Chapter 1: Prologue
You know the feeling when you wake up in the morning and your mind is all foggy, trying to get through your daily routine absentmindedly, only to realize that something was wrong?.
That was exactly what was happening to me right now.
Normally, when a person suddenly wakes up to find himself in some kind of a slum, they would assume one of the two most obvious conclusions.
One, they were attacked and left for dead after being robbed.
Two, they were attacked, robbed, probably lost a kidney, and then left for dead.
I don't feel good about either of those options and am already on the verge of breaking down in panic, the only thing stopping me from doing so is the fact that I don't see any fresh stitches on my naked torso anywhere and I could feel the reassuring presence of my wallet and smartphone in the pockets of my pants.
Now that I think about it, why is my torso naked? I usually go to sleep in my pajamas and I never have my wallet and mobile in its pockets.
...And why the hell is everything so big??
I looked around my surroundings to find that the buildings were very massive, even the doors and windows were big as if they were supposed to be used by giants or something.
.....Hold on, something's not right here.
I looked down at my body and started to notice a few changes from what I remember from before.
Where is the scar on my leg that I got when I fell off my bike during high school?
Where are the muscles and abs I got after seven years of hard work at learning Martial arts?
Where the hell is the tan I recently got after a vacation near the beach??
And most importantly of all.
WHY THE F*CK AM I A KID AGAIN????
I immediately took out my smartphone which was now big enough to be held with two arms thanks to this new body.
The first thing I noted was the fact that there was no signal on it, which should not be possible considering the obviously urban area that I am in right now.
The screen showed the time and date,10:15 PM, Monday, January 15th, 2021.
I ignored the fact that I missed my work today and would no doubt end up getting yelled at by the boss tomorrow unless I am still stuck in the body of a child by then.
I opened the map to see where I was only to get an error message saying that GPS was not available and neither was there any wifi and since there is no signal there is also no point in calling 911.
I turned off my phone to save its battery and pulled out my wallet, only to be stunned by what I found inside.
There was no money in the wallet when I know for a fact that there should at least be 100$ in there which I keep around for emergencies ever since I got stranded near Vegas in a drunken stupor a few years ago.
Then there were my IDs.
My social security card was gone, so was my NYC Driver's Licence. In their place, there was some kind of a strange plastic card that glowed in dark, probably used some form of Radium or something, but what caught my attention was the details on it.
It had the photo of my younger self on it, probably from when I was 10 years old which I suspect to be the age of my current body, under the name were details that I had absolutely no clue as to what they meant.
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Atlas Citizen Identification
Name: Roy Sturm
Age: 10
Gender: Male
Aura: Locked
Residence: Atlas Council Orphanage No.4, Civilian residence block 2, Atlas Central area, Floating city of Atlas.
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Aside from my name, age, and gender, everything else was complete gibberish to me, where the hell is Atlas anyway?. And what the hell is 'Aura'?.
By this point, I am already starting to panic more and more about my current situation, my first course of action should be to find out just where the hell I am, at least knowing what continent I am on right now would also help, although if I ended up somewhere in China or South Africa, I am pretty sure I am fucked.
I would rather not die thanks to the pandemic nor do I want to end up becoming the next meal to some animal.
I immediately started to make my way through the alleys in the Slums I found myself in and pretty soon came out onto what looked like a crowded street with people walking about without any care in the world, then, I saw something truly absurd.
Two guys dressed in some kind of a uniform with a snowflake symbol were harassing a girl on the opposite side of the street before they were hit from behind by some kid before he took the hand of the girl and ran away into a nearby alley, of course, they were then chased by the guys in the uniform only for them to return back out of the alley with glum looks, If I had to guess I would say they lost the two within the Urban Maze known as the back alleys, but what really stunned where both the boy and the girl that escaped.
The girl had some kind of animal ears on her head, similar to a rabbit or a bunny, while the boy had a long tail similar to a Canine, and judging by how hard the uniformed men from before were pulling on the ears, they were not some decorations either.
Then, an even more ridiculous thing happened as I watched a large man surrounded by weirdly futuristic robots walk towards the men before the robots moved forward to arrest them while a young woman who was probably only in her teens walked behind him, calling him General and Sir in every few sentences before she suddenly raised her hand and a f*ckin glyph like something from D&D materialized in mid-air before the man, protecting him from what looked like a shot from a gun or something from the two men from before.
She then proceeded to disarm the men in a, particularly brutal fashion before having them hauled away by the robots.
.......Just where the hell am I?
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(POV General Ironwood)
After Schnee put down the men from SDC, I finally looked towards the source of the stare that I had been feeling on my back for some time now, only to be shocked speechless at what I found.
Even though he did not resemble one bit to the disgusting man that was his father, he still retained the deep black hair and golden eyes from his mother. It also helps that I had visited this kid only a few weeks ago in orphanage 4 and tried to see how he was doing and give him his official Atlas Citizen ID.
But the question still stands.
What the hell is Roy Strum doing on the streets of Atlas when he should be warm and happy in Orphanage 4? especially after I and a few other friends of his mother made considerable donations to the Orphanage?.
I looked towards Schnee and found her to still be occupied with the task at hand, good, this gives me enough time to find out what is going on.
I immediately made my way towards the boy in a matter of seconds only to have the boy stumble back a little, probably intimidated by my height.
I also saw no signs of recognition in his eyes, odd, even if he doesn't know me, he should still remember me from a few weeks ago as the person who gave him his ID, which should be a big thing considering that most Orphans only receive their official ID when they reach 12, when they are allowed to enter a combat school or any other prep school.
"Hello, Roy, what are you doing out on the street, without a shirt in this cold, when you should be sleeping in the Orphanage?" I asked him calmly.
The boy looked at me contemplatively before giving an answer that stunned me.
"I don't know, besides, how do you know my name?" he asked.
I felt angry at first, thinking that he is lying, but I controlled myself before approaching him from a different angle.
"Don't lie to me young man, think of how sad Violet would be to know that you lied" I said hoping that he would trust me a little bit if I showed him the knowledge that I knew his mother who had died only recently.
"Who's Violet?"
This time, words failed me.
What the hell is going on?.
Why is he lying like that? to say that you don't even know your own mother who cared for you so much that she quit Atlas military after your birth to take care of you? the same mother who worked hard to make sure you lived a life of luxury? Who died trying to protect you from a bunch of White Fang activists?.
This time, my anger must have shown on my face as the child took a few steps back before settling into some form of a fighting stance.
.....Why the hell does a 10-year-old know how to fight?? what the hell is happening at that Orphanage??.
I immediately forced a blank look on my face before I started to talk again.
"Roy Strum, it is not a good thing to lie about things like this, especially not about your mother, now tell me, what are you doing here before I am forced to take you to the nearest station and have the Orphanage head collect you personally," I said forcefully while also discretely signaling Schnee to come closer from where she was looking at the situation, waiting to see if I needed her.
"...I don't know what you want me to say, but I will say it again, I do not know how I ended up here, wherever here is, nor do I know who you are talking about when you are mentioning my mother, I do know that I woke up in that alley a few minutes ago, not knowing how I got there or why."
I stood there for a few moments, stunned by the honesty I felt from both his words and his body language which indicated that he was not lying. This leaves me with two conclusions.
One, he is so good at lying that he had managed to fool me, a General that had been appointed by the Council and been chosen to be among the inner circle of Ozpin himself.
Two, he really has no idea what happened, that would mean he has some form of Amnesia.
And it spoke volumes about how I am feeling right now if how I was hoping that the first option was the truth was any indicator.
...Just how am I supposed to face Violet in the afterlife when her son had potentially lost all his memory of her.
I watched as the boy took a few more steps back as he saw Schnee approach and stand behind me.
"Yes General?" she asked.
"Schnee, prepare a transport for me and have it wait in the hanger of my ship while I have a chat with Roy here," I said as I briskly walked towards the port while I motioned towards the boy to follow me.
Although he was cautious, my continued urging and the baleful stare Schnee gave him was enough to make him follow me towards the ship.
I need to investigate Orphanage 4 thoroughly after my talk with Roy is over.
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