The Mystic Hearts Series

Chapter 83- Helios

This is a story about a Fire elf who moves into Earth elf territory & has to adjust to that, with all the complications that bring. Enjoy :) <3

I always wanted to fit in. To find a friend group. To feel like I belong. And that was easy, back in Lava Falls, my birth place. Where I grew up. My hometown. I had friends there, I was mostly happy. Naively so.

Little did I know that my parents were going through a heated divorce at the time. My dad always seemed so scary to me back then... Always looming in the background... with that look on his face &... a weird smell in his breath... Always calling me by my dead name with a kind of leering taunt that terrified me somewhere deep inside...

I was so mad when me & Mom moved away. I thought she hated me. That she didn't want me to make friends & she was punishing me for something. I wasn't making it easier for her. I should have been more understanding. But I was young, only 6 when we moved into Elder Forest, a quaint town in the Earth Elf Kingdom.

Mom got us citizenship, for escaping an abusive relationship, & we started anew. & I was grateful to her, now. Why shouldn't I be? She had to put up with so much from him &... to have escaped that with me... to a whole new country? She was brave & strong... & I admire her for that.

But I was only 6 then. More concerned with what my school would be like & if I'd be able to make new friends, & why I'd had to leave my old ones behind, & why Dad wasn't around anymore... I feel so ashamed about that now, but she understood.

It was a whole different fight at school. Back home, I'd been pretty popular, had plenty of friends, had loads of fun... But here... I was the new kid... the one everyone stared at from across the classroom for my bright red skin... The one everyone was too afraid to talk to, because everyone thought fire elves were scary & tough, with fiery tempers & hands... The one everyone whispered about behind my back for whatever reasons...

I didn't know what to say or do with that... I tried to be nice. I tried to put a smile on my face & keep trying to make friends, but... Eventually... after all those years of... people saying things about you... you maybe start to believe it a little...

I stopped trying to be kind. Just avoided people in general. They called me rude & standoffish & tough &... I didn't care anymore...

Hope you guys liked this chapter :). What do you think of Helios? Oh, btw, he's trans FTM & bi. I couldn't really show that specifically w the new character creator I'm using, so if you wanted to know, here ya go :3. I don't always bring it up just bc plot pts don't always revolve around it. I mean... they do sometimes, don't get me wrong, but this is also, like, your typical high school, I-gotta-make-friends kinda drama too...

Anyways, see ya guys later & happy Pride <3