Forgotten Garden (Gay Romance / Fairy Tale)

Part I - Orphan

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Elliott Spielberg

Once upon a time, there was a very kind boy named Elliott. He had brown eyes, short straight hair, and a strong body to work hard. He was about nine years old when his father, John, passed away by a disease. Alone with his mother, Unice, and away from civilization, he had to become the manager of the house, so he could take care of her because she started having the same symptoms that his father. Not more than a month after John kicked the bucket, so did Unice.

Elliott ended up in a religious orphanage, where he lived for unending five years. Some people may not believe in Hell. however, Elliott does because he was living there. That orphanage should be a safe and happy place for orphans, instead, it was an evil, dark, and haunted place. Children there were always talking about how many people died in that place, and no one was capable of waking up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, since candles were all out by nine o'clock and there were legends about how you could see and hear phantoms all around the hallways when there was no lighting.

About the food, it was awful, all those nuns, they were scary, to take a shower, it was even worse. Nevertheless, there was nothing worse than religious classes and their lectures before punishments. Hell was real, everybody there knew it, and it was a place full of hypocrites with their lies. But Elliott was an optimist and courageous one, then he never stopped dreaming about breaking free.

Months after his fourteenth birthday, something they don't give a damn about in that place, he realized some people were vanishing after his friend, Pettah went missing. He started an investigation and found out that many girls, boys, and nuns were fading for a long time. That was how he knew that it was more than fundamental to take that place down, to find a way of shutting down Hell. Though, he got no idea of how he could do it.

It was his last night in that place, he woke up in the middle of the night to pee. On his way to the bathroom, completely in the dark, he saw a crack of light that passed through the keyhole of a door. He felt like the screaming souls were leading him to see what was on the other side. Looking through that keyhole he spied the abuse of a child and he had the worst feeling he ever felt. That was when he decided it was time to end up that place, once for all, and he hoped that like that someone powerful would find out what was going on that place for so long, so the guilties would pay.

He found a way to blow up the kitchen, starting a devastating fire. During the turmoil, he managed to escape to the forest, where he hoped to start a new life in connection with nature.

Prince Steven Lewis

Steven Lewis was the oldest king's son. He had one brother, Ethan Lewis, and a sister, Sarah Lewis. Deep blue eyes, golden hair, and a beautiful smile were some of his characteristics. Also, he was pessimistic, charming, generous, and very stubborn.

After his seventeenth birthday, he thought things would be a bit different, but his life didn't change anything, it was getting worse with more duties. However, Steven didn't give up the idea of finding his mother. Three years before that day, she went to the woods and have not ever come back. The king, his father, send armies and armies to search for her, but they all came back without any information.

Influenced by his younger brother, Ethan, and because Steven was really stubborn, he decided it was time to look for answers about what happened to his mother. Steven was truly close to his mum, Dorothy Lewis, so he was tired of pretending everything was fine every day. It was time to seek the truth, even though he might never return.

He packed his backpack and waited for the night to escape. His sister talked to him for hours trying to prevent him from doing that, nevertheless, it was in vain and she decided not to ruin his plans because she knew he would not ever forgive her.