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Orion's Rise: From Zero to Hero in Two Worlds
By: Arylnn East Ongoing
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I thought I had it bad. Bullied, broke, and barely scraping by in high school. But after Emily, my only friend, threw me under the bus, things somehow got worse. Much worse. I went from ignored to hated in a heartbeat. Then. As if I couldn't go any lower, a strange thing happened. I can't even think of a way to explain it. A voice, a system, something inside me... giving me power? I didn't have a superhero moment where I knew what to do right away. I'm still trying to understand it. All I know is, things are changing. Fast. And if this is real, I’m going to make them all regret ever messing with me.
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Chapter 1
“Did you seriously wear that today?” Jared's voice was as sharp as a knife.Piercing through the noise of the hallway. I could tell he was talking to me without even looking up.He always was.I continued to walk.Fixing my eyes on the marked floors of the school hallway. Maybe if I ignored him, he’d get bored.Maybe this time, he’d just… stop.“Hey, Sergio,” he called again. Louder now. I could hear the sound of his footsteps following me. "I’m talking to you. You deaf, or just stupid?”I sighed. “Both, apparently.”Too late to take THAT back.I felt bad as soon as the words were spoken.He grabbed the back of my collar.And pulled me to a halt.His hot breath hit the side of my face.Smelling like whatever he had eaten for breakfast. "What was that?”I swallowed hard. “Nothing,” I said, trying to shrug out of his grip. “Just—nothing.”Jared let out a low chuckle, and his grip loosened. “That’s what I thought. Nothing. Just like you.”I could hear his friends laughing behind h
Orion's Rise: From Zero to Hero in Two Worlds Chapter 32
Wind whistled past Jared's ears as he plummeted through cloud after cloud, each one soaking him with icy moisture. His stomach had left him somewhere around ten thousand feet ago, and his throat was raw from screaming.Where was Njusa? The mysterious warrior had simply... vanished.Oh god, is this because I mentally made fun of his name? Did he read my mind? Is this how I die - because I couldn't keep my thoughts to myself about somebody's weird name?The clouds broke beneath him, exposing a vast expanse of ocean that sparkled like broken glass in the sunlight.It would have been beautiful if it wasn't about to become his final resting place.Voooom!Something dark cut through the air beside him, trailing ribbons of pure energy. The figure moved like a missile, cutting through the sky at an impossible angle.Jared's eyes widened as he caught glimpses of Njusa through the vapor trail. The warrior's dark skin gleamed with sweat, muscles tensed as he manipulated the energy around him lik
Last Updated : 2024-12-22Orion's Rise: From Zero to Hero in Two Worlds Chapter 31
The hallways felt different after lunch period. Emptier, somehow. The air had gotten thinner. Jared's footsteps echoed wrong, each tap-tap-tap bouncing back at odd angles.Something was off.The energy under his skin noticed it too, humming like a tuning fork struck against glass. He flexed his fingers, trying to shake off the sensation.A shadow moved at the corner of his vision."Aunt Moira?" The words slipped out before he could stop them. But no - she wouldn't play games like this. Would she?The fluorescent lights overhead flickered. Once. Quick enough that anyone else might have missed it.But Jared wasn't exactly anyone else. Not anymore.I should go to class, he thought. But his feet carried him toward the shadow instead. Down the science wing, past rows of locked classroom doors with their little windows dark.Something brushed against his consciousness. Like fingers trailing through water, leaving ripples in their wake."Okay, this is getting weird." His voice sounded a bit
Last Updated : 2024-12-19Orion's Rise: From Zero to Hero in Two Worlds Chapter 30
Water trickled from the fountain's spout, each drop catching sunlight before joining the pool below. Jared stared at his reflection, distorted by the ripples.The same face that had watched Orion's sketchbook sink beneath these waters, pages bleeding ink like dying butterflies.Why did I do that?The question echoed in his head, bouncing off memories he'd rather forget. The look on Orion's face. The way his hands had trembled as he fished out the ruined pages. All that talent, all those careful lines, destroyed because... because what? Because Jared could?"You wanted to see me?""Jesus-" He spun around, nearly losing his balance. Emily stood there, still wearing that oversized sweater despite the warm afternoon.Pull it together. Bad guy. Remember?He straightened up, forcing his face into its familiar smirk. "It's like eighty degrees out. What's with the sweater?""What do you want, Jared?""Take it off."Her eyes widened."The sweater," he clarified, already hating how the words ca
Last Updated : 2024-12-13Orion's Rise: From Zero to Hero in Two Worlds Chapter 29
The microwave hummed. Jared watched the plate spin, somehow finding the monotonous motion calming after everything that had happened.His mind wandered back to his Aunt. Orion. That name kept echoing in his head, like a song he couldn't shake off.Of all the people in the world, why did out Orion? Why did just thinking about him make reality feel... thinner?The pizza rotated another quarter turn when it happened. Just a stray thought, really - wondering if Orion could see him right now - and suddenly the microwave wasn't just heating his food.The display flickered, showing symbols he'd never seen before. The hum changed pitch, rising to a whine that made his teeth itch."No, no, no-" Jared reached for the stop button, but his fingers never made it.Energy. Pure, raw energy erupted from the microwave door. Not heat or radiation - something else. Something that shouldn't exist in his mom's kitchen on a Tuesday afternoon.And Jared... caught it.The energy felt alive in his hands, like
Last Updated : 2024-12-11Orion's Rise: From Zero to Hero in Two Worlds Chapter 28
Jared spent three days waiting for the world to break again. It didn't.The numbers stayed quiet, mostly. Sometimes they'd flicker at the edge of his vision, calculating odds he never asked for. Like the 73.4% chance that the cafeteria would serve mystery meat, or the 12.8% chance that Martin would try to talk to him today.He didn't.People whispered, of course. The guy who used to rule the school through fear now spent lunch periods alone, scribbling in a notebook filled with equations he didn't understand but couldn't stop writing."What happened to Jared?""Heard he had a breakdown.""Maybe he's finally on meds."Tap. Tap. Tap.His pencil kept perfect time with the universe. Each small sound echoed through probability space, creating ripples he could almost see."Mr. Jared," Ms. Henderson called out. "The answer to number seven?"He blinked. The math problem on the board twisted into something else entirely - not the simple algebra she'd written, but a fragment of code that descri
Last Updated : 2024-12-10Orion's Rise: From Zero to Hero in Two Worlds Chapter 27
"Varian val'Soren."The name tasted like lightning. As soon as it left his lips, the world... shattered.Not literally - the field was still there, the tree still stood, but everything seemed to splinter into a thousand possible versions of itself. Jared saw each blade of grass existing in multiple states at once, growing and dying and never existing at all.His head filled with numbers.[Probability Engine Initializing: 0.001%]The ground beneath him rippled like water. He scrambled to his feet, but gravity seemed optional now. Each step he took left momentary footprints of light that faded into strings of code.[System Integration: 2.47%][Neural Pathway Reconstruction: 5.89%][Power Limitation Protocols: Disengaging]"Stop," he whispered, but his voice came out in harmonics, each word echoing through different possibilities. The tree behind him was suddenly both ancient and a sapling, its leaves falling upward into a sky that kept changing color.[12.56%]A flock of birds passed ov
Last Updated : 2024-12-09Orion's Rise: From Zero to Hero in Two Worlds Chapter 26
The strange sparks had faded by the time the final bell rang, but Jared's hands still tingled like they'd fallen asleep."Hey," Tomáš called out across the parking lot. "We're heading to the mall. Some middle schoolers have been acting tough lately. Want to help put them in their place?"A month ago, Jared would have been right there with them. Now the idea made his stomach turn. "Pass. Got stuff to do.""Since when do you have stuff to do?" Martin chimed in. "Come on, man.""I said no."Jared turned away before he could see their reactions. The walk home took him past the park, where fallen leaves skittered across the path like they were trying to spell something.That's when he saw it.A letter, hovering at eye level, completely still despite the autumn breeze. Its envelope was a deep purple that seemed to swallow light, marked with a seal he'd never seen before but somehow recognized: a twisted tree wrapped around a sword.He reached for it, half expecting his hand to pass through
Last Updated : 2024-12-03Orion's Rise: From Zero to Hero in Two Worlds Chapter 25
The clock on the wall ticked backward for three seconds, and Jared was the only one who noticed.He sat in his usual spot near the window, trying to focus on Mr. Novotný's lecture about the Cold War, but the numbers on the clock kept dancing. They'd move forward normally, then skip back, like a broken video file.Tap. Tap. Tap.His pencil hit the desk in an uneven rhythm. Ryan, sitting next to him, shot him an annoyed look."Dude, you okay?" Ryan whispered. "You've been weird all morning.""What's weird about being bored in history class?" Jared muttered back, but his voice came out wrong - like there was an echo underneath it.Ryan frowned. "Not that. You walked straight through Petra earlier without even noticing her.""Through her?""Past her," Ryan corrected quickly, but Jared had caught the slip. Had he actually...? No. That wasn't possible.The fluorescent lights overhead flickered, but when Jared looked up, they were steady. Just like they'd been steady when he thought he saw t
Last Updated : 2024-12-02Orion's Rise: From Zero to Hero in Two Worlds Chapter 24
The morning air bit at Jared's face as his feet pounded against the pavement. Six kilometers down, one to go. His breath came out in small clouds, dispersing into the crisp Brno morning. Every stride felt heavier than usual. Running used to clear his head, but lately his thoughts kept circling back to how quiet things had gotten. No Orion to push around. No real satisfaction in watching other kids scatter when he walked down the halls.Thump. Thump. Thump.His running shoes hit the ground in a steady rhythm that felt wrong somehow. Like the sound wasn't quite matching up with his steps."Getting soft," he muttered to himself, rounding the corner where Old Man Filip's hot dog cart should've been waiting. The empty spot made him stumble to a halt.Filip's cart had been there every morning for the past two years. Rain or shine, the old man would wave as Jared ran past, sometimes calling out "Looking strong today!" in his thick Czech accent. Jared always pretended not to care, but that s
Last Updated : 2024-11-30
