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First story! Hope it passes!

Chapter I

Mortal

Life is unpredictable. You may come to the world as a rich person, everything you want is always within grasp, or a poor one, always doing hard work just to pay your taxes and bills. Though I may not be rich or poor, I do have some problems.

Back in my high school days, I was the smartest student then. Always landing 1st in rankings and gaining a scholarship. Why was this a bad thing? Well bullies are one and another is being a loner. Sure I had people I hanged out with, but not to the point where they can be called 'friends'.

The only person I'm close to is my mom. My dad is also another person I'm close to but not since his death, some people found him in the forest lying on the ground all pale with bite marks on his neck. The doctors tried to heal him but it was too late, they deduced that a wild animal killed him. I wanted to believe them but something just keeps telling me that it wasn't true, that something more dangerous than a wild animal killed him.

Of course I didn't tell this to my mom, she already has plenty of things to worry about. 2 days after my dad died, mom told me about attending a school called Westwood University saying that dad wanted me to study there after I graduated. I thought about it and sounded like a good idea but asked my mom why dad wanted me to attend there, surely there were other good schools out there so why that one?

She told me.

"Because you're brothers are there."

I was left speechless.

I had brothers? Since when?

I expressed my shock to my mother and asked why she didn't tell me this. Hell, why didn't dad tell me this?!

Before she could say anything though, we heard glass shattering upstairs and footsteps.

Mom immediately stood up and grabbed the carpet, revealing a trap door hidden under it.

She opened it and beckoned me to go down and keep running and don't look back.

I nodded and immediately went down the ladder and when I got down, I immediately ran where the tunnels may lead me.

Even though my mother told me to not look back, I looked back and hoped to see my mother following me.

But the only thing I saw when I looked back was a pair of glowing yellow eyes.

I immediately ran faster, fearing that whatever that may have been would catch me if I stopped even for a second.

When I finally reached the outside, I saw that I was in the forests below the house.

I looked back at the tunnel and waited for my mother to come out.

I waited.

But she never came.

I looked back up at the house.

Nothing.

I wanted to shout out but before I could, I felt something in my pocket where I unconciously put my hand in.

I pulled my hand out while holding the object and found that it was a piece of paper with something written on it.

'Go to Westwood and find your brothers,

I love you, tell your brothers I love them too ok?

- Flora aka Mom'

I felt tears come to my eyes, feeling that I have lost another person close to my heart.

But I wiped them off and with determination, ran in a random direction, away from the house.

While thinking of a way on how to get to Westwood, where his only family left is.

After running for awhile I came across a town and stopped at, from what I could tell, the center of town.

There's a fountain in the middle and lots of people are strolling around and sitting on the benches.

Then I realized that I was exhausted from today's events and momentarily collapsed.

After an unknown amount of time, I woke up staring at a ceiling of an unfamiliar room.

I rolled my head to the side and saw a man sitting on a wooden chair, staring out the window.

"You alright there, kid?" He asked me.

I was about to respond when I suddenly felt dizzy, then an image of a girl with long black hair appeared.

"Hey kid, you ok?" He asked me again.

"Yeah, just a little dizzy that's all." I responded.

"Ok then... you scared us, you know." He said.

"Huh?" I 'intelligently' asked.

"Suddenly collapsing like that, what the hell happened to you?" He asked while looking at me questioningly.

I wanted to answer, really I did. But didn't know if he would believe me or not.

"Were you getting chased or something?"

I decided to answer honestly, he looked like someone who'll understand.

"I... We... were attacked."

"By what?"

"I don't know, I never got a good look on whatever it was. But I did get a good look on one thing about them."

"What?"

"Their glowing yellow eyes."

I saw his eyes widen for a second then narrow, looking at me seriously.

"What's your name kid?"

"Josh... Gilligan."

"So you're his son. Sorry about him by the way. He was a great man."

"You knew him?"

"Oh yes, we used to hunt together in those woods. Challenging each other on who gets the most game or the biggest one. Of course I won at times but mostly he's the one winning." He said with a nostalgic smile on his face. Strangely, I find a smile forming in my face as I imagine them hunting together with dad smiling.

A moment of silence passed us as we remember the great man that has passed away.

"What's your name old man?" I asked.

"The name's Felix and I'm not old." He said to me with an annoyed stare.

"Heh, sorry." I said.

Another moment of silence.

"Kid." He called me.

"Yes?" I asked.

"You said earlier that 'we were attacked' but you were the only one there."

I remained silent, knowing what the question he wants to ask.

"Who's the other one?"

"My mom..."

His eyes widened as if in realization on what happened.

"You don't mean?"

I didn't say anything but I did feel a lone tear come out of my eye on what happened to mom.

"Oh no... I'm sorry Connor..." Felix muttered as he looked out the window and up at the sky.

Connor... that was dad's name...

"Why are you sorry for, Felix?" I asked as I heard him say sorry to dad.

"I promised your dad that I would look after you two if you ever get into trouble. I didn't think it would be this soon." He said while still looking out the window with one emotion that you can see in his eyes.

Sadness.

We were quiet for awhile then I remembered about the paper my mom gave me.

'Go to Westwood and find your brothers.'

My last promise to mom.

'I love you.'

Her final words.

With resolve, I stood up from the bed and asked Felix.

"Felix, do you know a place called Westwood?"

"Going to your brothers?"

"Yeah."

Felix smiled as he stood up and went to a desk in the middle of the room.

"Well you're in luck. A ship will be setting off to a fishing village not far from there in about 45 minutes."

"Really?"

"Yeah, better get ready."

And that's when my life changed, forever.

That's the first chapter!

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