Chapter 4 Broken Soul

Cameron: “Well guess the cats out of the bag now; really hope I don’t have to make a run for it.” I whispered to myself as the screen finally transcribed itself on the plate and got absorbed into my body.

After this had occurred I took a few steps back and looked around as everyone was either staring at where the screen had been or at me.

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Mom: “Dear, did that just say what I think it did?”

Dad: “I believe it did, I told you he was special.”

Lily, June and Jane: “No way, I’m the big sister of a hero, so cool.”

Cameron’s three sisters were the first ones to start clapping and soon after joined by their parents in the slowly increasing slow clap which soon started to spread.

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Clapping just started coming from the area I could smell my family from, and soon the entire stadium was clapping and cheering than they had for anyone else so far. The anxiety I was feeling about the silence soon dissipated and Mick joined me in the center of the stage and patted me on the back.

Mick: “And I thought I was going to make you feel bad since I got potential hero as my profession, guess you did deserve to go last Cameron.” Mick said as he started to walk away.

I stopped him by putting my hand around his shoulder and whispered to him as I started to wave to the crowd.

Cameron: “Mick, they are cheering for both of us, so just stand here and wave.” I then turned to the crowd and waved some more with a huge smile on my face.

Mick thought for a second before putting this hand on my shoulder and waving with his other as his face also broke out in a massive grin. As this was happening one of the people working the ceremony came next to us and told us to turn around and salute the lord and saluted first so we could copy him. The salute involved putting our right hand over our heart as a fist, and to then to make a slight bow while doing so. Mick and I released each other’s shoulders and turned around and saw that there was a special viewing area in the stands behind the stage. I had never noticed it earlier since it was hard to see unless you were on the stage, but who would be looking that direction. Mick and I saluted the stands and saw the inhabitants of the private box seats stand up and continue to cheer. From the stage they looked as they might be lion type Beasts but I couldn’t quite tell what they were, only that there was five of them, with 3 being children. The attendant then told us that the lord wanted to have an audience with us and our families and I said yes immediately. Mick thought about it for a few seconds before he said yes as well and we were lead out of the stadium.

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We had been escorted out of the stadium and were waiting with some guards for our parents. The guards were just there to give us some space from the crowd coming out of the stadium who might want to interact with us before our parents were with us. There was also a female attendant waiting with so that we would be a little calmer with everything going on.

Mick: “Hey Cameron, I never saw you have any crimson fur while we were taking the test, did I just not see it in the room?” I still hadn’t seen myself in any type of mirror or had even looked inside my shirt to see if any fur there had changed as well.

Cameron: “I didn’t have any before I passed the test. It must have changed when I channeled mana and it might have to do with my blessing.” Mick responded with an “ah” as we waited for our parents to meet up with us before we went to see the lord.

It wasn’t long before our families found us, with mine being first, or more specifically my big sister Lily who came running up to hug me.

Lily: “Wow you’re a hero Cameron, since I’m your big sister if you become lord one day then that makes me a queen.” I almost told Lily she sounded more like a little sister than a big one but decided against it as the twins were the next to arrive.

Jane: “Hey little brother, congratulating on being a hero. Turns out dad wasn’t wrong when he said you were special.” As she said this she scratched behind my wolf ears which felt absolutely amazing. Now I know why dogs like this back on Earth.

June: “Hey Cameron, who’s your really cute friend over there?” she motioned at Mick while she said this.

Cameron: “Well June this is my friend Mick, who was the potential hero who was right before me in the ceremony. Mick these are my sisters June, Jane, and Lily.”

Mick: “N-Nice to meet you all.” Mick blushed as he said this which just made him catch June’s attention even more.

June: “Well you really are just a heroic little cutie.” She said as she ruffled his hair and scratched behind his ears as well which just made Mick’s face go even redder.

This scene elicited some chuckles and giggles from the male and female guardsmen near us. About a minute later both Mick’s parents and my parents were with us and we started heading to see the lord.

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We were taken to the throne room of the castle that belonged to the Lord of Beasts, and he was already there with his family waiting for us. They were all lion type Beasts and instead of a lion’s mane similar to those back on Earth the lord’s mane was only on top of his head, so it looked like hair. Also in the throne room was the queen, the prince, who was five and the twin princesses who were about a year and a half old.

Lord: “Well I guess I should congratulate you two on being lucky enough to have been born with 4 and 5 affinities. The four affinity at birth has only occurred for one other Beast demihuman in history so congratulations on your luck Mick Richards.” Mick’s human father patted him on the shoulder and gave him a look of pride which was mimicked by his fox demihuman mother who was next to his father. The lord then looked at me and continued to speak. “As for you Cameron Shadowfur, you are the first born hero the Beast tribe has ever had, and as far as our academics know, the first demihuman or even sentient being to have a fifth affinity. While I know some of my advisors think your chaos affinity might not be a good thing since it is said to be highly destructive, others have said that it also represents change and an end to stagnation. I chose to believe you represent the latter of these two.”

Cameron: “I hope so too your lordship.” The attendant that was with us while waiting for our families had given us a crash course on royal etiquette.

Lord: “Well I have two requests for both of you children. The first is that you and your families move to the castle island and start school immediately with my two daughters who both have three affinities. I can compensate your parents should the move interfere with what they do for a living, since if you go to school here you will be just learning with my daughters and have instructors of each element. I would like to foster the talents of both of you to see how far and powerful you both become in the future since it will bring pride to all Beasts. I wouldn’t even mind if one of you becomes the next lord or Demon King.”

‘Wait, Demon King?!?! Just what the hell have I gotten myself into?’

Lord: “I would also like both of you to join the royal guard, more specifically the queens-guard unit. This unit is responsible for the protection of the queen and princesses of the current lord. I will give you a little time to discuss this with your families before you answer. On another note, Cameron I’m guessing you reincarnated with some memories of your old life, most likely from a world different from ours?” As he said this he gave me a look of curiosity.

This caught me off-guard since I didn’t think they would even know about reincarnation and started to look at the guards in the room to see if they were making any moves toward me.

Lord: “Don’t look so worried Cameron, we believe in reincarnation since you are most definitely not the first or last on this world. In fact reincarnating with memories intact and transporting beings from other universes is quite common both currently and in our world’s history and has been studied quite a bit. We believe that all sentient beings are reincarnated souls, just usually without their memories so don’t think you stole your body. The only thing I don’t know about is your status as a broken soul since that and your chaos affinity are the only things we demihumans have never seen before. So what do you two say to that offer?”

While all of this was going on my three sisters were murmuring something to themselves when Lily made a sudden outburst.

Lily: “Wait we want to get taught with brother too, and join the queens-guard too.” The twins stepped up behind Lily and nodded their heads as well. They had always been a bit shy and Lily was the most talkative of the family.

A small trace of annoyance went across the lord’s face before he decided to speak.

Lord: “You can’t just join the royal guard just because of your brother’s status. What makes you think you deserve the same treatments as possible Demon King?” The lord was controlling himself since he looked like he had wanted to yell that at my sisters.

All this did was cause my sisters to snicker a little before Lily responded.

Lily: “Because the three of us have the Dire Wolf transformation ability.” As she said this my three sisters put on some very proud faces for girls who weren’t quite old enough to start schooling.

The statement my sister made surprised the lord and everyone else in the room expect Mick and I since they hadn’t said anything about that form earlier. He looked over at me to see if I knew and all I could respond with was shrug my shoulders in an “I don’t know” gesture.

Mom: “Girls, when did you learn to do elemental transformations, much less that form? All me and your father taught you was how to use the ice and shadow elements.”

Jane: “Well we had been practicing in secret to surprise you two and Cameron if he had passed today.”

Lord: “I’m going to need some proof of what you girls are saying if I’m going to believe it since the Dire Wolf form hasn’t been see in over 400 years.”

Lily: “I will show you but first I need a little space to do this.” She motioned for the families in the room to back up some as she walked to the center of the room.

Lily put her two hand together in what looked like a prayer shape as she closed her eyes and a dark mist started to cover her body. The mist started at her hands and slowly progressed until it had covered her entire body and Lily could not be seen in the smoky mist. All of a sudden the mist moved outward and quickly dissipated within a foot of my now black furred sister. She was now standing in what I guess is a battle stance with hands now apart and looking like she was ready to pounce on her prey.

I had yet to see someone take on the frost wolf form so I wasn’t sure how this compared to it, but I have to admit my big sister looked kind of badass even if she didn’t have any clothes on now for some reason. Her fur which is normally gray and fluffy was now black and spiked back and downward, at least along her back which is all I could see. The spikes of fur were moving slightly even though Lily was standing still and each one also seemed to be releasing nearly invisibly streams of the black smoky mist from earlier. The mist being release made Lily look as if she had an aura of darkness coming from her, which in a way she did, and also slightly distorted the air near her.

Lily: “Is this proof enough that we can join our brother to learn?” She said in a excited little sister voice that instantly changed the badass vibes she was giving off to cute little sister vibes. She then dispelled the form which caused her black fur to become the dark mist and dissipate the same way as when she had transformed into her dire wolf form. She turned to look my parents and I and smiled. “See little brother, even if you are a hero we still won’t lose to you in rarity of skills.” She then giggled a little as she headed back to us and also stuck her tongue out at me as she did so just to tease me.

The lord and everyone else in the room, with the exception of Mick, my sisters and I, had a look of shock on their face from seeing my sister’s transformation. The lord was the first one to snap out of the shocked state and turned to the two princesses and asked them a question that might explained how me and Mick were chosen for the royal guard.

Lord: “So what did you think girls? Do you want them to join your guard and also go to lessons with you along with the two boys?” The two girls excitedly shook their heads up and down. Guess they were the ones who picked Mick and me, not the lord. “Well why don’t you two introduce yourselves.” The lord motioned for the girls to stand up and do so.

???: “Hello there my name is Natasha, I look forward to having you as classmates.” She had light tan fur that reminded of some female lioness character from an animated movie that’s name escapes me.

???: “My name is Sarah and I look forward to class and possibly becoming friends with you all.” She had light orange fur that was like lions back on my original world.

Lord: “Well I take it that the answer from both of you boys is a yes?”

Mick and I looked at each other then at the lord and responded in unison while also doing the formal bow we learned earlier.

Mick & Cameron: “Yes my lord, we would be honored.”

Lord: “Well that’s great, and I guess that ends this meeting. I will have some of my staff show you to your new rooms and your parents can start working out the details for moving. Cameron I have one of our researchers here who will take you to the grand library to meet with our head researcher to talk with you about your reincarnation and broken soul status. I would also like to invite you all to dine with my family tonight since I think we will get be getting to know each other very well pretty soon.”

The lord stood up as a rabbit beast girl maid walked in to show the way for Mick’s family and a cat girl maid came to show the way for my family. I was approached by a 5 foot tall mouse type demihuman who was wearing glasses and wearing a stereotypical intellectual profession’s outfit from medieval times. He told me he was there to take me to meet the head researcher and separate from the others since he told everyone it was more comfortable for me to talk about this without them, which was right.

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On the way to the library we passed a hall way that was filled with a lot of small rooms that only contained a bed. As we passed one with a closed door I could hear a female moaning and a male talking dirty to her. My guide turned around to see the look of horror on my face and just chuckled and said that I would learn about the “rumpus rooms” in school.

We soon reached the library and the mouse man opened the door motioned for me to go inside first. When I got inside I saw a massive library that looked like it had come out of a fantasy movie. I had always liked knowledge and this place had tons of it, literally. It wasn’t long before a 5 foot 6 swamp rabbit lady came over to me.

???: “You must be the hero Cameron, my name is Stephanie and I’m the head researcher and librarian here.”

The rabbit woman had bent over to have her face more on my level and since she was dressed like a sexy librarian with her top buttons undone because of her DD size breasts, I got a good look at them. While I might not have seen any nipple I still got a good look and the sight should have made me rock solid but nothing was happening downstairs which started freaking me out a little. All I could do during this time was nod my head and make an invisible blush due to my black and crimson fur. She smiled and stood back up straight and addressed the mouse that had led me here.

Stephanie: “Hey did you see the other two on your way here?”

Guide: “They were trying to conceive when we walked past the room they were using.”

The rabbit face palmed and sighed.

Stephanie: “I know their trying really hard to have a child and since she just went into heat I’ll just talk to Cameron myself, so could you go do their job for them?” My guide just nodded and headed into the library which made Stephanie turn her attention back to me. Unfortunately I was still starting at here rather impressive “features” with a puzzled look which caused her to giggle. “I’m guessing you were an adult when you died in your original world and you’re wondering why you can’t get a boner from these, right?” I couldn’t help being embarrassed and looked at the floor and shook my head for yes. I thought I was in trouble but she just giggled again and scratched behind my ears. “Demihumans only go into heat or get horny from their bonded mate. When you bond with a female you will be together for life. We don’t cheat on our spouses or any of that kind of stuff like the races of Mer.”

That explained why my dad never thought my mom had cheated on him when my coloring didn’t quite match theirs like all of my sisters’ fur does.

Stephanie: “Well let’s sit and talk about what we know about reincarnation and what your “broken soul” effect might be. From what we know people reincarnate here from other worlds quite often and usually have some knowledge from their past lives. When they are born it’s like they can completely remember their past life, but soon they forget most of it and just remember their skills, abilities, and knowledge that might be helpful. Your ID also said that you had the blessing of a god of chaos, do you remember anything about when you were reincarnated or about your old life?”

Cameron: “Now that you mention it I don’t really remember what happened after I died, just that I was supposed to do great things but was never able to. And I sometimes remember references to things from my old world, but not their names or why I know them. Also I think I was some kind of soldier since I know tactic and the feeling of killing someone, but not much else. I also only remember one name and face clearly. A woman named Alex. Other than that I feel like there is stuff missing that shouldn’t be and I feel like I have some of my original personality but not all of it. Hope that helps you ma’am.” I answered honestly since that really was all I could remember.

Stephanie: “All of that information is great so don’t worry about what you don’t remember. We have found out that you lose all information you don’t need for your new life as your soul gets accustomed to having a body different then it remembers and being in a world with magic. Since we have yet to have someone reincarnate with memories of a past life in a world that had magic. Well let me get a maid to come and guide you to where the rest of your family is staying, and I look forward to teaching you and the others since I’m going to be one of your teachers.” She then smiled and winked as she said this, then went and used some sort of magic device to call a maid to the library to come get me.

The rest of the day was a blur and the last thing I can remember is laying on the bed in my new private room and falling asleep immediately after the long day.

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Authors note: Hope this chapter answers some of the questions you might have had and also makes you ask new ones. The next chapter will actually have lore about the world itself so please don’t ask me a lot of questions about it just yet. Also since in this fiction there are multiple gods and goddesses of chaos so he does have a blessing from one of them, he just doesn’t remember which.