Prologue

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Amadeus' POV

My life is so predictable; I stay home most of the time because when I go out, people tend to rush to me like I'm some sort of celebrity. I know what you're thinking how is that predictable? I don't know I just feel as if I'm stuck in a runt.

Oh yeah, I haven't introduced myself. The name's Amadeus Kenway, but most people call me ekko. a genius, billionaire, inventor that's practically responsible for everything that you see in the streets. From the pollution neutralizers that clean the environment to the transparent smartphones that people carry with them; all me. I make the concepts and the ideas. I also lend some technical expertise when needed to the companies that buy my concepts and blueprints. I also have a private workshop that I use in my spare time to work on my more….personal inventions.

I'm sorry I didn't mean to brag, but it's sort of how it is. Now, I know what you're thinking that I'm a middle-aged man that has a goatee and a suit of armor that flies around like a superhero; well you're wrong, at least with the goatee and superhero part. I'll explain what I mean later.

At any rate, I'm 18 years old and I have an average look, physique, and outlook. I mean, the only thing beyond average about me is my intelligence, status, and money. I have white hair that's in a down spike sort of style and my skin is fairly white too.

It's a charming life I admit; being famous, rich, and smart, but it can get extremely boring and predictable. I lived in the U.S. all my life and I'm an orphan now. Sometimes I just want to get away from it all, which is exactly why I'm on this plane to japan.

Why japan, because I have a house here and this is sort of my escape from all the attention. People here can't exactly recognize who I am, for some reason, but I don't mind one little bit. I sort of just want to escape this world for something different, something out of the ordinary.

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I got out of the plane and was currently walking on a (strangely) empty street. That was weird most streets here in japan were practically buzzing, especially this street. I shrugged like it was nothing.

"Maybe, they're all out in some convention or something" I said to myself.

I was about to walk again, when I heard a voice come from behind.

"Wow, what's that" came a girly voice. Huh? Okay so why exactly am I hearing a voice in a street that has no one else, but me in it? "I wonder what it does?"

I looked around, but I didn't see anyone at all, but I did see a small black gaming console of some sort.

"What's this?" I said before picking it up. Yup, I picked up a strange console that was left here in this empty street by someone and by some reason it talked to me. This feel a little cliché-ish doesn't it. "oh well"

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After that strange encounter I took the small console home with me. I went to the living room, which had a giant TV the latest surround sound system, a huge gaming couch, a recliner and a cabinet filled with the latest gaming consoles and the latest games.

I sat down on the couch and began scanning the device for some sort of on switch or something to activate it.

You know any other person would have thrown this thing against the wall screaming obscenities at as they do, but not me I am perfectly calm.

"Why won't this thing turn on?" I said in frustration as I threw the console to the floor. Well, I didn't throw it against the wall, right? Strangely enough it began emitting a bright, white light. Huh? What do you know I guess throwing this console to the floor is what turns it on.

"Okay so now, wha-" I didn't get to finish because the next thing I knew I was enveloped by the flash of light.

So to recap, I found a game console in a street with no one around, heard a voice from it, took it home and it enveloped me in a flash of light. Do I have it right? Oh well, at least things can't get any worse.

The light was slightly fading away, but I suddenly felt the rush of wind against my face. huh?

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" I screamed to the top of my lungs as I began free-falling in what seemed like a cave of swirling light and colors. Okay, so maybe saying the infamous "things can't get any worse" line was a bad idea. Well, at least this is something different from my normal boring life and who knows maybe things will get a little interesting.

30 minutes of free-falling to who-knows-where later….I'm still free-falling. This is so weird I feel like this is a portal to another dimension. I'm not really sure on that theory, but my company has been working on a classified project that should allow people to travel to a different dimension.

Except for the fact that machine is over the size of a TEN-WHEELER TRUCK and not a tiny little game console that can be picked up on the street by anyone.

I saw an end to this cave of light and colors it looked like the cave walls just stopped there.

"Oh, well I guess I'll find what dimension I'm in soon enough" I said with a shrug as I approached the end of the cave.

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Neptune's POV

"oooooohhh, what is that thing?" I asked histy as I saw a huge white hole in the sky. it looked like a portal-thingy, but I'm not so sure.

"Yeah, it's kind of creeping me out and why is it directly above the planeptune highlands?" Noire asked suspiciously. Sigh, always the pessimist. We were all gathered here in the highlands of planeptune, when we saw this huge portal come out of nowhere.

"What do you think it is?" Blanc asked in her calm demeanor. Huh, always the emotionless one.

"it appears to be a portal of some sort" histy said as she closed her eye in concentration. I don't know what that was about. "something's coming through" histy said with alarm.

That was all it took, we all transformed at once and readied ourselves for battle.

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"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH" How many times have I screamed in this chapter so far, I think it was only two, right? Anyways, I have good reason to. Why, because I'm FREEFALLING FROM THAT FREAKING PORTAL THAT ENDED IN MIDAIR.

The ground began closing in and as I closed in I saw 6…7….8. Eight people that had wings I think? Okay, that seals it I am definitely not in my dimension anymore, maybe I ended up in some fairy dimension, where people are all nature and mother-earthy, while they use magic to heal stuff.

"uh-o-" I didn't get to finish my last sentence as I slammed into the ground head on. Okay, so I'm gonna need a ton of plaster, a hospital bed, neck braces, and…a TRUCK LOAD OF MORPHINE.

That's funny I don't really feel any pain. Sure it hurt, but it felt like I just tripped on the ground. That's funny because I'm certain that I fell from….50, 000 feet in the air.

"huh?" I sat up and began testing out my body; stretching, bending, and moving. Everything seemed to be in order. Okay, I don't mean to be ungrateful, but how? One more beat of silence.

"Wooooohooooo, I'm alive" I exclaimed raising up my hands in triumph "I have no idea how, but I'm ALIVE" I turned around and was greeted by a sword pointed not an inch away from my face. "But not for long, though" i looked at the wielder and went wide-eyed. In any other occasion, I would have made a witty wisecrack at this point, but I'm still frozen by the fact that I'm looking at an insanely beautiful woman and the fact that said woman wants to take my head off.

"Hands in the air" she commanded and I obeyed almost immediately. Man, this white-haired girl sure is full of authority. Is she one of those women in power clichés?

"What are you doing here?" Another white-haired girl that had a…is that thing supposed to be a gun, because it looks more like a bazooka to me and also…HOW THE HECK IS SHE CARRYING THAT THING it looks like the 'gun' was twice as big as she is and she doesn't look strong too she looked petite.

"Aside, from freefalling 50, 000 feet in the air, slamming into the ground with a force that should've killed, surviving the fall somehow, and being threatened with a sword and a gun to the neck. Nothing." The words were out before I could stop myself. It's a force of habit; my tone wasn't sarcastic, but more like comical wisecrack-y. and I was rewarded by an axe an inch away from my neck. Seriously, what is it with these people and pointing weapons an inch away from other people's necks?

"You think this is a joke?" A sky blue-haired girl who didn't have such an obvious chest asked in fury. I waved my hands around frantically before shaking my head in denial.

"Not really, just saying what all of you surely saw in the last 3 minutes" I heard a slight giggle and looked around to find who it came from. I smiled internally.

"Noire, Blanc, Uni. Wait a second" a purple-haired woman approached the other three and whispered something in their ear. They withdrew their weapons and the purple-haired woman approached sword in hand. So, she decided to finish me off herself. I closed my eyes in anticipation, but when nothing happened I opened them to see a puzzled expression on the woman's face.

"What are you doing?" the purple haired woman asked confusedly.

"So, you're not going to finish me off yourself?" The woman gave a slight giggle. She was wearing a black swim suit-like outfit, which was hard not to stare at.

"No, I just wanted to talk to you" She said calmly and seriously. Whoa, character change alert.

"Huh? When you walked up to me with your sword in hand, talking wasn't really what I was expecting" I said carelessly and she gave an easy smile.

"First question, what's your name?"

"Amadeus Kenway, but people like to call me Ekko" I said in a serious tone. I figured that since this was a different dimension (obviously) and not a parallel one, they probably haven't heard of me. Although, the fact that she asked my name was a good clue too.

"Second, why are you here?"

Oh crap, this was the question I was hoping she wouldn't ask because frankly I have no valid excuse to say WHY I WAS HERE. I can't exactly say that I picked up a game console out of nowhere and it opened a portal to this dimension.

"umm…." Was all I could say as I open and closed my mouth several times with no answer coming out. The woman raised an eyebrow at me and I knew that I had to answer quickly. "Would you believe if I told you that I heard a voice from a…console, picked it up, brought it home and transported me to your world?"

I know, it sounds totally nuts, right? At this point, I expected to have another sword pointed an inch away from my throat, but all I got was a thoughtful look on her face.

"What voice did you hear?" she asked confusedly.

I furrowed my brow in confusion. "urn… it sounded like it came from a young girl" Crazy? I know it is, but in any case, they all seem willing to believe me.

"What did the voice say?" yet, another weird question that I had to answer. Did she actually believe me or was she just trying to make fun of me by seeing what other crazy explanation will come out of my mouth?

"It said something like 'wow, what is that' and ' I wonder what it does'." I said slowly and carefully. They all went wide-eyed at my statement. Truth be told, they all had wide eyes, literally. What was this like some sort of Anime thingy?

The woman turned her attention to the small….is that supposed to be a woman?...sitting on a….tome? Seriously?

"Histy, is this possible?" the purple head asked the woman. She frowned at me in concentration before saying:

"I haven't heard of anything like it before" the woman called histy started and all eyes were on her "but…..I don't think we should rule out the possibility at this point in time. I may have to ask the other histoire regarding this matter." The purple head nodded in understanding.

"Alright" the purple head said before heaving a sigh. "Histy you should probably read into this portal business to make sure that this isn't something we should all be concerned about" the woman in the tome looked at me before nodding at the purple-haired girl. She looked at me with a look that was between concern and reluctance before saying: "I assume you have no place to stay; all things considered…." She drifted and I looked at her a little confused.

"So, you'll be staying with my sister and I in the basillicom; where we can keep an eye on you" she said and I felt like my jaw just dropped to the ground.