Sides of the World

Chapter 14, God Brings Me Nowhere

(4 Days Later)

The others and I went to the city, I haven't been outside in a while for the last few days I've been training and practicing walking better.

I decided to go out today with no one helping me, I tried not to put too much pressure on my wound As I look around with Vincent by my side, I noticed multiple copies of the same flyer.

"Submit yourself to God! Join in the church with us! God will forgive your sins. Join us in this holy place."

A picture of a man and woman praying and another man in a priest's clothing, standing.

Something felt odd about it so I decided to show it to Ribbon.

"Does this seem strange to you?" I hand it to them.

"Definitely." Ribbon immediately analyzed it.

"Called it." I mumble.
"It's always religion." Vincent whispered.

"Shall we attend today? It's almost time." asked Pearl.

  "Are you sure?" I look back at the flyer again.

"Yes, we will see what comes from there." Ribbon threw the paper in the trash and we made our way to the church.

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We entered through the doors, faint bells and talking were heard in the distance.

We sit down.

"Oh look new members!" A priest quickly came up to us with a girl by his side. "Welcome to the church!" He bowed to us.

"Thank you." Ribbon responded.

The girl right next to the priest had black hair tied into a bun. She had small makeup on and stared at us. "This is my companion, Hoà." The priest moved over, "And you can call me Tyler."

Tyler went somewhere else, Hoà went over to sit with us.

"So why are you here? We've never seen you before..."
She asked.

"Worship, of course." Ribbon answered.

She nodded and went off, "Welcome! Not a lot of people attend the church."

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"Does she seem sad, to you all?" Indigo suddenly asked, she had cocked her head, and was still looking at Hoà.

"We should keep an eye on her as well." Ribbon nodded.

-Church had started, it went on for an hour-

-

We left through the doors again, "That was boring." Vincent groaned. I yawn and noticed Indigo fiddling with her fingers.

Hoà walked over to us,
"Do you guys plan on coming back?"

"Yes, we do." Ribbon nodded.

She hesitated,
"See you next time then."
She left in a hurry.

"I hope we see her again." Indigo whispered while putting her fingers together. "Don't worry, we will, for sure." Pearl patted her little sister's head.

"You two can go if you want, me and the kiddos probably plan to stay back." said Ribbon.

"Sounds good!" Pearl put a thumbs up.

We made our way back home and settled down into the main lobby.

---Next Day.
-Indigo's POV-

Pearl and I woke up early to head to the church. I couldn't stop thinking about the girl, Hoà, I wanted to see her again.