OC x Pyra/Mythra

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Rex POV

I woke up in a grassy field, I could hear a bell in the distance, and there was a tree on a small hill ahead of me, next to the tree stood a girl.

Rex: She looks familiar.

I trudged up the hill and called out to her

Rex: Ah, e-excuse me…?

She responded without turning

Pyra: It’s such a mournful sound…  It hasn’t stopped. Not… Not in all these years… 

The response confused me a little, so I looked around. Trying to find the source of the sound.

Rex: Hasn’t stopped…  You mean that bell sound? Is the Praetorium somewhere nearby…?
Uh… Where are we?

Pyra: This is… Elysium. The land where, long ago, mankind lived in harmony with their creator. It’s where…  “We” were born.

This surprised me greatly

Rex: Get out! … R-really?

I then noticed something about her

Rex: …Is that a Core Crystal?You’re a… Blade?

Pyra: My name is Pyra.

Rex: What? Oh, right! M-mine is… 

Pyra: I know you. You’re Rex, right?

I did a double take, I didn't tell her my name.

Rex: How did you know my name?

Pyra: Just now, when we came into contact… 

Rex: Just now…? Sorry… I can’t seem to remember how I got here…

Pyra: You were… killed. Stabbed through the heart by Jin.

Rex: Jin? Through the…?

Suddenly everything came back to me.

Rex: I remember now! That bastard stabbed me! Oh man! This is bad! Everyone in the Guild is in danger! No, wait! I can’t do anything if I’m dead! Titan’s foot, if I wasn’t dead I’d kick that guy’s arse!

I was panicking, and probably would have continued, but her voive snapped me out of it.

Pyra: Rex, I have a request.
Can you… take me to Elysium?

Now I was confused again.

Rex: Elysium…? But…  isn’t that here?

Pyra: This world is merely a memory. An ancient, half-forgotten memory of what once was. The real Elysium lies in your world… atop the World Tree that rises from the heart of Alrest. 

Rex: Memory? So it’s like an illusion? But there’s no way.
I’m dead, remember? How can I help if I’m not breathing?

I wanted to help, badly. But what was I supposed to do?

Pyra: I will give you half of my life force. That way… you can be revived…  As my Driver. As the Driver of the Aegis.

Rex: The Driver ...of the Aegis?!
Wh-what the…?!

Pyra: What will you do, Rex?

Rex: Is this place really your home?

Pyra: It is.

Rex: And it really exists?

Pyra: Rex, I know what you’re thinking, and you are correct.
By ...coming to this place… you can save the world. Save it from the slow demise that is its fate.