For a moment nothing happened before he felt it, it was an itching feeling at the sides of his head, specifically at his ears.
What started as an itch quickly transformed into pain that shot through his entire head.
Lifting his hands up to clutch at his head as he fell sideways on the bed, all Alan could do was release a scream of pain, he could barely hold his own head, barely move at all, all he could feel was the pain shooting through him.
*Crack* *Crack*
The sound of bones breaking and rearranging was both harrowing and loud in his mind as he felt it happen.
Thankfully the process didn't seem to last longer than thirty seconds before everything returned to normal, still Alan couldn't move, he had never even broken a single bone in his entire life, never gotten injured seriously, never felt this kind of pain before, to him it was a complete system shock that almost made his mind shut down completely.
'Deep breaths… deep breaths work…. Fuck fuck fuck.' Alan thought inwardly as he tried to take breaths, slowly, shaking as he slowly pushed himself up to sit upright once more.
Once seated properly, he lifted his hands tiredly towards his ears and touched them hesitantly.
The outline was similar yet different at the same time, at the very top, the ears were slightly pointed, it wasn't as big of a change as he had thought, infact they felt pretty normal.
[ Ding! ]
[ Perk 'Elf' is fully in effect. ]
[ This perk is a unique growth type perk. ]
[ User has currently inherited 10% of the elven lineage. ]
[ As the lineage increases, User will experience more changes to their body and mind. ]
'All… all that pain for just ten percent?' Alan thought as he felt a shiver run through his entire body at what the system holographic panels before him were telling him.
The last holographic panel finally disappeared from his view, vanishing into thin air and leaving him all alone in his small bedroom.
"It's gone? What…what now?" Alan muttered as he slowly got up whilst holding one hand on the bed and stabilising himself before letting it go.
His legs still felt like jelly, feeling weak as if his muscles had decided to take a very long vacation.
"Okay… this system… it it should be like in novel's right? Do I just… say status?" Alan said and at the same moment as the word 'Status' left his mouth, a new holographic screen appeared before him.
[ Status ]
[ Name: Alan Walker ]
[ Age: 18 ]
[ Race: Human 90%, Elf 10% ]
[ Gender: Male ]
[ Level: 1 ]
[ S.P.E.C.I.A.L ]
[ S: 2 ]
[ P: 2 ]
[ E: 6 ]
[ C: 10 ]
[ I: 10 ]
[ A: 7 ]
[ L: 10 ]
[ Abilities: None. ]
[ Talents: None ]
[ Perks: Elf ]
Looking over the status screen, Alan felt a slight amount of relief hit him, his strength was still abysmal, however his agility and endurance were now in a good range, atleast he wouldnt die randomly from some kind of sickness.
'God… what would have happened if I dropped Endurance to one? Would I die just because i breathed too much air?' Alan thought to himself, feeling like the idea was a bit too believable for his liking.
Turning around with a sigh, he looked at the clock on his wall only just now realising, without this bullshit that had happened, today was a monday, he still had school to attend.
Looking at the clock on the wall, the time already eight am in the morning.
'Im late, but frankly at this moment in time… my homeroom teacher can go suck his own… ' Alan thought as he slowly walked to the left side of the room where his closet was and started changing into his everyday clothes, a simple worn pair of jeans and a black tshirt with a wool jacket on top before turning towards the right of the closet and grabbing his backpack, slinging it over one of his shoulders and walking towards the door and stopping to lean down.
For a moment he felt like he would fall over as he had to hold the wall instantly as he leaned down to grab his shoes and put them on, a pair of shoes that had most certainly seen far better days, they had originally been white but now… they looked far closer to the colour of brown than to white.
Tying them on as quickly as he could, he quickly got up using the wall for stability again and opened his door and headed outside.
Walking down the street and towards Forks Highschool, Alan Walker had a hundred thoughts on his mind, each of them revolving around the incident that had just happened to him.
As he walked down the street, passing by the church and towards his school, he lifted his hand and put his hair slightly over his ears to cover up the slight upward point that they now had, they still looked human but they had clearly changed and people could notice.
The weather was cloudy as always, light rain would most likely be happening at any moment however this was a regular daily thing in Forks.
To many, this day, January 18th of 2005 would remain just a regular day in their memories, something forgettable, however to two people, today would mark the start of their journey into the supernatural.
A young boy of eighteen who had already taken his first unwilling step into this world and the young girl who would get her chance to enter it, willingly.
Two different paths, each leading to something inhumane, yet one was forced and the other was given a choice.
This story was only beginning, though the first stage had already been set. And its two main protagonists were finally about to enter the stage, at the same time.
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