Lightning Strikes Twice

Chapter 10: Happy Birthday

"Hey Marsh."

"Yeah Arcane?"

"Happy birthday brother."

I wake up groggy, more than ever before. I rub my eyes, stretch and yawn.

"All of things, why did I dream of that?"

I get up out of bed and open my blinds letting the sun into my house. I walk into the bathroom to fix my hair so it doesn't look like I just got out of bed, granted it's usually spiky normally.

"Was I going to do anything today?"

After cleaning myself I up, I then make myself something to eat. Still feeling groggy I move slow around the house.

I look to the couch and Xenith isn't there, nor is his scarf but his sword and coat is.

"Must've gone out."

As I continue to walk around the house I can't help but feel like I'm forgetting something. Something important.

"Wait, what's today again?"

Before I have any time to think about it I notice a note on the table. I go to grab it but suddenly I hear someone knocking on the door.

"Coming!"

I ignore the note and start heading for the door. With each step I take towards the door I feel more and more excited but I don't know why. After a few slow groggy steps I'm five steps away from opening the door.

One.

"I don't understand, why am I so excited?"

Two.

"Maybe I'm anticipating who it will be? Like Kron or Lillian?"

Three.

"Wait. The date today."

Four.

"the day with Lillian was the twelfth. And the day I spent taking jobs was the thirteenth. And if yesterday was the fourteenth. Then that makes today..!"

Five.

I open the door. Before I'm able to process what was in infront of me, there's a cloth held over my mouth and Luxia standing right infront of me. Pressing the cloth onto my mouth.

"Happy birthday, my little lightning bolt."

Before I have a chance to react, my sight fades to black as I feel myself passing out.

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When I start to wake up I feel that I can't move my hands. I open my eyes to see my wrists are tied to the arm rests of a chair. I look around and don't recognize anything in my surroundings.

"Well look who's awake."

Luxia says entering the room. She looks at me with a smug expression on her face, looking at her makes me angry.