The Long Journey [Editing in Progress]

Chapter 2: Lucca

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Lucca POV:

I saw the boy loose his family and it's all my fault.

(~15 Minutes Earlier~)

"Ahhhh" I yawned.

I'm so sleepy, I barely got any sleep last night. For some reason I got a real bad and chilling feeling this morning. Maybe it's nothing, I pushed that feeling away and continued on with my day.

I walked out of my 'home', well it's not really a home like a house or a cabin because I live under a huge oak tree. It's spacious enough that if I shifted in my dragon form, I would still have space. I don't have any furniture or anything like a regular home would have because that would just be weird. It's not like I don't have the money to get myself a house or apartment, I just choose not to since I hate talking to people. I've lived in this world for a little over 2 centuries and humans have disappointed me over and over again. Greediness and selfishness are still active to this day, its completely disgusting.

I look out to the woods and the sun is getting prepared to set. I no longer have a regular sleep schedule. I sleep at dawn and wake up before sunset, I go hunting, eat what I've caught, and go to sleep.

I'm now walking south of my home and looking for anything edible. I've never had any trouble hunting before. I've always managed to catch something whether that be a bunny or a frog, anything with meat is edible to me. After walking a little further, I spot a deer. I haven't seen one of those in awhile. I thought.

In crouch down and step forward, trying to stay hidden. But as I walk, a dry leaf crunches at the bottom of my boot. Crap.

Way to go you idiot, there goes our food. My dragon Klaus says.

Shut up Klaus, I'll catch it, don't worry. I reply

The deer spots me and rushes to escape. I run towards it and see it smoothly evade trees. Good thing I've lived in these woods for quite some time, I know it like the back of my hand. As I run the deer is getting closer to the edge of the woods where the road starts. I throw a rock and hit the deer. Don't get me wrong, I just don't want the deer to get hit by a car and get it taken away by a ranger or animal control. That's my food for tonight.

The deer makes a sharp left turn and is running along the edge of the woods. I make a short cut and try to catch it form it left side but escapes me by running towards the road. Well there goes my food for tonight, I guess I'll just go fishing then.

Told you, you were an idiot. Klaus remarks. I huff back to him.

I'm walking back, heading to the river. When I hear a loud smashing sound of metal scraping concrete. Almost as if a car was sliding on cement. That's when I heard the metal sound get closer, smashing against a tree.

Shit, Shit, Shit. I thought.

It was a car not far from here, hurry Lucca I smell blood. Klaus exclaims.

I run towards the sound, and by the time I get there the smell of blood is heavy. I couldn't believe it I killed a person. No, I've killed a family. I smell four individuals but I can only hear two breathing.

I hear murmuring sounds and now I can only hear one person breathing. Ok now saw the boy getting out painfully as the glass broke skin and he's bleeding profoundly fast. I've got to go help him. I thought.

Go to him, help him!. Klaus yells.

How can I, I just killed his family. I respond.

Shut up and help him, he's bleeding. I shut him out.

I seriously don't know what to do. I wanna help him and every fiber of my body is telling me so, but I don't move. I'm scared. Wow, scared? Me? I've lived for 2 decades and I'm scared of a boy. I thought.

I see him crying like no tomorrow and follow him walk away as it starts to rain, his scent is getting washed off so I shift in order to track him better.

His scent is close, I stop once as I see him stop as well. He sits down by a tree that can covers him from the rain. I take another step forward and I break a branch twig. Gosh I really am an idiot that's the second time today.

He looks around to try to find the source of the sound and he spots me. I saw him try to get up and hear him say "Beautiful" in such a high rich soothing sound. Me beautiful?

That's when he passed out and fell forward toward the ground but not before I caught him. I felt so much guilt and hatred towards myself.

It's my fault his family's dead. I've lived without a purpose for almost my entire life, but I think I just found one. I thought.

Protect the boy. Klaus and I said at the same time.