Chapter One:
How these things usually start

"hurry up Daniel!" Adrian called to his older brother. "Alright, Alright calm down, I know you're excited for your very first Con and all but if you don't slow down you're going to be worn out before we even get home." Replied his older brother Daniel, a young man of twenty, who had agreed to bring his little brother along with him to the convention after he had been begged for three days straight.

"well maybe if you hadn't stayed up all night with your girlfriend you might be as energetic as I am!" Said Adrian in a teasing voice.

"Shut up you little nerd, at least I have a girlfriend." Daniel retorted with a hint of annoyance in his voice that his brother knew what he and his girlfriend were doing the previous night. Adrian simply stuck out his tongue and pulled down on one of his eyelids with his middle finger.

"well if you're going to take so long, i'm going to go check out the stalls."

"Yeah fine, whatever, have fun." Daniel lazily told his little brother who then proceed to run off.

'Hmm, junk, junk, junk..... Oh hey, what's this?' Thought Adrian as something caught his eye. Sitting on the front of a table at the end of the stalls was a life sized plushy of a character that Adrian knew all too well, it was Jing's black albatross companion Kir, and it looked to be in perfect condition as well.

Walking over to the table, he picked it up and looked it over then turned to the old man who was running the stall.

"Hey mister, how much for this?" He inquired. "hmm that old thing? Umm... $15 should do it." Replied the vendor, to which Adrian was quite surprised, given the excellent condition of the toy and the fact it had to be rare since he had never seen one before.

Putting those thoughts to the back of his mind he quickly brought out his wallet and handed the man a $20.

" Here keep the change, this thing's great so I don't know why you're giving it away so cheaply."

Taking the money the old man smiled at the young boy and chuckled. "Oh I think you'll find out soon enough, have a safe trip now."

Before Adrian could give his puzzled reply, a small portal opened up beneath his feet, dropping him straight down into the void just as he heard Danial calling his name while he looked for him.

Darkness, that's all that greeted Adrian when he regained consciousness. Darkness and the feeling of something pecking him on his head.

Pretty soon something new was thrown into the mix, a voice that he thought he recognized from somewhere but in his state couldn't quite place it. That was until he heard the next few words. "Hey Jing, c'mon buddy wake up already, you don't expect me to drag your scrawny butt do ya?"

'....That couldn't be....' Slowly Adrian raised his head and opened his eyes and sure enough, they were filled with the view of a very annoyed black albatross.
"...No way..." Suddenly a very surprised look befell Adrian, that was not the sound of his voice, that was Jing's voice.

Looking around he spotted a puddle of water from what must have been some recent rain and after getting up and walking over to it to inspect his reflection, Adrian made a very startling discovery.

Looking back at him from that puddle was not his own face, but the face of Jing.
"...W-WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!"

Author's Note

First chapter finished, hope you enjoyed it. As always, let me know what you think and what needs improving.