My Guardian Angel (English version)

Prologue - Past

12 years ago

I was with my family in a forest while hiking, this should be one of those normal family outings that I've been with every year for the past seven years of my life.

However, the moment I laid my eyes to a black butterfly and chase after it, it changed my whole perspective of life.

I got lost in a forest all alone. I tried to go back to where I came from but it just made it worst, all the trees that I pass through look all the same, and it was like I was running around in circles finding my family.

I shouted as loud as I can in the hopes of them hearing me but it's no use, and it just made me afraid if a wild animal hears me instead and eat me.

Every rustle of bushes, every noise of this forest makes, it makes me even more afraid and that's why I run to the opposite direction of those noises, to just avoid them as much as possible.

I run and run until I can't run anymore, and before I knew it the forest became even darker than before. It's already night time.

I sat down to one of those flat stones that makes a perfect sitting spot and behind me is a big, old-looking tree. I hugged my knees tightly and place my head on them to give me just a little bit of comfort, but that didn't work as I thought it should be. It just made me even more hopeless.

I cried because I was tired, hungry, dirty, and...lonely.

The moment I thought that I was lonely, I started to hear different voices in my head saying:

"You are lost"

"No one will find you"

"You're all alone"

"You will starve to death"

"No one loved you"

"You've been replaced"

"No one will save you"

"You will die alone"

The last one made me shiver, even the thought of it scared me. At that moment the voices started to be more aggressive.

"No one loved you, you're always alone"

"Have you ever thought to yourself of why hasn't anybody found you yet? Because no one has a damn about you"

"It's best if you die today, nobody will realize that you're gone"

Stop it!

I tried to stop hearing those voices, but it's no use, instead, I cried again begging them to stop.

"What do you mean 'stop it'? You know is true"

It's not true!

"Oh really? So why are you all alone right now?"

That's because...

I tried to think of a reason, but I can't think of anything.

"That's because no one loved you! You've been replaced by your baby brother"

That's not...

I want to fight them off, but I can't

I don't want to believe them, but I can't

"Not true? Oh please, don't make us laugh. You already know about that"

"So make the world a favor and DIE!"