Inspired by The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time & Barnyard
Chapter 1: A Tragedy Never Dies
Late 2006.
It was a few months after Daisy had Ben. Otis and Daisy were now going steady as boyfriend and girlfriend.
The two were going on a honeymoon at night.
The song "Popsickle" by Starlight Mints played on the radio while they were outside on a blanket kissing.
But when Otis kissed her, he thought about what his dad said about the stars and how the night little Ben was born, he saw them dance too.
"Daisy, can you excuse me for a minute?" asked Otis.
"Why?" asked Daisy.
"I've got some upsetting things on my mind." said Otis.
"It's not me is it?" asked Daisy.
"No." said Otis. "I just wanna be alone though."
"See you then, honey." said Daisy.
In Otis's stall, he went through some things that reminded him of his father.
Otis was upset a little bit so he sang a tune:
"Lightning strike inside my chest to keep me up at night." sang Otis. "Dream of ways to make you understand my pain. Clouds of sulfur in the air bombs are falling everywhere it's heartbreak warfare. Drop his name, push and push and twist the knife again. Watch my face as I pretend to feel no pain. Clouds of sulfur in the air, bombs are falling everywhere it's heartbreak warfare."
He looked down for a second.
"How's come the only way to know how high you get me is to see how far I fall? God only knows how much you love me if you let me, but I can't break through it all. It's heart...heartbreak. I don't care if we don't sleep at all tonight. Let's just fix this whole thing now. Red wine and ambien you're talking 5#!% again, it's heartbreak warfare. It's heartbreak warfare. It's heartbreak warfare" he sang.
(I know Heartbreak Warfare is from '08, '09 or '10, but I felt like it fit.)
Little Ben was waking up starting to cry, so Otis picked him up. Little Ben felt secure in Otis's arms. It was the only thing that stopped his cries. Otis was the first person Ben saw in his life. He was very fond of little Ben though he cried in memory of his father and often wondered what it was like for his father to raise him. The two and Daisy seemed to be a glued-together-three-piece-puzzle that you couldn't tear apart.
Daisy came in behind the two.
"Hey honey." said Daisy.
"Hey." said Otis.
"You seem like the perfect father for him." said Daisy.
"It's going to be hard to raise him." said Otis.
"I know." said Daisy and Otis gave Ben to her.
"My father was so nice and I should've never been the way I was when he was still alive." said Otis.
Miles came in the barn.
"Your father didn't think he could raise you on his own." said Miles. "Dag, him and I wondered what we were going to do."
"Dag!" shouted Otis. "Why was Dag in this!"
"All three of us were friends when we met you, but Dag went bad." said Miles. "I've never known why, but it happened."
"He lived here?" asked Otis.
"Sure enough." said Miles. "And the two of them got into trouble like you did."
"I'd like to take revenge on Dag." said Otis.
"If something like what happened to your dad happens, we all would like to take revenge, but that is not wise." said Miles. "Revenge sends people down a road they don't wanna be on."
"But you're going to stay here aren't you?" asked Otis hoping he'd say yes.
"Otis, as much as I would want to, it would be hard for me to stay because memories of how it used to be between the three of us." said Miles.
"Miles, you're the only thing I have left of my dad!" cried Otis.
"Otis, I'm sorry!" said Miles. "I can't stay!"
Miles walked out the door and had a vow never to return.
Daisy put little Ben back in his cradle and hugged Otis trying to comfort him.
There was now nothing left of his father.