¿What is your favorite fairy tale?

In the world of Remnant there are different stories, fairy tales that were created for the smallest girls to dream of some prince charming. Stories of brave heroes and heroines that were told to inspire others to follow their path. Horror stories to scare children who misbehave, as well as myths and legends that incite people to find out if they are real or not.

Remnant has many stories to tell, tales and legends that have spread across the 4 kingdoms over the years. You can think what you want about these stories, some are true, others can be false, each person will think if they are real or not. But as long as people keep these stories in mind, they will exist to be told for many years.

However, even this kind of thing has its dark and disturbing side, as there are stories and events that preferred never to be told, for one reason or another, there were stories or legends that were only told once and were never heard from again. And at the same time, the world decided to just forget about them because they thought it could be the best thing for the world.

That was a serious mistake.

According to what the kids are told at school, Remnant has about 2,000 years of history on paper since writing was invented, then stories and videos were created as time went on. However, there is an even older part of the story that very few people know about.

Long ago, Remnant was created by two gods, the god of light and his brother the god of darkness, all for the purpose of calming the differences between them. It worked for centuries, until one day a woman named Salem demanded that both gods return her lost love, Ozma, each of them refused, and Salem having deceived the god of darkness, and as punishment for his daring They condemned Salem to immortality, to roam the earth until this world stopped spinning.

According to what they say, Salem would have spread the word among the 4 kingdoms of that time telling them that humans could overthrow the gods and steal their power to start a new era where humans became beings who could reject death. But in reality it was not like that, maybe in another parallel universe exactly that happened, but in this...it was not exactly like that.

Back then, Remnant didn't have four kingdoms, he only had one. A single kingdom ruled by a single King, this kingdom stood in the middle of everything in what is known today as Vale. This system was created a few years after humanity was created by the gods, the god of light wanted to give humans a form of sustenance that could help them evolve and unite. Thus was born the first King of Remnant, Carlson Baker.

He started out by doing his job well with the people of that time, being totally equal with the middle and upper classes, creating laws that would benefit the kingdom and an enormous abundance of new technologies combined with magic.

So it was for generations, kings even queens came with each passing century, it seemed that they had a promising future, they knew how to take care of the dangers that were in the world and people seemed to be fine with the system. The walls of Remnant's first and last empires housed millions of people, and most importantly, the walls managed to keep the Grimms out.

While Salem tried to confront the gods, the royal family had other problems during those moments, but to know that you have to delve deeper into the history of the royal family, which would begin to be very murky.

During the reign of the tenth king, he decided to create a group of guardians who would serve solely to protect and defend the royal family for generations. It was not a group of people chosen at random, it was an entire family that was chosen for this purpose. A family with special combat capabilities, they were able to kill ordes of enemies in just seconds. But his true ability was more reflected when fighting the creatures of the Grimm; they could easily be finished off with a single slash to the head of their powerful luminous swords.

The Grays, that was the surname of that incredible family, one of the greatest characteristics of them was that the youngest members when they reached the age of 18 their hair began to turn gray, which gave much more meaning to their surname. .

The reason for his great power was that his powers were very strong and different from the rest. In those times people were beginning to know how the aura worked, and some people began to have powers, which later would be known as "appearance" or "semblance" as others call it.

What differentiated the Gray family from the rest of the people was that their portraits were extremely simple but at the same time very lethal. Basically their semblances, combined with their special swords, created the power of the elements. It is known that each member of the family had a different element, that of lightning or electricity which was considered the most powerful among them, that of fire, that of wind, that of rock, that of ice, that of water and that of steam.

Surely these elements are familiar to you, yes, they are the same elements that are found in the Dust fragments today. It is believed that basically the semblance of the Gray family was to use the power of these elements and use them to fight, but to become more powerful, they created special swords for them that combined the basic metal to create weapons, and an intense amount of magic, for each sword, for each Gray that had the same element.

Nobody knew why their swords did not break or explode, many believed that it had to do with their semblances since being compatible with swords, they could use them at ease without repercussions. Or probably because a wizard did it, literally.

The Gray family was very powerful, they were already lethal using only their wits and hands, the swords only increased their combat abilities to an unimaginable point for those times. The origin of this family is not very clear, however, no one could doubt their abilities.

The lightning user for example, could run and move at great speeds that were almost imperceptible to the eye. But with his sword, he could cut and defeat enemies with movements so swift that not even the most trained saw him coming. You could see him a hundred meters from you and in less than a second he had already cut off your head. This is why the lightning user was considered the most powerful among the family.

They were an extremely powerful family, even at times far exceeding the power of the royal family. But still the Grays protected and served the royal Beaker family for many years.

However, not everything is perfect in them, the family had a strange syndrome that made them docile to people. Especially those people they loved or trusted. It was believed that if you managed to reach the heart of a Gray, it would be willing to serve you and be by your side until the day he dies. The family became known about this syndrome when they agreed to be the guards of the royal family.

The 10th King of Remnant at the time, King Argus Baker, initially offered them money for their services, however the Grays didn't care about money, only protecting the royal family. Needless to say, the old Argus was seriously out of place.

The Grays greatly admired the royal family, they were so happy that they were the ones to rule Remnant, they were always fair in their decisions, they were always fair to everyone, and their actions always brought peace to the kingdom. The Grays viewed the royal family as kind-hearted, kind people who loved their people. That was reason enough to serve the Remnant royal family, all because of their admiration syndrome, or maybe they were just very selfless good people.

But at least they were happy. Or so they said, while others saw them as strange people for the reason why they agreed to work for the Bakers.

The Grays saw 5 generations of the royal family pass, for many years there were days of prosperity between both families, the generations of the Grays and the Bakers passed and nothing changed between them. They always got along well, even the Bakers already considered the Grays as members of the family and more than bodyguards or dogs who were only there to serve. The Bakers loved the Grays, and the Grays loved the Bakers and served them too.

It was a system that made both sides very happy despite what the others thought, they were at peace and no one tried to refuse the king's requests as long as they were noble.

Perhaps the world was ravaged by the Grimms, but the Grays would always be there to protect Remnant on behalf of the humans and the king.

There was peace in the world, until that woman arrived.

A strange woman named Salem came to the kingdom one day, recklessly walking through the castle gates. Not only did she simply enter royal soil without permission or petition, but she requested an audience with the fifteenth King of that time, King Arcued Baker. Salem asked Arcued for an alliance to defeat the gods of light and darkness. She told him that they had the power to do it, that they were just insignificant rats compared to them, if they used all the power they had at hand they could kill them. By doing so they could steal power from the gods and become immortal just like she did.

Obviously when she referred to power she was talking about the most powerful weapon in the kingdom, the Grays.

The whole family thought that King Arcued would flatly refuse such a thing, because facing the gods, their creators, was stupid because there was no one in the world with the power to create and destroy to face them. But unfortunately the tables did not turn as they thought.

Arcued agreed to Salem's plan to the great horror and dismay of the Grays, at which time they felt that something very bad was going to happen between them if Arcued did not retract his decision.

So it was. It must be remembered that the heart of man is very manipulable.

Then-lightning user Marcus Gray tried to persuade Arcued that what they were going to do was wrong, of course the king refused to listen to Marcus and nothing he said mattered to him.

Their discussion became heated, and almost to the point of blows if it weren't for others intervening. Both sides felt betrayed, Arcued was confident that the Grays would follow them to the end even if it meant going to war against the gods. Marcus felt not only betrayed, he also felt saddened by the fate that would await the royal family.

While that was happening, the rest of the Grays walked between the houses of the Remnant kingdom to tell them about the plan that Arcued had in mind, they explained with reason that fighting with the gods was wrong and that in addition to being a terrible idea, it would only bring doom. to the world and to them. Most of the people decided to believe in the Grays, however there were many others who ignored and went to support King Arcued.

The Grays were at least relieved that they had saved some people from doom. But Arcued didn't take it well.

Arcued imposed punishment on his most loyal followers for refusing to obey his orders, and in an act that would become the cause of much misery for many years, Arcued banished the Grays from Remnant and all of Remnant's followers. he. Forever.

Nobody knows very well how the Grays took it during that time, it is only known that they took some ships to transport all the innocent citizens and sailed without a fixed course, abandoning what they considered a family. With hearts filled with sadness and helplessness, they left the lands where they were born.

The rest is already known.

Even without their best weapons, Arcued and Salem went to fight the gods with what little army they had. It was a massacre, the humans died, the god of darkness annihilated them all in the blink of an eye. Just leaving two people, Salem and Arcued Baker.

The gods of light and darkness made a decision, they left that world, not before the god of darkness destroyed the moon. That left Arcued and Salem alone condemned to be in a desolate world where only the grimms lived, Salem did not get revenge from him, and Arcued was left alone, without a kingdom, without a family, and without friends. He was lonely and angry.

And the rest is history.

Unknown place, hundreds of years ago.

The only thing he could see around him was a pure white that stretched all over the place and seemed to have no end, Marcus Gray was standing there completely confused by how he had come to this strange and hilarious place. He first he was lying in his makeshift bed and now he was here, was it a dream? Had they killed him while he slept?

He walked around the place a bit and realized that it was so silent that he could even hear his own footsteps, it seemed that there was no other way of life in this place, he put his hands on his hips and looked around looking for some explanation of What was happening.

"Marcus" he heard a voice coming from behind him, instinctively he put a hand on his sword scabbard ... only to find that he didn't bring it with him.

"Shit" he cursed under his breath.

A few seconds later a yellow-colored being emerged that had the shape of a formidable man with antlers on its head, it was very large, more than twice the size of him.

Marcus's eyes widened as he realized who he was "Y-You are ... the god of light" he said.

The god of light nodded "That's right. Marcus, I've come here to talk to you about something very important."

Marcus nodded obediently, ready to listen to everything the god was going to say.

"First of all, I have noticed that you and your brothers have found a new home"

He nodded "Yes, we sailed for many days but we finally managed to find an island to settle down ... and maybe start over" he said looking at the ground with a shadowed look.

"There is something important that I must tell you. It is about Arcued and Salem" at this Marcus's eyes began to be curious.

"They are the only humans left in Remnant" said the god of light with a sad tone.

Marcus gasped and his face only showed shock at the revelation "W-what? Did everyone really die fighting them?"

The god sadly nodded "Yes, you can blame my brother for being the cause of the destruction of humanity. But you must know that it was necessary, the hearts of all of them were corrupted, they even came to face us with blind courage"

"However, my brother's attack did not reach you, because I did not allow it"

Marcus was confused by what he said "What do you mean? Did you save us? Why?"

The god of light was silent for a moment before replying "Because you guys did nothing wrong, you were against everything Arcued and Salem planned, you even decided to save several other innocents who would only be affected by this provocation. "

Marcus said nothing and the god of light continued speaking "That's why in the last second before the attack reached you, I created an invisible shield that would protect you. It worked and as one more reward, I created the island on the that now you are living "

Marcus was surprised and it was very noticeable in his eyes that they were wide "Did you create it for us?" he knelt before the god of light "I really appreciate it, thank you for giving us a new chance to live and for saving us. You don't know how much I appreciate it."

The god of light shook his head "No Marcus, thanks to you" the Gray raised his head to see the god clearly confused "You and your brothers made many people see reason and managed to save them from imminent death, they saved my creation and I am very grateful to you "

Marcus just smiled "No need, it's what we do best, help people"

The god nodded pleased by his response, but then seemed to take a more serious tone as at first "Also ... there is something else I must tell you"

"What is it?"

"It's a revelation. As you know, my brother created the Grimm's creatures, while I created humans and the beautiful life on the planet. But I made a slight change when I created certain people."

The god of light pointed his finger at Marcus "You and your family are a direct creation of be more precise, I created them differently, stronger and more agile than normal humans, I gave them powers that they would use to the good. And so it was, until now you have been my best creation, despite all the power you have, you have not been carried away by power and greed "

Marcus's mind was very overloaded now by so much important information that they are receiving, first from Arcued and Remnant, and now he discovers that they are a direct creation of the god of light, could this be more impressive?

"However" continued the god of light "The power that you possess is not perfect, it has its flaws like everyone else, you needed some kind of emitter that would enhance your powers to use them to their full potential. So I created it, but I created it in a human form at the beginning"

"In who?" Marcus asked, but then he got to thinking a bit, then when reality hit him he couldn't help but gasp in amazement "Don't tell me what it is ..."

"Yes, the Baker family" said the god. "I needed a transmitter that you guys were attached to, or at least within a 250-kilometer radius. But I think it was enough to be loyal to them, that's why I created the Bakers, I knew that in the future you would become very close, and that's why they became the light that would make you stronger. Unfortunately, that light is now out of his reach, and it's because of the decisions he made. But now I can change that. "

The god of light extended his two palms forward, a bright light came out of there and momentarily blinded Marcus, a few seconds later the light stopped and Marcus could see what the God of light had in his hands. It was a kind of sphere the size of a ball, at first glance it seemed that it was made of glass, it had very strange colors, it glowed red and black with a touch of purple. He reminded Marcus a lot of Arcued, since that was the color of his appearance. Well, that was practically the color of the royal family's appearance.

"Arcued is no longer close to you, and your relationship with him is probably irreparable, but now you have this. This artifact will be what will enhance your powers from now on, in addition, it is compatible with the island where you are now, for which does not matter if they are to the other side of the island, the sphere will still be able to help them "

The sphere levitated in the air and reached Marcus's hands, he took it and could feel that the sphere was a little heavy, almost like a rock.

When he returned to see the god of light in front he was no longer to Marcus's great surprise "Wait, don't go!"

"Marcus" his voice echoed throughout the white space "I left you alive in the hope that you do not make the same mistakes as others, humanity is surprising, this is a second chance, use it well. There will be many difficulties in it. future for all of you, magic will no longer exist from now on and Remnant will be rebuilt, but it will only be a third of what it once was, I know you will manage to hold on despite all the difficulties. Goodbye "

With nothing more to say, everything fell silent, until suddenly everything went dark. And Marcus woke up.

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Notes: very good, second chapter for this story, here I show a bit of context that is very important for this fanfic. There is much that has not yet been told but as the story goes on, many things will be discovered, because if I told you everything suddenly, the rest would become boring.

I hope you are interested, questions remain like:

What happened to Arcued and his offspring?

What happened to the Grays?

How will it affect the world of Remnant?

We'll find out ... someday.

Remember that this is the English version, I translate it with the google translator app, that is why there are spelling errors such as words that probably do not make sense or paragraphs with an extra space, semicolons that go together, etc. I recommend that if you are interested in this story, just go to my Wattpad profile and look for the Spanish version, then translate the page with the google translator to read it on the web but in your language.

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