Zenix and his Past [ABANDONED]

Chapter 12 - Zenix

I am not about to spend the rest of the day chopping wood! No way! I am done! I have decided to just walk around town and avoid my Father. I feel bad that I left Zella to the rath of him, but she should be fine... I hope. I pass the Blacksmith, which no one works in because it is not functional, and then I pass the library. I walk toward the swamp and I see Lord Floralili's home on the top of the hill. I walk into the place with all of the guard towers and... hey... is that Knox? I run over to him. But he looks different...
"Knox, what are you doing near the guard towers?" I ask him. He sees me...
"What are you doing out here, Lover Loser?" Knox yells at me. He is not making fun of me. He seems nervous. I look at him closer. Wait... were his eyes always red?
"Why are your eyes red?" I ask. He shuffles his feet.
"You never knew that I was albino?"
"No,"
"I tried to help you, but man, you are hopeless," he mentions. I am confused.
"What did you try to help me with?! You just made love a terrible thing!" I shout at him. He snickers.
"No, I was trying to help you," he says, "I know you don't see it, but love is in the way of your dream. You want to be a guard, but you can't be if all of these people are in your way! You have to get rid of them!" I stare into his red eyes. My eyes start to hurt and I feel something come over me...

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For all that I could in this time, I did nothing! I could have gotten rid of my parents, who treat me like crap! Well, I can complete that job now! I am by the front door, and I pick up my axe. I am ready.
I break down the door and Mother and Father are in there. Mother gasps at my appearance, but Father gives me the evil glare. I shoot it right back at him.
"You were supposed to be doing your chores this whole time! Chopping the wood and all! But what did you do instead?! You broke down the door!" Father yells at me.
"SHUT UP! I DON'T NEED TO LISTEN TO YOU ANYMORE!!!" I scream at him. He lunges at me to tackle me, but I am faster. I swing the axe and it hits him right in his stomach. He cripples to the floor. I look at Mother, who is as fearful looking as a rabbit being hunted by a fox. I swing the axe at her head and I listen to her screams until they fade off. I keep the axe in Mother's head and pick up a spare arrow. Now it is time to finish this.
I break down the door to my room too and Zella is in there on her bed. She is staring at me, her brown eyes wide.
"My dream was to become a guard, not to fall in love!" I yell at her. She flinches and tears roll down her cheeks, "Now I can fulfill it!" She looks at the arrow, then she looks into my eyes again.
"I thought... your dream was... for us to escape... together..." she says softly.
"NO! IT NEVER..."
"And... I thought it was... for us to live our dreams... together..." she interrupts. I feel a warm fuzzy feeling coming back to me, but I ignore it, and I stab the arrow right in zella's heart. She looks up at me, then she falls to the floor.
"Unless... your fire burns out... I will always... stand by you." she murmurs to me. "I love you, Zenix. With all of my heart..." I feel dizzy and I fall to the floor, the whole world turning black before me.

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What?! Who... Zella, no! Who did this?! I see Zella with an arrow in her heart on the floor, my hand is soaked in blood. What... what happened?! I see Father and Mother are dead too. I run outside and I see Knox, his eyes still red.
"We can't have him here! For the sake of our children and families! Drive him out!" Knox yells. Everyone in the village is running after me with swords, arrows, axes, and torches. I... I don't know what to do! My heart is racing and I just run, but there is nowhere to run. A man slices me with a sword and a woman shoots an arrow at my arm. I am getting punched and bruised and scarred. And there is nothing I can do. I see an opening between the crowd of people and I take that as my chance to run. I sprint, but the villagers continue to chase me until I get so far into the Birch Forest that I can't see the torches of the village anymore. I lay on the grass, feeling like I am on my last strand. I close my eyes, and I wait until all the life is sucked out of me.

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