Path of Salvation

Chapter 1: Start Line

"Another one of those boring days... another one of these stupid lessons... another wasted hour... Why am I bound to stupid family members that barely treasure my time with them? If it weren't for her I would be long gone. I just want..." Another one of his battles with depression. With these getting incredibly intense in summer, he often wishes he could just drift off into his fantasy world.

While in class, he can't stand others chatting with each other. It's something he can't attain simply because he has no friends he can openly chat with. With distress visible on his face, his classmate sitting right next to him tries to intervene.

"Are you okay?", his classmate asked.

Going back to the usual apathetic facade he's trying to display, he simply stares at his friend. "I'm fine, Franky."

At just 1.73 meters, black hair, crystalline blue eyes, he often seems likely a gloomy person. Though he does well in tests and is pretty average at sports, he still struggles with self-worth.

His friend however... Franky always displays confidence, intelligence, and, strength. Being the handsome popular kid that everyone loves, Alpha is regarded as a thorn in his side.

"Why should such a loner hang out with him?"

"Wasn't he a fatty not long ago?"

"Oh, he's here too."

Blonde, 1.78 tall, lean, and confident all sorts of people want to hang out with him despite knowing how busy he can be. He's just about to turn 16, and still seems to grow more handsome and perfect each year. Playing all sorts of instruments, he gets bonus points from everyone he's met.

However, even Sire Perfect has his set of flaws.

After class, with Alpha and Franky remaining as one of them bickers the others' ears off, Franky seems different.

"They're so full of shit," Franky said. "Always reliant on others, incapable of thinking for themself, and believing that they're hot shit just because they're part of a clique... How pretentious can one be?"

"Wouldn't you fall under that, too?", Alpha replied.

"Under what?"

"Being pretentious..."

Franky pouted as he grabbed his bag and started heading towards the door. Leaving Alpha behind, he closes the door behind him.

Enjoying the peace, Alpha decides to read the book he had brought with him. "Finally. His bickering truly is-"

"What are you waiting for?! Come on!", Franky yelled as he flung the door open.

With a sigh, Alpha followed and did as his friend demanded. Though he doesn't like to admit it, Though he still has his facade on, he enjoys having Franky around and wouldn't know what to do with his life if it weren't for him.

Just eight days away from graduating, he soon can live his own life. Intending to just run away from home with all his legal documents, he laments that he'll have to leave Franky behind. Not being able to bear the life he lives now, anything else seems like a dream. That old, german school that bore him to death, the family that treated him like trash, and the classmates that could bully him... He could leave it all behind. However, his little sisters and his best friend cannot be left behind. "Wouldn't that be unfair to them?", he often pondered when making up his escape plan.

But this is the day everything changes. July 24th, 2015, his life would change to what he hopes to be grandeur.

"Can you tell me the story of that key again?", Franky would ask quite often. Wearing a strange golden key beneath his shirt, Alpha had powers others weren't aware of. The past month, Franky has been asking more and more questions about it.