The Unwilling Protagonist

Epilogue: The Hero of His Own Story

Y/N opened his eyes and sat up clutching his head. He felt like he just suffered the world's worst headache...

Once his eyes stopped spinning and processed what he was seeing, he found himself back in the office purgatory...

"Oh great, this place again..." He said.

He stood up and immediately felt nauseous. Who knew that shooting yourself in the head would be so painful?

His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of footsteps approaching him. He looked up to see Judgement approaching him.

"Hey..." Y/N said.

Judgement then flicked his forehead.

"Ow! Hey! What gives?!" Y/N asked angrily.

"I thought I told you the next time I wanted to see you, you better have died of natural causes!" Judgement said angrily, "Now I find you here after you decide to shoot yourself?"

"Cut me some slack, lady; I just had to put up with a day's worth of shit! I lost my girlfriend and my actual friends within the span of...what, an hour? You think you're the only one who's pissed?"

Judgement glared down at Y/N for a moment. Then she sighed and helped him to her feet.

"Well, regardless, your actions seemed to have had an effect on the world..." Judgement brought Y/N over to her desk and showed him her screen. It displayed the people of the world meeting up with beings of blackfire, and even conversing with the centurions.

"Congratulations, you just brought about world peace." Judgement teased.

"Yeah...but at what cost?" Y/N asked, "Like I said, the people I care about are dead..."

"True, but you know what that means, don't you?"

"What?"

Judgement pointed to a corner, from behind it appeared everyone Y/N was with. Reighland and Geralt in their human forms and Charlotte, Miriam, and Kara. As soon as they all saw Y/N, they all rushed to embrace him. Charlotte and Y/N kissed each other immediately, not giving any attention to the others around them. Geralt's smile looked more greeting as a human rather than as a blackfire being.

"It's good to see you again, Y/N." Reighland said.

"It's good to see you too, Reighland..." Y/N said, "It's good to see all of you."

Y/N turned to face Judgement, "What happens now?"

"Now, I have to send you back to your world." Judgement answered.

"What?" Y/N looked back at his friends, "What about everyone else? Couldn't I go to a new world with them?"

"I cannot do that...not since you've completed your task in the one I just sent you to."

Y/N looked back at his friends he would have to leave them all once he went back to his old life. These people were the first real friends he had. They didn't care if he was rich or poor; granted, at first they only tagged along with him because he was the prophesized hero, but then, they became closer as they spent their time with him. They realized he was absolutely intolerable at times, but also, he would selflessly be the first to fight. Not to mention his food was pretty good too...

Judgement walked Y/N over to the door with the "Exit" sign over it. Y/N gave one last look at the people he'd come to think of as his friends and family.

"I just met you all again, and now I have to leave you..." Y/N said sadly. Everyone else looked saddened as well, even Geralt.

"Y/N, don't worry..." Charlotte replied, "We'll see each other again..."