The Rabbit Heart Series: Nirvana
And in the spring I shed my skin
And it blows away with the changing wind
The waters turn from blue to red
As towards the sky I offer it
This is a gift, it comes with a price
Who is the lamb and who is the knife?
Midas is king and he holds me so tight
and turns me to gold in the sunlight
~Florence + the Machine~
Prologue:
The Forgotten ones, they say, are the lost children of the gods. They are neglected, tortured, and hidden away from society by the mist. Some children of the gods don't see it that way, and believe that their parents care for the very much, but how. What of Bellophontes, the son of Poseidon, punished and turned into a harlot, and what of Helen, the daughter of Zeus, losing the love of her life, and causing a war that crippled the earth. Over the years, the forgotten ones speak of the prophecy of rebirth, the warrior to slay, the girl of fortune to save the day, the coming of a new beginning when all demigods will unite again. It sounds glorious doesn't it, but some of them do not wish to see this come to pass, and are willing to die for their selfish dream to live.
He was fourteen when the Nazis came for him, his sister, Hanna, and his brother, Joshua. Their mother, Josephine, went missing in a nearby village in Italy along with thousands of other Jewish families; they could only assume that she was dead. She tried to send them to protect them, but it was too late, and now they had to stay in another village, St. Joan, the Nazis will soon invade. They stayed there for a year, suffered through the cruel winters, and the treatment of the Germans as they watched innocent children, and elders slowly die from starvation. The Germans came at winters worse, dragged the broken family through the streets with the rest of Jews, and towards the trenches. Michael cursed under his breath, Joshua had a gun with him, he was going to get them all killed,
"Brother, why", he whispered harshly as his teeth chattered in the brutal cold; trying to hide his voice within the crowd.
Joshua smiled at him, that was the last time he'd ever see his brother smile, his sea green eyes lit up, through his brown locks,
"My dear little brother, sometimes it's best to fight than to die like cattle, you and my sister are all I have left, and our mother would want me to watch you both. This may save your lives", he replied with a hint of secrecy.
Hanna's hazel eyes wide-eyed as her strawberry blond hair whipped through the wind, "Joshua, Michael is right, you do this everyone will die", she chattered out through her teeth.
Joshua closed his eyes, suddenly the smell of the fresh ocean whipped on their faces. Every demigod in the crowd felt it, but the Germans had already raised their weapons,
"Eric, es ist die Götter, die Juden nun töten", one of them shouted.
The Germans lifted their guns and began to fire; Michael tried to get on the ground but was shot in his back. He fell hard, slamming his cheek against the blistering cold snow,
"HANNA, JOSHUA, HELP", he shouts, but the dead continued to cover his body.
He struggled to move out of the pile, as his whole body stung with pain, but reached for the foul stench of air through the human crack. Through the crack he saw his brother shooting down as many German as possible, wait not shooting, slaying with a spear. Hanna had a wound in the gut, she was covered in blood, but she was able as many as the survivors out of the trenches,
"Take my hand", she screamed as she pulled a younger man out with a child under his arm.
Joshua held back the whole army, and Michael watched in sheer amazement. Suddenly the ground began to shake, an earthquake, and Michael able to get out of the pile with an elderly woman. As she ran with rest of the survivors to an abandoned house, Michael ran to his siblings,
"HANNA, JOSHUA, IT'S AN EARTH—", he stopped running instantly as time around him slowed.
Joshua at him with tearful faces,
"I'm sorry, sister, I'm sorry, brother, I had to", Joshua cried out, and he turned to the mysterious figure next to him, "The Deal was to get them out, sir", he begs.
The figure looked down, "Boy, it doesn't work that way, you have to sweeten the deal", he slurred.
Joshua looked at him and then to his sister and brother, "My place is here, helping my people, the Uprising has finally begun, sir, and I'm willing to die", he replied.
The man grew restless, "Hmph, your pride is blinding you, but I am sympathetic to your aim. Boy, this won't end well for you, but I will do what I must", he stated.
Hanna turned to see a tank, and more German soldiers, "WAIT, IT'S A TRAP, JOSHUA, WHY WOULD YOU", she screams.
"YOU SAID, WE'LL STAY TOGETHER, THAT WAS OUR PROMISE!" Michael shouted
The figure smiled, "Close those eyes, and be whisked to freedom, but you must go through hell first"; he told them in a different language that Michael could understand instantly.
Before Joshua could get to his sister and brother, a bright light formed, then a flash. His words, "I'm sorry", his sibling's teary eyes, his fiancé, their future and his mother; Hell came fast than anticipated,
Father, help us
So what do you all think, please review, and next chapter will be up soon. Yay, so this is my first and new fanfic, and don't pee yourselves; This is just the beginning of Michael's story
