Introduction: Chaos: A New Life, Identity, and World: Everything Begins

Zolma jolts awake as if he had a horrible nightmare. He looks around in utter confusion wonder what the hell just happened.

{What the hell, was I not just in my collage classroom a few minutes ago?} Zolma thinks only for it to cause a sharp pain a few seconds later. "Shit!" He remarks as he falls back onto the bed. He spends the next half hour organizing his thoughts together in order to understand what's happening with himself. Luckily, he is now a complete fusion between Zolma and Alexander. {…Which means that my name is now Zolma Alexander F. I. R. Elemus… which also means I essentially created myself.} Zolma thinks, successfully understanding what just happened to him. His old self Alex decided to Create Zolma, and decided to give him a Mental Sea that has to do with the initials of his name. {…So my past self decided to create me with such powers… Magic, Cultivation, Energy control, and much more bullshit. I don't get why I made myself so strong if my story takes place two years before the main character appears.} "[6:48, 18th of Zela, 1756]" He thinks as he lays there for a little bit, then reads off of his smartphone. {However, while it does seem like I had plans for my own backstory before I created it, though it seems like I died in my past life before I was able to create it. So based off of my own memories, it seems that like he had planned my life has been very peaceful and my parents are very supportive of everything I do.} He thinks as he sits up once more. {Which is why I was able to build up a bunch of money and with their help I was able to achieve a dream of mine.} Zolma thinks as he gets up with a soft smile on his face, then begins getting dressed for the Hurian Academy. He looks at the two uniforms that he has inside of his closet. {Well, I've been in the Academy for three months now… Seems like I should change some stuff if my past life's memories is to be believed.} Zolma smiles as he looks over at the Royal Uniform that he has, thinking about some information he had in his past life. Thinking about how to change himself for the better, he grabs the Black Royal Uniform, and puts it on for the day. Without much else to do, he heads downstairs, through the three flights of stairs, arriving in a beautifully well decorated and flowery Tea House as a part of his home. The first floor is laid out differently than the rest of the house, as it's literally a Tea House, nothing more, nothing less. Zolma stands there in shock for a few seconds before he gathers his thoughts, smiling at the fact that he has achieved his dream. {To think that my childhood dream of owning a Tea House would eventually come true.} He thinks as he slowly walks through the Shop admiring how it looks, while making his way to the kitchen. Entering the kitchen after three minutes, he nods in agreement with himself with the amount of utilities and cookware that the kitchen has. Zolma takes the view in as he cooks himself a little bit of breakfast. A small juicy medium steak, covered with a little bit of rosemary, cut up into a bunch cubes, sprinkled atop a fresh Caesar Salad. Prepared with fresh Chamomile Tea on to top it all of. Zolma sits down and decides to enjoy breakfast as he looks outside the windows of the Tea House. As he enjoys and eats his tea, he begins to think about what to do for the rest of the day once more. He makes his decision as he exits his home, heading to the train. As Zolma enters the train to Hurian Academy, he comes to a sudden realization about where he is because he forgot about the Other books in the series. The moment he notices, the train door shuts behind him. He puts his hand on the door remembering the date. {Fuck, I should've known something would happen the moment I remembered that it was the 18th of Zela 1756. in the Main Story, it was mentioned as a very unfortunate incident and never went into detail. However the Author released a side story, detailing the entire event. That story was called, 'The Train of Darkness', it was very popular.} Zolma sighs as he looks at the time on the train. {8:50, so everything begins in the next ten minutes, after the next three stops…} He thinks as he simply sighs on what he wants to do. {I won't let them die… If they simply knew what to do, everything could've ended in well under two hours…} He thinks as he looks out the window. Nodding as he reassure himself of what he wants to do the train comes to a stop at the next station. He looks up to see that he's not in the correct number train car, so he exits at the stop, then heads toward the back of the train to train car one. The moment he enters, many lay there eyes upon him. Almost everyone is a Student from Hurian Academy, and they all look at him in confusion, as most of them are Royals and Nobles. Though, they've only seen one person like him, they immediately look over at one of the most noble and pristine Royals sitting in the room. They look at one of six members of the Royal Zolvia Family, the fourth Princess, Thalia Voremaine Zolvia. Just like Zolma, she also has a lot of hair covering her face, however, her hair is much straighter. Her Royal Uniform is also a very similar color, Midnight Black, with some Deep Grey highlights unlike his Jet Black Uniform. Looking around some more, he notices that there is a Teacher here as well, which comes as a surprise to him, since in both stories, a teacher was never mentioned. {Wait… was she one of the three survivors? Because there was a short story about one of the Academy's best teacher's quitting due to a traumatic experience in her past…} He thinks, slowly putting the puzzles from the large expansive world that the Author created together as he continues to look around. Suddenly, he turns to his right, grabbing the arm of someone who about to punch him without saying anything. Unfortunately, Zolma grabs their arm without much effort, sighing as he realizes who it is. {Right, I forgot, I failed to notice since it happened two months ago, but just like my own paper back on my old world, there was once a Book of well over a hundred characters that I had made that also vanished.} Zolma sighs remembering that incident as he looks over at the man who threw a punch at him. It was a pure blooded Elf with Red Hair, someone who is a senior in the Academy of five years. Blaze Ruby, someone with a passion for fighting people he finds strong, and is quite strong himself. However, {…sadly I gave myself every power that all the previous characters I made had, and so much more, so there's not much that anything can do in this world to hurt me.} "Blaze, have you forgotten what your master taught you when you were younger?" Zolma thinks as he says softly only so Blaze can hear, knowing that this will trigger memories for him. Blaze suddenly freezes, as he looks up at Zolma with a confused look on his face. It quickly turns into one of concern.

"My Master… Surely you couldn't know him…" Blaze whispers as he becomes very nervous. Zolma leans forward to whisper in his ear.

"If you don't want Deruma to find out what you've been doing, I highly suggests you listen to me now, and get your acts together. I will have uses for you in a little bit, so head back to the place your were sitting, okay?" Zolma whispers with a slight threatening tone to it. Blaze backs off a little, and gives a slight bow.

"Yes Sir!" Blaze says as he puts his hands together in front of him as a sign of respect, then heads back to his seat without much issue. Many become confused as to what they just witnessed. Which makes sense, because according to the page of Blaze that Alexander wrote, Blaze has been here since he was seven years old, and currently as senior in Hurian Academy, he is now twenty six years old. Zolma continues to look around, and luckily apart from the Teacher, Thalia and Blaze, no one seems to be out of the ordinary. However his focus, lies on the one who sits on the opposite side of where Thalia is, a Yellow haired Woman, making her a dwarf, leaning against the pole on the fart left of the car.

{The Unfortunate Felorian Princess, Gwendolyn Volumei Feloria. The first one to die in the 'The Nightmare Of The Doran Kingdom', and quite gruesomely at that… though it most definitely seems like I cannot predict how everything will go from now on, especially since Blaze wasn't in the original or the Side story. After all, I made it so that blaze would live well into his hundreds.} Zolma sighs as he looks around, wondering where would be best to sit and relax his mind. He decides to walk to the pole in the center of the car, and leans against it. He closes his eyes in order to gather his thoughts, waiting until everything begins. The moment the train moves, everything begins. Sensing that the train has started moving, Zolma opens his eyes, only find himself on an empty train car. Outside the windows, nothing but darkness can be seen, the lights inside have also dimmed greatly. Nothing but the rustling of the car can be heard. Looking around, he comes to a stop as he looks outside one of the windows, only to see a Giant Eye looking at him. Grinning softly, Zolma stands prominently as he walks up to the doors, putting his hand on it. The doors open in response to his touch, attracting the attention of the giant creature, causing it to look over at him directly. He looks directly at the Giant Eye, staring directly at it without getting scared. The eye slowly blinks, as it focuses onto Zolma as if it were a cat's eye. Zolma holds out his left hand, raising two fingers, he quickly snaps then down in a fluid like gesture, causing the Eye to snap shut, making it vanish without much a trace left behind. Zolma turns around to look at the inside of the train car once more. He smiles as he takes a step back, allowing himself to fall into the void of darkness. As he falls, he looks around, seeing the endless versions of all the different train cars duplicates. Among one of them, a certain Princess spots something as she looks outside the window. As Zolma makes his way down into the depths, he slowly shifts his body midair ready to brace himself to land on his feet. After what seems like a long time, but is only twenty seconds, he comes to an abrupt stop, landing on the ground in total darkness. Zolma stretches a little bit to get himself prepared for anything that is to come before he looks around. Not to long after he hears the sound of someone else landing. He snaps his fingers, causing a dim flame to appear next to him, lighting up the general area rather dimly.

"Ahhh, so there is a reason you were falling after all." Princess Thalia mumbles to herself as she looks over at him. "To think that there was more outside of the empty Train Cars." She remarks as she glances her eyes up and down, looking at him in his entirety, despite her entire face being covered by her hair ㄟ( ▔, ▔ )ㄏ. Zolma decides to do the exact same thing back to her, despite also having the same problem. They stand there staring at each other for ten seconds of silence before someone decides to say something.

"I thought you were keeping your abilities hidden." Zolma remarks as he still tries to understand why she followed him down.

"As I thought, it seems like you're not a normal person if you know that I've been hiding my abilities after all, no one except myself and my closest friend know that. So the fact that you know, means that you know stuff that I don't, especially since Blaze became respectful toward you." Thalia says, as her suspicions about Zolma have been fully confirmed by his causal remark.

"Fair enough, seems like I'm not fully used to how this world works yet." Zolma remarks, dropping a bomb out of nowhere. "Though if you're going to follow me, then please make sure not to make much noise." He says as he looks around, spotting what seems to be a door. Walking over to the door, he opens it without any hesitation, and suddenly his flame becomes much dimmer, despite the dimness already.

"Something tells me that wasn't supposed to happen, was it?" Thalia asks almost silently as she follows behind him.

"No, not exactly what I was expecting to happen… Shit!" Zolma remarks just as quietly as she did, as he looks over at the wall beside them. Thalia also notices the wall, and the two of them look at it with a concerned look on their face.

"[Within these absent halls and confines of the walls that the forgotten souls once resided in. Here you are but a mere Mortal, regardless of what you actually are. This rule bounds all, good luck, Mortals.]" The wall reads despite it's poor wording, the point gets across regardless.

"Fuuuuck…" Zolma sighs as he shakes his head softly, putting his hand to his forehead. {To think that the fucking Soul Blood Rule thing that was canceled in the main story was used in the side story.} He thinks as he fully takes in what this means for the rest of what he had planned.

"Does this mean that the two of us, don't have the abilities we normally would?" Thalia whispers, asking if what she thinks is correct.

"Not exactly, in our case, since it says that you are but a 'Mere Mortal', I believe that it means that we have our abilities, they're just all at the basic level. After all, my flame only diminished in power, it didn't vanish, yet physically I feel fine, so I have a feeling it considers our physical prowess, 'Mortal'." Zolma says as he tries to understand what it means himself. Thalia tilts her head to the side a little, then punches the wall with the 'Rule' written on it, shattering the wall completely.

"Seems like it's true, seeing as I coated my fist with what would've been explosive energy, but it didn't manifest properly." She remarks quietly in order to test her theory. Zolma looks at what was once a wall. He shakes his head as he pretends not to see her, and continues further into the unknown area. Thalia sees this, then decides to follow him, since he's the only one who has a light source. As the two walk silently further down the dark hallway, they begin to notice something. Zolma comes to a stop, then directs his flame into a room right next to them.

"So I take it, you also see this?" Zolma questions as he enters the room, only to find a room with curtains, medical equipment and a surgery table.

"Yeah… seems like we're in what seems to be a hospital of some sort." Thalia says as she looks around, while Zolma walks over, exploring other parts of the room.

"Yeah… which doesn't seem like a good thing." He says as he spots what seem to be fresh blood spots on the ground. {Strange… I'm almost certain that the Author mentioned that the true location was exiting the doors of the Train Car, then ending up in an old abandoned factory was what he said…} Zolma begins to think when sudden as he looks around, a paper catches his eye. Picking up the paper, he decides to read it. Very quickly his heart sinks as he realizes why things weren't adding up. {That motherfucker!} "A fucking factory to experiment on people!" {That's what he fucking meant by factory, no wonder she mentioned that she would prefer not to talk about it…} Zolma says and thinks as he sets down the paper in anger, only to realize something about his memories that didn't make sense. {… Wait a minute… He and She… Why is the Author both?} Zolma begins to think as he notices that something about Alexander's memories supports the Author being both a man and a woman. Thalia rushes over to him because of what he shouted.

"What do you mean a factory that experimented on people?" Thalia questions as she look at him, only to notice the paper under his hand. Without questioning anything, she snatches it out from under his hand as she begins to read it. During the next two minutes, Thalia reads the paper with her heart also beginning to sink with the horrors that she's reading off the paper, while Zolma goes into deep thought not paying attention to anything. "These sick bastards!" Thalia remarks as she tosses the paper away. "This really was a factory for experimenting and selling people that had special abilities and powers, manipulating them through drugs." She sighs as she suddenly turns to Zolma. She grabs him by the collar, getting his attention as she forces him to lean down to her level. "I want to burn this place to the ground, what about you?" Thalia scoffs as she burns with anger. She gets shocked by the sudden appearance of Zolma's hand on her head.

"Patience. Think about it, if we burn this place down what will happen to the precious items of those who once stayed here, and do you simply plan on abandoning everyone still trapped in the Train Cars?" Zolma says sternly, shocking her with how deep it became. Along with his hand on her head, this causes her to realize to focus on the bigger picture at hand, and calm herself down. After all,

{I am a Princess, I can't let my anger get the better of me… I will not be like my family!} She thinks taking a deep breath as she lets go of Zolma.

"Good…" Zolma says as he's about to start a sentence, only for Thalia to instantly flinch a little. "Seems like you managed to calm down a little. Now do you understand what we have to do?" He asks as he pats her head twice, then takes his hand away. She thinks about it for a few seconds as she gives it deep thought.

"We have two goals now, the first one is to figure out how to end whatever this is and save everyone on the Train Cars. The second one is to save special items that belonged to certain people here then return it to their family when we can right?" Thalia says as she comes up with two plans.

"Now that sounds like a plan, shall we continue with our journey?" Zolma says as he gestures toward the door. With a nod, the two of them exit the room they were in, only to quickly remember where they are. The dusty walls, covered in clear markings of struggle, spider webs all over the place. The air feels thick, they don't know why, but being here feels very unsettling to them. The darkness that absorbs the light being all around them, including from the windows. They walk making sure that they don't miss anything important. As they continue exploring this dark "Factory" they make sure to grab stuff that they know belonged to many people before they were experimented on due to one of Thalia's abilities that was unaffected by the Rule. They carefully make sure to avoid what seem to be unknown Shadow Figures that appear to walking throughout the hall constantly. Most of the rooms contained simple items that would be easy to return, such as as stuffed animal, blanket, jewelry, however, then they arrive in an area that is built different from the rest. The walls are much more akin to what nobility would use, though they also show the most sign of struggle, with marks of claws, fists, and much more covering the walls. They find high value precious gems and unique items for the rooms in this area. However at the end of the hall, they come across a door that is vastly different from the rest of the floor. This door is Adorned with what seem to be Giant Diamonds, Emeralds, Sapphires, and Rubies. The of them look at each other, and nod as they slowly open the door. This room however, unlike all the others is not uninhabited as they spot a woman in the room. She quickly retreats to the back of the room however. Thalia looks at her in confusion, while Zolma becomes quite intrigued. The woman has gills on her legs, as well as ears that initially point upward, then jolt downward light a lightning bolt.

"Go away…" The woman says as she scowls at him with a husky voice.

"I don't think she's going to be willing to listen to us." Thalia whispers, throwing her voice next to him. Zolma simply holds up a thumbs up, as he walks further into the room, ignoring the woman's words. She look up at him, her eyes beginning to glow a deep Gold as she glares at him. Without saying a single word, Zolma begins to take off his shirt, shocking the Woman and Thalia. The two of them immediately notice however, that along his shoulders and elbows and ribs, he has Dark Silver colored scales. Confused, they also don't expect him to takes his left hand, moving his curly hair to the back of his head, revealing his Face, Ears, and Rainbow colored eyes. He brushes his hair from the back of his neck, revealing the gills on his neck. The woman instantly rushes up to him putting her hands of his face, showing how much taller than him she is.

"Are you alright sweetie? Were you the final experiment? I thought I managed to kill all of the workers." She says in a clearly endearing and concerned voice as she look at him, trying to see if he has any injuries. Though she quickly realizes something. "Wait… you don't have the branding that they put on everyone… who and what are you?" She asks as she backs away becoming wary of him once again.

"My name is Zolma Elemus, I am member of the Ancient Elemus Race, though I am also royalty of said race, but that's beside the point." Zolma explains confusing both the woman, and Thalia.

"Wait, what do you mean that's beside the point." The woman asks since he mentioned it very clearly stating that there are more important problems at hand.

"Well, the two of us were taking the train to head to class at Hurian Academy this morning, and suddenly a strange occurrence happened and everything became enshrouded in darkness, causing everyone to be separated into their own version of the train. We only ended up here because we jumped out of the train into the pitch black void, and ended up here. So we were collecting a bunch of items that we consider important along with the images of the people that we could think of." Zolma says explaining as clearly as he can so she can keep up. "So at the current moment, we're trying to finish collecting the items then figure out a way we can end what's happening, and that's when we came across your room." He says as he look at here. Thalia thinks the situation has become safe, so she walks over in order to stand next to Zolma, but she sees that he's telling her not to come closer with his left hand behind his back. She comes to a slow stop and keeps a little bit of a distance staying behind him, causing the woman to notice. She the glares as her eyes suddenly become sharp like a cat's eyes.

"When did you notice that I was the cause?" The woman confesses, surprising Thalia, causing Zolma to nod.

"Well… there's a lot of reason I can think of… Issada, but the main thing is that I've been observing the entire room the entire time since we entered. The more I looked, the more I noticed that this room is covered in the same void that is outside this facility and train cars. So I figured that since you were staying in such a room, that you had to have something to do with the void itself, and if not that then just the shadow figures that have been roaming the halls." He says, explaining how he guessed it.

"That's it?" Issada remarks, then notices that he said her name, and immediately appears grabbing his shoulders after vanishing into thin air for a split second. "Wait, how do you know my name?" She questions as she looks at him harshly, shaking him a bit. Just as Zolma was about to his mouth to answer her question, everything becomes engulfed in a deep crimson hue, and Issada stops moving. Zolma looks around in confusion, releasing himself from Issada's frozen grip. He turns around, looking at Thalia who looks around in confusion as well. A cold chill breezes through the air as a strange entity appears between the two of them. The moment the entity fully manifests, the two of them notice that their bodies are no longer restricted by the Rule, and they both instantly appear right next to the entity. Zolma grasping the neck so tightly as Thalia grasps the entity's face. With a simple nod, the two of them come to a simple agreement. Without a hint of hesitation the two of them push with enough force to rip the head clean off. Letting go of the head, Thalia shakes her hand a little, then gives it a blow in order to clean all the blood off of her hands. As he let's the body drop to the floor, he snaps his fingers instantly cleaning the two of them of blood. The crimson hue that surrounded everything vanishes almost instantly, causing Issada to be able to move again. She quickly notices that Zolma is no longer in her hands as she looks up to the two of them standing over a body. Without saying a word she makes her way over to them, and takes a look at the body, then smiles as she recognizes who it was.

{Seems like the fucking bastard in charge of the experiments is finally dead… Though it doesn't even seem like these two struggled against him.} Issada thinks as she looks over at Zolma.

"Ah, right! I was going to say that the reason I know your name is because I heard that one of my father's friend's lost their daughter Issada and he hasn't been able to recover despite her being missing for well over fifteen years. Michael, your father still refuses to believe that you're gone, and has been looking for you this entire time." Zolma says, catching her attention by mentioning her father. "I was actually hoping that you could help us end this current situation, and we could return so your father no longer has to worry." Zolma says explaining things as best as he can. Issada agrees, snapping her fingers, everything begin to change. The Dark Void vanishes, and everyone on the Train Car gets returned to their original state without anyone being hurt. However, despite this, the three of them are still inside the building. Zolma goes over the stuff he gathered inside the "Factory" in order to see if Issada had any more suggestions herself. However, she agrees, saying that he already gathered the only items and memories that were still intact.

"So how are we going to get home, we have no idea where we are?" Thalia asks pointing out the fact that they are in an unknown location.

"Ah, no need to worry about that." Zolma says as he grabs their hands, causing all three of them to vanish into thin air. The three of the suddenly appear in what seems to be an old rundown house on the outskirts of the Kingdom. While Issada is still recovering from what just happened, he leans over to the Princess. "Thalia, don't worry about where we are at the moment, I will bring up to the Academy once we are done here, okay?" He whispers, confused as to why seems to simply nod, instead of responding. Zolma doesn't seem to realize, that his voice, to Thalia, is quite attractive and soothing because of how deep it is. Also excluding the fact that he is still half naked, and has his Ears and Eyes exposedヾ(•ω•`)o

Zolma notices as he lets go of their hands, snapping his fingers putting his Uniform back on, as well as resetting his hair to how it was Earlier. Looking around, he and Thalia hear what seems to be the sound of someone entering the room. The moment the older looking man turns on the light seeing the three of them, he Immediately charges Zolma and Thalia, pining them against the ground within seconds despite their strength.

"Who the Fuck are you guys?" He says sternly and harshly as he cracks his neck, staring them down.He then glares at Issada, causing her to flinch a bit as she backs up.He tosses the two of them into the wall, ignoring them completely as he walks over to Issada. He takes a closer look at her,and the moment he realizes who she is, he simply hugs her tightly as tears begin to flow down his face. "I fucking knew it! There's no way my sweet little angel was dead!" He says breaking down completely as the two of them loose strength in their legs. Issada hugs him back and smiles.

"Of Course, you taught me to be strong!" She says muffled by her tears as she hugs him deeply. Thalia and Zolma both smile to themselves at this happy reunion before they realize the situation the two of them are in. Thalia look up and sees that Zolma is on top of her, bracing himself, making sure that he's not laying on top of her. Her face turns red as she grabs his shoulders lifting him a bit, then gut kicks him through the roof. As Zolma flies through the sky going higher and higher, he smiles.

{Well, I can most certainly say that this has been one fucking confusing day since judging by the position of the sun in the sky calculating for the part of the world I'm in, it hasn't even been two hours…} "Guess that's a part of the fun of being in the unknown." He says after thinking for a few seconds. Snapping his fingers, he appears next to a Thalia standing up, dusting herself off. The two of them simply look at each other then nod in agreement.

{We should let them have some space.} The two of them think simultaneously as they walk over to what seems to be the living room, or what's left of it. Thalia looks over at Issada and her father still embraced in a hug crying together, then looks over at Zolma.

"Do you think we should give them a present?" Thalia whispers as she asks gesturing to the house as she holds out her right hand causing a small faint light to appear from it.

{Restoration magic…} He thinks recognizing the light come from her hand, and simply nods in agreement as he holds out his left hand. The two of them spend the next ten minutes restoring the house while the other two continue to cry. After the ten minutes they finish restoring the house, happy at how it looks now. Issada and Michael gather themselves as the stand up, looking around. Confused as to how the house returned to it's original state, they spot Zolma and Thalia as they waves their hand. Just as Michael was about to say something, Zolma snaps his fingers appearing right before him, as he grabs his hand. "I'm glad I could reunite you with your daughter Michael, just as my father believed, you were correct." Zolma says giving a look for him to play along. "Please, regardless if you know my father or not, this is what I said to your daughter." He whispers quickly without Issada noticing. "Forgive me, but I have class to return to!" He says as he snaps his fingers appearing next to Thalia, putting his hand on her shoulder as he snaps his fingers again causing the two of them to vanish as if they were never there. The two of them appear in front of Hurian Academy. Zolma simply stands there and sighs as he shakes his heads in disappointment.

"Why did you run away?" Thalia asks as she looks over at him in confusion.

"Honestly… It's cause I don't understand what the FUCK, Just Happened!" He says harshly as he starts walking forward. He slowly just walks forward ignoring Thalia as a dark shadowy aura begin to emit from his body. Eventually the moment he reaches the Tree, he vanishes without a trace. Thalia sighs as she witnesses his vanish into thin air.

{What a strange man…I'll have to look into him… After all, you can't be a normal person if you know about my true abilities, especially as a Royal Student that I've never heard before…} She thinks as she heads on into the Academy with a slight smile on her face under her hair.