"Wet In The Rain"
by: Ellis McDohl
first entry: January 14, 2002 (6:44 pm)
last entry: January 14, 2002 (8:03 pm)
disclaimer: They're not mine!!

Author's notes:
Hello. I've always loved Suikoden especially Lord McDohl because of his sad fate. I hope I got the emotions right here. I was playing it (again) the other day. I've not much time to write because of exams. I'm just going to fix the errors when I'm done. If you'd like to flame me, It's okay. Just please go easy...
I hope you enjoy.

Ellis McDohl
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"Wet In The Rain"
Chapter One: Mother


I was only a child of three yet I remember it as well as if it had only been yesterday. The house was very still. The only sound I could hear was the tickling of the clock in my room. I heard sounds of footsteps in the hall, very vaguely, and whispers trying to repress themselves. Yet they could not.

I sat by my window, looking out as the rain fell. It was in the middle of afternoon but the skies seemed so dark as though it was night. I did not mind it at first. I never did, when it rained. My mother used to always keep me company when the rain fell. She would sing me songs of lands faraway where the beautiful winter moon was full and bright.

She would tell me stories with her sweet voice and would kiss me with her soft lips, her long, silky hair slipping forward and she would smile. Her face like an angel.

My father would always stand beside her, smiling his gentle smile. They looked so happy and contented and I loved them both. Gremio, I would see, standing behind them. He looked a little awkward but I loved him too.

"Good night, my sweet child..." My mother would whisper.

But that was not the case now. I didn't know what had happened then but my mother was not around this time. Gremio was no where to be seen and my father had locked himself their bedroom for hours on end.

I did not go out my room that day. I only waited for the gentle face of my mother to put me to bed.

But my mother didn't come.

It had been like this for three days now. I would only go inside their room to see her lying on the bed, looking so tired. Her lips had lost their sweet smile and she looked thinner and paler. I knew something was wrong but I didn't voice out my thoughts.

I normally didn't.

I turned to the door. Still waiting.

There was a slight creaking and I saw the door slowly opening. I smiled, thinking it was my mother but the one who entered was Gremio. My smile died away. But there was something wrong because I saw his face...

"Y-Young Master..." He called.

"Gremio...?" I said as I rose from my seat.

He took a few faltering steps forward but he stopped and stood aside, hanging his head. I saw a few drops of tears in his blue eyes, which I thought I didn't really see. Then my father came in, his face looked graver and he looked older. He walked in, knelt down beside me and put his arms around me, holding me close.

"My boy..." He whispered hoarsely, his voice trembling. "It's just you and I now..." He looked into my eyes, tears threatening to spill from his eyes. "Mother's gone to a better place..."

And he embraced me tighter, hiding his face behind me. I couldn't see his face but I knew he was crying. Gremio was crying too. But their tears were silent.

I didn't cry because I had no tears.

The rain fell harder, beating against the window panes. A loud clash of thunder was heard. I was inside the house, safely in my room, but then, I was still wet with tears of my father which was as cold as the rain...

That was when I started to believe that when it rained hard, it meant that it would take someone precious from me...

To be continued...