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Chapter 1 - fragmented moon

Uh...wait..what the hell

His died

Soulless awakens to the sound of loud sirens and gun shoots from a nightmare that seemed to last for ages but the moment is quickly broken by the sound of loud buzzing in his head

Pained he holds his head and stumbles into a neat by chair but as he looks up he sees a massive destroyed moon that's a deep red in colour and the second like a marble with a snow white

Soulless mind races with questions of why is there two moons and what happened to the world he knew but as he takes a deep breath the foul odor of rotten flash fills his nose,his face twists into one of disgust And sickness as he covers his nose and turns in hopes of localing the odor but he turns to see the butched bodies of two man wearing ornamented suits or what ruins of them

Soulless shocked by the scene before him takes a few steps back almost slipping on on the blood but catches himself as the moons. Are clouded he looks down at his hands to see that they along with his clothing are stained with blood, his expression turns to one horror and disbelief as images of the man being chopped into pieces and the spine chilling laughter followed by a gun shoots

"It couldn't have been me what the hell is going on here"his thoughts were a whirlwind of confusion,fear and disbelief but one thing was clear the events that happened here would get him into trouble or worse executed

he begins cleaning up the scene trying his best to hide to hide the bodies but as soon as he does he looks down to see a blood stained revolver with the bullets all over the floor and a black mask with a massive smile along with a worn notebook and a few silver coins

Hours later soulless taking a shower his thoughts a drift as he thinks about the situation he finds himself in as he finishes his shower he walks out of the shower into the steam filled room towards a mirror

"At least I cleaned myself up now what exactly is going on here it's like one of those bad murder mysteries I used to watch but I'm actually trying to solve a murder I may have committed and what is up with my head"he thought as he wipes the mirror to see a man with messy white hair that reaches his neck and bright yellow Iris

Soulless dumbstruck grabs his face trys to convince himself that this is a bad dream and heelto realise his looking at what appears to be himself as he scolds himself for not realising his no longer in his own body

"Damn it I let the fact my hands are still dark skin confuse me"he thought bitterly with the thought of him being unable to recognise himself adding onto his headache

After wiping himself off and putting on a plain white shirt and three piece black suit soulless grabs whatever he can along with the notebook and revolver and leaves the house on horse but falls off the horse his first three times then runs off

Soulless the memories of the body he now inhabitants coursing his head to spin as he reaches a town covered with fog and mist

As he falls from his horse as he hits his head on the walkway side

The next day, Soulless opening his eyes to the sound of footsteps and the clacking of metal as a soft but scolding feminine voice says "there he is officers"

Soulless looking up sees two man wearing blue uniform with flat top hats and holding two rifles

The first officer with a big moustache and blonde side burns his voice is deep and lazy almost as if his forcing the voices out

"Are you S. Reinhardt sir" he said with a time that is both curious and suspicious as he slowly analysis Soulless waiting for any red flag

Soulless raising up rubs his head as he nods

"Yes officers I'm Soulless Reinhardt and this is my sister Maria" he said his voice dry and unsure of the words coming out but from Reinhardt memories he sees

Maria is a sixteen years old and a genius inventor who's always been concerned about her two brothers, she's never been one to mix words and her sharp tongue as gotten her into trouble more than then he can count

As soulless continues to get lost in the memoores of Reinhardt Maria steps forward and says to the two officers

"Think you for helping me found my brother" her voice was soft but with a hint of annoyance and irritation

The second officer a lean,tall man with a cocky expression "your lucky that you won't attack by that serial killer who been on the loose lately or worse a fiend"he said with mocked confidence

The first officer clearing his throat his eyes never leaving Soulless turns to walk away

"You two get home safe now and no more latenight trips mister Reinhart I'm sure this horse belongs to you doesn't it"he said with a flat voice devoid of emotion then with one fluid moment he points to the black horse that's been seating here this entire time

Soulless looking from the horse back to the officer then at Maria"yes officer will do"his voice was trembling slightly as his hand shake the officers suspicious look and the lack of emotion in his voice was not lost on him but lucky he saw a quick escape route

Maria grabbing the horse halter from then second officer begins to walk away followed by Soulless who's seen feeling dizzy from yesterday night

The police officers there expressions darkening walk the other way"there's something fishy about that one"the second officer said his voice low enough for only the first officer to hear

"Mr Reinhardt as always been an odd one never shared his first name until today but the look he had on his face it was almost as if he was confused" the first officer said his voice filled with irritation and unspoken questions

The scene shifts to a market place where people and different creatures all buy and supplies Maria stopping her eyes narrowed looks back at soulless

"When did you start giving your first name oit Sol" she said with a suspicious tone dripping from every word

Soulless startled and taken aback by the question tries to come up with an answer

"I wasn't thinking straight". He said the lie hollow even to himself

Maria turns to face him as she looks at his face then with a sigh says

"Your going to be late for work here take this"she hands him the halter of the horse

Soulless his brows furrowing and his mouth now a thin line "job!?" He muttered

Maria her expression turning into one of anger " you factory worker remember or did you hit your hand so hard you forgot" she hisses to then continues " I have no time dealing with a knucklehead like you in going to collage and remember buy bread and meat before you get back"

As she walked away her back dress flowing in the wind

Soulless confused begins thinking to himself about they exactly happened to him last night and who is Reinhardt really

His thoughts drift back to the murder scenes he woke up in as he looks at the black horse that seems to never leave his side as he mounts and begins riding

"Who exactly is this Sol Reinhardt and how does it all connect to me and way is it I couldn't be reborn in the body of a rich kid or something new I'll have to go to work" he thought with a hint of worry and frustration but Reinhart memories reveal that

The Reinhardt family has been going through financial troubles after the death of there parents the oldest brother Walker Reinhardt left in order to found better work in the capital while the second brother Sol Reinhart spent his time working in factories and odd jobs in order to provide for his younger sister Maria education at the iron tech collage

Soulless reaches a factory where steam trains past by along with people on broomstick flying overhead,as he tilts his head his mouth wide open in shock

"Of course there's magic in this world"he muttered to himself

Before getting off the horse and tieing it near a bench

Soulless walking into the factory as the manager,his expression one of pure rage

" look who decided to finally show up the great Mr Reinhardt as graced us with is presence he said sarcastically

Soulless looking at the manager his expression blank and disinterested "Good morning to you as well sir"he said flatly almost as if his used to this kinda jd behaviour

The manager taken aback by soulless lack of emotion clears his throat mail room now he shouted all be it with a tremb

Soulless simply nodded and begin working towards the mail room once here he blanks repeatly unable to believe that this dark dusty room filled with maill is where he works

He seats down and takes out the notebook from earlier

Hr opens the book and sees the room of the order Sol Reinhardt,soulless reading the first page

I have never liked the name my parents gave me but it turned out my mother had a passion for poetry so she saw fit to name her son after her favourite poem, the body of the soulless,she would be rolling in her grave of she knew what horrible things I done for what powers,wealth or for my own enjoyment.

As Soulless headache begins again but this time it's more like a hammer to on the skull as he falls to the ground he gains more and more of Sol Reinhart memories seeing the murders his commented and the yhinds his stolen before last night he was planning on performing a awakening ritual but without any reason he took the revolver abs shot Himself in the head Killin him

Soulless getting up his breathing heavily gasps as he looks for a reflection surface and once he finds it he pulls his messy back hair to the side to see a bullet wound on the side of his head partfully healed

"How did I miss this"he thought questioning his inability to see there was something off and the way the pepper acted from the suspicious look of the officer to the concern look on Maria face

Soulless grabbing the notebook turns to the last page and then reads alouds"if this is to fail and I am to kill myself and to anyone who as found this notebook please tell my sister to forgive for what I have done and I love her

The ritual I'm performing will allow me to use mysticism" the raise of the page is Stained with blood

Mysticism is a sarced practice done by those who are extremely gifted but to those who are not they can gain the ability to use magic by performing an awakening ritual but if one where to fail the consequences are grave the knowledge from Sol memories hit soulless like a hammer to the head

His expression now one of pure horror and eyes wide as he cups his cheeks in disbelief

A chill does down his spine as the room glows a dimly eerie light he slowly turns his head and the scene before is one of absolute horror as the two corpses from earlier now behind him begin to Marge together with the unsettling sound of cracking and hissing

Soulless taking a few steps face falls to the ground his eyes never leaving the creature that seems to slowly form infront of him

One throught echoes through his mind coubled by the fear that as rocked him to the core "this world I have been reborn in is a hell"

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