Aras (Discontinued)

Aras

The beautiful country of Lithuania was in the middle of the amazing Song and Dance Festival. People danced and sang to beautiful music, despite the cold. A young mother stood with her four year old son. He had the same light brown hair and green eyes as his mother. He held his mother's hand as they waited for his father. When his father arrived, he hugged them both, and then the boy's parents went off and began to dance. The boy stood there waiting, when he saw a small white fluffy dog. He began to follow the dog, slowly leaving the festival. The dog finally stopped in a alley. The boy grabbed the dog when the alley became darker. The boy turned and the dog fled in terror. Before him stood a scary looking tall man. The little boy stepped back in fear, the man came closer and picked him, taking him away from his home.

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Setting foot in foreign snowy land was a little odd, for he had never been out of Lithuania. The fierce man pulled him all the way to a huge beautiful mansion like house. It was light blue and white, and looked as if it had man huge rooms. Once in the house, the man was greeted by two children and a young woman.

" Hello dear," she said as he walked in.

"Daddy, daddy!" the children exclaimed as they jumped up and down.

"Hello my family, I have arrived with a new slave for the house," he replied as he pushed the Lithuanian boy forward.

The woman dried her hands as she walked up to the little boy. She crouched down and smiled. It was a kind and gentle.

"This one is as cute as the one you brought last time," she said as she picked up the boy.

" You mustn't get attached to the slaves," he replied as he took the boy and walked out.

The woman returned working, while the children began to talk while they played.

"Big brother, I want to be friends with the new slave," the little girl told her brother.

" You know father would never allow it," the boy replied in a whisper.

"Aww, come on Isaac," she said in a sad sweet voice.

"Fine Regina, but only for a little bit," Isaac replied sternly.

***

The young Lithuanian boy looked around the dark room, in which the man left him. Apart of being dark, it was also cold and eerie. The boy began to walk to the door, when it began to open. He jumped back and hid the darkest corner. A blonde haired boy that looked about two years older then him appeared at the door.

"Kas siin on keegi?" he asked.

"Yes, but only me," the little Lithuanian replied.

"Who are you?" the boy asked.

"I am Aras Butkus from Vilnius, Lithuania," he replied.

"Are you a slave?"

There was a pause, Aras had heard the man say he was a slave, but he wasn't completely sure. He was about to answer, when the door swung wide open. Both boy became startled and hid in dark corners.

"Hello?" Regina asked into the dark room.

"See he's not here," Isaac said as he began to walk back home.

Regina waited for a while, but quickly became discouraged and began to walked out of the room.

"Wait... I'm here," Aras whispered.

She turned, and Aras stepped out of his corner. She walked back into the room and to him.

"Hi, I'm Regina, may I please have your name?" she asked as she curtseyed.

"Hello Regina, I'm Aras Butkus," he replied nervously.

Soon the six year old boy came out of his hiding place and join Aras and Regina.

" Aras we have to get back to work," he said sternly.

"Aw, Edward can't he stay for a little bit?" Regina asked.

Edward thought for awhile,but finally agreed and head back to the fields to work.

***

Returning to the fields to work, always reminded Edward of his young mother. Edward and his mother were brought from Estonia, when Edward was only two years old. He really couldn't remember what had happen to his father. When working in the fields, he would always go to where his mother would work. His light blue eyes would always fill up, as he worked. The other slaves would ask why he was upset, but he would just continue to work as his tears slowly flowed down his cheeks.

***

Regina showed Aras around the whole estate. She showed him where all the tool were kept, where the slaves sleep, and where her and her family lived. she continued to show him many interesting things and places. She also took him to a snow covered forest.

"Let's play hide and seek here," she said.

"Is the forest safe, Regina?" Aras asked shyly.

"Yes, I'm positive, and you're here to protect me," she replied back.

They were about step into the forest, when Regina's father grabbed them both. Aras jumped and landed face first on hard cold ice. He began to cry out loud, when the man slapped him and told him to be quiet. he quietly cried to himself.

Evening came quickly after Aras's encounter with his slave owner. He ate his supper with his only real friend, Edward. They walked to walked to their sleeping quarters, and they prepared to go to bed. Edward would sleep the top bunk while Aras would sleep on right under.

" Hey Aras, if you need anything, just tell me," Edward told Aras before he went to sleep.

"Okay but why?" Aras asked in a whisper.

Soon Aras began to drift to sleep. His sleep lead him to his beautiful Lithuania, were he was reunited with his father and his mother. His mother ran towards him with tears in her beautiful green eyes. she grabbed him and huger him.

"My baby Aras, I missed you so much," she said between tears.

He felt the warmth of her hands on his back. The warmth slowly began to burn him. Aras suddenly woke up and saw the man with an iron staff that had a circle with the letters IY in it. the letters were glowing reddish orange. The man began to come close and tried to place the staff on Aras once again. Aras began to cry and call Edward as the man came closer. Edward jerked up and saw the man.

"Hey what are you doing?" Edward asked firmly.

Edward know it was a terrible idea to question his slave master, but he took the risk.

"Shut up! You dumb slave!" their slave master replied as he smacked Edward and placed the brand staff on Aras. Edward fell back to his bed.

* Well here's my new story, I hope you guys like it. Please comment, share and vote. So I decided to leave you in suspense. What will happen to Aras and Edward? What will the slavemaster do? Will someone save Aras and Edward? Next update will be in 5 days or if someone comments about the story and what you think so far, I'll update sooner.*