A Bolt of Hope

Chapter 1 - Starting Line -

"Ughhhhh..."

Leizcio squinted his eyes as he began to wake up. Looking over at his alarm clock, the time read that was six in the morning.

"WHY DID I WAKE UP AT THIS TIME?!" "AND ON A WEEKEND?!" Leizcio internally yelled, however, he heard a knock on his door, it couldn't be pech, he'd be putting his paws under the door, so it was probably his sister, Lavania. But the cafe doesn't open until 10:00 am, so what does she want at this godforsaken time? Reluctantly, Leizcio opened the door, greeting his sister.

"Hey Lavania, whatcha need?" Leizcio asked half-awake.

"Leizcio, I asked you yesterday if you could get me some ingredients for the cafe for the new pastries remember?" Lavania asked in a semi-irritated tone.

'Great, I forgot...'

"Yeah don't worry! I was just about to get ready to head to the market to get them!" Leizcio said, still processing the things around him.

"That's a lie and you know it, now hurry up please, we need them before we open today!" Lavania said.

"Okay, okay! I'll be back soon then!" Leizcio said now fully awake, rubbing his eyes.

'Damn, why didn't I just go yesterday?' Leizcio thought to himself as he quickly changed into something casual, a plain lavender shirt and grey shorts. He took his wallet, phone, and keys and started to head out for the market. But he couldn't leave until he did one thing.

"Hi pech!" Leizcio said quietly to his cat, patting him on the head before leaving for the market.

As he exited the cafe, the place he also calls home, he was greeted by an unexpectedly warm morning, with the streets looking silent except for a few people here and there. To be fair it was still rather early and the weekend so people were most likely sleeping in. Feeling more energetic thanks to the warm sun, he began his walk to the market.

On his way, he puts on some music to listen to and was scrolling through his phone. Most of the time looking at new support gear, also reminding him that he needs to order some new parts for the coffee machine that Lavania wanted to fix.

Oh! The market is close, I can see it!" Leizcio started jogging his way over.

As he entered the market, he grabbed a basket and took a quick look at the list that Lavania had given him before he went further.

"Let's see...  a few sticks of cinnamon, a pound of bittersweet chocolate chips, about two things of peanut butter, and two packs of butter. Seems easy enough."

Going through the aisles to get what he needed to get, he quickly paid for the ingredients and put away the basket he used. However, for some odd reason, it gave him a nasty static shock that was stronger than others he felt before.

<zzt>

"Ah! Why did that hurt so much? Weird..."

Exiting the market, he began to make his way back home, looking at his phone. It was 7:10, so he should be able to make it in time.

Or at least that's what he thought, turns out there was a villain incident on the way back so he had to take a long path around the incident to get back on the path back home.

'Goddamnit!' 'Why does this always happen?!' Leizcio thought to himself as he was running.

"Hey! Hey you in the purple!" said a random voice from behind Leizcio.

'Goddamnit, what now? And it's lavender, get it right.'

"Yeah, can I help you with something?" Leizcio responded in an annoyed tone.