tough [fw2]

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tough [fw2]

POSTED ON Jan 26, 2024 18:55:22 GMT

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CHAPTER ONE

Things are brighter, but blurry. He can't see. Something clouds his vision. He wipes away at his eyes and removes the tears. The soreness tells him that he's been crying for a while. With his vision clear, the world seems bigger. He's clearly a child, but he doesn't understand why. The giants around him give it away.

They're all wearing black. It's fancy attire. There's only suits and ties. He realizes he's holding on to one of these adults by the hand, but he doesn't recognize who it is. They won't turn to look at him. It's trying to meet the others. It's some kind of reunion, like a funeral but no one is dead. Not yet anyway.

Then he gasps. He suddenly understands where he is and what's happening. These are his parents. The other giants are his family. This is when they decide to leave him; forever.

There is no time to understand their choices. There is no time to understand the why. The tears are back on his face. All he can do is beg and plead. Dropping from his parents hold, he resorts to hands and knees. He doesn't want them to go, and he'll try harder this time to make sure it doesn't happen.

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Initially, they ignore him. There's no time to tend to a child when the bigger picture is at risk. There's a reason for this reunion. He'll get over it. He'll move on. This is something he understands, but he's willing to do whatever it takes. There's no way he'll let them go this time.

The human jaw is capable of exerting one hundred twenty-five kilograms of force in a single bite and the boy put it all into the tip of his thumb. Like some kind of rabid animal, he gnawed away at his single digit with no hesitation. Within seconds, both his hand and mouth were coated in red. The scene was set. All he needed to do was cry.

Like his thumb, his eyes started to leak and his mouth began to sob. Both of his parents instantly turned away from their meeting to notice their child's gory mess. First his father rushed to him and then his mother. They removed him from his place on the ground and started to take him elsewhere. His grandmother pays no mind to him.

He couldn't make out what either of his parents said, but he knows it's different now. Instead of leaving him with his grandmother, they're taking him home. They've given up on their task. This single difference would radically change Roy's future forever.

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Roy

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twenty-six

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Rustboro City, Hoenn

Heterosexual

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Civilian

Single

6'01" height

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tough [fw2]

POSTED ON Jan 29, 2024 17:39:32 GMT

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CHAPTER TWO

To Roy, everything ended up like it should've. It was easier to find the differences between the timelines than the similarities and the differences were all too perfect. In a way, he felt undeserving of this second chance. Like he didn't properly earn it. He did so little to earn so much. It felt free in more ways than one.

Life moved quickly, but in all the right ways. Roy still found his way into Unova, but it was different this time. He wasn't some unruly teenager with unresolved trauma. This time his parents came with him. They initially met each other in Opelucid City, which made it the perfect place for the draconid to settle down. It was well within their roots.

Both of his parents didn't change much, even in this new scenery. Roy's father was an explorer, and his mother a protector. While his father was away navigating the ancient ruins and relics of the Unova region, his mother was busy defending Opelucid City from threats both external and internal. Their ventures extended far beyond words, but this never reached the lands of Hoenn. They let that place go for their son. Even contact with family was made limited.

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As for Roy, he only grew. He was given the optimal room to do so. With a strong foundation through his family, he furthered his education. He had a knack for battling and his parents encouraged him to go further down that path. The local academy refined his skills and put him on the right path. His mother would teach him the ways of taming the local dragon-types in the same ways his grandmother taught her. Everything was going the way it should've.

Eventually, Roy would become the youngest Gym Leader of Opelucid City. His mastery over dragon-types made him a celebrity across all of Unova. This went beyond word of mouth. Both he and Balmung were on t-shirts, tv shows and more. Not only was he successful, but he was also famous. Everything felt too perfect.

Then came the itch. It was a subtle tingle on the back of his scalp. Something that told him that this wasn't right. Something was wrong. He didn't deserve this. There must be some kind of trick. There must be something he owes.

As the years went by, the itch only festered. It grew worse and worse. It affected his life in a negative way. Something felt wrong about showing his face to a world that he didn't deserve.

And then his worst fears materialized.

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Roy

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Rustboro City, Hoenn

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POSTED ON Jan 30, 2024 16:48:35 GMT

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CHAPTER THREE

It started out small. Small islands and villages of Hoenn were seemingly erased overnight. It was all over the news, but there was never a clear culprit in the beginning. Hundreds of casualties with no real answer as to why.

Giant craters and chasms replaced these locations. It was clear that something powerful erased them from existence, but the mystery only expanded once the portals appeared. Hoenn was decorated in them. Small little tears in the fabric of reality that acted as doorways to hell. Like an infection, the demons and giants that crawled through those doorways had their way with the land. More and more causalities were added to the total while entire cities were taken.

Initially, the Draconids tried to stop it. They had foreseen the events long before they took place, but nobody believed them. They didn't have the numbers to give weight to their voice. Members of Roy's family were part of the original force that fought back, but ultimately, they too added to the casualty list. Their ability to pull answers from dragons didn't do much for them.

The legendary pokemon and their avatars also fought back, but it wasn't enough. They only added to the list of causalities. While the rest of the world grew immune to the devastating stories, the lands of Hoenn became a post-apocalyptic warzone. Citizens were no more. There were only survivors.

Other regions grew worried. Once Hoenn was taken, what region would be next? Who would be left to protect them? These questions encouraged the world to act on the offensive. The strongest trainers from every region were enlisted. They were no longer heroes or celebrities. They were soldiers sent to fight an unwinnable war.

First, his parents went. After they saw what happened to the rest of their family, they had no other choice. Unfortunately, as soon as they hit the island, contact with them was lost. They were devoured by whatever army ruled that place. There was no mercy. Only defeat.

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Then it was up to Roy; the boy that changed the future to support his own needs. There wasn't much of a force left when he was sent, but they still managed to make some progress against the unworldly monsters. It felt like they were gaining ground, but in truth, they weren't. They were never meant to win this fight.

Suddenly, the world started to bend and distort. Like the doorways to hell, the sky buckled as a new reality took hold. This was a place that was never meant to be. It was a dying world in a vast multiverse. It existed solely so other universes could learn from it and flourish. This was simply fate at play.

As Roy is consumed by the darkness, he recalls his mistake. Stopping his parents wasn't an option. He was always destined to lose them. They needed to die and his return to Hoenn was necessary. This didn't mean he was some hero to save the day. He was a mere stepping stone, but even stepping stones are important when it comes to crossing the other side.

Then he woke up. He's back in his apartment in Rustboro City. Everything is just how he left it.