Distortion

First chapter...

Hello, I'm Cyber. The hero of the cyan tree of life. My caretaker was Core, she was such a gentle shape who didn't deserve what happened to her but, life works in strange ways. B.X and Barra are the rulers of the land which I once called home but can't anymore because of the pink corruption taking over the land. my friends and I tried saving it but we were too late, it cost their lives and how they lived! Pyram is depressed over Gyro being in a coma, Clemintine is emotionless after her caretaker dying in front of her. Thyme is fatally ill, Pentavail is dead, Ivy is dead, and Core... Oh, Core... you were the light in my dark, my everything... all good things in my life were ripped away, discarded like slightly chipped playthings.

Before I get too sidetracked telling you about the world, let's go back to before I became like this and I'll show you what happened.

[time reversal]

Rays of light were peering through the purplish-pink trees, reflecting off of the sparkling pink torrent through the valley. Shocked chirps ran through the peaceful area as two shapes ran beside the sandy shore of the torrent. Several studded steps passed the swallows of small corruption-laced birds who did nothing but send warnings to the shapes for they didn't know how to attack. Corrupted, pink 'Flowers' of all different sizes were chasing after the uncorrupted square shapes running away. The younger of the two squares was Cyber, the older one was Core. Together, they formed the resistance from the cyan part of the tree however their part was severed from the other parts and is weakened from the event that happened 10 years prior... The second case of corruption that spread around the land of paradise, corrupting all that was in its way. 10 years since the last corruption and the heroes and caretakers are that much older with Core sitting at 29 while her hero, Cyber, was sitting at the age of 10. Circles formed from Core's back as she summoned her dual claws, an idea burnt into her mind like burnt toast.

"Cyber, I'm going to throw you farther away from them. I'll fight as many as I can before continuing to run after you. Please trust me with this and keep running after I toss you away." Core calmly spoke up to Cyber, keeping her tone calm and unrushed as she clamped around Cyber's small body.

"But what about you!? I don't want to leave you!" Cyber yelled out as he reached for Core, getting a saddened smile in return as he was lifted up with the claw. With one swift movement, he was tossed roughly 3 hundred meters away from where Core was. With Cyber such a far distance away through the trees, Core turned to face the corrupted shapes head-on. If only she knew how dangerous this act of bravery would be, she might not have done it...

With Cyber, he roughly landed among several tall-standing trees. With little to lose, he started running back to where he was still with Core. All that he could think about was seeing Core's smile, that one precious thing about her that had helped him through so much, the one thing that gave him the strength to keep fighting even when it seemed as though there wasn't any hope in doing so. His heart held heavy in his chest as he dashed into a tree to avoid some corrupted shapes running past. Dashing from tree to tree was much safer than running along the ground at this point so that's what Cyber did, dashing to reach his caretaker before it was too late.

As Cyber arrived, he saw Core's scarf on the tree that he had dashed onto as he arrived... Core had one of her claws pinning a corrupted flower to a tree while her other claw was pinning one to the ground close-by, she was sending gears to a small group of corrupted shapes when one of them impaled her through the heart as she passed by to send the gears at the group. It felt like the world stopped as Cyber witnessed Core's body tumble to the pink dirt, blue blood gushing from the stab wound as the corrupted shapes had realized what they had done.

As the corrupted shapes rushed away, Core was struggling to stay conscious. Cyber dashed out of the tree and over to Core. Core's eyes widened slightly at the sight of Cyber but soon softened as she showed him one last precious smile, the triangle design on both of their outfits glowing brightly as Core spoke... "Please keep going... I love you, Cyber..." before closing her eyes as she smiled a bit wider. Cyber had tears starting to roll down his face as he watched Core's features soften to a neutral pose as she lost her life... The triangle design on her dress lost its glow slowly, so did Cyber's. The surrounding area was swiftly swallowed in sorrow from the loss of a caretaker... Cyber held Core's head close to the triangle design on his chest. He tried making his triangle glow but nothing came of it for his caretaker had left the realm of the living.

Cyber looked down at Core, remembering all the good times that they had together. When they were making pancakes and Cyber had accidentally flipped the pancake through the roof, it ended up landing on Core's head. Another time was when it was Christmas and Cyber had gotten Core a new frying pan after it had broke from extensive use. There were so many happy memories that they had shared and now he was never going to experience those things with Core ever again. Wiping away a stray tear, Cyber gently set Core down on the grass and sat beside her head corpse.

Dispair came crashing down onto Cyber, a waterfall of emotions overfilling a cup made of sand. He pushed himself up with one firm push and ran away from Core's body, grabbing her scarf along the way. In one fluid motion, he wrapped Core's scarf around his neck over his bandanna that he had worn ever since he was born from the tree. As he ran away, a tug at his leg caused him to come crashing down and badly cut his right leg just below his kneecap. With quick thinking, he used his bandanna to wrap the wound up tightly before continuing his run with some added dashing to make up for his new limp.

...Shall I continue from here or shall we continue from where I currently am?

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