A young soldier watches as the army moves into the metallic flying ships, the ma.s.sive silver ships shaped like a spear tip can each hold millions of troops along with supplies for the trip. Hoping he can rise up in the ranks during this war is his goal as he clenches his fist, both his father and mother will be watching over him but he can not stop that. This will be his first time going to war and Lashar made a deal with his parents that if he can survive the war without their help he can roam the mortal realm.Pa.s.sing this test means traveling the realm with a few protectors but failure means another 5 years of training against Valara, this mother of his trains all his brothers and sisters once they reach the young age of 5. This year he will be 15, he has watched for the past few years as his older siblings left this planet to roam about the mortal realm, even the weaker less combat oriented were able to leave as long as they took guards along. His older brother Vesta left while he was still a child taking his wife and a few aids with him, while his younger sister Tianna also gained permission to leave this world.
He was older than her yet he had not been given the ok from his mother Samantha, she was among the few of his mothers who gave birth to a male child. When he was born he was always treated as fragile gla.s.s waiting to be broken, so his mother was extremely protective even having Valara be in charge of his training instead of his personal guard he had known his entire life.
To the side of this youth stood a middle aged man, although he was not in a military uniform nor the custom made personal guard uniform everyone knew him well.
This man is the long time friend of former Emperor Three Suns, someone who after the explosive growth of the Empire choose to retire from his position as second only to Empress Samara in authority in the Empire"s management. Instead he went to New Teress were he became one of the few G.o.ds of Creation the Empire had, as most choose to become a G.o.d of Destruction in honor of the Emperor who is the Origin of Destruction. Unlike his friend Three Suns he became a G.o.d of Creation as he had more information than the rash youths who wanted to please the Emperor.
He knew that after Creation or Destruction all would try their best to become a True G.o.d, who wields both Creation and destruction equally. The Emperor Dashnell has yet to inform him of how one becomes a True G.o.d but he was given a hint, that if he as a G.o.d of Creation witnesses true Destruction he will find a path were he can come to control Destruction. After this step one must find balance between the two powers before they are to claim they are a True G.o.d, then there is the rank above True G.o.d known as Void G.o.d that he overheard Valara asking Verena about but he knew that he would need to first work toward the goal of becoming a True G.o.d.
During this trip his plan is to follow his nephew Lashar around on the battlefield, this war should involve other G.o.ds so he could not miss it and when the youth decided to join he was the first to agree. He was also the one to suggest this be a test for the youth if he wished to leave the planet an roam on his own, only to know that pa.s.s or fail he would still roam the realm alongside Lashar.
"Uncle Vincent look! Father is in the same ship as us! I wonder if I can spend a bit of time with him during this trip." Lashar said waking Vincent up from his day dream. "Calm down child he is most likely the one who had you put on his ship, that or Samantha getting Tia to arrange things this way. Let"s just enjoy our time of peace before you throw yourself into the battles, you won"t get another chance like this even Tianna was only given one chance so don"t relax and give it your all Lashar!" Vincent said as he put his hand on the exited youths shoulder.
Calming his heart he stares up at his father in time to spot a smile directed at him, he once more clenches his fist before heading towards the ship.
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Inside the bridge of the ship Vargas can be seen pacing back and forth waiting for Elder Ibrahim to enter the room, when the sound of doors sliding open he stops his anxiety eating away at him.
"Fath- Dashnell!? Is Ibrahim still not done? Please come sit." Said the shaking giant of a man.
"Once the others get here we can begin talking, come out Ibrahim no need to delay anymore." I said out loud shocking both Vargas and Sophia who was in the corner of the room. Soon after the words leave my mouth a green flash of light exits my right eye, standing in front of Vargas is Ibrahim looking 20-24 years old. Shock hits Vargas again as he stumbles backwards before falling into a chair that appears behind him, Ibrahim then manifest another chair directly in front of Vargas.
"It"s a long story Vargas my child but I will tell it to you, once words are no longer enough I will share a part of my memories with you allowing you to understand my origins. I just want your word that you will treat me no different once you know what I am about to share with you, Sophia will also be hearing this for the first time. Well I guess we can begin with what I am, I am the manifestation of manipulation a power that is part of Dashnell. There is nothing I can"t control, I specialize in manipulation of the mind, at first I was among the powers he would never use but after..." Stopping Ibrahim looks at me complex emotions filling his gaze.
Opening my hand I shoot both Vargas and Sophia with a shard containing the events of my past were for the first time I used Ibrahim and his powers was to gain control over my chaotic mind.
"After that Ibrahim aided me in regaining my sanity It took a long time but eventually I became somewhat stable, with this I started to make use of every one of my abilities. Some were useful some were situationally useful, but doing this allowed me to understand myself even more. Most of my powers were given physical forms and are able to live their own lives, as Ibrahim did as a Guardian along with those who decided to remain at my side. Even without them serving me as Ibrahim does I still have the ability to use said power, it"s not like I lose it if they leave to live on their own."
"My overall power was to great that it spilt over and created life for each of my powers/abilities. There was even a time when they thought I needed them to continue remaining powerful, that is why some of them left to roam the many realms after Lilly and I fixed reality. Ibrahim decided to remain at my side as did many others as I am their creator and father."
Hearing this makes Vargas"s head spin as he leans back in the chair given to him by Ibrahim. "What does this mean! Is Ibrahim a Guardian or not! This information will cause so much confusion among the Elders, I... I don"t think we can tell anyone other than the Elders about this."
"Vargas I am telling you this because I raised you as my own, While doing so I was trying to find meaning to my life. Unlike the others I was hated by my master most of my life only in the end when he had no choice did he warm up to me, were we found common ground. I know it is his past that makes him hate those who can control the minds of others but it still hurt to be hated by the being who not only created me but I am a part of. That"s why I told no one of his existence until I had too, even pushing myself to the verge of death to prove myself to him."
Looking at Vargas Ibrahim stands up once more before turning into a bright green light that shoots back into my right eye.
"After I fully accepted Ibrahim and his abilities, I died and Lilly allowed my powers to choose to stay with me or roam the realms as she recreated everything. Giving them this choice allowed them to grow stronger while I lived countless lives that would allow my mind to become more stable and firm."
As I turn to leave the room Vargas request one last thing from me, although it was expected the chances of him asking was low.