Chapter 1: The Promise

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It was the year 1720 and a little family, A mother, a father and their 5 year old son, were on their way to the park "HURRY UP!" Quillon yelled to both of his parents "I WANNA PLAY ON THE PLAYGROUND!" He turned his head and attention to his parents, not paying attention to what he was about to run into. BAMM! The young boy ran into a girl. She looked around his age and her clean, silky hair was up in a ponytail. She had beautiful sky blue eyes and looked extremely rich. Quillon had never seen anyone as beautiful as her before. Where he was from, people normally dressed in ripped clothes and their hair were always tangled and dirty. "O-oh my..." he stuttered, staring at the young girl on the dirt path in front of him, "I-I'm terribly s-sorry!" The girl let out a chuckle as Quillon helped her up. "Autumn." Her voice was so calming and sweet "Huh?" The girl let out another chuckle, "My name is Autumn! Autumn Vesper, yours is?" Quillon started to panic. Her name is so much prettier than mine!
"Hello?"
"Oh! Uhmm... I'm Quillon Ulfred"
He was confused. Why would she want to know his name? And why would he tell her, a girl he just met?
"Ulfred?"
"Yes..."
"That's cool! Imma call you Ulfred for now on!"
They both started laughing like crazy.
"Say... wanna be friends?"
Quillon stood there in shock. Friends?! He'd never had friends before!
"S-sure!"
And just like that, they became inseparable. Everyday they met up at the park and played for hours. This continued for another 5 years until...

"You can't leave!" Autumn cried, tears rolling down her rosie cheeks, "Y- you just can't!
"I'm sorry Autumn, but I have to!" Quillon had been told that his father had bought a little farm for a small fee and that he had to move there. He wanted to cry, but he had to stay strong.
Autumn hugged him tightly "I promise I'll always be your friend!"
Quillon couldn't hold it anymore.
"I promise to I'll always be your friend, Autumn!" He sobbed, tears dripping off his chin, "I'll never forget you!"
As Autumn let go, Quillons mother came up behind him and lightly tapped his shoulder,
"The trains going to leave soon darling" He nodded and walked to the train doors, he looked back at his friend, who was waving goodbye to him, then he looked up at his mother. When she looked back at him, she smiled a warm smile and walked onto the train. The boy followed behind. The doors then shut and the train let out a loud whistle as it slowly started moving.
Quillon ran to the closest window and tried to find Autumn, but couldn't see her anywhere, she had already ran off. He felt defeated and disappointed as he sat down next to his dad, who had already started reading the news paper.
"It'll be okay sweetie" his mother reassured him
Yeah... okay... he thought to himself
He looked around and sighed
This is going to be along ride..

Okay that toom a while 😅 anyway, I hope you enjoyed!

Word count: 546

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