Forgotten tales

CHAPTER 4: (Part 1) Spirits & Orphans

Early morning just before I woke up Elfonz entered the room and shouted "TIME TO GET YOUR LAZY ASS UP! " with a pained expression. It was clearly obvious that he had been suffering from hangover and wanted someone to vent on.

He then came to my bed and smacked my small baby butt till it was red, the embarrassment was way more painful that the hits I took. He finally stopped after seeing that I did not cry.

He then clicked his tongue and said " Damn brat why don't you cry, you can't even entertain me properly.... you useless brat. "After that he finally left the room with a red head.

I'm glad I survived that, but now my butt hurts I can't even sit or lay down cause Everytime I did my butt would hurt. I said to myself that everything will be ok and that I will surely survive. A few hours past and I could finally lay down.

I can finally rest properly, I barely got any sleep the previous night, after that dream about the spirits and making a contract . Just as I was about to close my eyes small balls of light started appearing. Looks like my dream was true, I wouldn't forget about that dream but I'm surprise that what happened was real.

As I said this the lights started moving around like beautiful little stars, this made me feel really sleepy and slowly I started sleeping. I haven't slept that good in a while... maybe since it's still early I can try talking to the spirits.

I spoke to them, but no reply they only slowly moved around. 'I guess I can't communicate with the spirits, then what kind of spirit made a contract with me'. The more I thought about it the more tangled my thoughts got. I eventually gave up on it and decided to look out the window.

The childrens grave is such a mess and worst of all is the stench of rotting flesh. This stench is one of the reasons why there are so many crows. While I was looking out the window I noticed that the children work more on the graves than hunting.

I must admit that I am quite jealous of there determination, if it were me I would've just quit already. Even if they are not physically strong they are emotionally. 'Now that I remember I did have a connection like that with one person... her name was Kerena she was my closes friend back in high school, but in our third year she stabbed me in the back, by spreading all my secrets that I told her'.

She was one of the worst experiences of my old life, but it did teach me not to trust just anyone only those who are worthy of being a friend can be trusted. While remembering this I noticed that it started raining slowly, but it looks like it's gonna get worst.

I better tuck myself in before my baby bod gets sick, I ran to the small bed and climbed in. I then took the opportunity to straighten my sheets and cover myself in my warm comfy Blanket.

The moment where I wrapped myself the spirits appeared again. This time there Color was bright blue. It reminds me of the ocean and it's vast shades of blue.

They came in close and started changing Colors, this time they changed from blue to bright yellow and they always come to me. I asked " do you spirits need something? ". they didn't react at all.

Talking to myself is the only thing I can do, I never had a relationships with others where you could just show up and the mood changes. I was shy back then and introverted, I was also a orphan in my world too, my parents passed away when I was only 14.

It was while I was in middle school I had just got back from my part-time job, I walked into my house and no one was there, " I guess they went out or something " is what I thought at the time.

Then when it started reaching late, I started worrying so I called them,... but no response this worried me even more that I ran out the house and asked the neighborhood if they didn't see them.

When I asked the guy that works for the convenience store he told me " kid a lot of people come by,  but I heard there was an accident in the main road I hope your parents are ok." The moment I heard this my heart felt like it was gonna stop beating.

I felt fear that day, cause I was worried about if they got involved in the accident. Then all of a sudden my phone rang, but when I rushed to pick it up my grandma called.

I answered to see if she knew where my parents were and she said " Please Ryuu... come to the public hospital ". She said this while her voice was shaking and I could hear that she was crying.

I rushed to the public hospital as quick as I could and when I finally got there my grandma was on the floor crying and my parents were laying down. I took my grandma and moved her to  a nearby chair. She told me that my parents were in the hospital room.

I entered the room to see that there two bodies were covered in blood and there eyes were blank, when I entered and saw this the doctor came told me " I'm sorry kid I tried ... but I couldn't save them there injuries were to severe". he said this in a serious and sad manner.

In that moment my heart stood still that I couldn't here anything around me. I wasn't really that close to my parents, but they were the people who raised me to be who I am, they taught me to be strong. Yet in this moment I broke down. I shed tears that day and for a moment I felt guilty for never telling them I cared about them.

That's why I'm not regretting anything in this life. The moment I said this the spirits number around me increased and they all fused. The mixture of all those colors were nothing but beautiful.

When they finally fused fully they turned into a hard crystal, it reminded me of the stone I ate way back when. The crystal started shine clear and the colors were moving. It felt so warm that I started feeling sleepy.

Before I fell asleep I made a wish "to become stronger so that I may have no regrets in this world". As I said this the crystal got warmer and slowly started fusing with my body.

I was to tired to notice and fell asleep instantly. I had nothing but sweet dreams and when I woke up the crystal had disappeared and I felt a rush of energy.

I didn't remember last night and thought that someone saw that crystal and took it for money. Well that doesn't matter now it's time to finally meet the other orphans. I'm excited to see and speak to actual people and not corrupted people like that pig Elfonz, he barely counts as a human. I can't wait to finally have people to talk to....

RK - Rikuo Izumi