The sun....it was bleeding. Crimson hue filled the skies as if blood was trickling down from the heavens itself.

  Hazy...my vision...... was it even my vision? There was someone there, no... there were many, in the next moment darkness fell upon the land. Horror filled my eyes at what I was seeing, the universe itself was here and there was someone beneath it.

  The rush of blood and excitement filled my body, "wait why am I excited?" The next instant the crimson hues lit up the skies once more and this time it was overwhelmingly worse, but I paid no heed to that rather it was to the person under the universe. With my vision still hazy I wanted to know what or who that was no matter the cost.

  "focus! focus on that person.... FOCUS!!!!" and then just for a moment my vision obeyed, and I saw her, for she was beautiful as if she was the embodiment of the cosmos itself. She conjured something in her hand and then all fell null as my mind was dragged into darkness.

  "Is that all? Seriously dude that's not a lot to work off on, you know."

  "Will you shut up?" the woman replied to the guy's complaints. For the last time, he said "That is All I remember yada yada "as she was patching up my bruises.

  Apparently, these two had found me sprawled on the floor of a freshly demolished ruins that they had been planning on exploring.

  "Well, it sounds hella suspicious to randomly find a guy with no memory in a ruin, doesn't it?"

  The guy was slightly tall with average looking features with long blond hair and a sabre around his waist, overall, he looked ok I'd say.

  "And for all we know he could be a god who lost his memories or just a dumb guy who hit his head real hard while messing around, so quit with your bickering will ya?"

  As she continued patching me, she was just slightly shorter than me and had short yet fluffy silverish hair that was slightly messy from scooping around the ruins, but she held no weapon, not ones that I could see at the very least.

  "In any case then let's drop him in the nearest settlement we find. I don't wanna be mislabelled as a kidnapper."

  Stolen novel; please report.

  "Now that's just too mean. I'd say let him join our group since we're looking for people anyway!!" as she looked up to him with an eager smile and stood up.

  "I agree with her, please allow me to travel with you"

  He sighed, "Alright then let's see if you're fit to join us", he replied with a defeated smile.

  "Wait what?" but he didn't wait as he pulled out his sabre and melodies started filling the air around us.

  "I am Lucas! Now then defend yourself."

  I was in trouble. I had no weapons neither a way of defending myself, if it came down to it, I would have to charge him head on and tackle him. As if reading my thoughts he scoffed. "Seriously? you don't know how to fight? that's an idiotic idea."

  "Let me show you the basics" as he held out his hand, a blade materialised in his grasp which he tossed to me, "This is a part of my skill as well as the melody surrounding us. Skills varies from person to person and are of different nature. They are neither passed down through genealogy or successions, but every skill requires one thing in common, it's called ether."

  "Ether is the source of energy required for skills and other stuff, now enough chatter and En Garde!" The next second his blade that was aimed at me came in a flash. I sighed a breath of relief as I barely deflected his blade, but it was short lived as he squatted down and kicked me in my ribs sending me hurling towards the rundown wall.

  Trying to suck in oxygen, I raised my head to see where he was, but he was there no more. I scanned my surrounding, but he was nowhere to be seen only then did I hear a voice behind me. Turning to see, Lucas was sitting on top of the wall staring at me with a smirk, he spoke "I'm not real you know" as he scattered in a wisp of smoke. Pain in my lower abdomen and me landing on the ground suggested that he kicked me again.

  As I laid there sprawled on the floor again for the second time today gasping for air, Lucas walks over to me most probably to give me a remark, I grabbed a hold of his heels the moment he got close and with a triumphant laugh, I yanked him to the floor and with a "thud" he laid next to me.

  "Oh great!" she sighed "I've got 2 idiots to look after now" as she walked over and kneeled beside us' she stretched out her hand over us as her palm began to glow faintly. The pain dimmed quickly, "I'm Uriel" she spoke as she helped me up "and that is my sword."

  Lucas woke up with a jolt and turned towards me " you cheated but that was fair. I'll give you praise for that"

  "So.... did I succeed?" I asked hesitantly

  "Hmmmmn....honestly, you're terrible but very interesting nonetheless and I doubt most people would expect that much randomness. In any case welcome aboard kiddo!!"

  I sigh in relief as Lucas and Uriel began gathering their bearing and scavenging for anything that might have been left behind. Daylight seemed to be nearing its end as we exited the ruins to set up a camp in the open plains, laying down on a bed of grass whilst staring at the stars. I closed my eyes voluntarily.