10 Futuristic City

I was confused, like really really confused. I barely came out of a KFC set meal only to see my friends crying over a stranger. And there was a man just as handsome as James. Screw that.

(EA) Kill him too. Oh and kill yourself once I seperate from you. The longer I stay with you, the closer I get to dying.

"Ok, what's going on here?" I asked.

Kali started to mumble an incoherent language that only gods could understand. Lucky for me, I knew how to understand sob. And I was made up of part godliness.

"So you thought I was the guy, who is currently on the floor left like a broken toy that everyone decided to abandon?" I asked with a frown.

I glanced at the body with pity. Hello fellow brother, it seemed we both suffered from being a mob characters.

(EA) I'm the real mob here.

Shut up. You are probably the readers favorite character.

(EA) it's because of my intellect and handsomeness.

... you have the same exact face as me retard.

"Anyways, who is this man that looks like he causes many girls to commit suicide with just his looks?"

(EA) Fuck boy.

The man clapped his hand together as if realizing it for the first time.

"Oh, I'm sorry. This was so rude of me. I am Zilon, Zilon of the Agna family."

"What Agna family?"

"Eh?"

With a look of surprise, Zilon glanced at us like we were extraterrestrial aliens.

"You don't know what the Agna family is?"

I rolled my eyes.

"We totally know the Agna family, just like how we know where we are."

(EA) We also know that Hitler was a girl and that the atomic bomb saved millions of Japanese people.

"Oh so you do know, you got me worried for a moment. Even demons know the name of Agna."

Ok, we have officially left Earth.h

(EA) NO SARCASM? THIS IS BLASPHEMY!

"Ok, I'm sorry but where we come ifrom, we have this thing called sarcasm."

"Oh, you were being sarcastic. Sorry, I forgot."

Yep. This was definitely not Earth.

"So where are we?"

"You seriously don't know?" Asked Zilon with an expression of surprise.

I rolled my eyes.

"I thought I told you I was being sarcastic."

"I thought that it was like sarcasm on sarcasm."

I… I give up.

(EA) Screw the kill list we have. I want to kill myself.

"So where are we."

"Well, this is the Agna kingdom."

"Ah…"

"..."

Silence invaded the air as we stood facing each other awkwardly.

"So that's why the Agna family is…"

"Yeah…"

(EA) Damn.

Zilon attempted to ignite another conversation.

"So, how many of you awakened?"

"What is awakening."

Zilong dropped his jaw.

"You don't know what an awakening is?"

"Stop asking us useless questions that we have already answered." I said irritated.

Zilon stared at us with a weird expression and reached out into the air. Suddenly, I felt something inside of me tremble as fuzzy particles came together to form a spear.

(EA) Ooh, pretty.

"WHAT THE FUCK?"

"Language Ark, we might be in a different world but I'm still your teacher."

"B-but he just made a spear appear."

"I know."

"I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO FINDS THIS WEIRD?"

(EA) I do too, what the fuck is going on.

Zilon made a face like he was wronged.

"Is it that weird? It's pretty common around here."

He held his spear then glanced at us.

"Anyways, this is what we call awakening or at least the product of it."

I immediately felt the previous tremble become an irritating itch as Zilon gathered fuzzy particles around his spear, but these were red.

Fire burst out from his spear like a raging demon as he gathered more red particles around his spear.

Someone, I don't know who, gasped.

"Beautiful."

(EA) I think it was me.

I couldn't agree more, not to my alter voice but the statement. I stared at the blurry red particles with a sense of passion as if something inside of me was longing to reach out and embrace the flames.

When Zilon stopped gathering particles, the fire disappeared with it bringing a sense of loss within me.

I took a deep breath.

"What was that?"

Zilon gave me a charming smile.

"That, my friend, was mana."

"Mana?"

(EA) As in the video game term?

I think so.

"Yes, it is mana. When you awaken, your body unlocks a dormant energy called mana. Mana can change into any form you will it to, as long as you have the talent. For an instance, a spear."

Zilon made the spear disperse into a hundred particles. He then condensed the colorless particles into a spear.

"As I mentioned before, mana can change as long as you have the talent. This brings up the topic of affinity. Affinity is what form your mana will take. Fire, water, lightning, earth, and wind are the basic elements. Then there are a bit more rare light and dark elements. As you can see-"

Zilon ignited his mana spear with fire and lightning,

"-I have talent for fire and lightning."

I gasped, and I wasn't the only one either.

This was like going to Hogwarts, but better.

(EA) We have a lady killer instead of a friendly half giant.

James spoke up.

"So we can become wizards?"

Zilon frowned.

"I theory yes, you all have the potential to become mages. However, this is all reliant on talent. You might be a genius with a sword, or a genius with spells. It all depends on your spirit. It's all based on talent. From what I see, you have already awakened, to the affinity of flames."

I cocked my head sideways.

"How do you know?"

"Well he did burst into flames."

WTF, when the hell did that happen. I turned around and glared at James. He scratched the back of his head and said sheepishly.

"I do recall myself bursting into flames."

Well fuck. When was this again?

"So, basically, James can burst into flame?"

"Yes."

"Ok."

Silence once more.

"Ah whatever, I'm going back to the city do you wanna come? Just take a school there and learn. I'm not meant to be a teacher."

"What if you're a pedophile who is into kids?"

Zilon's face darkened.

"Then stay and face more birds."

"Let's follow Zilon to the city, guys." I yelled with a bright expression.

Zilong sighed and started to walk in a direction and we followed right behind him.

I quickened my pace to match Zilon's.

"So how did you awaken?"

He gave me a surprised look.

"I was under the impression that you didn't like me."

"Ok, you were under the wrong impression. How did you awaken?"

Zilon stared into the sky with nostalgia.

"Let me tell you something special, I was a late bloomer. While most kids awakened at five to ten, I awoke at the age of 13. Seeing failure after failure, my grandpa decided to use a more forceful approach. He locked me in a dark room until I awakened. At the time, I was frustrated, angry, and mad at my grandfather. But after who knows how long, just as I was about to give up, I heard my grandpa.

He said, "I guess little Zilon wasn't meant for this." For once I felt something other than anger, it was disappointment. Disappointment in myself. I wanted to be special, I wanted a light in the dark room, I wanted power. The next thing I know, I hear a loud explosion and my family rushing towards me. My parents were smiling with joy and my grandfather snorted and scolded me for being "behind" while being unable to hide the pride in his eyes."

Zilon gave me a smile that almost caused the girls behind me to faint.

I gave Zilon a serious gaze.

"I have three comments to say."

"What are they?" Zilon asked curiously.

"One, stop smiling. You might cause a girl to pee her pants. Two, why are you telling such a deep story to a boy you met less than twenty minutes ago?"

Zilon's face started to blacken.

I gave him a serious smile.

"Three, I congratulate you for your success in life."

He smiled.

"I hope you find your success in life too."

(EA) He ain't gonna, trust me. We will be dead before it happens.

Suddenly, someone screamed.

"Holy shit, what is that?"

I swiveled my head forward into the distance and widened my eyes. Before me was a city, a huge city with blinding lights. A city that looked like it came from a thousand years in the future.