The Ancients World

~~~(Location: Away from Campsite with Cera)~~~

~~~(Time: 10:00 PM)~~~

Cera speaks in a manner suggesting the burden of knowledge he\'s carrying will hurt me. He\'s even concerned if I\'d be able to live with what he reveals... My hand is now off the hilt of my sword and my arms hand at my side. "You\'re my brother, Cera. My little brother that I\'ll always love and be there for, just like you would me. You can tell me anything." He has a look of hesitation...

He said that he made a wish, one that changed everything... "You won\'t believe it at first, but let me tell the whole story... Reserve your judgment..." He\'s making me a little nervous. He\'s never acted like this before. He looks like this is the biggest secret of this life, and he\'s afraid of how I\'ll react. I know I\'m volatile in my emotions, but I know when to hold back.

I gently nod my head and wait for him to start talking. He takes a breath and rubs a hand down his face. "I\'ve played The Ancients World for 5 years... I\'m from the future... I found an item that allowed for one wish of anything... I wished that I\'d go back five years and retain all my knowledge of The Ancients World..." Umm... What? That\'s bullshit if I\'ve ever heard it.

He asked me to keep quiet and reserve judgment until he was done talking, and I\'m going to... "Our lives... They crumbled in those five years... Mom died... Terrible things happened to all of us... Dad lost himself... You..." Mom died... How did she die? What about me? He sees my questioning look, and pain spreads across his features...

Cera doesn\'t want to continue talking about it, but he takes a breath and continues. "You got hooked on drugs and gave up on becoming an actress... Mom tried to bargain with your dealer... But he killed her, right in front of you... You didn\'t even care... All you wanted was the next high... You kept going until you overdosed and died..." This... This is all a lie!!

He sees my anger and waits for me to lash out in rage, but I control myself and close my eyes... "The Ancients World was all I had, and soon that was leaving me too... On a last desperate attempt, I found A Divine Item... That\'s when I wished to be sent back to the day before The Ancients World was released..." Oh my God... That explains why he was acting so weird...

It explains why he changed and acted differently... It explains how he knows so much... And how he was able to get money from the game... This fits... He\'s from 5 years in the future... "My actions had consequences... The Collision... Us losing Earth... It was my fault... I changed the timeline, and now this is the result..." Wow... This is... Wow...

Cera suddenly loses his breath, and he takes a seat on a rock as he takes deep breaths. Trying to catch a breath, he never lost. My world is spinning... I became an addict... I\'m the reason mom died in the future?!! I was so addicted that I OD\'d and died... My stomach feels horrible... I rush behind a nearby tree and start to hurl... Some of the food I\'ve had comes up...

He\'s not lying... He can\'t be... Everything he\'s told me lines up with what I\'ve seen... It supports his claims... "How... How could I become someone like that... Why did I end up so fucking bad..." I can\'t stop myself from asking these questions... Now I know why he asked me if I\'d be able to live with the truth... The truth is that I was the reason mom was killed, and I became an addict...

Cera\'s heavy breathing fills my ears, and that\'s when I realize that he\'s lived with this knowledge... Kept it from everyone... Carrying this burden... I leave from my tree, and I approach my brother. I sit down next to him, and I wrap him in a hug... We\'re both silent and trying to find some balance at the moment... It\'s hard knowing this... I wish I never asked now...

~~~(POV: Cera Adamo)~~~

~~~(Location: Away from Campsite with Hailey)~~~

~~~(Time: 10:06 PM)~~~

Hailey holds me, and I\'m scared she doesn\'t know how to handle the truth I\'ve revealed... She\'s a strong-willed person, but even they fall... "I\'m sorry... I\'m so sorry, Cera..." Her voice is heavy with sadness and guilt... Tears are streaming down her face. I can feel them coming through some of my armor... "I don\'t know how I could do that... Why did I do that..." Hailey was devastated after her never-ending failures of becoming an actress...

She eventually gave up and turned to a life that would numb the pain... Make her forget about her life... "You couldn\'t get your dream job as an actress... After countless failures, you gave up... The pain grew too much for you, and you turned to Heroin and Meth... Doing anything to get a high... You eventually became a prostitute..." She lets go of me and runs back behind the tree to puke.

Hailey\'s fate has changed, but that doesn\'t mean it\'s any less painful to talk about it... Hearing if for the first time as she is... It must be hell... "Mom was buried alone... And dad fell apart... He tried so hard to help Marcus succeed, but mom\'s death destroyed him... Dad grew to hate you and me..." I couldn\'t bring myself to ever ask him why...

Hailey\'s open weeps cause me to pause in the telling of the truth... She\'d struggle with all this bad, and there isn\'t anything that I can do to take back everything I\'ve revealed... I stand up and approach her from behind. I hold her hair and rub her back, and she cries and pukes... Dry heaving at this point, having thrown up everything she\'d eaten...

It\'s hard seeing my sister like this... She\'s always the same to me... The few times she has been like this, it\'s because of a life-changing event... "I\'m sorry... I\'m sorry I asked, Cera... Please, take it away... Take what you\'ve told me away..." She plops down on her knees and croaks out her words... Dry from puking and crying so hard...

Once a truth is revealed... It\'ll never be hidden again... She turns and wraps me in another hug. I pick her up and carry her in my arms... She silently cries as I slowly walk back to the campsite. "Is there more..." Her voice is weak and tired... All I do is nod in response, and he becomes a little more lifeless... Hailey knows now... Knows about the truth...

~~~(POV: Saliandra Orvello)~~~

~~~(Location: Campsite near Road to The Capital, Elven Kingdom)~~~

~~~(Time: 10:15 AM)~~~

My eyes are locked on the forest... Waiting for Cera and Hailey to return... I\'m worried about them, they\'ve been gone for a while, and they don\'t do this often... I spot a person coming from the woods, carrying another... Cera is carrying Hailey... I stand up from my spot around the campfire, and I rush over to them. Worried that some sort of fight occurred...

As I get closer, I notice that neither of them is physically hurt, and what stands out to me are Cera\'s red and puffy eyes... Like he\'s been crying... Hailey\'s eyes are closed, and she\'s holding onto Cera for dear life. "What happened..." My question wakes Hailey, and she slowly gets out of Cera\'s arms... Walking past me and to her tent... I look at Cera, and he shakes his head...

Telling me with this action to leave it alone...

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A/N: Below this line, I\'ll be keeping Cera\'s player information. That way, I won\'t have to place it into the story above anymore. It takes about 180 words up.

[Slayer (Zern) Lvl.196]

[Exp: 40/100%]

[Title: The Son of Arch-Angel Michael (Hidden)]

[Stats] [Strength - 7095][Endurance - 7045][Dexterity - 7215][Speed - 8240][Focus - 19,660]

[Mana aura control: 6/100%]

[Health: 76,560,000,000/76,560,000,000] [Mana: 216,600,000,000/216,600,000,000]

[Stat Points: 50] [Armor rating: 500]

[Inventory] [Dice of Wayland (Divine)] [Hardened Tree sap Armor (Very Rare)] [The Witness (Legendary Sword)] [Fenrir\'s Whistle (Divine)] [Sally\'s Dresses 5x] [Camping gear] [Food Rations 3x] [Dried meat 4x] [Fishing poles 2x] [Fish 8x] [Festival Garbs 2x]

[Passive Perks]

[Inheritor of the Sword] [Son of Heaven] [Slayer of Evil] [Holy Willow Trees Savior] [Finder of Legends] [The Divine who has Legend] [Destined for Greatness] [Dungeon Diver] [An Overachiever]

[Active Skills]

[Heavens light Lvl.59 325/5900] [Protected by Heaven Lvl.59 225/5900] [Slash Lvl..77 4600/130000] [Parry Lvl.53 80/5300] [Double Strike N/A] [Kingslayer N/A] [Raging Machine N/A] [Winged Glory] [Angelic Flight] [Divine Pressure Exertion] [Divinity Pulse] [Controled Fun]