Exodus- Rise of the Sillian Empire (Rewrite)
Prolgue- Death and rebirth.
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I redid the whole displaced with reincarnation, plus This was actually the original intro I had planned for the story. I also named the mc from Thomas to Tidus. It is basically the same as the first story humanity rebelling and forming an empire. But Tidus will work from the ground up before he actually becomes emperor and ascends to immortality.
Prolgue- Death and rebirth.
American east coast
10 AM, town of Manchester.
I awoke to the blaring sound of my alarm ringing beside my bed. Groaning I droopy armed my hand over the alarm and dropped heavily upon it silencing. The unholy racket, I sighed and groggily lifted my head to look at the time.
"I hate monday's!" I grumbled and slowly rose up in bed.
I was greeted by the site of a clean bedroom with a small flat screen tv. That I had received from my brother, before he went off to Europe. I stretched my arm off to the side and felt the familiar touch of the remote. grabbing it and lifting it straight toward the tv. it tuned into the news, where they were discussing the strange weather patterns as of late.
"...And we'll be seeing more accumulation from these cloud." The man gestured to the swirling cloud front on the green screen. " With the very heavy chance of thunder showers in the afterno.." I turned off the tv and headed into the bathroom.
When I entered I moved towards the clean with sink and turned on the faucet. Tiny wafts of steam rising up and out of the sink. Paying it no mind I grabbed my brush and slathering toothpaste on it. I sleepily began brushing my teeth in small circles and behind my teeth. As I brushed, I managed to open one eye and was greeted by the familiar face. Of my tired mug, Dark brown and red, with a tint of blonde hair mixed in. My hair was all dark brown and was slightly long and reached my eyes.
"Hmmmmm, I might have to get a trim." I run my hand through my bed head. after I finished brushing I spat into the toilet next to the sink where the water finally reached the height I wanted. I quickly shut off the water and went to work wetting my facial hair. after it was lightly wet-end, I lathered up some shaving cream and went to work making myself presentable.
After I had shaven off most of the stubble that grew on my face, I turned and jumped into the shower to quickly wash off the residue of my shaving escapade and the grime from the weekend. after a few minutes of washing I stepped out and dried off before going into the bedroom and grabbing some clothes. I grabbed a simple t-shirt, some jeans and boxers, a pair of red sneakers with red socks and my wallet and keys. after those were gathered I exited my bedroom into my medium sized apartment with the kitchen being in the same room as the living room. Grabbing some toast I went to the door and left heading down the stairs and out of the building before any other tenants got up.
1 hours later
I stood by a bus stop after heading out of my apartment and getting breakfast at a quick coffee shop. I looked at my phone to see that the bus was slightly late due so I just sat there waiting. As I waited for the bus, I looked up at my phone to looked around at the businesses and people waking up and going about there lives.
I smiled when I looked over to the park across the street to see little children playing with each other and their parents. I was distracted from seeing the bus pulling up and startled me when the driver honked its horn. I looked at the bus and quickly went to enter the bus but before I did. I heard Someone shout at a little girl who ran onto the street chasing after a ball that was tossed high. as she ran out onto the road it felt like time slowed down as I watched the car speed down the road. Straight toward the child.
I felt my body tense up and quickly sprung myself forward into a sprint. The park was just across the street and the little girl between the park and the sidewalk I was on. But every second felt like an eternity as the car moved closer to the girl. I pushed myself forward, and faster in order to prevent that kid from harm.
I grew closer and closer and time started to move quicker as my adrenaline died down. As everything started to speed up I managed to reach the girl and push her away to the oncoming car. As she fell she looked toward me in shock and I simply smiled before. In a split second I was slammed into full force by the car sending me flying. my bones cracked, flesh rip open and just wave of weightlessness. I soon decided hard towards the ground after being tossed off towards the park on the left side of the road.
As I laid there starring up into the swirling skies above. My vision began to blur as I saw blurred figures standing over me. I couldn't hear them or see what they were doing. But I didn't care anymore.... I was going to die here broken...All alone with none of my friends or family around to comfort me....Atleast I managed to save an innocent kids life.
As my head slowly turned left away from the blurred figures. I strangely could see the child. She looked to be about ten maybe eleven. She was wearing a lint pink little dress with tiny frill. Her hair was long and auburn and she seemed to be crying. But what caught my attention was the strange glow in her eyes and that glow seemed to be growing. My eyes started to widen when I saw her eyes seemingly crackle like lighting and fire put together. She raised a hand slowly and as my eyes were firmly looked with hers, she started shaking her head from side to side. Soon her mouth began to move and I felt my eyes start to close from the sheer exhaustion. But as my eyes closed and I faded into the void the word that girl mouthed to me seemingly echoed through my mind.
Live....Reborn!
"Live?" As that word grew louder and louder my eyes were soon assaulted by a blast of multicolored lights burning and yet soothing. Shooting into my vision, I tried to block the light or stop it yet I couldn't. I felt myself being dragged through a tunnel, yet I wasn't moving at all, confusion filled my being as I stayed in my state of limbo. Slowly a fast approaching darkness began to grow larger and larger. Or I was getting closer to the black maw. But as I soon reached the black maw I felt my mind begin to slip and my vision blurred once again. Followed by darkness, but one word echoed through the dark. Live!
Unknown POV
*Thump*....*Thump*....*Thump*
My ears were assaulted by that strange noise. I felt vibrating around me. I felt myself getting pulled toward a strange bright thing. It shined brighter and brighter as I was pushed closer and closer to it. I tried to move back toward the warmness that surrounded me. But I couldn't push back against the strong force that drove me forward. As the light grew more and more, I began to hear strange thing coming from the light.
"Move......elne I want...see?"
"No.....You...head!"
"Okay......Legs!" At that last noise I felt something grab ahold of my lower body and lightly pull. I squirmed in the grasp as the light grew more and more. Until I was surrounded by it, I shut my eyes to the blinding light and started to squirm as the strange crisp feeling began. To assault my body as I wanted to return to the familiar feeling of safe warmth. But soon I was wrapped in a warm soft thing that wrapped around my body and gave me the sense of safety. Soon the noise returned but clearer.
"Congratulations, Milady! A healthy baby son for the Silvorin clan." The noise echoed. followed after by another noise that was alot more lighter in tone.
"He looks small." soon another voice echoed next to the other.
"Shut up, He's our baby brother!" Then noise huffed. "Show some respect, idiot!" This noise sounded lighter than the other. But soon I felt myself once again moved towards something, that took me in a gentle embrace. As I felt myself grow even more calm in the familiar hold of this thing. All I cared about was just the warm soft *Thumps*, that told me I was Safe.
Darien Pov
I smiled at my wife, who now held our little baby boy. Trembling, I made my way over to her and lightly brushed my hand through her hair. she hummed in comfort as my hand went through hair black locks. She then snuggled our sons head, who returned the gesture by trying to snuggle deeper into her neck. I smiled and felt tears of joy rundown my face and through my black and white beard.
I soon felt my two other children grab my legs. on my right leg. Was my eldest, Alexander, he looked at his little brother in awe and alittle trepidation. I could tell he was nervous, he was a tall seven year old boy. With broad shoulders and long legs, his face was still red with youth and with green eyes. But had a sharpness in face and structure like mine. Just like my beard and hair, his was the family color mix of black with a white strip running along both sides of his head. On my left, was my second child, Selene. Unlike her brother though she looked ecstatic and starry eyed. As she gazed at the little bundle of joy in my wife's arms. She had her mothers long black hair with a long strip of white that she let dangle infront of her face. She was slightly taller than most other five year old children. Her face and was soft and caring like her mother but she had mischievous blue eyes, just like me and my father. I smiled and put both hands down on my children's shoulder slightly starling them before they looked up into my smiling face then returning their gazes to their new sibling.
"Hey dad, how come he didn't cry like some of the other babies?" My son asked in concern. His questioned roused me from my thought as I soon looked at my infant son. "I-I don't know son....." I began to worry and soon walk over to the doctor who just delivered my son as he was packing up his medical supplies.
"John...Is there something wrong with my son?!" I asked in a slightly wavered voice.
"No....No in-fact he's perfectly healthy." He then looked towards my son. "I too was worried but he seems fine and healthy. So I wouldn't worry to much." He said as he packed up some of the medicine and bandages that he brought. He then looked at me and nudged his head toward my wife.
"Don't just stand there....Go see your new boy!" I nodded trembling and soon made my way back to my wife who loving stroked the babies head. My children moved to either side of their mother as I moved behind her shoulder and kissed her cheek. She hummed and cradled our son closer. both his siblings moved closer to him to get a better look.
"He's.....so small." My son said in a nervous voice as he rubbed the blanket his brother was wrapped in.
"He's so cute! I can't wait to show him all the interesting things I found." My daughter giggled as she rubbed the backside of the blanket clearly happy about her new sibling.
"Darien..." My wife, Jalana, spoke in a tired but loving voice.
"Y-yes, my love?" I asked her still looking at our baby son. She then lifted him up to me and at first I was abit shaken. But after seeing her sweet smile, I wrapped my arms around our little bundle. He squirmed lightly and seemed abit distress. I lightly rocked and hummed to him and saw he stopped his squirms and seemed to be trying to move closer to my chest. I smiled and kissed his forehead. Soon tears began to fall down my eyes again.
"H-he's perfect..." I croaked out and I heard my wife giggle at my straining for words.
"Well..What shall we name him?" I looked at her for a few moments before turning back to stare down at my infant son.
"Tidus......His name is Tidus." I lowered both of us back down so his mother can stroke his head. As she stretched her arm out toward him she lightly brought her hand across his soft face. He seem to move closer to her hadn which made her smile brighter.
"Tidus....I like it!" She said in a happy exhaustion and turned back to our son.
"Welcome to Equis Tidus! My sweet little prince.." She kissed him again and soon fell asleep from the labor toll. As she did I looked down at my son and smiled warmly.
"You will do great things, my son." He squirmed slightly then fell asleep and I held him tighter to my chest.
Yes, I know he will do great things. When he grows up, he will make the two headed phoenix of our forefathers proud. I walked with my two other children in toe, to get a basin of warm water to clean my infant son and get him to his new home.
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