A New Beginning

Chapter 9

Ezra's P.O.V

   The next day, the three of us went to a big building with more clothes than I can count. I shyly rub my fingers against my palm and followed Hera and Kanan. "Let's get you some clothes that will actually fit you," Kanan said to me. I nodded my head and glanced at the other people.

Some were minding their own business while others looked at me in disgust. I bowed my head and hid behind Kanan. "What's wrong Ezra?" Kanan asked. I looked up at Kanan then at the people who were staring at us. He looked and saw the people sighing. "Just ignore them, ok?" He said. I nodded my head and kept following them.

   "Excuse me sir?" the manager of the store said, "but, we do not allow dirty beasts in our story". "What are you talking about?" Kanan asked. "That 'thing' behind you," the manager said in disgust, pointing at me. I hid more behind Kanan and wasn't liking all the attention. I knew that Kanan and Hera would think I'm to much of a waste now and send me back where I came, the streets. Besides, I didn't deserve any kind of love, only pain.

   "He isn't a 'thing'!" Hera roared with anger making the manager gulped in fear. Which surprised me but also made me happy. They were still protecting me! They betrayed their own status......for me? Was I really this special and important to them? Do I deserve this protection and love they give me?

   I snapped out of my thoughts as I remembered the situation. "Madem, someone complained about the infestation of a rat scurrying around the halls," the manager said. I looked around at the people watching and giving me dirty looks. My legs had a mind of their own and took off. "Ezra!" I heard Kanan yell my name.

Kanan's P.O.V

   After I called Ezra's name, he was long gone. Then I heard the manager say, "Good riddance". "I'll good riddance, you one," Hera said through clenched teeth. She was so made, I thought steam would come out of her ears. The manager walked away seeming brave but probably crying on the inside.

I laughed at that but remembered Ezra. "We need to go find Ezra," I told Hera. She calmed down, agreeing with me and we both went to find him.

Ezra's P.O.V

   I somehow made it outside and kept running down the streets. I made it to the plaza and headed for the poor section of the city. Then, I kept going through until I made it to 'the edge' and stopped. I looked around to make sure no one was around and went between the wires of the fence. I ran deep into the woods until I was getting tired and halted to a stop.

   I leaned up against a tree catching my breath and scanned the area. I didn't recognize where I was at and thinking that I am lost. 'Why did I do that?' I thought then remembered people staring at me. I sat next to the tree and tried to figure out how to get back. No ideas were coming to mind and I laid my head on the side of the tree.

   I looked up and saw something in the tree. I stood up with my gaze still on the thing. I gasped in realization of what it was. 'No, it can't be,' I thought a moved away from the tree. Then the horrible memories started to come in. The treehouse memory. A girl falling and screaming. The crack of hitting the ground.  Silence. I ran to get help. I came back with my parents and the girl was gone.

   I came out of the memory and was sitting against a different tree. I remembered that day, when I was lost my parents about a week later. About that girl and it still haunted me. I sometimes had a nightmare about it and wondered if it was my fault every time. But, I always had questions as well.

   Who was the girl? How did I know her? Where did she go? Is she dead? I shivered at the thought and I told myself to never come back to this horrible place after the incident. Since that day, I was scared of heights, thinking the same thing would happen to me. Falling. The loud crack. Disappearing forever and not knowing if she was alive or not.

   I stood up and took a trail that I remembered that would get me back to the city. On my way down the trail, I was thinking about that day. Could I have saved her? Did I do that to her? Who is she?! I crossed my arms and was digging my finger nails into my arm while clenching my teeth in frustration.

   Then I realized something. Could she have been a wealthy person and I was trying to protect myself? I quickly got rid of the thought when I remembered that she was wearing ragged clothes. My frustration was now turning into sadness. Did I betray my own status by possibly killing one? But why? I don't even know if I was the one that caused her to fall in the first place!

   I kept walking down the trail with leaves crunching under my feet. I made it back to 'the edge' and went between the wired fence. Then I went to my old cellar. I opened the doors and climbed in shutting them behind me. I climbed into my pile of blankets and pillows falling asleep in the process.

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