Unattainable Illusions: Ch. 1
Here's Ch. 1:
“Well well...Look at what the cat drug in.” A cold voice chimed from the far end of the dark room. The boy slightly opened one eye to be face to face with what appeared to be another homunculus. This one was pale and long stringy green hair; he wore a tight black shirt that stopped at his chest with a matching black skort, the oroborus symbol was tattooed just below the skort on his right leg.
“You look like someone I used to know...” Envy said with a small smirk. He pushed his thumb under the boy's chin and lifted it up so he could get a good look at his face. "A man I once killed perhaps...? And to think I could never see you as pathetic as I once did when I blew your stomach to pieces!" He said, cackling. "No...But you're not the same boy...Are you? Though that face makes my stomach squirm...The thought of helping you makes my blood curl." He snorted. Envy then reached in his pockets as he drew out a few small, blood red stones.
The boy looked at them sickly, not saying a word. "Eat them if you want the pain to stop..." Envy whispered. "If you don’t you can lay here until the mice begin to pick at that skin of yours...Interesting I might say..." he muttered, eyeing the markings with a raised brow. "It must have been the work of a powerful alchemist..." He snorted. "Well?! Are you going to eat them or not!?" Envy shouted, now starting to get a bit impatient with the boy.
The boy looked up, he looked too tired to even blink let alone eat. Envy let out a sigh in response. "Don't get used to me feeding you, your not my child." He said in a disgusted sort of way as he pushed one of the stones in the blonde’s mouth. The boy’s eyes immediately widened as his pupils dilated. Envy smirked as he ruffled the boy's hair. "Welcome Pride. You are the sixth homunculus..."
Envy pushed himself up as he realized that the boy was tugging at his skort. Envy snorted as he kicked the boy’s arm as he weakly pushed himself up. Though something glittered in the corner of his eye at the far end of the room, a picture frame. As Envy was walking toward the door, Pride stopped and bent down next to the frame. The picture behind the glass was that of a young girl, looking to not be much older than 16. His fingers brushed themselves over the dusty frame as his eyes widened slightly. Why is she so...Familiar?
“Are you coming or not?!” Envy snapped. Pride looked up and nodded slightly as he took the frame with him, holding it tightly in his arms. “What is that?” Envy asked once the boy had finally caught back up. Pride shook his head slightly as the older homunculus sighed and ripped the frame from Pride’s hands. “...Oh...The one I let slip away...” He said with a smirk, looking down at the picture before he scoffed. “Get rid of it.”
Pride looked up slightly as he cocked his head a little out of confusion. Envy tossed the frame as it hit the wall, the glass shattering as the broken pieces fell onto the floor. He walked out of the building as Pride looked back at the wall. He quickly ran toward the wall and carefully took the picture out of the broken glass, running out of the building to catch up with his savior.
Pride quickly stuffed the picture in his armband that hugged his wrist and stopped at his mid-shoulder, the rest of the boy’s outfit looked just like Envy’s. Pride followed without a word, tagging along with Envy like a lost dog looking for someone to cling too. “...Where are we going...?” He asked weakly, his tone cracked as the older homunculus looked down.
“So you finally decided to talk? Where’re we going you ask? We’re going to see Dante, we’re homunculi, she mostly takes care of us until we are well enough to walk on our own."
Pride nodded slightly and looked down without saying a word. Though now new had many other things on his mind, something he couldn’t explain...He stopped abruptly as a memory flashed in his mind, which involved a familiar looking girl and a man made of armor.
“Will you quit stopping on me?! I’m not going to carry you there!” Envy hissed, his tone dry. Pride shook his head wearily as he ran to catch up to Envy as he led him toward Dante’s mansion.
It wasn't long before the young boy found himself laying on a small bed, finding it hard to breath with a woman beside him. “Where did you find him Envy...?” She asked, her tone quiet.
“Near the girl’s house.” He said as the woman gave a small smile.
“I knew it was a matter of time before something like this happened...This poor child...” She whispered, looking down at the boy as she handed him another red stone. “Pride you say? One more and we’ll save all that we can handle.” She said with a smile.
"I wonder who the lucky person will be this time... And which fool will be stupid enough to attempt it." Envy smirked, placing his hands on his hips.
"To think even you were like this." Dante said sweetly as she looked up to Envy. He rolled his eyes in response, shaking his head.
“I'll go tell the others if it'll do any good.." he muttered, walking out of the room. Dante smiled, placing a hand on the boy's forehead.
"There there child...All the pain will be gone soon." She looked down slightly as Pride closed his eyes. "I wonder who created you..." Pride let out a slight whimper, tossing and turning in the bed as he held out his hands to Dante. "Nah ah ah...You want some stones left for later, don't you? These things don't grow on trees..." She said with a chuckle. "You look just like his boy..." She smiled, pressing a warm hand against his face. "The pain should stop soon..." She said quietly as she got up, walking towards the door.
Pride turned over in the bed, gripping at the sheets as he tried to gain his breath. He buried his head in the pillow, his face was wet and his stomach was winding. He wasn't sure if what he had seen earlier was real...Who did create him...? And why was that young girl so familiar...? He closed his eyes, bringing his knees up to his chest as he curled up in a small fetal ball as he tried to get the constant rhythm of pain to stop in his stomach.
Pride heard the door open again, for what seemed like minutes were actually days. Days that he had spent in that bed, trying his best to recover which usually resulted in him waking up screaming in the middle of the night. He looked up slightly to see the older homunculus that had saved him not days before.
"You're the noisiest thing, aren't you?" He whispered. "What a pain, I don't even thing you're worth it..." Once he held out several stones, Pride ripped them from his palms as if they were gold. Eating them quickly. Envy smiled warmly to the new boy, placing his palm on his head as if he were a child. "Soon you'll be strong enough like the rest of us, soon you can join me to bring hell upon this filthy town...Soon Pride, you'll live up to your name..." Envy whispered. Pride curiously looked up and nodded. "Wipe your eyes, you're making me sick." Envy hissed, dropping his hand as the boy quickly wiped the tears that had gathered in his eyes.
“It shouldn’t be long now...” Envy whispered. Right after he had spoken those words, Pride’s eyes began to change to those like a cat’s. “Yess...” He hissed. “You’ll be out of here by tomorrow. I wonder which fool it was this time, to put you through so much pain...Those pathetic humans will never learn, will they?” Envy asked with a smirk.
Pride looked up at the ceiling as he wiped the fresh tears from his eyes, Envy sighed and held out his hand. The boy looked at it curiously then up at his face. “You can’t stay in bed forever, you have to get up and walk around.” Pride only shook his head as his response. “Now!” Envy snapped as he grabbed the boy’s hand and pulled him into a sitting position. Pride let out a slight whimper, his stomach continued to throb horribly.
Envy rolled his eyes, looking slightly annoyed. “Walk around for a bit, it’ll be better soon.” He hissed. “Then of course after that, why don’t I take you out for your first kill?” He asked with a smirk, bringing up his hand. “Its like taking candy from a baby...Only more exciting.” Envy said with a cruel snicker. Pride didn’t seem to hear what Envy had said as he left the room. The cold tile floor against his bare feet seemed to finally bring life into them. His face was as pale as ever and his muscles were weak and clumsy. He was like a newborn child that needed to be taken care of.
“Hmm...I wonder who the lucky contestant will be...Maybe one of the military officers from that damn headquarters, unless you want to choose.” Envy whispered to the boy as Pride looked up.
“I don’t care...” He whispered, his tone weak.
Envy smirked. “Your going to be my dog now, don’t think I won’t come down on you like a ton of bricks. That face of yours is enough reason to be as tough as nails.” Pride didn’t respond right away, looking down.
“I’m sorry...” He apologized hesitantly as Envy shook his head.
“You’ll meet the other homunculi soon, I just don’t want them to see you as pathetic as you look now. Though it should pass soon, the day you can join us and kill those selfish idiotic creatures known as humans." Pride didn’t answer as he looked down. He still had so many questions, though he didn’t know if he wanted them answered at a time like this. Everything was moving to quickly, his stomach ached and his mind raced. He wrapped his arms around his stomach and looked down at the tile floor at his reflection. He hesitated, looking up with a worried expression on his pale face.
“Get used to it.” Envy muttered, placing his hands on his hips. “Its not your choice to turn back, even though someone else chose this path for you. Now you understand that humans are pathetic...Selfish...Uncaring things, and I say we give them a bit of equivalent exchange.” He said with a smirk, looking at the boy. Pride cocked his head with a quizzical expression on his face as Envy snickered. “Your looking weak again...We’ll meet the other four tomorrow. If you’re good I may give you some more of these.” Envy whispered as he held out the stones.
Soon Pride found himself in the bed again, shivering violently as he clutched the sheets as he looked around the dark room. He let out a sigh as he took the crumpled picture out of his armband, looking at it as he put one of his clammy hands on the face of the girl into the photo. Who are you...Why do you haunt me like this...?
I have more chapters written, but I'll post them later. Enjoy for now.
“Well well...Look at what the cat drug in.” A cold voice chimed from the far end of the dark room. The boy slightly opened one eye to be face to face with what appeared to be another homunculus. This one was pale and long stringy green hair; he wore a tight black shirt that stopped at his chest with a matching black skort, the oroborus symbol was tattooed just below the skort on his right leg.
“You look like someone I used to know...” Envy said with a small smirk. He pushed his thumb under the boy's chin and lifted it up so he could get a good look at his face. "A man I once killed perhaps...? And to think I could never see you as pathetic as I once did when I blew your stomach to pieces!" He said, cackling. "No...But you're not the same boy...Are you? Though that face makes my stomach squirm...The thought of helping you makes my blood curl." He snorted. Envy then reached in his pockets as he drew out a few small, blood red stones.
The boy looked at them sickly, not saying a word. "Eat them if you want the pain to stop..." Envy whispered. "If you don’t you can lay here until the mice begin to pick at that skin of yours...Interesting I might say..." he muttered, eyeing the markings with a raised brow. "It must have been the work of a powerful alchemist..." He snorted. "Well?! Are you going to eat them or not!?" Envy shouted, now starting to get a bit impatient with the boy.
The boy looked up, he looked too tired to even blink let alone eat. Envy let out a sigh in response. "Don't get used to me feeding you, your not my child." He said in a disgusted sort of way as he pushed one of the stones in the blonde’s mouth. The boy’s eyes immediately widened as his pupils dilated. Envy smirked as he ruffled the boy's hair. "Welcome Pride. You are the sixth homunculus..."
Envy pushed himself up as he realized that the boy was tugging at his skort. Envy snorted as he kicked the boy’s arm as he weakly pushed himself up. Though something glittered in the corner of his eye at the far end of the room, a picture frame. As Envy was walking toward the door, Pride stopped and bent down next to the frame. The picture behind the glass was that of a young girl, looking to not be much older than 16. His fingers brushed themselves over the dusty frame as his eyes widened slightly. Why is she so...Familiar?
“Are you coming or not?!” Envy snapped. Pride looked up and nodded slightly as he took the frame with him, holding it tightly in his arms. “What is that?” Envy asked once the boy had finally caught back up. Pride shook his head slightly as the older homunculus sighed and ripped the frame from Pride’s hands. “...Oh...The one I let slip away...” He said with a smirk, looking down at the picture before he scoffed. “Get rid of it.”
Pride looked up slightly as he cocked his head a little out of confusion. Envy tossed the frame as it hit the wall, the glass shattering as the broken pieces fell onto the floor. He walked out of the building as Pride looked back at the wall. He quickly ran toward the wall and carefully took the picture out of the broken glass, running out of the building to catch up with his savior.
Pride quickly stuffed the picture in his armband that hugged his wrist and stopped at his mid-shoulder, the rest of the boy’s outfit looked just like Envy’s. Pride followed without a word, tagging along with Envy like a lost dog looking for someone to cling too. “...Where are we going...?” He asked weakly, his tone cracked as the older homunculus looked down.
“So you finally decided to talk? Where’re we going you ask? We’re going to see Dante, we’re homunculi, she mostly takes care of us until we are well enough to walk on our own."
Pride nodded slightly and looked down without saying a word. Though now new had many other things on his mind, something he couldn’t explain...He stopped abruptly as a memory flashed in his mind, which involved a familiar looking girl and a man made of armor.
“Will you quit stopping on me?! I’m not going to carry you there!” Envy hissed, his tone dry. Pride shook his head wearily as he ran to catch up to Envy as he led him toward Dante’s mansion.
It wasn't long before the young boy found himself laying on a small bed, finding it hard to breath with a woman beside him. “Where did you find him Envy...?” She asked, her tone quiet.
“Near the girl’s house.” He said as the woman gave a small smile.
“I knew it was a matter of time before something like this happened...This poor child...” She whispered, looking down at the boy as she handed him another red stone. “Pride you say? One more and we’ll save all that we can handle.” She said with a smile.
"I wonder who the lucky person will be this time... And which fool will be stupid enough to attempt it." Envy smirked, placing his hands on his hips.
"To think even you were like this." Dante said sweetly as she looked up to Envy. He rolled his eyes in response, shaking his head.
“I'll go tell the others if it'll do any good.." he muttered, walking out of the room. Dante smiled, placing a hand on the boy's forehead.
"There there child...All the pain will be gone soon." She looked down slightly as Pride closed his eyes. "I wonder who created you..." Pride let out a slight whimper, tossing and turning in the bed as he held out his hands to Dante. "Nah ah ah...You want some stones left for later, don't you? These things don't grow on trees..." She said with a chuckle. "You look just like his boy..." She smiled, pressing a warm hand against his face. "The pain should stop soon..." She said quietly as she got up, walking towards the door.
Pride turned over in the bed, gripping at the sheets as he tried to gain his breath. He buried his head in the pillow, his face was wet and his stomach was winding. He wasn't sure if what he had seen earlier was real...Who did create him...? And why was that young girl so familiar...? He closed his eyes, bringing his knees up to his chest as he curled up in a small fetal ball as he tried to get the constant rhythm of pain to stop in his stomach.
Pride heard the door open again, for what seemed like minutes were actually days. Days that he had spent in that bed, trying his best to recover which usually resulted in him waking up screaming in the middle of the night. He looked up slightly to see the older homunculus that had saved him not days before.
"You're the noisiest thing, aren't you?" He whispered. "What a pain, I don't even thing you're worth it..." Once he held out several stones, Pride ripped them from his palms as if they were gold. Eating them quickly. Envy smiled warmly to the new boy, placing his palm on his head as if he were a child. "Soon you'll be strong enough like the rest of us, soon you can join me to bring hell upon this filthy town...Soon Pride, you'll live up to your name..." Envy whispered. Pride curiously looked up and nodded. "Wipe your eyes, you're making me sick." Envy hissed, dropping his hand as the boy quickly wiped the tears that had gathered in his eyes.
“It shouldn’t be long now...” Envy whispered. Right after he had spoken those words, Pride’s eyes began to change to those like a cat’s. “Yess...” He hissed. “You’ll be out of here by tomorrow. I wonder which fool it was this time, to put you through so much pain...Those pathetic humans will never learn, will they?” Envy asked with a smirk.
Pride looked up at the ceiling as he wiped the fresh tears from his eyes, Envy sighed and held out his hand. The boy looked at it curiously then up at his face. “You can’t stay in bed forever, you have to get up and walk around.” Pride only shook his head as his response. “Now!” Envy snapped as he grabbed the boy’s hand and pulled him into a sitting position. Pride let out a slight whimper, his stomach continued to throb horribly.
Envy rolled his eyes, looking slightly annoyed. “Walk around for a bit, it’ll be better soon.” He hissed. “Then of course after that, why don’t I take you out for your first kill?” He asked with a smirk, bringing up his hand. “Its like taking candy from a baby...Only more exciting.” Envy said with a cruel snicker. Pride didn’t seem to hear what Envy had said as he left the room. The cold tile floor against his bare feet seemed to finally bring life into them. His face was as pale as ever and his muscles were weak and clumsy. He was like a newborn child that needed to be taken care of.
“Hmm...I wonder who the lucky contestant will be...Maybe one of the military officers from that damn headquarters, unless you want to choose.” Envy whispered to the boy as Pride looked up.
“I don’t care...” He whispered, his tone weak.
Envy smirked. “Your going to be my dog now, don’t think I won’t come down on you like a ton of bricks. That face of yours is enough reason to be as tough as nails.” Pride didn’t respond right away, looking down.
“I’m sorry...” He apologized hesitantly as Envy shook his head.
“You’ll meet the other homunculi soon, I just don’t want them to see you as pathetic as you look now. Though it should pass soon, the day you can join us and kill those selfish idiotic creatures known as humans." Pride didn’t answer as he looked down. He still had so many questions, though he didn’t know if he wanted them answered at a time like this. Everything was moving to quickly, his stomach ached and his mind raced. He wrapped his arms around his stomach and looked down at the tile floor at his reflection. He hesitated, looking up with a worried expression on his pale face.
“Get used to it.” Envy muttered, placing his hands on his hips. “Its not your choice to turn back, even though someone else chose this path for you. Now you understand that humans are pathetic...Selfish...Uncaring things, and I say we give them a bit of equivalent exchange.” He said with a smirk, looking at the boy. Pride cocked his head with a quizzical expression on his face as Envy snickered. “Your looking weak again...We’ll meet the other four tomorrow. If you’re good I may give you some more of these.” Envy whispered as he held out the stones.
Soon Pride found himself in the bed again, shivering violently as he clutched the sheets as he looked around the dark room. He let out a sigh as he took the crumpled picture out of his armband, looking at it as he put one of his clammy hands on the face of the girl into the photo. Who are you...Why do you haunt me like this...?
I have more chapters written, but I'll post them later. Enjoy for now.