Blood River

2. Coal to Diamond: Part Two

Thought
Thoughts
Thoughts

There are three because Wei Ying is arguing with himself in his mind, italics always means thoughts, the normal one being a single thought or a consensus between his inner selves. In other chapters, unless mentioned it is simply thoughts.

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Wei Ying woke up in an alley surrounded by snow and the dark of night, he looked around to find he was alone his shushu nowhere to be found.

Shushu..? Who is shushu...?

Suddenly the sound of growliing filled his ears, he looked up to see three huge fierce dogs aproaching him. Their fur grey and unkept, their mouth spilling saliva from where they exposed their sharp teeth and their eyes staring a fierce glare at the small child.

Think quick, Shushu told you how to defend from dogs

He tried to stand up, but his legs quickly gave out, he looked down just to see his legs bloodied with scratches, bruises and dirt.

What happend to me!?

Shushu!? Shushu..? Who is shushu?

Shushu! Shushu was with us just now, he raised me.. us! h-he was here with us, Shushu! where is he?!

We've always been alone... no one cares about us, they just throw us aside like trash..

What are you talking about?! I've never been alone, I have Shushu!

Why are you in my head!?

I am you, Wei Ying.. we are one

Stop lying

There was never any shushu.. there was never anyone.. they never cared! And the dogs are here again.. They'll harm us again why are you worried about something else!?

They'll harm you

They're here to harm me

They're here to harm me again... I don't want to hurt again.. they hurt, the dogs are bad, it still hurts from last time I fought them

I don't want to hurt

I just want to live.. why... why are they hurting me

Wei Ying cowered in on himself, at a loss of what to do as the dogs approached him again. His whole body trembled with fear as tears filled his eyes and he hugged himself, shutting his eyes tightly, hoping to escape somehow - to go somewhere far away, to someone who'd care.

He'd changed alleys multiple times, tried asking for help from people and even tried fighting back, but nothing worked, the dogs always found him, and were always stronger than him no matter how much he ran or fought. They would always hurt him.

Huge tears poured from his eyes as his whole body shook in fear and anticipation, yet suddenly he heard the dogs wine, before seemingly running away, as he could hear their paws crunching up the snow with their every step.

He hesitantly looked up after a while to see a lady in yellow robes, behind her a lady in black. The tears in his eyes overflowed looking at the two figures who soon turned to coloured blobs.

With that Wei Ying fainted.

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Lín Míngyuán was visiting Yunmeng for the week, to see her bestfriend, Yu Ziyuan.

The QingyunLín Sect and the MeishanYu sect have had tight bond since a long time. Both sects lead neighbouring countries in the Yunmeng continent, and have been to each other's aid since forever.