Chapter 5

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Four days later

A voice echoed in Swedish throughout the orphanage. I heard girls rush through the halls towards the welcoming room. Someone's lucky day I thought. I just sat in my room drawing I in my notebook while listening to music. "She should be in here." I heard Miss Hayley say as she came through the hall. She knocked on my door lightly then pushed it open. I resumed drawing at if nothing was happening. The song on my phone switched to Zoey's Blackrock story. I listened to the guitar play and thought of my guitar that I had always played at home. The purple one. As Zoey started singing, I hummed along with her. I continued humming until the song ended. Then Miss Hayley cleared her throat loudly. I turned to her with an expressionless face. "Yes?" I asked with a monotone voice. She beamed at me and moved to the side to 'reveal' a tall figure in the doorway. It was the man I had met in the park last week. He wore a black tee shirt and a charcoal leather jacket. "Meet Joakim Hellstrand." Miss Hayley said. "Hello." said Joakim. I knew that hello. I have heard it many times. My phone switched to Rythian singing Engineering. Miss Hayley reached over to turn off my phone but I grabbed her wrist. "Wait." I whispered to her. I reached over to my phone and unplugged the ear buds. Rythian's voice flowed from the speakers on the side of my phone. Joakim smiled as he heard it. I turned the volume down and Joakim kept humming. Then I turned my phone off completely. He kept humming. "Hello. I am Kayla, and this is my room." I said imitating his soft accent. Miss Hayley looked at me in confusion." It was a test." I said to her. She nodded, still a bit confused. Joakim looked at Miss Hayley and said some things in Swedish. She nodded, smiled, and led him out of the room and downstairs. Oh well, nobody wants me I thought, a bit miffed. I still can't believe that I just met Rythian! Rythian, as in Rythian of the Yogscast! I was starstruck and equally disappointed. He didn't want me. I plugged my ear buds back in and listened to a few other songs. Therefore, I was oblivious to Joakim and Miss Hayley standing in my doorway. Miss Hayley was holding my old bag and Joakim was holding some papers. It was then that I noticed them out of the corner of my eye. I pretended not to see them as my phone switched to Honor For All. I decided to sing it.

Honor For All

Oh well honor for all,
of the big and the small
well the taller they stand
well the harder they fall
we live for today but we die for the next
with blood in our veins
and the air in our chests
Oh we step into war
with our hearts on the line 
The dirt on our boots,
it shakes free over time.
The music, it fades, the violence slows
the darkness, it rises, as the sun goes
Love is a distant aroma at best
a withering smile
that's stuck deep in your vest
the night air it wraps its fingers around
Your body it shakes
from the now distant sound
oh the sound of her voice,
a sweet symphony
Played over and over until you are free
the music it fades, the violence slows
the darkness it rises, as the sun goes
can you feel the new day rising
climbing up the east horizon
they can't hold us now we'll fight through
each and every one will start new
Well we shall not stumble
no we shall not fall
we shall not crumble no we shall stand tall
well death it will come
as sure as the night
but we will not run
no we live but to fight
Oh with blood on our hands
and dirt on our knees,
we tear at the ones
who brought the disease
the music it fades, the violence slows
the darkness it rises, as the sun goes
can you feel the new day rising
climbing up the east horizon
they can't hold us, now we'll fight through each and every one will start new

Joakim clapped and Miss Hayley smiled. I looked at them with a 'surprised' look on my face. "Pack up, you're leaving!" said  Miss Hayley cheerfully. I looked at her, then at the papers on Joakim's hand. My eyes widened. I was being adopted. By Rythian. Oh my God. I nodded slowly and took my black bag from Miss Hayley's hands. I put my notebook and my phonein first. Then I packed up my clothes, including my all hail Rythian tee and the rest of my Yogscast stuff. I pulled on my enderman hoodie and looked the room over, it showed no sign of being mine. Good. I turned to Joakim, "Where to?"

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