I was sitting on a bench outside of a police station.
'It's time.' I thought, taking the final sip of a cola i got earlier this day.
Crushing it in my hand i through it in a trash can and walked towards the station hesitantly.
After all, i'm going to die.
Just like my father, I am going to enter my first rift trail and die.
But unlike my father, no one cared enough for me to kill them self like my mother did, not like i would want some to kill themself for me but.
I entered the police station, and was greeted with a terrible smell.
The walls were covered by a strange navy blue liquid, blood, Rift beast blood.
"Hey kid! What are you doing here?" a voice called out.
A police officer sat across from me, he looked around thirty-five and was covered in the same blue blood.
In reply, i took a jeweled amulet out of my pocket and showed it to him.
The jewel was black, and had white symbol in the middle of it.
The officer stared at me for a moment deadpan and shook his head.
"Your name?" He asked, taking a pen and paper from a desk.
"Grey." I replied.
"Age?"
"Fifteen."
"Damn, your young." He said, writing down the information.
"Time till teleportion?" he asked looking at me.
I looked at a rune only visible to me and said:
"One minute."
***
I was now sitting in a white, armored room.
After informing the officers that my time was low, he rushed to explain to me to me about the essentials of survival in the Rift realm.
He told me that the first thing i should do is to check my Authority and class, them try figuring out what the trail was about.
That was obvious, but i couldn't blame him. I was the one who wanted to the last moment to come to the station.
I looked at the rune which was now counting down from five.
[5]
[4]
[3]
[2]
[1]
As soon as the timer ended, the fabric of reality seemed to tear, and i felt a strong force pulling me towards it.
After a while of struggling against the force, i was pulled through the Rift entirely.
***
Darkness, i was surrounded by complete and utter darkenss.
Expect for a large, Black, floating sphere, which shown with a faint white light.
[Chosen! Prepare for your first trial]
A vioce called from the direction of my core.
As soon as i heared it i went to work.
Summoning the runes i focused on my information.
Name: -
Authority: [Child of shadow]
Authority feature:[Shadow helper],[Shadow weapon],[Shadow embrace]
My eyes widened as i continued reading
Curse:[???]
"What!" I screamed in the endless black void.
"A Curse, i got a fucking Curse!"
After a bit of panic, i calmed down, and read the description of every rune.
[Child of shadow] description: The shadows recognize you as a descendant.
[Shadow helper] description: Your shadow can be used as a scout.
'Interesting.'
[Shadow weapon]description: Your shadow can be manifested into any weapon.
'So i don't have to worry about weapons, that's good.'
[Shadow embrace] description: In the embrace of shadow you are unrecognizable.
With the voice stared talking again.
[Chosen! your trial is beginning]
[5]
[4]
[3]
[2]
[1]
As soon as the count down ended, another tear in the fabric of reality appeared in the black void, this time however i didn't resist.
I entered my first trial.