: "Then draw I don't care, we already said that when playing this game there's no bonds or connection between us just uno"
Albion: "ARGH! DON'T REMIND ME, YOU CAN AT LEAST BE A LITTLE MERCIFUL WHEN PLAYING THIS GAME"
Daniel: "Well----"
Ashborn: "Uno is not for the weak albino dragon that's a fool, it is a game for the strong-minded and for great minds that form strategies without wasting time . . . . . . so quit being salty, we know you still have not recovered from you're previous loses"
Albion: "I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT ASHBORN! YOU'VE ALREADY WON THREE TIMES! I HAVEN'T WON A SINGLE GAME!"
Ashborn: "That's your problem to solve, though victory is out of reach from me this time" (brings up his cards) "I still have ten cards"
Albion: "AT LEAST THAT'S REASSURING FOR ME, BUT DANIEL IS ALSO CLOSE TO WINNING AGAIN, AND HIS WON FOUR TIMES"
Daniel: (sighs) "Just draw some cards Albion, who knows? You might get a plus four and give it to Ashborn, you only have three cards left too"
Ashborn: "So quit complaining and draw!"
Albion: "TSK! FINE! I'LL DRAW"
Albion, even though angry, decides to draw a card from the deck, and it would seem that lady luck was on his side as he took out a draw four wild card. Letting out a chuckle, he puts the card down and smiles smugly at Ashborn, who was just holding back his anger, but reluctantly went with the game rules and grabbed four cards from the deck. Albion changes the color to red, so Daniel puts down a red 8 and Albion then puts a red 2, which leaves with only two cards left, and so Ashborn puts down a red 4. It's Daniel's turn, whatever he puts down will decide if Albion wins or if the game continues, but what comes next is nothing more than chaos.
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Daniel: "Yeah" (makes the drink he got disappear and turns to see Albion and Ashborn not looking too good) "We're never playing uno ever again after that"
Albion: "I CONCEIVE"
Ashborn: "Please, no more of that . . . . . that was more intense than the many battles I've been in"
Daniel: "Okay . . . . . . wanna play another game?"
Albion / Ashborn: "NO!!"
Daniel: ". . . . . Got it" (he gives them both a thumbs up, telling them he's okay with that)
Leaving Daniel's head after that whole ordeal, we go back to see him still sounding asleep with Bianka next to him. The doors to their room then open and a little girl with long blond hair like Bianka's enters the room and sneakily walks over to Daniel's side of the bed
???: (Stood beside Daniel and starts shaking him) "Daaad~ dad wake up~!" (sees no reaction from Daniel which makes her pout) "Daaaaaaaad!" (Still there's no reaction from Daniel or Bianka) "Hmph! you left me with no choice, now face the consequences!" (She jumps high up above Daniel)
Once in the air, high above both Daniel and Bianka, the little girl that's revealed to be Kiara starts falling onto Daniel until she lands very strongly on his stomach
Air leaves his lungs as he lays down on the bed almost motionless, but he did wake up. On the other hand, this action also woke up Bianka who began to stir up and push herself up
Bianka: "Huh? What's with all the ruckus?"
Kiara: "Oh! Good morning Mom! How did you sleep!?"
Bianka: (she giggled) "I slept well thank you for asking my beautiful daughter" (leans towards Kiara and kisses her cheek)
Kiara: (giggles) "Hehehe~ love you too Mom!"
Daniel: "Ow"
Kiara: "Dad's awake yay! Time for pancakes!" (gets off Daniel and runs out of the room)
Daniel: "Ow just ow"
Bianka: "Hahaha that's what you get when you don't wake up early to make her pancakes for breakfast"
Daniel: (groans and slowly sits up) "Yeah, ow I know ow but she could at least try other means of waking me up. Let's just say I'm getting a little tired of my rips always hurting for a random reason almost every day"
Bianka: "Hehehe just wake up early love" (she pecks his lips and smiles warmly at him) "That's all, plus I know you allow yourself to be weak when she does that" (starts to get out of bed) "you could have always made yourself tangible or made sure Beru or Igris protected you while you slept"
Daniel: (rolls his eyes) "I know I know" (pulls Bianka back by wrapping his arms around her and kisses her on the head three times before pecking her lips) "Okay now I can wake up, I just needed a little love"
Bianka chuckled and both she and Daniel began to get out of bed and leave the bedroom, their next stop being the downstairs kitchen. They go down and Daniel can probably greet his daughter by tickling her, as punishment for her previous actions, and then telling her good morning. Soon later, after finishing making their breakfast, all three went to the dining table, and Daniel placed three plates of pancakes that he cooked up on it.
Kiara: (Has stars in her eyes) "Pancakes!"
Daniel: "I wish I didn't introduce her to Nora" (sits down on the chair and grabs the fork and knife, as he cuts Kiara's pancakes into tiny pieces) "I swear, the second they meet Kiara only began to eat pancakes for breakfast"
Bianka: "This is coming from the person who only ate pancakes and oatmeal when he was a kid, and might I add that you continue to eat only those two meals to this day"
Daniel: ". . . . . Fair point . . . . counterpoint" (points at Kiara)
Bianka: (looks at Kiara, and sees her daughter stuffing her mouth with pancakes, using her hands, which got her hands sticky from syrup) "Oh, I see"
Daniel: (I chuckled) "Slow down there Kiara, you'll choke on you're food if you do that"
Kiara: (Does muffled noises) "No I—!" (She tried to speak with her mouth full of a fool, which got her to choke on her food)
Both father and mother help their daughter and clean her hands before going back to continue to enjoy their peaceful breakfast with no more other issues. Afterward, enjoying a good morning breakfast with the family, they all start preparing for today's events. Daniel walks out of his room now wearing his costume and goes downstairs to meet up with Bianka and Kiara.
Daniel: "Alright, I'm all set to go" (walks over to his two girls and holds Bianka in his arms) "Are you sure you don't want me to take Kiara to school? You know I wouldn't mind taking her nor will I take my time doing so"
Bianka: "I know love" (kisses his cheeks) "but it's my turn today and I rather you not bring much attention like last time you dropped off Kiara at school"
Kiara: "Are you talking about that time dad had to teach my bullied dad a lesson?"
Daniel: "He deserved it, also I only acted in self-defense, so it's his fault that he might be traumatized now"
Kiara: "Yeah! That's what he gets for being a meanie!"
Daniel: "Haha! That's my girl" (gives Kiara a high five)
Bianka: (sighs, but lets out a chuckle) "You two"
After saying goodbye to his wife and daughter, Daniel turns everything off in the penthouse, activates security, and except of leaving through the door or flying out a window, he disappears into the ground. He appears above the roof of a very tall building, he stands on the edge of the building's corner and oversees his surroundings like Batman when he watches over his city of Gotham, but except for being rainy and dark, it's sunny and warming today in Unity City. Now, you're probably wondering what exactly is Unity City. What exactly is this world? Who the heck is Daniel? And those answers will be answered right now.
Unity City is a large, wide, expanding, and very populated city by various people, beings, superheroes, and supervillains. Amongst the crowd you may find humans with powers called quirks, have aura, could have magic or could wield a sacred gear, or have chances to be ninjas. In addition, you have the ones called Faunus, they have humans with animal traits. Then you have beings that belong to the world of the supernatural: Angels, Fallen Angels, and Devils. Furthermore, the superheroes that can be found in this city are what make this city so populated, as being a superhero is a job in itself. As for supervillains, they are the ones who protest against the society of heroes and the infused that happens behind and on the scenes.
And Daniel is someone who's had sad beginnings with a rightful and deserved ending at the end. From the beginning it was survival for Daniel, he had to do many things on his own because he was rejected by everyone around him for being powerless. Powerless are the lowest of the lowest in this world, they are seen as expendable people, the useless of the useless, and the nobodies. Daniel was powerless, so from the start, he was neglected by those he called family, treated harshly by kids he used to call friends, and he was mistreated at any time, and any place. So he thought that maybe if he became a hero, and proved that even if he was powerless he could still become a hero. Surprisingly he was allowed to enter school and he had a good start there until his reveal of being powerless. Some of the friends he had made betrayed him and new bullies came into his life which made it horrible, some teachers were pressuring him too hard, and the headmasters didn't bat an eye. Then, on a mission, something happened to Daniel, and a miracle happened. Ashborn the Shadow Monarch had made Daniel his successor, granting him his power over the very shadows themselves. He left the academy and became an anti-hero, as he made it his mission to destroy the corruption in Unity City. In this journey, he faced many battles, and triumph over many challenges and obstacles, Albion's previous host being one of them, made many companions and true friends along the way, reconciled with his family, and even found love. At the end of it all, he succeeded in his mission of getting rid of corruption and evil that infected Unity City but decided to finish his education and became a real hero who protects the innocent in the day and the night while also taking care of his family.
Daniel: "Hmm it seems today might be peaceful, I should go and check if Kiara's okay" (turns to leave, but soon hears a loud BOOM which makes him sigh, as he goes back to the edge) "Me and my big mouth" (jumps off the edge, assassins creed style)
After jumping off, Daniel dives directly into the ground, except for crashing onto the ground. Daniel goes through the ground and disappears as if he wasn't even there in the first place. We change scenes towards where the action is happening, cops are firing their guns at something big that grabs a regular civilian's car and throws it at the cops. It lands on one of the cop's cars, destroying it, but it also traps an officer who got their leg stuck.
Trapped Officer: "AAAH!"
Commanding Officer: (points at two officers that were close to trap one) "You two! help him!"
Following orders, the cops quickly made their way over to the trapped officer and tried to get him out by lifting the destroyed police car. It was hard and heavy, but the two officers were able to lift it long enough for a third officer to run over and pull the now-injured cop out, as they took him away, the commanding officer and the other cops kept firing at the buff creature or villain
Commanding Officer: (sees that they weren't doing any significant damage, slams his fist against the police car) "Da*mit!"
Daniel: (appears out of nowhere beside him) "Need a hand?"
Commanding Officer: (jumps in shock) Whoa! Jesus!
Daniel: (chuckles) "Sorry for that"
Commanding Officer: "Mo-Moze! You're here"
Daniel: "I am, now stand back please" (jumps over the cop car and walks over to the villain) "This won't take long"
Commanding Officer: "Please be careful! The villain has a child has a hostage!
Daniel: "Hmm? That's a new strategy?" (nods to the officer and walks over to the villain) "And thought villains of today had morals, who in their right mind decided to do such an outrageous strategy has to use a child has a hostage is just in— oh, it's you"
Daniel looked towards the villain, and easily identified the villain by just a glance. Said the villain in front of him was none other than the monstrous form of a former exorcist who betrayed the Church, his name was Freed. On his right, disfigured, and creepy arm was a crying young boy. Hearing Daniel's voice, Freed turned around and smirked sinisterly towards Daniel.
Freed: "Aaaah~ Moze~ come to save that day have you?"
Daniel: "Yeah, and it seems that even after you're crimes they still haven't put you on the death penalty"
Freed: "Oh they were going to, but I decided to have one last bit of fun! before I go away for a long time~" (points at Daniel) "And I would like to spend these last moments fighting you Moze, the man who ruined my plans, ruined everything, and I resort to what I am today"
Daniel: "Alright, why not let go of the kid then huh? he has nothing to do with this"
Freed: "Now now Moze~ don't worry, nothing going to happen to this child hehehe~ he'll just make sure you don't end up destroying me again"
Daniel: "Tsk, vile to the end Freed" (shakes his head disappointedly) "You'll never change" (crosses his arm and turns his back towards him) "Pathetic"
Freed: "Whatever! Now come at me! And face me Moz—!"
In a split second, before Freed could react, Daniel had thrown his taken-out knife and spun it around before throwing it at Freed's right shoulder. In perfect accuracy, the knife pierces Freed's shoulder, making the monster scream in pain.
Freed: "HAAAAA! You bas—!"
Daniel: (spoke in Freed's shadow) "Down here"
Freed: "Huh!?"
Freed's shadow disappears, and it is replaced by my purple, circular, purple shadow-like puddle. Out of it comes Daniel who dashes upwards, grabs his knife, and cuts off Freed's arm completely. This action frees the kid that Freed held hostage, as Daniel disappears from above and appears beside the kid, grabbing him before disappearing again and appearing where the cops are, as he sets the kid down
Daniel: "You okay pal?"
Kid: S-Si! Muchas gracias señor Moze!
Daniel thought: "Hmm, the kid only speaks Spanish? Well at least he understands English"
Freed: (screams in the background) "HAHH! Moze! Come back here!"
Daniel: (sighs and padded the kid in the head) "I'll be right back"
Daniel disappears and then reappears back in the same spot he was before attacking Freed. He sees the monster attaching back his right arm, and grabbing his sword.
Freed: "You'll pay for that! You'll pay for everything!"
Daniel: (narrows his eyes and summons his dagger) "This ends today Freed, you won't waste my time any longer"
Freed: (charges at Daniel) "I'll destroy you!!"
Daniel channels dark purple and shadowy energy around his body, before dashing forward toward Freed like a bullet, in a matter of seconds Daniel appears behind Freed as if had done his deed and taken out Freed in one hit
Daniel: "It's over, you're done Freed Sellzen"
Freed stands silently behind Daniel, a large cut then appears on him, he falls to his knees, and then falls to the floor with his eyes not even having pupils anymore. The deed was done, and Freed Sellzen was defeated and taken down once again by Daniel. Later, after the cops took Freed away, Daniel walked over to the kid and crouched down on one knee in front of him.
Daniel: "Te sientes bien niño?"
Kid: (gasp) "Puedes hablar español!?"
Daniel: "Si, pero volviendo a la pregunta..."
Kid: "O-Oh! Si! Si! estoy bien señor Moze, gracias por salvarme!"
Daniel: "Denada, ibas algun lugar antes de ser atrapado por el villano?"
Kid: "A la escuela!"
Daniel: "Hmm? a la escuela? solo?"
Kid: "Si, es que mi escuela hasta serca de mi hogar, so mis padres me enseñar a caminar solo para alla"
Daniel: "Aaah ya veo, estamos todavia serca de ella?"
Kid: "Hmm? Nose, pero creo que si, porque pregunta?"
Daniel: "Te llevare a tu escuela para estar seguro que llegues bien"
Kid: "Woow! en serio!?"
Daniel: "Sip, now come on little guy" (extends his hand towards the kid)
Kid: (takes his hand) "Okay!"
Both began to walk away from the scene and started to make their way towards the kid's school.
Daniel: "Hmm te puedo preguntar algo?"
Kid: "Umm que quiere preguntar?"
Daniel: "You understand me when I speak English, don't you kid?"
Kid: "Si!"
Daniel: "Okay that's good, but can you speak English?"
Kid: "No, me da trabajo"
Daniel: "Really? You can understand English, but can't speak it? Hmm can you at least say some words or write them down"
Kid: "Bueno, las unicas palabras de ingles que puedo decir son 'Hello,' 'my name is Roberto' para que sepas, 'how are you,' 'mom' y 'dad,' y esas son todas las palabras que se en ingles, pero al escribieron no me da tanto trabajo, you puedo escribir en ingles bien"
Daniel thoughts: "Those words are but the basic ones a kid could learn without problem, he says he can't speak English right, yet he can write down without issue"
Kid: "Pero, solo puedo escribir bien el ingles basicamente por el Capricho {Quirk} que tengo"
Daniel: "You're quirk? What is it?"
Kid: "Tengo la habilidad de escribir en cualquier idioma, language y estilo sin problem, y en additional, puedo entender cualquier idioma"
Daniel: "Wait what? That kind of quirk sounds great!"
Kid: "Gracias! eso me lo dicen todos!"
Daniel: "But even while you can do that, you can't speak in English? What? Do they not teach you or help you with that in school Roberto?"
Roberto: "Umm no señor, en verdad que los maestros y maestros que e tenido de ingles no se a hmm esforsado, creo que es la palabra, para que nosotros aprendamos hablar ingles"
Daniel: "Huh?"
Daniel thoughts: "How can that be? If kids don't learn at an early age how to speak a different language than their origin ones, then how do teachers expect them to read when they are alone, or talk to others who may only how to speak English?"
After learning this, Daniel decided to change topics before arriving at the school where Roberto studied. He clears things up with the principal, who is grateful to Daniel for saving Roberto's life. Once he returned the kid to his class, Daniel decided to appear on the edge of a building, which lucky enough had a good view of the classroom Roberto and the students were studying in. Lucky thing number two is that it was English class and Daniel could see from his vantage point how many students were having difficulty and had to call the teachers for help many times
Daniel: "Hmmm"
???/???: "My Liege"
Daniel: " Hmm?" (looks back)
Out of Daniel's shadow came two beings covered in black and purple. These were two of Daniel's many warriors, Igris was a tall, black-armored, long cap, and purple glowing knight with a long red ponytail coming off the top of his head. Beside him was Beru a tall humanoid ant that had the same color scheme as Igris. Beru's body was covered in a black shadowy form with his eyes glowing pure purple. They stood behind Daniel, overlooking the school.
Daniel: "Igris, Beru, what's brought you both out of my shadow? I never called out for you"
Igris: "We wish to see what interests you my liege"
Beru: "Why is it that you watch over this boy's education, my lord? Has the information you receive brought you . . . worry?"
Daniel: "Yes, it has . . . . . tell me, and be honest . . . are they struggling?"
Igris and Beru stood beside their lord and narrowed their eyes toward the classroom, many students were focused on their work, but that was only five students. When looking at the entire class even they could see a struggle amongst the girls and boys. This struggle led to students talking amongst their friends because they were either bored or didn't understand the work, so they focused on what they did know. The teacher tried to gain control and raised their voice to take control over the class.
Igris: "They are struggling, quite a lot too"
Beru: "This is quite honestly a sad sight my lord, these children are going to have having hard time along the way if they have trouble with this class"
Daniel: "That they will Beru, right what we're seeing is students from an middle school graders having struggles in English class" (crosses his arm) "mostly, when students are in these grades, they either have knowledge from previous classes or gain new knowledge that will prepare them for higher grades and obstacles, and it is a time where a student has control over a secondary language or are practicing a new language, making easy for them . . . . . . our city is filled with different kinds of cultures, languages, and different other things, but the most dominant language here is English" (tilts his head to the side) "middle school isn't just only an area to teach the young which could be rebellious, it's a place to make sure they've grown, make sure that they are ready, and it's a place to flourish and awaken their hidden potential since they've come from elementary . . . . . and this is coming from someone who had to learn things on his own with help only coming from teachers that did see me as more than just powerless, and my mother . . . so it's sad to see kids like these struggle and show that they are not ready for what's ahead"
Igris: ". . . . . What do you plan to do then?"
Daniel: "Hmm . . . . what if . . . I become an educator?"
Beru: "Huh?"
Igris: "Hmm?"
Daniel: "I have no agency, nor job and while I hone a lot of money, I can't simply live as I am now with the corruption of the world now gone . . . . . So why don't I become an educator and help kids who struggle in these types of classes like English class"
Beru: "Are you . . . sure of this my lord?"
Daniel: "Yes, I've made up my mind. . . . unless you two have something to say?"
Daniel doesn't refer to Igris and Beru, he is talking about Albion and Ashborn. On Daniel's back blue glowing and white wings sprouted from his back, and his shadow grew and took the shape of Ashburn.
Albion: (talks through the wings) "WHATEVER IT IS YOU WISH TO DO DANIEL, WE WON'T GO AGAINST YOUR WISHES"
Ashborn: "Just be sure to know that this is what you want, if you wish to become an educator for the young then so be it"
Daniel: "Alright, let's go now . . . . . I've made up my mind"
Igris and Beru disappear into his shadow, Ashborn disappears, and the wings also disappear. Daniel gives Roberto one last glance before turning away and walking away from the spot, disappearing as well. Throughout the day, Daniel watches over the city, taking down bad guys, taking down heroes who challenge him, destroying monsters or stray devils, and meeting up with some friends. After all that he returned home to his family, telling Bianka what he wished to do, and that he wished to become an English educator. Rather than being against it, she supported his plan and promised to cheer for him allowing the way. However, before Daniel could even think of making himself a teacher he needed to first know; what kind of educator he wished to be. So from tomorrow and forward, he might visit some old friends, and some former teachers.
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