The Promised Neverland

A New Beginning?

"Children! Come down and meet your new sibling!" Mother called after Ace had spoken. I get up and I go downstairs, without Ace because he went into his room to freshen up. After Ace got down stairs, he looked mad, like really, really mad. "He's mad... so mad I can see it come off of him.. What provoked him that much? You can basically see it come off of him." I think to myself, forgetting that Ace can read my mind. He glared at me, that glare sent shivers down my spine, no one moved, everyone but our new sibling kept still. The new sibling moved his arm, and Ace teleported to the new kid. "So. You must be the new one..." He says, colder than ever. "Y-yes... I-i-i am." the new kid stuttered. "Ace... please don't scare him.. You already-" Mother starts then gets cut off by Ace giving her the death stair. Everyone was so still, you could hear people breathe. I didn't know what came over Ace, but he was pretty mad. "Another kid to be eaten" I hear. But no one said anything. "Another one to be eaten by those demons." I look around, but then, I realize that the voice is... Ace's voice. Could anyone else hear him? "Do you hope to live a peaceful life?" Ace asks, even colder than before. "Y-Y-yes!" The new kid says. "Tell. Me. Your. Name." Ace demands. "M-M-My name is Brandon" Brandon says, probably panicking. "I can smell everyone's fear rising. It's a delightful smell. It really is." Ace says, eyes going red. "He's angrier than last month!!!!!" Someone thought. Norman. "Norman. Shut. Up." Ace says, very coldly. I don't know why but.. I got this like.. Weird feeling from Brandon. The feeling was like a.. Crazy or evil feeling that I was having. Was that why Ace was mad? If so.. He's really good at acting to the point Ace could feel his fear or.. He was in fear from something. But what was the thing that Brandon was scared of that could be found out if he wasn't acting? "How about I show you your room dear?" Mother said. "Alright!" Brandon said with a smile, then he followed Mother up the stairs but as he passed me.. He gave me this cold glare. It made me freeze like a statue. He turned back to Mother and his mode changed so quickly. "That was really scary.. W-who's more scary now?- Ace or Brandon? O-or both!?" I thought to myself. "Hey Sam, can we go to your room? I need to talk to you. Alone." Ace said going to the stairs. "O-oh sure Ace." I said then followed him to my room. When we entered my room Ace closed the door. "I don't have a good feeling about Brandon." Ace said. "I agree.. I know this is weird but I'm having this feeling.." I said looking down a little. "What kind of feeling?" Ace asked. "L-like Brandon is h-" I started but then there was a knock on my door. "Who's there?" I asked. "Brandon! I was hoping I could get to know some of my siblings!" Brandon said. I looked at Ace and I could tell that he didn't want him near me.. At. ALL. "s-sorry maybe another time. I just want alone time. Sorry" I said hoping that'll make him go away. "Awww please? It'll be quick! I promise!" Brandon said wanting to come in so badly for some reason. That just made me nervous or scared, maybe both. "No. I said I wanted to be alone!" I said, yelling at him a little. "Fine. Just don't come running to me when you get hurt by something. Or someone." Brandon said coldly but then walked away back to the others. "W-what did he m-mean by th-that Ace?.." I asked scared. "He thinks I'm going to hurt you." Ace says. "Like hell I would hurt you. I couldn't even think of it." Ace thought. "A-A-Ace.. I can umm... Hear your thoughts.." I say. "Since when?" Ace asks, sitting down next to me. "Remember when you gave me some of your blood? I-I think that's why.. I'm not sure though.." I say. "Ahh, that makes sense..." Ace says. "Yeah.. but about that feeling I had about Brandon.." I said scratching one of my wrists. "I.. felt like a crazy or evil feeling from him.. I don't know why.." I continued. "Hey, stop scratching at your wrist, and I get that feeling from him too. He's weaker than me, I can tell. No one has ever lived through the hell that I went through, and if you were wondering, no I wasn't acting my anger. I was really angry that he showed up with that boy. I could smell him." Ace says. "I-I don't feel safe with him here.. In the same place as me.." I said, still kinda scratching my wrist. Ace grabs my hands and hugs me. "I'll protect you.. No matter the cost." He said, I heard a ripping sound, and I saw blood. I looked at what was coming out of Ace's back and there were wings coming out of his back, ripping through his shirt and they were red, not from the blood, and blue. The color of his wings was red and blue. "A-are you alright?!.." I asked, worried. "Yeah, it's just.. Hard to keep them hidden for a long period of time..." Ace says as his wings droop down, and rest on the floor. "He's still hugging me... why?" I think to myself. "Because you are warm, and I'm tired and bloody, Oh that reminds me..." Ace says before the blood hits the floor, it retracts into his body. "Blood control." Ace says falling asleep on top of me, and surprisingly, he's light so it was easy to get him off of me and to put him into his bed. "Should I stay here, or risk being attacked on my way to my room?" I mentally ask myself. "St.......... Sta......... stay..." Ace mumbles in his sleep. "Ok..." I say taking off our shoes and getting into the same bed as Ace. He pulls me to the inside and I hear his door lock. "I won't fall asleep until you sleep. I locked the door just to be safe. And my door locks from the inside." Ace says holding me close, in a protective brotherly way. "Sleep.. Morning will come sooner than if you lay awake." Ace says, closing my eyes. He makes me feel safer than ever sometimes, and I like it. I feel his wing wrap around me, which makes me feel ever safer, and more tired, and soon, I'm asleep.