All Chapters of False heroes : Chapter 1
- Chapter 10
11 chapters
The nobody
Gabriel Stone had perfected the art of invisibility.At fifteen he'd spend three years at Heroic Dawn Academy mastered only one skill: how to walk through the hallway without drawing attention, how to sit in class without being called upon,how to exist without really existing at all. This wasn't magic in fact he had noneEvery student at the academy wore a special collar that displayed their rank through different lights , blue for the top hundred heroes in waiting, white for the decent ones, yellow for the managing student and red for failures. Gabriel's collar had glowed red for so long he had forgotten what hope looked like while it was still on.He ranked 847 out of 850 “ There he is… the ghost boy” someone whispered as he hurried down the hallway towards breakfast. He kept his head down throughout clutching his book tightly if only he could make it to the dining hall without.“Stone!!”Gabriel's heart sank. That voice belonged to Thane Morrison, a third year student with perfe
The deeper dark
Gabriel followed the strange light deeper into the Academy’s forgotten basement levels. The air grew colder with each step, and the stone walls seemed older here. His footsteps echoed strangely as if the hallway was larger than it appeared. He should turn back. He knew that very well. Students weren't supposed to be in the basement levels after dark, and he was probably lost already. But something about the gentle glow drew him forward like a moth to flame. At least here I can't embarrass myself in front of anyone, he thought bitterly. The hallway ended at a heavy metal door marked with several warning signs in different languages. Gaberiel could only read the common tongue version :AUTHORIZE PERSONNEL ONLY - DANGEROUS MAGICAL EXPERIMENTS- REPORT UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS IMMEDIATELY.” The light was coming from behind the door Gabriel pressed his ear against the cold metal. Silence. But beneath the silence, he could swear he heard something else ….. faint whispers. His hands moved t
The fusion
The world became chaos Gabriel felt something pour into him before his last breath, something like liquid fire, ice, and razor blades all at once. His consciousness shattered and reformed in the space between heartbeats. For a ferrying moment, he wasn't Gabriel stone anymore he was everyone and no one, ancient and young, powerful and empty.BREATH, commanded a voice that was his but wasn't. FOCUS, ordered another SURVIVE, demanded a third Gabriel’s eyes snapped open. The laboratory was in ruins around him. Where the three crystals had stood, only twisted metal and melted stone remained. Magical energy crackled through the air like miniature lighting. And three security guards…. All unconscious, thrown against the wall by the explosion. But they were breathing. Alive“We could have killed them”, said a voice in Gabriel’s head soulrender hungry and sharp. It would have been easier.“Easier isn't always better”, replied Umbrix voice cold yet present. The boy chose mercy; we should
The new normal
Gabriel woke up to the familiar sound of lightning. It was his roommate Marcus practicing. For a moment, he laid still with his eyes closed, listening to the familiar cracks of electricity. The memory seemed distant now, like something that had happened to someone else. Which, in a way, it had. Good morning, Umbrix’s voice whispered in his mind, gentle as shadow at dawnReady for your first day as something more than human? Echo asked with dark amusement.Try not to kill anyone accidentally, Soulrender added cheerfully.Gabriel sat up slowly, testing his body. He felt … different. Stronger, more aware. His vision was sharper, his hearing more acute. When Marcus’s lightning crackled, he could see the magical energy itself, not just the effects of the blue white thread of power dancing between his roommate fingers. You're up early,Marcus said without turning around. He was Gabriel’s age but was built like a young ox, with the kind of natural magic talent that made everything look eff
A crack in the mask
Three days remained until the ranking battles, and Gabriel was beginning to understand why most people couldn't survive history, even one ancient entity, let alone three. It wasn't the power that was the problem. It was the dream.Every night, he lives through memories that weren't his. Umbrix’s centuries guarding the spaces between worlds, watching civilization rise and fall in the void between dimensions, Echo showed him flashes of ruling from the throne made of crystalized starlight, commanding armies that spanned multiple realities. And Soulrender’s fragment… Those dreams were the worst. Endless cutting, slicing through everything matter, energy, souls, the very concept of existence itself.Gabriel woke each morning feeling like he'd lived a thousand lifetimes, his fifteen years old mind struggling to contain tons of experience.You’re adapting faster than expected, Umbi observed as Gabriel sat in the back row of combat theory class, trying to stay awake. Most hosts would break w
The gathering storm
Two days until the ranking battles, and the Academy buzzed with nervous energy.Gabriel sat alone at his usual table in the dining hall, eating his breakfast while chaos spinned around him. Students clustered in excited groups, placing final bets and making predictions. The odds against him had risen by ten fifty to one that he'd land a single hit, a hundred to one that he'd last more than thirty seconds.They have no idea what's coming, Soulrender purred with vicious satisfaction.Neither do you, Umbrix replied grimly. We've barely had four days to integrate. Using our power in combat this soon is dangerous.Dangerous for whom? Echo asked with dark amusement. The boy, or everyone else? That was the question keeping Gabriel awake at night. The dreams were more vivid, more overwhelming. Last night he'd dreamed he was Echo himself, standing on a mountain of crystalized souls while dimensions burned around him. He'd women up with frost covering his window and shadow writing on his bedr
The day before
One day until the ranking battles, and Gabriel Stone was losing his mind.He sat in the Academy’s library, surrounded by the dusty books on basic combat theory, while the three entities argued about the strategy. Other students gave his comer a wide berth partly because he was still the failure they knew, but mostly because the temperature had dropped ten degrees and shadows kept moving whenever he didn't pay attention.We should end this quickly, Soulrender urged for the hundredth time. One cut through his defenses, sliced him from his shoulder to hip.We want to win the wager, not start a war with the federation. A simple strike enough to prove our point would be enough. Umbrix countered. You're both thinking too small, Echo said with cold amusement. This is about one arrogant boy. This is a message to the others.Gabriel pressed his palms against his temples, trying to quiet the voices. The dream has been getting worse. Last night he found himself sleepwalking, standing in the Aca
The battle begins
The morning of the ranking battles was cold and gray, with storm clouds pressing down on Heroic Dawn Academy. Gabriel stood at his window, watching students stream toward the combat arena in excitement. His reflection stared back still the same thing fifteen years old but his eyes held depths that hadn't been there before. Today's the day huh.., Echo said with satisfaction Today we reveal just enough, Umbrix corrected. Remember, we want to win, not expose ourselves completely.Today we cut, Soulrender's fragment added eagerly. Finally, finally, we get to cut something.Gabriel pressed his forehead against the cool glass. His hands were steady, his heart calm. The nervousness that should be consuming him was nowhere to be found. In its place a cold certainly terrified him more than anxiety could have.You ready for this?"Gabriel turned to find Marcus watching him with concern. He was already dressed in his academy uniform, lightning crackling faintly around his fingers, a nervous ha
The power revealed
The silence that followed Gabriel's transformation stretched for three heartbeats that felt like eternity. Rain drummed against the arena's protective dome, and in that crystalline moment, fifteen hundred people tried to process what they'd just witnessed.Then chaos erupted.“IMPOSSIBLE!” Someone shouted from the stands.“He was tested! Three years of testing!” "What the hell is he ?” Thane stumbled backward, his face a mask of shock and growing fear. The confident predator who had entered the arena was gone, replaced by a boy who suddenly understood he'd concerned something far more dangerous than he'd ever imagined. Now they see, Echo purred with satisfaction. Now they understand what real power looks like. Careful, Umbrix warned. We've revealed ourselves. Every move from here will be watched and analyzed. Gabriel felt the power flowing through him like liquid night controlled, focused, but cast as an ocean. His void sight showed him everything: Thane's hammering heartbeat, th
chapter 10: consequences
Gabriel had exactly seventeen minutes of peace before the Academy guards came for him He spent those minutes in an empty classroom on the third floor, sitting by a window and watching rain streak down after the glass. The storm had grown stronger after his fight with Thane, as if the weather itself was responding to the power he'd unleashed “They're coming for us, " Umbrix observed and would have reported what they saw.‘Let them try to cage us again,”Soulrender's fragment hissed eagerly.Violence will only make things worse, Echo said. We need to be smart about this.Gabriel pressed his forehead against the cool glass. “I shouldn't have revealed so much. Everyone's afraid of me now” Fear is better than being laughed at, Echo replied coldly. Footsteps in the hallway. Multiple sets, moving with purple. Gabriel's enhanced hearing picked up the soft rustle of protective gear and the quiet of magical weapons being held. The classroom door burst open. Six Academy guards entered, their