91 Origins (1/2)
The family were all in the sea, playing together. Dorian's grandma had even taken a ball from the house so they were all playing together. At some point though, Dorian felt someone trying to invade his mind. Instinctively, he tried to resist, but then felt the mind power was familiar.
Moreover, it was so strong that any defense he put in place was useless before it. And yet, it didn't try to barge in. So Dorian opened his defenses, and sent in his mind. Still, he left a part of his consciousness behind to operate his body, that was something he learned to do thanks to his 30 in Intelligence.
Inside his mind, Dorian saw the hundreds of spirits were roaming aimlessly around his Mind Palace. As for Tibo, he was sleeping against the small Mind Palace. But then, Dorian felt a newcomer.
There, in the sky, a giant hammer that seemed to be made of the finest steel descended. From it, Dorian heard his grandfather's voice ”Dorian, I see you know the Mind Arts too, that will make things easier.”
Dorian felt conflicted about his grandfather, because in his heart that was still his kind elderly grandfather, but his paranoia from Dreamland also made him wary. Still, Dorian tried to force the paranoia away and replied ”Papy, I didn't expect you to be a Dreamer as well.”
The hammer suddenly started transforming until morphing into Dorian's grandfather. Benjamin smiled and said ”On the contrary, I expected one of you kids to become one eventually.”
Dorian manipulated the dark matter around and created two simple chairs, and transformed into his human form too. The two sat and Dorian asked ”How?”
Benjamin said nothing, but suddenly a pair of wings appeared on his back. Dorian recognized them as the Angel wings he too had. Benjamin said ”Your bloodline is too scarce to feel it, but with my level of bloodline I can feel you have awakened yours… How did you awaken it?”
Dorian didn't answer, and instead asked ”How long have you been a Dreamer?” Benjamin laughed and said ”If you wonder whether I am still your grandfather, then yes I am. I entered Dreamland in 1756.”
Dorian froze in shock. Seeing his reaction, Benjamin laughed and said ”I know, what a surprise! But now you know that I have always been the same since you were born. Since your father was born. Actually, I met your grandmother when I was there.”
Dorian sighed and said ”Mamie is a Dreamer too… How old is she, if that isn't too indiscreet? Also, am I also your grand kid, or great great grand kid or something?”
Benjamin shook his head and said ”Your grandmother was born in 1798. And you really are my sole grandson, your father was our first child. For a long time we have feared having a kid due to how Dreamland is.”
Dorian lowered his head and asked ”Before I tell you what happened to me, can you tell me a bit of yours and grandma please?”
Benjamin laughed and said ”Sure. Well to begin, I was born in 1736, my father was a blacksmith and I learned from him. When I turned 20, I was introduced to Dreamland. There, I gradually became stronger, but I can't tell you much about that. What I can tell you though, was that I played a pretty big part in the revolution. As well as in Robespierre's death. Actually, Robespierre was a Dreamer too, and he tried to kill me because of some petty problems… That ended with his death, as you know.”
Dorian tilted his head and asked ”Wasn't he decapitated?” Benjamin smiled and said ”Do you know about the Hope Empire?” Dorian nodded ”A bit, I know the basics.”
Benjamin continued ”Well, know that behind every influential leader, there was the Hope Empire. So changing history isn't that hard. After Robespierre's death, I started hanging out with Napoleon, we did a couple missions together for the Hope Empire and rose in the ranks. He was even given the position of Emperor, which he liked quite a bit. Unfortunately, he was killed by an enemy world…”