{"sf1_id":496721,"sf2_id":"rm84VPqm","title":"Code Oblivion Rebellion: Chapter 1","author":"Artwolf5","words":5950,"posted_at":"2013-02-03T19:08:00.000Z","tags":["Magic","Robots","Theft","Violence (Not In Yiff)","Wolf"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/496721-code-oblivion-rebellion-chapter-1","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/rm84VPqm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/06/be/06be5935-d9c4-48d6-a730-7bc09daec27f","description":"#2 of Code Oblivion: Rebellion\n\nHey folks, decided to edit a few things!","content":"Chapter 1: A Journey Begins\n\nIt was the last day of term and the last class was ending and I was\u0026nbsp;all but prepared to walk out and enjoy the holidays. The Day had started\u0026nbsp;as they always did. Me getting up getting dressed and going toschool. Mundane and boring but it was something. Life had pretty much\u0026nbsp;fell into the routine after that rainy day all those years ago. Life was\u0026nbsp;largely been uneventful for me. My biggest worry was making sure\u0026nbsp;assignments were on time. I was just about to get my coat out of the locker\u0026nbsp;when somebody from behind slammed it closed right in my face. I growled\u0026nbsp;and turned around to face whoever decided to bug me and saw a smug\u0026nbsp;looking Alsatian crossing his arms around his chest. I just\u0026nbsp;rolled my eyes knowing just who this bastard was...\n\nJames Dawson, a fellow sophomore and star football jock, we had been foes ever since we met but why he seemed so determined to torment\u0026nbsp;me I never knew but everybody\u0026nbsp;knew that Dawson was the biggest and meanest jock in the entire\u0026nbsp;school. He was also as dumb as a sack of bricks... (I had seen his report card and I was always wondering how he was able to stay on the\u0026nbsp;team.) I just sighed and shook my head. I just wanted to go home is\u0026nbsp;all. It was the last day of term and I was in a good mode and he just\u0026nbsp;had to ruin it.\n\n\"What do you want Dawson?\" I asked him wearily. I wasn't in the mood\u0026nbsp;to deal with bone-headed jocks at the moment. Normally people left me\u0026nbsp;alone... I was perfectly happy to be by myself so I didn't bother\u0026nbsp;people either.\n\n\"I saw you looking at me in the changing-rooms faggot! Now apologize\u0026nbsp;or I'll knock your block off!\" I just laughed and rolled my eyes at\u0026nbsp;the stupid dog. He didn't take kindly to this however and snarled at\u0026nbsp;me. \"Something funny faggot?\" He growled in an attempt to look\u0026nbsp;intimidating but to me it just made him look stupid. I just chuckled\u0026nbsp;again and shrugged before I spoke trying to keep the amusement out of\u0026nbsp;my voice.\n\n\"Why would I bother looking at you? Contrary to what you think I'm not\u0026nbsp;gay and even if I was gay you still wouldn't be my type.\" I told him\u0026nbsp;dismissively. The doggie just snarled at me but I continued to ignore\u0026nbsp;him as I got my Wild-Dog Pax jacket and hat out of my locker and\u0026nbsp;closed it. When I turned around I was annoyed to notice the Alsatian\u0026nbsp;was still looming behind me. \"Really Dawson, I want to go home so please move.\" The dog just chuckled darkly at my request and grumbled\u0026nbsp;deeply in his chest.\n\n\"Make me queer!\" Tired of being accused of being gay I snarled back at\u0026nbsp;the oversized mutt.\n\n\"Seriously Dawson move!\" I told him calmly. \"I don't want any\u0026nbsp;trouble... I just want to go home and enjoy the holidays. He continued\u0026nbsp;to chuckle and I felt my fur stand on end. \"Why won't you leave me\u0026nbsp;alone? Do you have a crush on me or something?\" I asked him bluntly\u0026nbsp;and he snarled.\n\n\"Oh, your going to pay for that queer!\" He yelled cocking his arm\u0026nbsp;readying it for a punch. I quickly managed to duck just as he let it\u0026nbsp;go. I felt the brush of his fist graze my cheek I quickly responded\u0026nbsp;back with a punch of my own my fist crashing against his muzzle. He\u0026nbsp;gave out a whine but he recovered quickly enough and managed to slam\u0026nbsp;his fist into my gut causing me to yelp as well. Soon enough we were\u0026nbsp;both surrounded by other students egging us on. I just ignored them\u0026nbsp;and continued to fight back. I managed to get a few hits in on him and\u0026nbsp;I think I managed to bust his nose because blood started to pour from his muzzle. He also got me a few times in the face and chest and I was\u0026nbsp;sure I would get a black-eye later from all this. We continued our\u0026nbsp;fight with the other students still egging us on. Eventually I heard a\u0026nbsp;voice of one of the teachers yell at everybody to move but I didn't\u0026nbsp;care nor did Dawson for that matter we just kept on fighting neither\u0026nbsp;caring about the fact that one of the teachers had started to try and\u0026nbsp;pry us apart.\n\n\"Littlesea! Dawson stop this at once!\" He did manage to separate us\u0026nbsp;for a bit but we quickly struggled out of his grasp. \"Littlesea!\u0026nbsp;Dawson! Enough of this!\" The teacher was a trim Lynx and he was no match for either of us as we both towered for him.. After several more\u0026nbsp;minutes he called for someone to help him. Soon enough a large\u0026nbsp;black-bear another member of the staff managed to finally get us away\u0026nbsp;from each other. The Lynx Mr. Brandon panted for several minutes\u0026nbsp;trying to reclaim his breath after several more minutes of panting and\u0026nbsp;whimpering he finally managed to catch his breath and he glowered at\u0026nbsp;the two us before speaking.\n\n\"Littlesea, Dawson... follow me now!\" The Lynx said as he stomped away\u0026nbsp;from us and the Black-bear Mr. Ryan the physics teacher dragged us\u0026nbsp;along making sure to keep us apart it seemed. I didn't bother trying\u0026nbsp;to struggle. It was well known that Mr. Ryan did weightlifting on the\u0026nbsp;side and I doubted I would be able to outmatch him physically so I\u0026nbsp;just kept still letting him drag us to wherever. Dawson kept\u0026nbsp;struggling though but Mr. Ryan didn't even seem to notice the young\u0026nbsp;Alistain's struggle... soon enough we found ourselves outside the\u0026nbsp;Office. Mr. Ryan ushered us in and told us to sit down away from each\u0026nbsp;other. We did as he told us to and sat down at opposite ends of the\u0026nbsp;room. I just let my eyes wander around the office. It was rather plain\u0026nbsp;as offices went the walls were beige and there was several tacky\u0026nbsp;looking paintings scattered around the room hanging on the walls. I\u0026nbsp;could feel Dawson's glare but I couldn't bring myself to care... I was\u0026nbsp;just so bored.\n\nAfter about ten minutes of just sitting and waiting Mr. Brandon\u0026nbsp;finally came out of the office and glanced towards me. \"Littlesea, Mr.\u0026nbsp;Samson will see you now...\" I just nodded and walked passed Mr Ryan\u0026nbsp;the bear, Mrs. Hamilton the perky bunny sectary and then past Dawson\u0026nbsp;not even bothering to glance over at him though he continued to glare\u0026nbsp;spitefully towards me and then past Mr. Brandon and on into the room.\u0026nbsp;As soon as I entered the Lynx stepped out and closed the door leaving\u0026nbsp;me and the Principle a massive bull named Mr. Samson. When he saw me\u0026nbsp;enter he gave me a tiny grin before he spoke.\n\n\"Ah Kaelan, good to see you. Sit down will you, we need too talk about\u0026nbsp;some things.\" He stated gently motioning to a seat stationed right in\u0026nbsp;front of his desk. I just nodded and sat down in the offered seat and\u0026nbsp;looked towards him wondering what he wanted to speak about. Most likely\u0026nbsp;the fight... I just sighed too myself. If it wasn't for Dawson I\u0026nbsp;would've been on my way home by now but no he just had to be a total\u0026nbsp;prick! \"Now, I understand that you and James were in a fight a little\u0026nbsp;bit ago. This is at least the third time this term that you've been sent\u0026nbsp;here for fighting and frankly I have no idea what to do with you...\u0026nbsp;you're a brilliant student Kaelan, you should know better then to\u0026nbsp;fight in school.\" I growled at that, I never starred those fights!\u0026nbsp;Those assholes should have just left me alone! Not noticing I wasn't\u0026nbsp;paying attention the bull continued his lecture. \"Logically I should\u0026nbsp;suspend you again if not expel you... but I need to ask... what caused\u0026nbsp;you and James to fight?\" He asked me calmly.\n\n\"He called me a faggot, I'm not gay though... and I swear Mr. Samson I\u0026nbsp;wasn't the one to throw the first punch!\" told him. He just sighed\u0026nbsp;at that.\n\n\"Do you get offended when people think you are gay Kaelan? You do know\u0026nbsp;that our faculty has a very strict zero policy towards discrimination\u0026nbsp;of minorities... if you ever need to speak with me or one of the other\u0026nbsp;teachers please do. We do not care if you are gay Kaelan... it is none\u0026nbsp;of our concern.\" I felt myself tense at that and I tried my very best\u0026nbsp;not to claw up the leather on the chair.\n\n\"I'm not gay!\" I shouted. Mr. Samson did not react to my outburst but\u0026nbsp;he did raise an eyebrow.\n\n\"I never said you were Kaelan... I just said if you were gay it would\u0026nbsp;be no issue for me...\" He went silent for a bit as if contemplating\u0026nbsp;something and stayed that was for several minutes. Eventually he\u0026nbsp;regained his train of thought and looked back towards me with a grave\u0026nbsp;expression. Deep down I was pretty nervous... I didn't want too get\u0026nbsp;expelled... dad would flip his shit if I was... and I didn't want to\u0026nbsp;disappoint him... I owed him everything. I was broken from my thoughts\u0026nbsp;when he spoke up again. \"Now, I should at least suspend you for\u0026nbsp;fighting... but since you did not start the fight and it IS the last\u0026nbsp;day of term before the holidays I will let you off easy. No suspension\u0026nbsp;or detention...\"\n\n\"You serious?\" I asked him in disbelief. He nodded and smiled.\n\n\"Yes I am, but be warned Kaelan, if I hear you get into another fight\u0026nbsp;I will be forced to expel you understand.\" I nodded surprised that I\u0026nbsp;had gotten off scott-free.\n\n\"Yes, I understand sir! Thank you!\" He just sighed and shook his head\u0026nbsp;briefly before speaking.\n\n\"Very well, you are dismissed and please bring in James. I need to\u0026nbsp;speak with him as well...\" I nodded and quickly left the room and then\u0026nbsp;went on my way to exit the office. When I reached Dawson I gave a look\u0026nbsp;of disdain before speaking.\n\n\"Mr. Samson will speak with you...\" I said before passing out Ryan the\u0026nbsp;bear teacher and on into the hallway where I ran into a pretty Leopard\u0026nbsp;girl who seemed to be pacing around outside. \"Hey,\" I spoke to the\u0026nbsp;girl. \"How long have you've been waiting?\" The girl jumped slightly\u0026nbsp;and then grabbed me into a tight hug. Bemused I could only pat her\u0026nbsp;back until she decided to let me go. She then glared and knocked me\u0026nbsp;across the head. \"Ow, what was that for Emily?\" I asked rubbing my\u0026nbsp;sore head. She just glared at me for several seconds before she spoke.\n\n\"You got into another fight! Damnit Kael when will you learn!\" She\u0026nbsp;shouted before swatting at me again.\n\n\"I didn't start the fight! It was Dawson!\" I told her as I managed to\u0026nbsp;grab her paw before she hit me again. \"He's the one who started it!\"\u0026nbsp;She just sighed and managed to squiggle herself out of my grasp and\u0026nbsp;rubbed her wrist and glared at me.\n\n\"Still you fought back!\"\n\n\"What was I supposed to do? Let him hit me?\" I shouted at her but she\u0026nbsp;just shook her head as if annoyed at me.\n\n\"You could've gone and got a teacher! But no you had to fight! You got\u0026nbsp;expelled didn't you?\" I just chuckled at that and she glared at me\u0026nbsp;once again. \"What? What's so funny?\" I just laughed for a little bit\u0026nbsp;longer before I managed to catch myself and spoke up.\n\n\"Actually no, I didn't get expelled or even detention I got off\u0026nbsp;scott-free!\" She just blinked as if surprised.\n\n\"You didn't get in trouble... at all?\" I nodded and grinned towards\u0026nbsp;her and nodded. She just shook her head once again and sighed. \"Boy,\u0026nbsp;do you realize just how lucky you are?\" I nodded silently. I did\u0026nbsp;indeed know just how lucky I was not to get suspended or expelled. Now\u0026nbsp;I just needed not to get into fights... Eventually we went on and\u0026nbsp;walked out of the door. Snow was boring down and I was grateful I had\u0026nbsp;gotten my jacket on before I left the office. But otherwise it was a\u0026nbsp;pretty typical Veranti Winter... cold and wet. Though, it was always\u0026nbsp;wet here in Veranti.... Crosstown was famous for being one of the\u0026nbsp;rainiest towns in all of Mortealis. I adjusted my jacket and put my\u0026nbsp;hood over my head too block the cold wind from my face. Emily also\u0026nbsp;adjusted her jacket and scarf and shivered.\n\n\"Brr... it's freezing...\" She whined briefly and I rolled my eyes.\n\n\"You grew up here and you just realized it's cold here?\" I asked her\u0026nbsp;sarcastically she just glared and swatted at me again.\n\n\"Ass,\" She mubled and I just gave her a shit-eating grin. She just\u0026nbsp;shook her head once again and began to walk towards the exit of the\u0026nbsp;school grounds. She turned around briefly and looked towards me for a\u0026nbsp;bit before stating. \"You coming Kael?\" I quickly nodded and ran up to her. Together we walked outside the school and into town. Crosstown\u0026nbsp;would hardly be considered a social mecca it was pretty much a small\u0026nbsp;town in the middle of nowhere miles away from of the larger cities and\u0026nbsp;towns. It was nice though, but then again I never remembered living\u0026nbsp;anywhere else... \"You know, you'd think you'd have a nasty black-eye\u0026nbsp;when he got you but not one sign of swelling.\" I reacted by reaching\u0026nbsp;up on my face and frowned. She was right, any swelling had vanished\u0026nbsp;around my eye. This wasn't the first time it happened though. Anytime\u0026nbsp;I got hurt or broke an arm or something it seemed not even a hour or\u0026nbsp;so later it was gone.\n\n\"I've noticed... but this time isn't the first time it's happened\u0026nbsp;though,\" I told her calmly. I've always been able to heal pretty quick\u0026nbsp;for whatever reason. She just looked at me and smirked briefly at\u0026nbsp;that.\n\n\"Maybe you're a Super?\" A Super was someone with a supernatural\u0026nbsp;ability like a Superpower... nearly all Super worked for MODD...\u0026nbsp;mostly working in the military division. A few of them were working\u0026nbsp;outside of MODD's grip and of course you had those who used their\u0026nbsp;powers for evil... I just laughed in her face. Me a Super? I highly\u0026nbsp;doubted that. I was never really a fan of the Super especially the\u0026nbsp;ones who worked for MODD... they were a bunch of glory-hounds and I\u0026nbsp;really did hate spandex.\n\n\"I'm positive \u0026nbsp;that I'm not a Super Emily.\" I told her but she wouldn't let\u0026nbsp;it go and kept on!\n\n\"But you do apparently have some form of regeneration don't you? Isn't  \nthat a precursor to having powers?\" I just shook my head once again\u0026nbsp;refusing to listen to her. It was so stupid! I was not a Super. I was\u0026nbsp;definitely positive about that. She just chuckled a bit as we passed.\u0026nbsp;by Cross Keep. It was a massive castle it was the oldest building by\u0026nbsp;far in the town and outside the gate's stood a massive bronze statue\u0026nbsp;of a tall wolf holding a sword and a book, Vincent Cross... one of the\u0026nbsp;two brothers of the Crosstown legend. Emily shivered a bit as she\u0026nbsp;walked passed the statue.\n\n\"You okay?\" I asked her concerned she just shook it off and smiled at me.\n\n\"It's nothing, just that statue just gives me the creeps... it looks\u0026nbsp;as if it's watching me or something....\" I just chuckled at that and patted her shoulder.\n\n\"It's just a statue Em, and Vincent Cross has been dead for hundreds\u0026nbsp;of years... and I'm pretty sure the entire line died out centuries\u0026nbsp;ago... probably before the War happened....\" She just shook her head\u0026nbsp;and relaxed a bit She turned back towards me smiling somewhat\u0026nbsp;unnerving me a little bit.\n\n\"You're right, but I think I'm right about you being Super... I mean\u0026nbsp;you have some weird regeneration thing... have you ever bothered\u0026nbsp;trying to check?\" I just shook my head annoyed 'Back to this again are\u0026nbsp;we?'\n\n\"I'm not Super Emily! I'm positive about that!\" The girl just tiled\u0026nbsp;her head in confusion before she asked,\n\n\"What do you have against Super's? Not all of them are so bad...\" I\u0026nbsp;just sighed and tried my best to figure out just how to explain my\u0026nbsp;issues with her.. I didn't know exactly why I disliked the Super's...\n\n\"Most of them are just glory-hounds...\" I later admitted. \"The ones\u0026nbsp;working for MODD are always asking for a commission fee even though\u0026nbsp;MODD pays them an outrages amount of money already... they're just\u0026nbsp;greedy. And the ones who don't work for MODD are just vigilantes...\u0026nbsp;they don't care who they hurt or what laws they break . Those ones are\u0026nbsp;just far to reckless... and then there are the super-villains...\" I\u0026nbsp;was fully prepared to continue my rant but Emily just decided to shut\u0026nbsp;me up with another statement.\n\n\"I think your in denial, about being a Super... and being gay!\" I just\u0026nbsp;gave her a look of pure shock. 'Not this again! And from Emily as\u0026nbsp;well?' Ran through my head while I snarled at her. Though the Leopard\u0026nbsp;didn't seem bothered and just stared at her perfectly painted claws.\u0026nbsp;\"Don't give me that look, it's kinda obvious... at least for me that\u0026nbsp;is. Really, you've never showed any attraction to any of the girls at\u0026nbsp;school... even me...\" She said pouting slightly.\n\n\"I'm not gay Emily!\" I growled through my snarls.\n\n\"Prove it then,\" She said getting in my face. \"Kiss me if you aren't\u0026nbsp;gay.\" I gave her a wide-eyed look.\n\n\"That's no fair!\" I cried out but she only moved closer.\n\n\"Well.\" I just sighed and did as she bade. I leaned down and just as I\u0026nbsp;was about to let our lips touch I just... stopped. For whatever reason\u0026nbsp;I just couldn't go through with it... and I didn't know why. I tried\u0026nbsp;to force myself to kiss her but my mind just kept on recoiling at the\u0026nbsp;thought. I didn't understand... Emily was very pretty and for ages I\u0026nbsp;had thought about kissing her but now when I had the chance I just\u0026nbsp;couldn't... after several minutes of waiting she pulled back with a\u0026nbsp;massive smirk on her face.\n\n\"This doesn't mean anything...\" I muttered trying not let her see the\u0026nbsp;turmoil my mind was in. I couldn't be gay could I? But now that I\u0026nbsp;thought about it... I shook my head again. I was broke my my thoughts\u0026nbsp;when a small paw patted my arm. I quickly looked towards Emily who was\u0026nbsp;smiling gently.\n\n\"Hey, you know I'll have your back no matter what right?\" I just\u0026nbsp;nodded faintly mind still reeling. I couldn't be gay... no way. I just\u0026nbsp;shook my head and looked towards Emily who was cheerfully standing\u0026nbsp;beside me.\n\n\"So,\" I said in an effort to get off of the subject of my sexuality. \"Your family still heading to Atlas?\" She nodded and smiled.\n\n\"Yeah, you still coming?\" She asked me and I nodded.\n\n\"Yeah, I managed to convince dad to let me go... took forever to do\u0026nbsp;so.\" I grumbled. Em just chuckled and parred my arm once again.\n\n\"He worries about you, he's a good guy Mr. Littlesea ... he cares a lot\u0026nbsp;about you.\" Eventually we reached the crossroads to our houses and\u0026nbsp;Emily turned towards me. \"Now, be sure to be ready at around 9....\u0026nbsp;we'll pick you up then, Veranti Airport is a long way away.\" I just\u0026nbsp;nodded and smiled and went my own way. But without her to distract me\u0026nbsp;my mind went right back to what I was trying to avoid. 'Am I really\u0026nbsp;gay?' I had never given it any thought really... I had always thought\u0026nbsp;I was straight by default. My mind get on repeating the question up\u0026nbsp;until I reached the house. It was a tiny house about two rooms and one\u0026nbsp;bath but it was all we needed. I quickly opened the door.\n\n\"Dad I'm home!\" I shouted off taking off my jacket and hat and putting\u0026nbsp;them on the coat-rack near the door. I was surprised when I didn't see\u0026nbsp;him sitting in the living-room with a beer as he usually was when I\u0026nbsp;came home. Usually he was getting ready for work but he wasn't there.\u0026nbsp;\"Dad?\" I asked looking around. After several minutes of silence I yelled out again and I saw him poke his head out of his room.\n\n\"Oh Kael, your home... good get your stuff...\" I just gave him an odd\u0026nbsp;look confused at what he meant.\n\n\"Huh?\" Was all I said. He sighed and looked me right in the eye.\n\n\"We're going on a trip, just you and me.\"\n\n\"But I'm supposed to go with Em and her parents to Atlas!\" I cried\u0026nbsp;out. \"We had everything planned!\" Dad just looked at me calmly before\u0026nbsp;he spoke.\n\n\"I understand, but plans change. I just want us to spend the holiday\u0026nbsp;together just you and me... away from all the distractions of home.\" He told me softly. \"It's been a very long time since it's just been\u0026nbsp;you and me and I miss those days. I just gave him a funny look but\u0026nbsp;sighed. I had a feeling that I'd not be able to talk him out of this.\n\n\"So where are we going?\" I asked lamely. I had really been looking\u0026nbsp;forward to that trip for months... Dad didn't seem to notice my gloom\u0026nbsp;because he was excitedly taking out something from his pockets and\u0026nbsp;threw it to me. It was a piece of paper a flier of some kind. It was\u0026nbsp;talking about the Light Festival in Eldra... a city in Salmarta...\n\n\"We're going out of the country?\" I asked sceptically. \"We've never\u0026nbsp;been outside of Rillotia... why now?\" He just shrugged and smiled.\n\n\"Thought it'd be great to see a change in scenery. I heard Eldra is\u0026nbsp;beautiful this time of year and they're famous for the Festivals they\u0026nbsp;run there. It'll be great Kael!\" He told me. I really didn't want to\u0026nbsp;go... We would have to go through Central probably and that didn't\u0026nbsp;seem like much fun but his face and his eyes...\n\n\"Sure... sounds like fun.\" I just accepted my fate. And maybe he was\u0026nbsp;right? Maybe we would have fun? It certainly sounded better then\u0026nbsp;staying here for the holidays. His smile brightened once again and he\u0026nbsp;grabbed me into a tight hug.\n\n\"Thank you! I promise I'll make this the best vacation ever! I promise\u0026nbsp;you that son!\" I just nodded gamely and patted his back gently as I\u0026nbsp;could. After about a few hours of making sure everything was needed\u0026nbsp;we were pulling out. I quickly managed to grab my phone and send a\u0026nbsp;call to Emily.\n\n\"Hello Emily here, what do you want?\" The familiar cheerful voice rang out.\n\n\"Hey Em,\" I said.\n\n\"Kael? Hi! What's up?\"\n\n\"Nothing really, just calling and telling you I won't be able to go\u0026nbsp;with you to Atlas... my dad's dragging us off to Eldra... but I'll see\u0026nbsp;you when school starts back up okay?\"\n\n\"Sure, and I've always wanted to see Eldra... the famed city of Metal.\u0026nbsp;I've heard the city has the largest smelting complex in all of\u0026nbsp;Mortaelis.\" I nodded to that.\n\n\"Yeah, I heard...\" I told her softly.\n\n\"Maybe you'll be able to meet Commander Hart.\" I just laughed at that.\u0026nbsp;I highly doubted that I would be able to ever actually meet the 'Iron\u0026nbsp;Soldier'. He was the holder of one of the twelve elemental Seals. A\u0026nbsp;long time ago there were numerous seals but all except the 12 were\u0026nbsp;destroyed in the Great War... nobody knew why only those 12 survived.\n\n\"You never know,\" she stated cheerfully. \"You might just meet him!\" I\u0026nbsp;chuckled darkly at that.\n\n\"Still, well I'll talk to you later, bye!\" She said bye back and hung\u0026nbsp;up. I just sighed and leaned back against my seat as dad drove. We\u0026nbsp;had talked a bit and listened to music. After several hours of driving\u0026nbsp;we finally reached the airport. Instead of getting onto a plane we to\u0026nbsp;the Station leading to Central. It was a technical marvel Central, a\u0026nbsp;massive floating moon hovering over Rillota. It was a major hub of\u0026nbsp;transport. It had train-lines going everywhere in Mortaelis.\n\n\"So, excited Kaelan?\" Dad asked me as we were waiting for our train.\u0026nbsp;I just shrugged not really knowing what to say. I had been really\u0026nbsp;hoping to go to Atlas but of course that didn't work. I didn't know\u0026nbsp;why but for some reason I had a really bad feeling about this trip. I\u0026nbsp;didn't know exactly why I did but for some reason I feared something\u0026nbsp;bad would happen. It was so stupid so I didn't bring it up. I doubted\u0026nbsp;dad would have ever believed me anyway.\n\n\"Sure, I guess.\" I finally answered pushing my bad feeling out of my\u0026nbsp;head. We eventually managed to board the train when it entered the\u0026nbsp;station and then began our way to Central. I panicked briefly as the\u0026nbsp;train was lifted off of the ground by many magnetic tethers lifting it\u0026nbsp;up to the massive artificial moon. I just looked down towards the\u0026nbsp;ground admiring the vast forests that covered Veranti. Veranti City\u0026nbsp;shimmered off the bright, blinding sun. Sadly it started to rain again\u0026nbsp;blocking the sunlight out and I just sighed and sat back down in my\u0026nbsp;seat. As we got closer to Central the Train started to slow and we\u0026nbsp;eventually we entered the artificial moon. When the train stopped\u0026nbsp;everybody got all and I gasped in amazement. I had always knew Central\u0026nbsp;was huge but the sheer size was incredible. There were trains\u0026nbsp;everywhere and this was just to Rillotia! Countless smaller trains\u0026nbsp;seemed to act as fast transport inside the false moon each with a\u0026nbsp;different sign for each country.\n\nThe entire terminal was filled with many different shops and\u0026nbsp;restaurants. Since we were both starving we quickly went to a nice\u0026nbsp;looking restaurant and once we sat down a perky looking squirrel\u0026nbsp;waitress came and served us. Dad being the total carnivore he was\u0026nbsp;ordered a steak while I ordered the mushroom ravioli. \"You know,\" my\u0026nbsp;dad said as soon as our drinks arrived. \"I'm glad we done this son,\u0026nbsp;it's been ages since we've done something like this.\" I did nod it had\u0026nbsp;been awhile since we've done something together. Usually he was too\u0026nbsp;busy with work and I was either studying, doing homework or hanging\u0026nbsp;out with Em.\n\n\"Yeah, I'm glad as well. So, what all do you got planned?\" I asked the\u0026nbsp;older wolf expectantly. He just chuckled at that and smiled.\n\n\"I've got a lot planned. Some sightseeing and of course seeing the\u0026nbsp;enjoying the Light Festival.\" Soon enough the waitress returned with\u0026nbsp;our meals. We quickly chowed down and just barely caught the train to\u0026nbsp;the Salmarta terminal before it left. I was thankful we had used\u0026nbsp;Central's baggage carrier for our luggage so we didn't carry it. I\u0026nbsp;just looked out in wonder as the other terminals whizzed by and all\u0026nbsp;the different furs rushing to catch their trains. Finally though our\u0026nbsp;own train stopped and deposited us at the Salmarta Terminal. Quick as\u0026nbsp;a flash we caught the train heading for Sinra which was the closest\u0026nbsp;stop to Eldra. Once we boarded the train the doors slammed shut and we\u0026nbsp;were moving once again. This time going down. I peaked out of my\u0026nbsp;window as soon as we exited the artificial moon.\n\nSinra has to be by farr the largest city I'd ever seen! It was\u0026nbsp;massive! Towering skyscrapers as far as the eye could see countless\u0026nbsp;floating roads crisscrossed each other and thousands of hover-cars ran\u0026nbsp;quickly through those roads. Everything was covered in what looked\u0026nbsp;like a faint cover of snow making the scene even more beautiful But\u0026nbsp;the most notable thing I saw was of course the walls. Two massive\u0026nbsp;walls made out of the hardest metal imaginable. The twin walls of\u0026nbsp;Sinra stood proud one protected the city itself and the other guarded\u0026nbsp;what looked like a massive wall field that seemed to mostly be\u0026nbsp;farmland. From what I had read the walls were built during the war so\u0026nbsp;to protect the city from outside forces.\n\n\"Amazing isn't it?\" My dad's voice raang out from beside me and I\u0026nbsp;could only nod. Sinra was beautiful.\n\n\"Um, dad...\" I asked curious. \"I've always wondered, why does Sinra\u0026nbsp;have two walls?\" He chuckled at that a little bit before he spoke.\n\n\"The Second wall was built to protect the farmland so the city\u0026nbsp;wouldn't starve. Also if the outer wall was ever breached the\u0026nbsp;farmland would be a buffer-zone for the warriors to fight the\u0026nbsp;invaders. Whoever built the walls was quite the genius I say. I only\u0026nbsp;nodded a bit as we got closer to the city. After several more minutes\u0026nbsp;we entered the Station and were ushered out along with the rest of the\u0026nbsp;crowed.. Sinra Station was pretty impressive though not near as\u0026nbsp;amazing as Central was but still pretty nice. Stone arches seemed to\u0026nbsp;run throughout the area and countless stained glass window's made it\u0026nbsp;almost feel like a church. While I was admiring the architecture Dad\u0026nbsp;looked at our ticket for a bit before humphing.\n\n\"We should be heading onto the Airport... we don't want to miss our\u0026nbsp;plane!\" He said and we quickly began to rush towards our destination.\u0026nbsp;Our luggage has already been loaded so we didn't have to worry about\u0026nbsp;that so it was a mad-dash towards the Airport area. On the way we\u0026nbsp;passed two male furs kiss each other before one left to board a train.\u0026nbsp;\"Queers...\" my dad muttered under his breath. I doubt they heard him\u0026nbsp;but I did and my heart dropped. 'If I am gay how do I explain that to\u0026nbsp;my dad?' I thought to myself. I didn't think my dad was actually\u0026nbsp;homophobic but I had a feeling he didn't really care for gays. It\u0026nbsp;made me nervous. I blamed Em though! It was her fault for bringing it\u0026nbsp;up, if it wasn't for her I wouldn't be questioning my sexuality. \"You\u0026nbsp;alright son? You look distracted?\"\n\n\"I'm fine dad.\" I murmured shaking my head clearing it as best I\u0026nbsp;could. But the thought of him throwing me out made me feel a bit ill\u0026nbsp;in my stomach. Soon enough thank the gods we reached the terminal\u0026nbsp;leading to Eldra. Dad showed our tickets to the attendant lady and she\u0026nbsp;smiled brightly and let us through. The plane-ride wasn't much but I\u0026nbsp;did get to see more of the Salmartian countryside. Lots of mountains and forests ran wild outside the Sinra walls. Countless rivers\u0026nbsp;crisscrossed across the wilderness. Salmarta seemed so different from\u0026nbsp;Rillotia... finally our flight landed in Eldra the City of Metal.\u0026nbsp;Excited to see the city I quickly ran out of the airport leaving dad\u0026nbsp;to get the luggage and stopped and stared wide-mouthed at what I saw.\u0026nbsp;Eldra Airport was on top of a hill and from my perch I could see the\u0026nbsp;entire city spread out from under me. Eldra was at least twice the\u0026nbsp;size of Crosstown but it did have the small-town feel unlike the\u0026nbsp;mega-cities like Sinra or even Shellingron. Throughout the entire city\u0026nbsp;thousands of tiny lamps were scattered everywhere bouncing light off\u0026nbsp;of the thick snow causing the ground to be covered in a faint\u0026nbsp;shimmer... it was beautiful. And in the very middle of the the city\u0026nbsp;stood a massive bronze statue towering over all the buildings.\n\nThe statue depicted a tall muscular bull holding a large hammer. If I\u0026nbsp;remembered my studies it was a statue of Miotal the God of Metal and\u0026nbsp;protector of the Iron-smiths. In the Church of the Pillars there were\u0026nbsp;many gods. The most powerful and well respected were the core\u0026nbsp;thirteen. At the top was Adnel the Great Father and underneath him\u0026nbsp;were the Sacred Six (Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Light, Dark) and the\u0026nbsp;Lesser Six (Lightning, Ice, Metal, Sound, Time, Space). Miotal was a\u0026nbsp;member of the lesser six the God of Metal. The Light Festival itself\u0026nbsp;was in celebration of Aldreis Day which was the celebration of the\u0026nbsp;birth of Alreina the goddess of Light According to legend she was the\u0026nbsp;last of the 12 to be born which was why her celebration day was the\u0026nbsp;last. Enough of the lecture! Anyway the city was probably the most\u0026nbsp;beautiful place I'd ever seen. I was broken from my awe when I heard\u0026nbsp;someone's amused voice speak behind me.\n\n\"Now that your done gawking will you help me with the luggage please?\" I\u0026nbsp;turned around and saw my sad standing there with all our stuff in\u0026nbsp;his arms I quickly grabbed my things relieving him of some of the\u0026nbsp;weight. Soon enough we found ourselves at one of the local hotels (We\u0026nbsp;got lucky, our room was the last one in the city.) And put our things\u0026nbsp;away and finally went to sleep.\n\nThe next day consisted off mostly sightseeing and shopping but at\u0026nbsp;night things really started. Countless people filled the streets of\u0026nbsp;Eldra and parties were happening everywhere. The streets were also\u0026nbsp;crowded with so many people it was hard to walk anywhere without\u0026nbsp;bumping into somebody.\n\n\"Stay close to me Kaelan, I don't want us to be separated by the\u0026nbsp;crowds.\" I just nodded and walked beside him. We walked throughout the\u0026nbsp;city for another hour or so before it happened. I felt someone bump\u0026nbsp;into me nearly knocking me over. I was about to yell at the person\u0026nbsp;before I noticed my pocket felt lighter. When I stuck my paw into it I\u0026nbsp;noticed it was empty.\n\n\"My watch!\" I shouted looking all over my person trying to find it. My\u0026nbsp;watch was the only thing that I had from before I woke up in dad's\u0026nbsp;house. I always had it with me. When I looked around I saw someone\u0026nbsp;dressed in a hoodie flash something gold. It looked just like... \"Hey!\u0026nbsp;Give that back!\" I shouted before chasing off after they guy. I was so\u0026nbsp;focused on chasing him down I didn't even hear my dad shout.\n\n\"Kaelan! Get back here now!\" But I was gone. I continued to chase him\u0026nbsp;throughout the crowds. People were giving me funny looks when they saw\u0026nbsp;me running. I was just about to catch up to him when... -CRASH!!!- I\u0026nbsp;wound up slamming into what felt like a mountain.\n\n\"Hey, you okay kid?' A deep voice asked me. I looked up briefly and\u0026nbsp;gulped. In front of me stood a massive red wolf. He was at least a\u0026nbsp;head or two taller than me and he was dressed in a uniform that marked\u0026nbsp;him as a member of the MODD security force which was pretty much the\u0026nbsp;police. He was also absolutely ripped. A felt a blush flow up my cheeks\u0026nbsp;while he looked at me in a strange manner. \"You okay kid?\u0026nbsp;Answer me, unless your mute or something...\"\n\n\"I-I'm fi-fine sir...\" I stuttered. He just chuckled and held out a\u0026nbsp;paw to help me up. I quickly grabbed it and lifted me up with\u0026nbsp;surprising ease. \"You need to be more careful kid, why were you\u0026nbsp;running like a madman?\" He asked calmly. \"You don't look drunk or high\u0026nbsp;so what's your deal...?\"\n\n\"Someone stole something of mine!\" I blurted out. \"It was a watch...\u0026nbsp;something very important to me!\" He nodded and took out what look like\u0026nbsp;a notepad.\n\n\"'Alright, what did you lose?\" He asked.\n\n\"A watch, a golden pocket-watch....\" He nodded.\n\n\"Alright, Now follow me I'll help you...\" He said when he put his\u0026nbsp;notepad back in his pocket. \"wait... you mean like this?\" He asked\u0026nbsp;holding out the very same watch.\n\n\"Yes!\" I said grabbing it out of his paws and looked it over. It was\u0026nbsp;definitely my watch. \"How'd you get it?\" I asked him curious.\n\n\"I have no idea... it just wound up in my pocket... anyway, what's\u0026nbsp;your name kid?\" He asked patting me on my shoulder.\n\n\"Kaelan Littlesea sir, and you?\" I asked the giant wolf.\n\n\"Aidan Hart, Lieutenant Aidan Hart at your service!\" 'Hm, Hart...\u0026nbsp;where did I hear that name before?\n\n\"Wait, Hart? As in Commander Hart the Iron Soldier?\" I asked in awe.\u0026nbsp;He just grinned at me and chuckled.\n\n\"Yes, indeed he's my dad... I grew up in the Military! Now you here alone kid?\"\n\n\"Stop calling me kid!\" I demanded embarrassed before answering. \"But\u0026nbsp;no, I'm not alone... I'm with my dad but we got separated when I went\u0026nbsp;off to chase the guy who stole my watch.\" He just nodded before he\u0026nbsp;spoke.\n\n\"Ah, very well... now let's go find your dad shall we.\" He was aboutto pat me on my back before he froze. \"Kid move!\" He yelled grabbing\u0026nbsp;me and sidestepping just as something whizzed past us and explode just\u0026nbsp;as it hit the ground. Quickly we turned around and saw what looked\u0026nbsp;like several funny looking robots standing there with an odd looking\u0026nbsp;glyph on their heads. I knew that glyh... everybody did... Unsealed...\u0026nbsp;\"Unsealed? Here?\" I heard him ask just as he got a call on his radio.\n\n\"Aidan! Unsealed have breached the wards! Mandatory evacuation now!\u0026nbsp;Ack!\" Someone cried before a large explosion sounded causing the line to become static. I suddenly felt fear... as if my bad feeling had\u0026nbsp;been right. This was the moment that would change my life forever...\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Code Oblivion: Rebellion","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/469260-code-oblivion-rebellion-prologue.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/564951-code-oblivion-rebellion-first-interlude.json"}}