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Prologue: The Fire that changed everything

Pain.

A sensation that warned the brain of something hurting the body.

The same feeling that was overwhelming his mind, together with fear and panic.

A young boy was trying to get away from the terrifying flames, yet his attempt was vain as it seemed as if the licks of fire were following his steps, as if alive.

He felt a painful, stabbing sensation on his legs and he didn't have to check with his eyes to know what it was.

While quite young, the strain that he was putting on his legs was catching on and soon he tripped falling on the scorched ground.

Once again, his hands tried to pull his full weight away from the approaching danger, but those too were tired as the adrenalyne that had helped him to move away from the flames was now waning.

Desperation had took control of him and he tried to call for help, even through the logic part of his mind had already surrendered to the incoming death.

'Someone.. HELP-!' His throat hurted and so he was unable to voice his need of help, that he wanted to live.

As he started to feel his head lightening up and his hopes were slowly falling apart, a kind feminine voice was hearded.

"Worry not, child. You shall live to see your future unfold. Use this gift of mine to protect, like a true hero."

Looking around, the child saw nobody and thought of it as an hallucination, maybe caused by the smoke in his lungs.

As his vision faded he held his hand up, trying to get the one who spoke to help him away from the near death.

Someone grasped his arm but it was not as soft nor as light as he would expected from a woman with that kind of voice.

His eyes, partly closed, moved to see who was pulling him away from the coming fire.

A dark haired man with dark clothes had found him. What surprised the young child was his eyes.

While tears were flowing from those, they seemed to lack any sort of lights, as if the man was actually dead walking.

"Thank God, you are alive.."

The boy felt his last ounce of strength finishing as he fell in the almost caring hug the man had pulled him into.

A perpetual darkness filled his dream, yet the soft lulling of a caring woman kept all the nightmares away.

The lullaby filled him with a warmth that he found the words comforting and trustworthy, as if a mother was trying to protect him from the dark, real world.

Sadly, all of this disappeared once as he woke up from possibly the best dream he will ever experience.

He started to feel the weakness that had been there during his last, few moments before fainting, but it felt mitigated, soothed somehow.

His eyes opened slowly and he found himself laying in a bed with warm, white covers and a soft pillow below his head.

The room was blank and almost empty like any classic Hospital room with several other beds, empty.

As he processed his current situation, something else caught his attention as he noticed a blue-like light over his face.

A blue screen was hovering just in front of him with white words written on it.

Was he still hallucinating?

[Your HP and MP had been fully replenished]

What?

What did it mean?

The blue screen disappeared but another one, this time green, appeared on its place.

[A newer, Gamer Life]

Greeting Child and Good Morning to the first day of your life!

After having been forced to witness such horrible tragedy, a greater force has decided to gift you with the power of living your life like a Videogame.

A Gamer is someone that has the possibility to exceed the limitations of mortality and become more than everyone has ever dreamt.

Your limits? Your willpower to accomplish the impossible.

Your dreams? You will achieve them in a matter of time.

Your long journey to become the greatest has just started.

Good luck!

Once again, the green screen closed and was replaced by another blue one.

[Status]

Name: Unknown

Title: The Gamer

Level 1 - Exp: 0.00%

Health Points (HP) : 100

Mana Points (MP) : (Blocked)

Attributes

POW: 2

INT: 4

AGI: 2

WIS: 4

VIT: 2

CHA: 5

LUK: 10

Skills

Gamer Body (LVL Max.) - Congratulations, your body had been turned into one influenced by the rules of the Game Module. This Skill is present in all Users from the very beginning.

Unbreakable Willpower (LVL Max.) - The hardships of your life had been making you stronger than the average human being. Risk of Possession and Mind Control are reduced by the 75%.

Noble Soul (LVL Max.) - Having experienced the worst trauma, you know the pain and sufferings of others. Your Soul is brave and determined enough to let you become whatever you wish.

Beginners' Luck (Non-Level Skill) - This temporary Skill will add a EXP multiplier related to LUK for Skills and LVLs. Expiration Level: LVL 10.

That was something he had certainly expected. Wait, why is name was not written there? And why he could remember anything before the Fire.

[The Trauma you have experienced during the Great Fire has blocked almost every memory prior to the disaster.]

The child was speecheless. He just had lost more than he had thought he had lost in that Fire.

He couldn't remember his parents' faces, his friends, everything else...

[Warning! A set of actions has triggered a new Quest]

-Discovering the Past-

Time Limit: Unlimited

Your Trauma has seriously damaged all your memories of your past life. Find any hints or documents that will help your memories to come back.

Reward

-Your Past Name-

-500.000 EXP-

-?-

Failure or Refused

-Your Past Life is forever forgotten-

Accept?

Y/N

The child immediately pressed Yes and nodded to himself.

There was a strong probability to return to his family once more and he wasn't going to refuse this opportunity.

In a certain way, he felt a bit thankful towards this new development.

Another screen popped out.

[Your gratefulness has been noted and a new skill had been unlocked]

-Observe (LVL. 1)-

Essential to any Gamer, Observe is useful to determine the stats or the history behind friends or foes.

The current Level of the ability will limit it to read the name, title and the LVL of characters.

His surprise to know about that this 'Game' was capable of hearing his thoughts was cut off when the door of his room opened.

The same man that had saved him from the Fire entered the room.

The two stared at each other and the child noticed how, even though the man seemed impassive, he seemed to relax seeing him, as if relieved of seeing him still alive.

What had happened to this man?

His musing soon were answered by an explanation that he certainly would have never dreamt about.

The child was soon going to be pulled into the Moonlight World and he was going to become an important part of it.

The legend of Shirou Emiya has just began in this World of Magic and Lore.

AN

Quick fact: The woman that had comforted Shirou was not Irisviel. Sometimes you just need to look even farther in the past...

This fic is possibly my first one with the Gamer plot and I hope I didn't make anyone cringe with my possible grammar errors.

This fanfic will also possibly avoid the happenings of the Fifth Holy Grail War by resolving the causes way before the time of F/SN.

If there is any suggestion about something that has to be added to the plot (Maybe some xover with Tsukihime) I'm open to those and I hope everyone understand that I will try to input those somehow (if possible).

NEW AN

Yes, the rewrite has begun!

As you might have noticed, just few things had been changed in this chapter.

I still think that most of it is truly well-written and I might not have done something better.

Anyway, the first rewritten chapter will be published from the 3rd Chapter of ARCII.

The Review Q&A will be made in the newer chapters and never in the rewritten chapters, I said this as an headstart for those who would expect so.