The Beginning

Paint the War

《Phyro's POV》

"WHAT?! A really plain painting with a blue square in the middle is worth $500,000" I scream as the price of the pointless painting appear on TV.

"Shh... It's art" Emily says emphasizing "art" with flare hands.

"People this days" Ciello smirks and then groans.

Another painting appears. A painting with black and white stripes. It looks good and I bet it would worth only thousands (still really unbelievable)

The critics judge the artwork and calls for the buyer. A guy stands up wearing a black suit, shades, and all those other clothes stuff (which is black as well) and names the price...

"ONE MILLION DOLLARS!!!" Emily, Ciello and I screamed in unison. Wow! That's just...

"That's it... Im done" I say with anger and burn the Flat Screen Television.

"What the... Phyro! Im watching!" Emily screams as the TV disintegrate in flames. "Urgh..." She groans and leaves the room.

"One million dollars for a painting? Wow" Ciello comments and faces me with a what-the-fuck look.

"I know... that's really... worthless"

"GUYS!!! WHERE IS THE MONA LISA?" Abyss screams as he enter the room.

"We threw it somewhere" I answered.

"You threw it SOMEWHERE?!" He screamed.

"Emily, Amelia, Phyro, Golumn and I wanted pizza but then shocked to see the eyebrow-less woman infront of us" Ciello says.

"WHERE IS IT?! SERIOUSLY GUYS! THAT'S LIKE... A REALLY IMPORTANT THING AND LIKE... WE REALLY NEED IT AND-"

"Dude... Chill" Golumn says as he enter the room with the Mona Lisa painting.

"Yeah... Abyss... Clam down" I say and hand him a clam.

"Oh no, You didn't" Ciello says.

"Oh yes I did" I answered and Golumn gives us a face palm. (Wait... How did Golumn did a face palm when he was holding the painting?)

"That's the most ridiculous joke I had ever heard" Abyss comments and takes the painting from Golumn.

"So guys, I had recently realized how the painting will give us more secrets. A secret button maybe or a code." Abyss says as he flip the Mona Lisa to it's back.

We start looking for anything that can be a clue. The wooden frame seems to be normal. It's made of wood (obviously) and it feels evenly craftedm I then feel a loose part on the frame. I pull it slowly and it reveals a letter. "Found it!"

"Eureka!" Abyss screams in gleam and take the letter from my hand. "It's ancient papyrus! A really old substance for literature! I can't believe it survived for hundreds of years! Let's read it"

"To anyone who reads it,
It is I, Leonardo. If you found this letter it probably means I am dead and the war between us and them has not yet ended.
I've been recently contacting Alphonse to locate our colleague, Sapphyre. She is currently missing in action.
The war is at it's peak I suppose. The enemy is getting more powerful everyday. We need to fight back.
You must be someone from the 1800's between 2400's since this painting will be destroyed in between those years.
You, reader, must end this war, you must locate the Ultimate Piece and use it to fight against them.
Talk to my ally, Gustave and he will lead the way.
Aduie
-Leonardo"

"War? Us between the Archaeknights? We have been at war for hundreds of years?" I ask realizing everything I know about the War is.. a lie.

"And... Leonardo is part of it? Like he is from the 1500's!" Golumn continues.