Lucy Diamond Heart

Chapter 1

Introduction

They say that families are like chocolate - mostly icecream with a hint of mint, bitter sweet as it goes. If only the history books had it better, than I wouldn't be in this situation. Me a fifteen year old working day in day out, self-studying in my own sufficient time. Yet.... What do I get?

Nothing....

Absolutely nothing.
I have no family of my own, well that's at least what I believe.
I have an auntie, maybe she's wise in her own way, but.....

I have no recollection whatsoever of any affection toward one another,
Just a visit every month is probably her only way of knowing that I'm at least alive.

I have no time for school or friends, maybe I'm over exaggerating. I know somewhere in my heart I do wish to have someone I can share my feelings with. A story where I'm the main character, adventurous and where I have many friends. That would be my ideal life.

My imagination can only satisfy my life as it goes, I may be weak in my mindset but on physical terms I believe I'm the strongest.
I do martial arts and swordsmanship. I've been doing it for the past five years. I decided that I would defend myself from the cruel, harsh world that seemed to want to go against me.

Friday

"Lucy..."

Who?

"Lucy...."

Who's calling me?

"I'm sorry"

Why are you apologizing, who are you?

"I have to go somewhere"

Why...
Why are you crying?

"I'm so sorry, Lucy.... 'weeps' "

Who are you!!

I wake up to the noise of my annoying alarm clock before I was bathed in my own sweat. The same dream for three consecutive years had been replaying in my mind every night.

A strange and mysterious women always appears apologizing while calling my name, but who is she? and why does she always wear a painful expression?

That dream started appearing   ever since the encounter with that strange man with black attire. It's not vivid in my mind anymore, just traces are left. I can't differ it from reality, was it a dream or was it reality?

I drag myself out of bed, great, I only had five hours of sleep. I had three shifts, and two swordsmanship classes yesterday, and then self study for the rest of the day until midnight.

I went to the bathroom to take a shower and looked at my depleted face in the mirror. Woah, I look worse from yesterday, my eye bags got bigger. I got ready for the long awaiting day.

4:30 Evening

It was a boring day at work as usual, I finally finished my first shift for the day but still had tonnes of more work ahead of me.

It was four thirty in the evening and I was five minutes away from 'whiteslant' street where my next destination was, karate class. Since it was Friday the last day of the week I could finally get some proper shut eye, but, today was also no ordinary day, it was rush Friday.

Rush Friday is a day when the cars on the roads are busy for at least one hour, it's very hard getting across, but that was two years ago. These days since there were a lot of accidents happening in the past because of Rush Friday they put boundaries (which are only half the size of an adult, a bit bigger maybe) around the pedestrians, or on the pathways to prevent anyone from getting hurt. Only idiots jump over them to try to get across. I know why you would ask how they would die with cars literally stuck together unable to move forwards, it's because sometimes the lanes on the road can clear up for about ten seconds, and the cars go then at super speed. I don't know how, it just happens.😅

I was standing in front of the busy road loitered with cars from all directions. This very day there is always traffic jams that interfere with my life, lasting at least one hour. Have they no consideration for the pedestrians who are very busy with their lives and you have to put another weight on top of them.

Despite all that I calmed myself into having even a second of patience, the light was still red after the first thirty minutes, I knew this was going to be bothersome. As I was still awaiting for the green light to take the stage, my patience was running thin due to fact that the light was taking its' sweet time, my eyes caught sight of something amongst the traffic.

A young boy around the age of five was in the middle of the road clenching onto a teddy bear in his right hand as he was staring into oblivion.

What is going on? I questioned.
Is this real, horrified I looked around the people not one had the face of worry, was he unseeable amongst the cars. Was I just imagining things? Even so how did he get on the road! It's too high for a child to climb.

The boy was still there, confused I thought that maybe my eyes were playing tricks on me. It had to be it. The lane he was closest to cleared up.He started to move, and this time on the lane with no cars, he walked and then sat on the lane. 'no' idiot, don't do that. I looked around at the people a second time, but to no avail could they see the boy, what! About fifteen seconds a vehicle came zooming in, closing in on the boy.

My eyes widened as a truck was heading his way, but he didn't move! Why wasn't anyone doing anything. Were my eyes really playing tricks?, What to do!
It was as though nobody noticed the boy, as if he was never there. I was petrified, any second now the truck would hit him, I don't know what fate had against me but my body started moving on its' own, as I climbed the boundary and dashed towards the boy, I pushed him over to the other side just in the Nick of time, I could see the truck heading my way.

Warning⚠️
Suicidal thoughts...
Read at your own risk.

'Ahh'
It this the end?...
Is satan finally giving me a chance to escape from it all,
No....
I don't want his pity,
I can't show weakness,
They'll all laugh,
How pathetic am I.
should I just give up?
Yes let's.
Let's say goodbye to those who put up with me, that auntie should be glad now that I'm at death's doorstep.
Maybe I can finally meet the parents that I never had, the  only memories that remained, shattered into nothing as death overwrote life. The truck was only centimetres away now, my heart skipped a beat.

No! I don't want to die!!!

My life flashed before my eyes as my last few words escaped my quivering lips, that's when everything went black.

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I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. Please do enjoy the next chapters aswell as the first.

Thank you and have a wonderful day. 

Oh In this story kids can get a job at 14 (part time), and 15 (full time.)