Watching the Past

Chapter 8

     The screen showed Yugo walking alone. The other children rushed past him in pairs of a group, talking to each other. In the end, he couldn't make a proper friend.

     "Aww..." The Pandawa Queen said sadly.

     "Guess he couldn't make a proper friend."

     "Don't worry! He has me!" Dally declared proudly.

     "Of course, of course."

     "Seriously!"

     "Yes, yes. Let's continue."

     The scene changed, and this time, it showed the same field with trees from before. Except this time, there was a huge house with a fence around it. Yugo walked towards the house. The laughings and yellings of small children could be heard.

     "Huh, where's that?" Cleophee asked, pointing at the screen.

     "An orphanage." Vini said.

     "He lived in an orphanage?" Eva asked this time. Vini nodded and glanced at Alibert, who looked as if he was about to faint. Did he not exist in the other world? Was he not Yugo's dad?

     "No worries, you exist." Vini said, trying to calm the innkeeper.

     "I'm home." Yugo quietly announced as he walked into the house. A moment later, a small crash was heard, followed by small but quick footsteps.

     "BROTHER YUGO!" Yugo laughed as a small black blur ran into his arms. The child giggled and hugged Yugo's neck.

     Chibi gasped. It was the second time seeing himself on the screen! He swung his legs back and forth, excited. Grougal growled angrily. Not once, he had seen himself on the screen. It was beginning to become frustrating.

     "Well, Chibi's in this one too, eh?" Elaine shrugged.

     "Yes." Vini nodded. Elely raised her hand high as she could.

     "And me?" The young Iop asked with high hopes. Vini smiled gently at her.

     "You too, child. (Wasn't she also a child? Elely thought.)" Vini answered. Flopin bit his lips.

     "And you." Vini said with a laugh.

     "Hello," Yugo greeted Chibi, picking him up. Another child ran down the corridor, followed by another, and another.

     "Hi, Big bro!"

     "Look at this, Brother Yugo!"

     "Let's play outside, Yugo!"

     "Woah!"

     "That's a lot of children."

     "It's an orphanage, after all."

     "Yugo must be the eldest." Eva commented. The other children seemed to be no more than ten.

     "You are correct." Vini said.

     "How many children are there?" Amalia asked. Vini began counting again.

     "About ten, I think." She answered.

     Yugo greeted the children one by one with a gentle smile on his face. A man with a beard watched them while leaning onto the wall.

     "C'mon, all of you. Let Yugo rest and go play outside." Alibert laughed as the children immediately obeyed. As soon as they were gone, Alibert turned to Yugo. "How was school?"