The Eminence of Not-Shadow

Chapter 3 - Fragments of The Past: Part I

[Shadow/Cid POV]

I jumped across many buildings in the Midgar Kingdom in the clear night, dressed in my Shadow attire. The kingdom of Midgar received a notice from Faker, describing the upcoming heist being performed tonight that will steal... all the water from the Midgar Kingdom?

What.

Or at least, that was what Alpha and the others told me. They must have a lot of free time, since they have been increasingly present in Midgar. At first, I thought that they would finally be planning revenge for the whole "betrayal" thing regarding John Smith, using Faker as an excuse to do so.

But nope, I see them looking around, trying to spot a guy in a black outfit who looks like me. Apparently, he found our home base, which caused most of them to heavily increase security around there. As a result, due to him mostly sending notices here, some of them have moved to Midgar and blended in to investigate his movements as well. Neat. Even the dragon guarding that forest was defeated by them too. Wait, them?

...Hm.

Well maybe it's something they came up with to explain why they are here more often. They probably want to help me after simply watching that fake from afar for too long, since he has tarnished my name and made a mockery of my aspirations!

I can take all the help I can get, even if it costs them time from whatever else they have been doing in their day-to-day lives. Anyways, the time is approaching to when that guy will be somehow taking all the water from this kingdom...

I wonder how?

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[??? POV]

My name is \\\\. I appear to be in some unknown place that I am unfamiliar with. Furthermore, the last memories I have are strange. They vary from realistic, where I was a 'normal' person, to memories of the impossible. Memories of a fictional, but real place. Regardless, I could not contemplate my current thoughts any longer as I needed to quickly figure out why I am here.

What I can confirm is the following:

I have two powers, \\\\\ and \\\\\.

I am currently dressed in a black suit, cape, hat, and white mask. My memories tell me that this was an outfit I usually wore when I performed \\\\\\.

I have been given a black bag, which for when I opened the bag, contained items that I am clearly familiar with. However, given my visible surroundings of this unknown place, appear to contrast in regard to the location or time I am now present in. The walls appear to be damaged and made of unknown stone material, while the closed door in front of me is made of wood and is breaking apart. I may even say that I simply went back to the past...

I don't have my usual form of communication to \\\\, which is odd.

Lastly, I have one singular purpose. Ingrained my thoughts, I have been given a mission:

'Unlike the events that you have done in the past, you are the one who is going to completely stop the hero. Don't worry, you do not have the same weaknesses from that world. So, show Shadow the true evilness of a heist.'

With this odd purpose ingrained in me, I basically had three options left. I could either test and remove myself from this world (which may actually end my life) to return to my own world, rebel against this 'purpose', or accept and follow this 'purpose'. Given that whoever did this ingrained said purpose into my soul, I could not see the second or first option going through perfectly. So, let us think positively.

...

I then hear the wooden door open in front of me, which an odd-looking person stares at me. He looks like some shadowy figure...