One week later
It was a good day, shining sun,clear weather,or in other words,a perfect day to play outside for drachen and run around the infinite wastelands of the cracks
However,he wasn't today,
At the same time of when he made a promise to his grandfather, he would be giggling and laughing while running around acting like a hero and almost letting out tears of laughter and joy
But today was different,the tears weren't that of joy but of sorrow as his hand held a gauntlet
A gauntlet separated from an armor that was scattered across the entire floor
"Grandpa...?"the boys voice was shaking as he was holding onto the gauntlet for dear life despite there being no harm as small and little amounts of droplets started to fall on the ground
However it wouldn't be long before dozens,hundreds and thousands of more droplets started to fall as well with the world having seemingly lost its colors
The boy decided to sit down besides the fallen armor while doing nothing
He never got to ask him how he ended up in the cracks,why he was the way he was
Day turned into night Again and again and again and again and again and again
The little boy was now emaciated as he could hear his stomach begging for food
But he didn't have the strength to do it
Inside him it felt like two parts fighting on what he should do,one telling him to go and get some food for himself,the other telling him to just let himself die
It then felt like as if the positive one overpowered the other causing his legs to respond and get up to look for food.
It felt as if it was an instinct he didn't have before
And so he walked through the numerous hills of junk looking for anything he could fill his stomach with amidst the heavy rain
He looked around and almost caught glimpses of him playing around his grandfather around these areas
He quickened his pace to the point he started running while slipping a few times
He finally laid his eyes on a new pile of trash that had what seemed like freshly thrown out food as he immediately went to dig in and eat as much as he wants
He was a little relieved that he found actual good food,as in food that wasn't rotting for too long
He never understood why they almost never had food like this but he didn't mind it
As he was eating,he felt something small hit his head
He looked up and found a large amount of trash falling towards him
He immediately tried to run away but his legs were too weak from his lack of nutrition and sleep and collapsed on the ground as the heavy chunks of garbage were nearing him
With all his remaining strength he managed to let out a scream while raising his hands In a defensive gesture while closing his eyes preparing for the coming impacr
"HEEELP!!!"
However...
It never came
Drachen opened his eyes
The rubbles were gone
"What..?"
He looked around to see if anyone saved him but the entire area was empty
"Huh?"
He then looked at his hands, noticing a faint glow coming from them
"What is this?"
He extended his hand forwards just to try as a spinning circle of faint blue light appeared before it disappeared
"Huh?!"
He then tried it again with a bit more force as the circle remained and out of it emerged a large pile of junk and garbage
"Wow"
Drachen then created another as he put his head inside it to see that it popped out of the other one
Normally he wouldn't just be happy but absolutely estatic that he had powers but all he could think was
'couldn't you have come earlier?'
Suddenly his grandfather's words echoed in his mind
If you ever get the chance to leave this place,do not hesitate to do so
He looked up to the endlessly increasing height of the cracks
"One day,one day I'll keep our promise"he said to himself as he decided to walk back to the house
For the next five years he practiced the use of his newfound powers while also trying to find new things to keep himself entertained now that he was alone such as working on little trinkets or maybe fixing broken engines and such as they could be seen near the house that now had working lights thanks to a contraption he made using many half used batteries even though his diet didn't improve much
Right now he was currently warming himself up a little bit to go for a practice round
"Alright, let's go!"he said to himself as he immediately created two portals placing one in front of him while throwing another meters away and emerging from it as he repeated the process a couple of times while slowly making his way upwards
"Time to hurry it up!"he said quickening the pace changing to a new style which is to make portals closer to each other and in a very quick pace as if he was flying
"Come on faster!"he shouted as he started getting faster and faster until all that could be seen was a blue blur quickly rising until he saw something falling towards him which he stopped to look as it was another pile of junk
Which was just perfect for him to continue testing out his capabilities
and then with two hands created two portals that he overlapped with one another
And out of it came a blue beam of pure energy blasting it to nothingness
This was the fruits of his training
ever since he gained his powers he had tried numerous times to portal his way up to the top but always failed due to exhaustion mainly
As he started losing altitude he decided to continue his ascension once again through the clearing smoke
However
He collided with something else that had emerged from the smokes of the explosion
A human person,a girl to be precise
A screaming one at that
And she was heading straight towards him
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