Come Little Children

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by _hybrids_

by _hybrids_

June 17, 2019
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Five-year-old Seto sobbed as he watched the life of his brother drain out of him. He was now the only one left in his family. As days go on, he refused to let anyone in.

Years after years friends came and left. He eventually moved into a huge house with his three caretakers. Each night they would check upon him.

The day after his tenth birthday, the news reported a mass suicide of kids. Most of them were aged 4-15, but there were some victims in their late teens. All were caused by the same song by a beautiful witch who called herself the Songbird. His caretakers kept chatting about it.
That night Seto struggled to stay asleep due to dark memories. Seto curled his wings around him like a hug. A melody floated in the air catching Seto's attention.

𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯
𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥
𝘖𝘧 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵

Seto lifted his head up towards the balcony door. It opened up, and the curtains danced in the breeze of the witch's magic.

𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦'𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺
𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘴

The light in the child's eyes faded as he became entranced by the song. The lost prince got up from his bed.

In the other rooms, Matt woke up to get a glass of water. He yawned when he heard the next verse of the enchantment.

𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯
𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺
𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸

Matt's eyes widened and he rushed to wake his two companions up.

A tear ran down Seto's face. 'Can it go away?' He wondered. 'Can he see his family again? Can I trust this?' Questions raced through his mind as the music played. A golden bridge appeared at the edge of the balcony. Seto cautiously approached it.

𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯
𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺
𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥
𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴

The child smiled as he used his wings to propel him faster towards it. The door to his room bursted open as his caretakers ran to stop him. "Seto. Stop." Isaac commanded. The boy seemed to pay no mind to the demand. Waglington tried to grab the prince only to get blown back by his magic and fall unconscious. Only then did Seto stop and glanced at the three. 'I... I did that?'

𝘏𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯
𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺
𝘛𝘰𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥
𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴

Seto gave them a sadly happy smile. "My family is calling me. Thank you for giving me the best life you could give me. I love you all." He then landed and jumped onto the bridge. "SETO NO!!" He heard before he blacked out.

𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯
𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺
𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵

Songbird softly sang as the children ran across the bridge to her house. All but one.
Seto woke up seeing Skylar there. "What took you so long?" He asked. "Momma and daddy are waiting, Set. Let's go see them!" Sky helped Seto up to his feet. The two laughed as they ran into the bright light at the end of the bridge.