Mirror Mirror on the Wall

2. Hugo

HARVEY / HUGO

Sunlight peeked into the majestic room from the gap in between the caramel coloured curtains, illuminating the room, but not bright enough to overshadow the blue light glowing inside. The night lamp also served as an alarm because as soon as the pale blue light came in contact with the suns rays, it would gradually start to get brighter till the user got up and pressed a series of buttons in an orderly fashion.

A mop of ivory coloured hair popped out, the owner reluctantly crawling out of his warm haven. After fumbling with the light lamp he dragged his dead weight of a body into the washroom to freshen up. As to why he's doing it even though so reluctant, because his breakfast is always served at a fixed time period, and if a person was late, no food!

Unwilling to miss a chance to treat his stomach and mind, Hugo nudged the mahogany door open and walked into a bathroom that could fit 3 dining tables.

On the right side was a full body mirror with a wash basin situated next to it. A youth about a meter and a half tall was reflected by the jewel decorated mirror. Cream coloured hair that fluffed up in all possible directions and drooping brown eyes that made him look soft and younger than his actual age. And pale skin creating a stark contrast against his deep gray colour pajamas.

But what was startling were the ears and horn poking out of his fluffy head. The ears couldn't be noticed unless one looked closely but the brown horns stood out prominently as all the other aspects of the boy were in a shade close to white.

Although, it wasn't always like this.

Inside the body of this 14 year old teen was a 21 year old sloth. Harvey, an orphan, had woken up in this body 6 years ago and fainted in front of his favourite mirror after a hard days work. Just as he was about to lose consciousness he seemed to have heard a soft whisper but till this date, Harvey wasnt able to recall what was said to him.

When he woke up, he found himself here. Him waking up caused a lot of commotion as the doctor had proclaimed him brain dead. Being an orphan, that was originally from ancient earth as it was called nowadays, with the new technologies that had popped up in the past couple of decades, all of it was too much for him to take in.

By the time family members arrived his emotional meltdown came and eventually left. He played the memory loss card and everyone accepted that easily as it was already a miracle for him to even wake up.

But when he reached the bathroom to take a look at his new body was when the real emotional meltdown arrived. No, not because he looked like a shota straight out of a BL novel, (lol how does he know this) but because of his hair colour and animal characteristics!

As a magician, he had seen numerous tricks but this was too much!! He tugged on his twitching ears and swishing tail but they didn't detach like a prop but stubbornly clung on. The pain indicated that they were very much a part of him. Harvey chased after his own tail like a stupid pup to get a good look at what was stuck about his butt but to no avail. He plopped on the ground, panting tiredly.

Later, he had learnt from his siblings about the world and nation he currently resided in.

This puny planet was made up of 2 nations namely, The Izaylia Union for beastmen and The Raetsen Empire for humans. He was currently settled in the capital of Izaylia, Lenyth. The futuristic technology has helped them venture far and beyond the milky way galaxy but so far, no luck in finding any alien species or another habitable planet other than the present Norith planet for that matter.

Earth had also become barren.

The beastkin, or referred to as Iveix, came into this world a millennium after his past timeline which was quite far into history for the present people.

Beastkin coming into the world was no glorious deed. They originated from a failed genetic mutation experiment. One of the experiments managed to escape from that hell-like institute and ran into the dense forest on the other side of the planet.

The nurtured hate fermented quickly and as soon as Damen, the first person in the Iveix and founder of Izaylia Union, built his nation from scratch, a war was launched against the humans.

Countless people were killed, creating an everlasting grudge between the humans and Iveix. It was only 54 years ago that an ingenious idea was proposed. This idea prevented unnecessary loss of lives and also became a place for both the races to vent their hatred; a virtual reality championship.

The bell chimed, an indication that breakfast would be served in 15 minutes. Hugo shook his head, snapping out of his trip down memory lane and rushed to freshen up.

Hugo hurried down the stairs, skipping a few on the way. This move had already alerted the rest of his family members who were seated at the dining table waiting for their meal.

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NOTE: the main character's old name was Harvey and the Beastman MC's name is Hugo.

thankyou for reading!

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