All Through The Night
¤ Prologue ¤
Sleep my child and peace attend thee,
All through the night
Guardian angels God will send thee,
All through the night
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping,
Hill and dale in slumber sleeping,
I my loved ones' watch am keeping,
All through the night
Angels watching, e'er around thee,
All through the night
Midnight slumber close surround thee,
All through the night
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping,
Hill and dale in slumber sleeping
I my loved ones' watch am keeping,
All through the night
¤ Lullaby - All Through the Night ¤
Ka Thunk!
A boy of about four stumbled back as the hit landed on his head. Barely supporting himself by pressuring his left hand on the wall, he used the other to press on the bleeding wound.
Stop. Please, stop it.
The older man towered above him, the metal pan dangling dangerously in front of his eye. His eyes widened in horror as the piece of metal was raised again, and shut his eyes tightly as the solid slammed against his jaw. Upon the impact, his hand left the stained wall as he landed roughly on the cold, hard cement. A trickle of blood made its way down the corner of his mouth, and made its mark on the dirty floor. He managed to cough before he found himself pushed up against the wall, feet hardly touching the ground; the pair of hands now closing tightly on his throat.
No, don't kill me. I don't want to die.
Desperately he clawed those steel fingers around his neck, but the grip tightened instead. He could almost feel the last of his life slipping away from his fingers, surroundings darkening……
No! I don't want to die! Don't kill me!
His blows on the man was now more violent as he knew that it was either survive or die, however he could not get out of the steel grip. He felt despair overcoming him, telling him to stop struggling and accept death, but he simply could not. As he felt the pain fading, he panicked. The scratch marks he left on the back of the man's hand bleed as he tore at the skin.
Someone! Anyone! Save me!
Suddenly, he seemed to hear a melody ringing from faraway……
-
Sleep my child and peace attend thee,
All through the night
Guardian angels God will send thee,
All through the night
-
He slumped onto the floor as the rough hands left his throat,leaving a stinging sensation. The darkness that once overcame him faded, and he opened his eyes. Golden irises stared in horror on the scene in front of him.
-
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping,
Hill and dale in slumber sleeping,
I my loved ones' watch am keeping,
All through the night
-
The man that tried to kill him was pinned onto the wall by invisible hands, brown eyes widened as the huge frame trembled on his impending doom. The man caste his gaze on the little boy whom tears streamed down his face. He could hardly believe his ears when he heard a choked sob,
"Otou-san……why did you try to kill me?"
Then, all he saw was a crimson scythe flashed before his eyes, and darkness claimed him.
-
Angels watching, e'er around thee,
All through the night
Midnight slumber close surround thee,
All through the night
-
In the old, abandoned house, lied a corpse of a man, and a crying young boy with a blood stained scythe in his hands.
-
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping,
Hill and dale in slumber sleeping
I my loved ones' watch am keeping,
-
"Young Shinigami, you have quite a nice scythe," a voice sounded from behind the shadows.
-
All through the night
-
Golden orbs lifted and saw blue eyes peering deep into his soul.
-
To be continued……
This is my first time doing a Prince of Tennis fic, please review if you like this story, don't feel like reviewing is also fine. I didn't expect my first PoT fic to be angsty, but well it just sort of turned out this way......
Anyway, just enjoy the story! *^-^*
~wuzimiko