Protector of Aura

Chapter 3: Aaron the strange Kid

14 years later

On a warm and sunny day in the Orphanage of Mississauga, the staff were witnessing a sight that was way too common.

The staff were witnessing a sight that was way too common: the return of a certain amber eyed orphan.

The boy was of average height for his age, he had light chocolate brown skin with a very defined face. His short black hair dressed in a middle split, with a very straight and firm nose and thin lips.

He was quite lean but could be easily recognized as an athletic kid. All in all, he was the kid you would expect who would be quite popular.

The one spot that marked him as the kid to stay away from was the mysterious scar that was forged across his forehead. The origins of this permanent marking were still a mystery to this day.

A marking that seemed to keep hold of the connection between Aaron and his past.

You see, Aaron has lived his whole life jumping between different homes and the orphanage.

It was said that strange things would always happen around him.

The rumours would go on to say that he would bring destruction to wherever he was.

Small shockwaves, smaller explosions, and even a blinding silver light would be said to sometimes radiate from an area he is in. Each time a new family would take him in, not believing the countless 'rumours' about him and each time he would be returned immediately back to the orphanage. Because of the Rumours or not, nobody wanted anything to do with him.

This strange kid was always the talk of the city from few feeling sympathy for him being alone to people feeling fearful of the strange things that were said to happen around him and to even people being extremely curious on the rumours they've heard.

It was like he was an animal locked up in Zoo, to study and to keep away from the public

Any kid in this type of environment would either feel deep resentment or feel deep sadness.

They wouldn't feel any bit of light within them.

Aaron POV

As I sat in my usual bed in the orphanage, after just being returned, it made me think about all the different things that have happened to me, how things have changed.

I wasn't usually sentimental about these things, but I couldn't help it today.

It even got me thinking about where I came from until I soon realised that was pointless.

The staff at the orphanage have always said that my arrival to this city was a bit of a strange one. How I arrived as a year-old baby by floating on the Credit river in a little basket. I've always wondered how I got there, I'm pretty sure I wasn't just born on the river.

I've always had so many damn questions.

Like where did I come from? Who were my real parents? How'd I end up in a freakin river? And where the hell did this scar come from?

The staff have always told me I had it when I was taken in. Which also makes me wonder how dangerous the place I came from was?

I've grown pretty accustomed to staying at the orphanage, seeing as I've lived here my whole life and whenever I do leave, I come back within a week or two.

I remember the first few times being 'returned' gave me quite the shock, but eventually I just got used to it.

The orphanage was never really a home, it was more life just a place where I would sleep and shower.

I never played with the other kids, or never really got the chance is a better way of saying it. The staff were alright, though they couldn't treat me any differently than the other kids there. And I could tell that anytime they were near me, they looked like they would rather be anywhere else.

At first, I did try to make some friends, but that never really worked out. I tried to make people laugh, but that didn't work either. I used to try practically anything to make some friends.

Though the only thing they would ever notice about me were the strange things that they said that happened around me.

I'll admit I've always been curious about what the hell everybody's talking about, like I hear things about explosions or shockwaves and some sort of lights. I don't remember ever doing that.

Although, I do sometimes wake up on my bed with my whole body feeling like it got trampled by some black Friday crowd, but that's nothing.

It did hurt knowing that nobody looked at me for me, but for the weird things around me.
It hurt. I used to just be filled with the feeling of sadness and being pissed off...I gave up on trying to be that happy and fun person, it just became too tiring.

I was known as 'that boy', which pissed me off so damn much, I hated how it seemed like my name had disappeared

For a long time, I just felt sad, I felt like I wasn't really worth much.

I felt like I was just a plain and simple FREAK.

Like I was nothing but a THREAT

Nothing but a WEIRDO.

Those words had circled my mind constantly, it was the only thing that was in my head most of the time. It felt like I was just filled with this darkness that filled me like a balloon, like I was about to pop any second.

But in the last two years, it felt like that darkness had been pushed aside. It felt like I wasn't going to pop at any second. Those words seemed to vanish, it seemed like my name was back.

The last two years felt like the happiest years in my life, happy that these constant returns and constant talks about the strange things around don't bother me in the slightest anymore.

I love life now and it's because of my fr—.

Knock. Knock.

I was sprung out of my thoughts by a knock on the window next to my bed.

I looked over to see a light skinned boy. Dark brown eyes that looked as if they were black, his face covered in freckles and his nose a little crooked. His face' was just as defined as mine, and he also shared the same thin lips I did. Though the one thing that was most notable about him was the wild red hair that never seemed to stay in place.

This is one of the people who have made my life so great for the past two years, Gary.

I slid the window up letting him in.

"So, based on you being here, I assume something 'weird' happened again, huh?" Asked Gary with a knowing tone. Emphasising the weird with finger quotes.

"Oh no it went great," I said sarcastically with a smile on my face.

"Funny, alright c'mon everyone's waiting by the spot,"  he said while jumping out the window and signalling me to hurry up.

"So what happened with the game last night? I asked as we jumped around.

"wha-Oh! They won! It was nuts! So Mark got the ball and then he drove past his defender and then shot from the elbow and sunk it! It was awesome!"

"Woahh! Goddamn I wish I could've stayed and watched,"

"Why not! You cou–,"

"You know they'd never allow that, heck it's a stretch that they allow me to go out and hangout with you guys" I spoke over him. Wait why the hell am I not allowed?

We continued to jump from rooftop to rooftop, ignoring the annoyed yells of the people within. As we made our way, we talked about all sorts of things; we talked about Basketball, Soccer, the games that they'd shown me, the movies we could watch. Before them I would spend my days sitting alone near the forest, before them I would sit there empty.

We eventually made it to the 'spot', our group's special place to hang out. I used to sit here alone, not knowing of this being where they usually hung out. It was like a place I could go, to get away from all the whispers and stares. So, when I found out I was intruding on someone else's special place, I expected them to push me out of there, but I wasn't.

They invited me in, into their special place and their group. It was like I finally belonged, I wasn't alone anymore. That darkness wasn't within me anymore.

We got to the 'spot' and saw the group sitting around on the logs.

"Hey guys!" we both say getting their attention.

I greeted every one of them with hugs, from Kim all the way to Jack, then to Autumn. The hug seemed to last longer than the rest, but it felt nice as always. We all got seated in our usual spots on the logs, me between Gary and Autumn. I turned to Gary to see him smirking at me.

"What?"

"Oh Nothing," he replied casually as he turned to the group.

"So, how'd the adoption go?" asked Kim. I would really consider her the big sister of the group. She was always there to keep us guys in line whenever we needed it. She was probably the smallest of the group, but she could be pretty scary. She was a short girl and one of the oldest of the group. She had sandy beige coloured skin and long black hair that was usually tied into a ponytail.

meh, the usual," I said in a casual tone.

"Aww we're sorry Aaron," said both Miley and May, the two bubbliest people in the group, they're twins, the probably two of the most energetic twins I've seen in my life, and that's coming from me. They both got white skin with platinum white hair that was usually tied in braids.

"Don't worry about it too much, '' said Dom as he placed his large hands reassuringly on my shoulder. Dom was the biggest and oldest of the group, he's always been there to help out whenever other kids would try to beat me up. He had beige coloured skin, with very short black hair.

"Yeah, just forget about it," said the rest of the guys. They've introduced me to a lot; I got into Soccer because of Manveer, Jack got me into Football, and Josh would show me a couple of different shows while over at his house.

"Guys! I promise it's fine," I said still with a smile across my face. Man, I'm lucky.

"Are you sure?" came from the serious yet soft voice of Autumn. She was a girl with smooth chocolate brown skin, long wavy brown hair, firm nose and full lips. Along with that she had the most beau–Nice ocean blue eyes.

To be honest apart from Gary, she is the person in the group that I would say I am the closest to. She was the one who introduced me to basketball, she was the one to help me learn how to read since the orphanage's help was a bit inconsistent.

Our little competitions, the basketball games she would take me to watch, the times when I would make her calm down about school and laugh; hanging out with Autumn was always really fun.

"Yeah," I said as I smiled at her.

"But forget about that, I'm bored! Can we please do something?" I whined, to which Autumn rolled her eyes.

"Ok fine how about we go down to the soccer field, Manveer brought his ball today," Suggested Jack.

"Yeah! Let's go,"

We made our way to the nearby soccer field, we've been going there a lot lately. We decided to make teams; Gary, Jack, Miley, and me against Manveer, May, Dom and Autumn. Kim was going to be the referee

"Oh this is going to be fun! It's been a while since we've all played together!" I cheered enthusiastically as we made our way to the soccer field.

"You are way too excited for a game of soccer," said Autumn plainly.

"Oh, it seems like someone is scared about losing" I taunted, to which Autumn's calm face shifted to a face of determination.

"Oh, you're on!"

We made it to the soccer field, there wasn't anyone around apart from a random stranger in a grey coat going on with his day. I had always liked it better when we played without others around. It just felt safer.

We got onto the field, we chose our team captains. I was our captain and Manveer was their captain.

"Ok, we'll flip a coin for who gets the first ball, ok?" asked Kim to which Manveer and I nodded.

"Manveer heads or tails?" asked Kim

"Tails!"

"I guess got heads then," she flipped the coin into the air and landed on the ground, where facing up was heads.

"Awesome! We got the first ball" and with that the game was underway.

"Ok! So the game will be the first to 8 goals wins. Ok?!" yelled Kim to which we all nodded.

"Ok then go!" The game began.

On the field, Gary and I dominated; scoring constantly for our team, though the game was very close because of how good Manveer was.

Even so, he could do little to stop me and Gary from penetrating their defence and scoring. So, it wasn't very surprising when we ended up winning the game at a score of eight to five.

Every time we would score we celebrated like crazy. It wasn't a surprise why we did so well. I trust him more than anyone on the planet.

"Let's Goooooooo!" I yelled. That was fun!

After celebrating the win, I saw a tired looking Autumn. Oo I can't miss out on this! I ran straight to her.

"So, Autumn, what'd you think about that game? Now what was that you were sa—," I stopped as I noticed how close we were. My face felt hot, she has really nice eyes. She looks really be-Wait!!

I backed up from her as I finally snapped out of my trance.

"Oh um. Well I'm gonna go,"

"Oh, ye-yeah," said Autumn.

I quickly walked from her, I saw Gary arrive by my side with his annoyingly smug smirk. God I'm gonna punch him.

"Don't. Even," I told Gary in a hard whisper.

I walk off the pitch and finally start to crack out from what happened. Gary and I walk back to the Orphanage, laughing about something random. I'm not sure, I don't care either.

I've never had a family, every time I think of them it was also empty. It was always dark, but now all I can see is Gary and Autumn and everyone else. It's filled with light now.

Unknown POV

As the group dispersed, Gary and Aaron walked back towards the orphanage, they laughed and joked around all the way there.

Not a care in the world, they hadn't even noticed the person within the shadows watching them.

"Good Job. Kid,"

*Hi sorry this is another short one and the quality is not as good, I am writing these as I write chapters ahead, and think they are much better. Please give me any feedback you can, I would really appreciate it. Also special thanks to @yashikers for helping me bring this chapter to a level of quality much better than it was before. Bye!!