Finding

(20) Change [Part 1]

Having an eidetic memory since he was in the labs, Tord could remember everything that has happened to him in such crystal-clear quality as long as he wasn't that inebriated or drugged up. He could remember every cut and incision that was given to him. Every nasty word that was ever said.

He could also remember about his own father who was willing to give everything to him but he never trusted the man. He could also remember everything about his friends.

Edd's stories about his family.

Matt's iterations of his family's genealogy.

And Tom's drunken sharing of his life.

He could remember all of it.

Which was what made his plans easier.

______________________________

Tom told him before how his mom as a sentient bowling ball that lived all alone the younger years of her life before she met Tom's dad. He told him how she found herself alive in a bowling alley named "Crashing Balls" and stayed there a couple of years as a hired help of sorts before leaving the disgusting place.

So, here he was now, getting Tom's mom before she even 'woke up'.

After all, he already had a plan on where she was to be. That way, she wouldn't be lonely and have an improved standing in life. That, and make things easier for him.

He was planning to put her in the care of Edd's grandparents. That way she could have a family and Tom and Edd would be related. Which hopefully in the future could help him in convincing Edd about his plans.

Edd did mention to him before how his dad was five years older than the rest of their parents and how the older Gold always wanted to have a younger sibling. Having Tom's mom become a Gold legally was something he could easily do now with his newly acquired abilities.

He could just put a long-lasting spell on Edd's grandparents that makes them think that they want another child but because of a certain accident they couldn't have anymore children. Then, that's where Tom's mom comes in. With the spell influencing their thoughts, Edd's grandmother would treat the bowling ball as her own and Edd's dad could have a younger sister.

_______________________________________

Steffan Gold was a bright and happy boy that had black hair and brown eyes. His parents loved him so much that he grew up to be a moderately spoiled child.

For a five-year-old, Steffan envied how the rest of his playmates had younger siblings that they would take care of and brag about. So, like any other spoiled child, he asked his parents for a younger sibling. However, no matter how much he begged his parents for a younger sibling, they always said 'No' since they couldn't have another child. Or more like they couldn't afford to feed another child.

After all, they always told him that they only had enough to feed and cater the needs and vices of three people. But things changed one day as a man wearing a black trench coat with a hood and red leather gloves came and spoke to his parents.

The three of them spoke quietly in their dining room for a few minutes before he was temporarily sent out. After which, when he came back, it looked like they came upon an agreement as the man wearing the hooded trench coat was soon approaching him and his parents encouraged him to listen.

"Hello," Steffan shyly greeted to the hooded stranger and wondered what was inside the basket that he carried.

"Hello to you too," the man answered back with a weird accent as he knelt down to his eye level.

Steffan gasped at what he saw. The man was very pretty with his gem like green eyes that seemed to glow and his hair that looked like silver. To the child, what the man's face looked like was like of those in fairytales. It belonged to a fairy or that of an angel.

"I see that my face is bothering you," the man commented before his face was soon shrouded in darkness and the only thing that remained to be seen are his wonderful eyes.

"I—No—I'm sorry!" Steffan stuttered in embarrassment and asked, "I—Umm...What does mister have to say to me?"

"Ah, yes. About that," the man then opened the cover of the picnic basket he held and inside of it was a black bowling ball that was cushioned by a white pillow. The man explained, "You see here, this bowling ball would be alive in a few days and she would need to have a family take care of her. So, I thought it would be best to giver her to you and make her your sister."

Steffan's brown eyes widened at the news that he heard. After all, he would soon be getting a sister as much it was a bowling ball. That said, the raven suddenly remembered how his parents would always say that they couldn't afford to have another child. "But we don't have that much money," Steffan weakly told as he was hesitating to reach out for his new sibling.

"It's okay, as much as your parents won't remember much of this meeting of ours today, I already made sure to leave some funds for your family to live comfortably even with the new addition. To be exact, I know that these funds might even be more than enough." The man assured as he ruffled the raven's hair and slowly took out the bowling ball to show the boy what he would be taking care of.

"She's pretty. The black color shines nicely," the brown eyed boy commented as he reached out and caressed the bowling ball gently.

"Indeed, she is," the gem like green-eyed man intoned before putting the bowling ball back to the basket and continuing, "I'm talking to you right now to ask you to take care of her. After all, she's a very special person who has an important role to play in the future."

"Role? Future?"

"You don't have to worry about those things, child. The only thing you should worry about is making sure she lives well and she marries a pineapple."

"Pineapple?"

"Yes. A pineapple," the hooded man affirmed as he stood up and began walking away.

"Okay, I promise!" Steffan shouted in determined glee as he watched the man disappear in the night's darkness and thought how lucky his day must be to get what he wished to finally happen.

Steffan Gold finally had a sister.