The Orc With A Heart

Chapter 19: Another One?

I looked down at the orc that was supposed to be my mother for just a little bit longer, as I was not all too sure as to just what it was that I should do if I was going to be for real with my self, at the exact same time as well. I felt like I was kind of stuck on some quick sand so that say, none the less, as I let out quite a bit of a rough sigh to my self, all at the exact same time too, which I knew that the others that were with me right now had heard, how ever.
I just did not care all too much if I was going to be for real with my self, as I just wanted to get my focus off of all of the other thoughts that seemed to be scrolling through my head right now, as I just wanted to get this over with. I still did not believe as to just what it was that she had told me earlier in the day, about the fact that I was the son of the orc king.
A king that I did not know, and a king that I had not heard all too much about in my life either. It was clear that my human father, the father that had raised me never the less, did not know that I was the son of the orc king, as for some reason that was some thing that she did not feel like telling him, whilst she had given me away to him, all at the exact same time too.
Perhaps she was worried that he would go and give him away to the orc king, so that he could take the bounty, and that he could take the ransom, all at the exact same time too, which would in fact make sense for her to be a little bit worried about that never the less, as I knew that she had not been with him long enough to get to know him, as I had been told by both sides.
Both sides were sort of kind of telling me the same story, though it was clear that the female orc was telling me even more, due to the fact, simply because there was a lot that she had not told my father, all at the exact same time as well, as I knew that I could not blame him at all, as there was a lot that he might not have known about, and he might have changed his mind if he did in fact know about it.
I breathed in quite a bit to my self, as I did my best to try not to think on it for all too much longer, as I knew that it was a bad idea for me to think on things, due to the fact that I knew that I was stupid, and I knew that I was an idiot, all at the exact same time too, as I knew that I usually thought of things that were not at all true, to be the truth, all at the exact same time as well.
I blinked my eyes a few times, as I was not all too sure about any of it, if I was going to be for real with my self still, I was not all too sure if it was even a good thing or not, to be the son of the orc king, just based off of what it was that she had told me, and the fact that he would kill me as soon as it was that he saw me, all at the exact same time as well, too.
I shivered at those thoughts, all at the exact same time as well, as I did my best to to try to shake away all of those thoughts from my head, all at the exact same time too, as I got my focus on some thing that was much different, which of course was the simple fact that I knew that I could see the woman that still claimed to be my mother, as she was just standing by the rock, as it was clear that she was waiting on all of us.
I was not all too sure as to just what it was that she would think when it was that she saw Callan, as it was clear that he was an army soldier, and knowing how smart it was that she had seemed to be to me, at least a lot smarter than I was, than I was sure that she could come to a little bit of some sort of assumption that he was an important person in the army, all at the exact same time as well.
I knew it would not be hard for her to notice either, due to the fact that me and Ashton were for sure going to be quite a bit thrown off with having him in our presence, all at the exact same time as well, as I kind of felt like I could not help but gulp at all of those thoughts as well, as I knew that it was not really our decision for him to join us in the fact that we were going to go and talk to her one last time.
It was originally just going to be me and her, but then Ashton came in, due to the fact that he had gone to check in on me, which made sense to her, I was quite sure of, but the fact that we were going to have an army leader with us, I kind of felt like that was going to scare her, all at the exact same time as well, if I was going to be completely honest with my self, as I knew that I would be scared about it, at the exact same time as well.
I blinked my eyes a few times, as luckily enough for me, I got my focus off of all of those thoughts, all at once, as I then all of the sudden heard the voice of Callan, as I heard him begin to start to speak to me, from not all too far away, all at the exact same time too. I let out quite a bit of a rough sigh to my self, that I knew that neither one of them had heard, or had noticed at all, luckily enough for me once again, as I then looked at Callan right in to his eyes.
His eyes, much to my surprise, were not on me or Ashton right now, as it was clear to me that his eyes were instead on the fact that my mother was done at the rock that I had told her to meet us at right now. I was a bit lost, as well as the fact that I was quite a bit scared, all at the exact same time as well, as I then all of the sudden did a bit of a heavy nod to him, all at the exact same time too, that way I could try to get his attention on to me, all at the exact same time too.
I stared at him with a bit of a blank look on my face, as I waited for him to notice it, which I was fairly certain that he had noticed it, all at the exact same time as well, as I knew that I was a very big orc, and I was destined to get a lot of attention when ever it was that I was even to do a simple thing like that, or some thing just as simple as being in the presence of another human all at the exact same time as well.
Shortly after that, I saw him turn his head over to me, as I let out a bit of a soft sigh of relief to my self, all at the exact same time too, as I was glad to see that he had his attention on me now, as I then all of the sudden saw him nod back over to me, bit all too long after all of that, all at the exact same time too, as I was glad that he had at the very least, been paying a little bit of attention to me, all at the exact same time as well.
I breathed in quite a bit to my self, once again, as I was not all too sure as to just what it was that he had to say to us, as it was clear to me that it had some thing to do with the orc that claimed to be my mother, that was down below at the rock at the exact same time too, as I just stared at him with quite a bit of a blank look on my face still, as I then finally began to hear him start to speak up once again, as me and Ashton both looked at him right in to his eyes, as we listened as to just what it was that he even had to say in the very first place any ways, never the less.
"Wow... Such a beautiful creature that is down there... I wish that humans and orcs could get along... Maybe some day in the future..." He said, as it really did not seem like he was talking to either one of us at all, based off of what he had just said, and the strange way that he had said it, all at the exact same time too, which did in fact have me quite a bit lost none the less, as I gulped a bit to my self once again, as I was not all too sure as to just what it was that was even going on with Callan at this very moment in time any ways.
I let out quite a bit of a heavy sigh this time, as to one that I wanted to make sure that he could hear, as it really had just seemed like he had been talking to him self, based off of just what it was that he had said all at the exact same time too, and now that I came to think of it, it would in fact make sense as to the fact that he would be talking to him self, as I had to remind my self, if what it was that he had told us earlier, was in fact true, than he was the future king of our kingdom.
If what it was that my mother had said was true, than, well maybe I was not the future king, as based off of what it was that she had told me right now, that I was in no match to get in to a fight with him, than maybe he was in fact thinking, because I knew that he had got to know me quite a bit, and he knew that I was not evil like every one I was sure had told him all about orcs were, all at the exact same time too, than I was sure that he thought that I could be the orc king, and that I could have peace within the nations.
I just did not view that as any sort of a possibility if I was going to be for real with my self, and I was going to be completely honest with my self, all at the exact same time as well, as I let out quite a bit of a heavy sigh to my self, all at the exact same time too, as I blinked my eyes a few times, and I then all of the sudden shook my head. I knew that even if I did some how take over as the king, I was never really one to be a leader of anything, as that never really had peaked my interests.
I sighed a bit to my self, as I was not all too sure as to just what it was that I was even thinking on right at this very moment in time any ways, if I was going to be for real with my self. It kind of felt like this was just a waste of time at this point, as I really just wanted to get all of this started, that way I could in fact find out the full truth of just where it was that I came from in the very first place any ways.
I knew that Callan and Ashton were both a lot more interested in the fact that she claimed me to be the son of the orc king, but I did not care a single bit about any of that at all, if I was going to be completely honest with my self. In fact, it kind of scared me as to the fact that she might be telling the truth never the less, at the exact same time as well, as I knew that if what it was that she had said was true, about the orc king, than I was sure that if he found out about me, he would come to go and kill me.
Or worse, he would come to my city, and he would kill every one that I had ever loved there, as that seemed to scare me the most, all at the exact same time too, as I did my best to try to get my focus off of all of those thoughts, all at once, as I did my best to try to get my focus on some other thoughts, such as the fact that I knew that at some point very soon from now, I was going to have to get all of this started.
I knew that we were a bit far behind the time that we had promised her, and us just sitting here for on reason what so ever, only seemed to make that even worse, all at the exact same time as well, as I then all of the sudden began to wake my self up quite a bit, all at the exact same time too, as I then all of the sudden nodded a bit to my self, as I looked away from my mother finally, and I got my focus back on Callan, who was the human after all, that had just spoken up to us.
Or more rather, it seemed like he had just been speaking the thoughts that he had in his head, out loud to us, all at the exact same time too. All of that was besides the point how ever, as I really just wanted to get all of this started in all honesty. I breathed in quite a bit to my self, all at once, as I looked at Callan right, directly in to his eyes, which luckily enough for me, none the less, it seemed to get him self to draw his attention on to me, all at the exact same time too.
I let out quite a bit of a relieved sigh to my self, as I then all of the sudden nodded to Callan, all at the exact same time too, to try to let him know that I was about to speak to him never the less. I saw Callan look at me right in to my own eyes, for just a little bit longer, until in the end, he did in fact nod right back over to me, thankfully enough at the exact same time too.
I felt a little bit better, as I then all of the sudden let out quite a bit of a soft as well as a relieved sigh to my self, all at the exact same time too, as I then all of the sudden began to speak up to Callan, now that I knew that he had his full attention on me, at least as far as I had hoped, as I hoped that he was in fact listening to me, as I then all of the sudden began to speak up to him.
"It doesn't matter at this point, let's just go and talk to her, and you can go and say what ever it is that you feel like you need to say to her..." I said to him, as I just looked at him with quite a bit of a blank look on my own face, all at the exact same time too, as that felt like it was the only thing that I could say to him to try to get him to wake up, and stop gazing off at my so called mother, all at the exact same time too.
It kind of made me shiver at the exact same time too, if I was going to be for real with my self, as to the fact that he was even looking at her the way that he was right now, as I was not all too sure as to just what it was that was going on with him right now. I looked over to my friend Ashton for a little bit of some help, and some sort of support in all of this, but as I looked over to him, I only saw that he seemed to be quite a bit lost him self at this very moment in time none the less.
I was not all too sure as to just what it was that I should do right at this very moment in time, as I was quite a bit scared, and I was quite a bit afraid, all at the exact same time too, as I then got my focus off of all of those thoughts all at once, as I shook my head. I knew what it was that I had to do, and as much as I really did not like to be a leader, this seemed like this was the time that I did not have much of any other choice but to step in and lead the both of them over to just what it was that we needed to go and do right at this very moment in time.
I nodded a bit to my self this time, as I then all of the sudden, all at once, got my focus on the fact that we needed to be headed over to my mother, who I knew was patiently waiting for us right now, but the longer that we seemed to wait, as I knew just how bad it was that orcs got anger, than the more angry she would get. Of course, that was due to the fact that I was an orc my self, as I was always getting quite a bit angry over some times the most simple things.
This was a good reason for her to get angry how ever, and I really did not want to test her on it either, all at the exact same time too, as I let out quite a bit of a rough and heavy sigh to my self, all at once, and I then began to start to head over to where it was that the rock was even at right at this very moment in time, in the very first place any ways, as I took the lead for the rest of them, as I looked at Callan closely from the corner of my eyes, due to the fact that I was worried that he might still try to pull a quick one on her.
Why would he do that though? She was one single orc... That just did not make sense to me, though then again, I knew that there was a lot of things that did not make all too much sense to me, due to the fact that I knew that I was an idiot, and I really did not under stand hardly any thing that was said to me, all at the exact same time as well, as I then all of the sudden dipped my head a bit low to the ground, all at the exact same time too.
I knew that my father had been trying to teach me to not think that sort of way about my self, but it was quite a bit hard for me not to, all at the exact same time too, as I knew that with out a doubt, I was no where near as smart as a human, and I was always going to think that they were some how always mocking me for it, when ever it was that they were talking to me, even though I knew damn well that it was not the case at all, as I knew that any one that talked to me was even too scared to even think on just what it was that they were even saying to me in the very first place any ways.
I sighed a bit of a soft sigh to my self, all at the exact same time too, as I then all of the sudden got my focus off of all of that, all at the exact same time too, as I then got my focus back on to the presence, and all that was even going on right at this very moment in time any ways, as I then all of the sudden got my focus off of the fact that I had been looking at Callan from the corner of my eyes, long before that, and I got my focus on a different human, all at the exact same time too.
That different human, of course, was none other than my best friend Ashton, as he was the only other human that was with me right now any ways, as I then shook my head, feeling like a bit of an idiot, due to the fact that I was not all too sure as to just what it was that I was even thinking on, or thinking about right now, as I knew that it was a bunch of stupid thoughts, as I let out a bit of a soft sigh to my self, all at the exact same time too, as I did my best to try to get my focus off of all of those thoughts all at once.
No... The reason that I now had my focus on Ashton, was simply due to the fact that it was for 2 different reasons, all at the exact same time too, as I knew that one of those reasons was the simple fact that I had been taking the lead for them before all of this, but I now had all of the sudden stopped my self, as I once again seemed to get my self stuck in my head, which was a stupid thing for me to do, as I was not all too sure as to just why it was that I did as such a thing so often in the very first place any ways.
I grunted a bit to my self, as I then all of the sudden got my focus on the fact that seemed to be a lot more important about all of this to me, which was not the fact that he had taken over the lead for me, which I was glad to let him do as such a thing, as I had never wanted to even be a leader before all of this in the very first place any ways, as I knew that I had my self quite a bit stuck, due to the fact that I had got my self back on the fact that I was thinking once again, none the less.
No, the reason that got my focus on him mainly, which was the fact that he was talking to us, or perhaps maybe even just me right now, as I blinked my eyes a few times, and I then did in fact nod back to him, all at the exact same time too, to let him know that I was in fact paying attention as to just what it was that he even had to say to me in the very first place any ways, all at the exact same time too.
He nodded back to me, to let me know that he had noticed that fact that I had nodded to him, which did in fact make the both of us feel quite a bit better, I was quite sure of none the less, all at the exact same time too, as I blinked my eyes a few times once again, as after just a little bit longer, Ashton seemed to continue with where ever it was that he had left off on the fact that he was talking to the both of us, all at the exact same time too, as I made sure that I had my focus on him right now, never the less, as I listened as to just what it was that he even had to say in the very first place any ways.
"Alright... Come on both of you... Lets go... He is right, you can ask her what ever it is that you want to ask her..." He said back to us, and back over mainly to Callan, all at the exact same time too, as I realized that it really was not about me at all, as it seemed like it had mainly been about Callan all along, as I was not all too sure as to just why it was that I thought that every thing was always about me, all at the exact same time too, as I then shook my head, doing my best to try to shake off all of those thoughts, all at once.
I then all of the sudden turned my head over to Callan, instead, as I looked over to him, due to the fact that I knew that Ashton had in fact just spoken to him after all, all at the exact same time too, as I just stared at him with quite a bit of a blank look on my own face, as I saw that he had a blank look on his face, all at the exact same time too, as I let out quite a bit of a heavy sigh to my self, all at once, and I kept my focus on the fact that I knew that we needed to get all of this started.
We had wasted enough time as it was so far, and I did not want to waste any more, as it kind of felt like time was ticking at this point, oddly enough, all at the exact same time too, as I then shook my head, doing my best to try to shake off all of those thoughts from my head all at once, as I then all of the sudden saw, that after just a few more moments, Callan did in fact nod back to the both of us, all at the exact same time too, to make sure that we knew that he was following us.
It clearly seemed to make Ashton feel a lot better, though I was not all too sure as to just how much it was going to make me feel any sort of better, all at the exact same time too, as I was not all too sure as to just what it was that the orc that claimed to be my mother would think if she saw that we were coming over and we were adding another human over to the fact that she was about to say some thing very important to us, all at the exact same time as well.
Though I suppose, that the orc was a lot smarter than me, and she might just simply think that I was friends with a lot of humans, even though that really was not much of the case, even if I had in fact lived with humans most of my life, all at the exact same time too, as I blinked my eyes a few times, once again, as I did my best to try to get my focus off of all of those thoughts, all at the exact same time too, as if I was not going to lie to my self, I was still a little bit worried about her my self, at this point.
What if she was going to pull a fast one on all of us, and she was just going to kill all of us, all at the exact same time too. I knew that me and Ashton were not strong enough to fight her off, and Orcs were a lot stronger in tight areas than humans were, all at the exact same time too, so I was not all too sure as to just how much of a chance that Callan would stand, all at the exact same time too, in a battle against her how ever, as I gulped a bit to my self.
I felt like that was not the case at all, and it made no such sort of sense as to how it was that she would even make up a story that there was no way that it could not be true at all to me, all at the exact same time as well. I blinked my eyes a few times, as I shook my head, doing my best to try to shake off all of those thoughts, all at once, as I knew that I should not be as worried as I was right now, as I then let out quite a bit of a soft sigh to my self, as I saw that as we drew closer to her, that she clearly did not have a weapon.
Besides, if she did, than I knew that Callan was a lot faster than an orc, as I had seen how fast he was in training, all at the exact same time too, as I knew that we were going to be fine, and that I was simply just over thinking all of this, all at the exact same time as well, as I then shook my head, doing my best to try to shake off all of those thoughts from my head, all at the exact same time too.
I got my focus on the thoughts that had to do more with the fact that I knew that she was afraid as to the fact that she saw that there were now 2 humans instead of one, and not only that, but she could clearly see that Callan was a leader in our legion, all at the exact same time as well, as I saw her all of the sudden turn her head around, as she realized that we were finally coming up upon her, all at the exact same time too, as I blinked my eyes a few times, and I then all of the sudden saw her look a little bit shocked, as well as a bit afraid.
She saw the weapons that we had, as she did not bring one with her at all. I could tell that she was not sure as to just what it was that she should do right now, but after just a few moments longer, as she realized that we were not going to attack her, she seemed to calm her self down a bit, all at the exact same time too, as I then all of the sudden saw her nod to all of us.
I could tell that Callan was a bit hesitant at first, but in the end, all 3 of us did in fact nod back to her, to let her know that we were in fact paying attention as to just what it was that she had to say in the very first place any ways, all at the exact same time too. I breathed in quite a bit to my self, all at once, as after a little bit longer, she did in fact begin to speak to us all, now that she knew that she had our full attention on her, all at the exact same time too. I breathed in quite a bit heavily to my self, once again, as I did in fact begin to start to listen as to just what it was that she had to say to all of us, all at the exact same time as well.
"You brought another one?"