Welcome all! this fanfic is a rewrite of one I started years ago. I hold it very close to my heart, so I decided I needed to fix it up before going forward with it!
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Location: apartment building on Main Street in Republic City
Date: late May in the year 173AG
The weather is amazing today. The thermometer on the wall behind me says it's about 72 degrees outside. I can see puffy white clouds throughout the light blue sky. The sun is shining, it's the middle of a work day and everyone in republic city seems to be moving about their lives as smoothly as possible. At least, that's what it seems like from this window ledge. Looking at them makes me wish I could feel the sun hit against my skin again. That warm feeling that somehow made me want to get up and run as fast as possible, jump, spin and scream with joy whilst making me sticky with sweat at the same time. The feeling of a slow approaching summer that would fly by so quickly that I'd forget how I had been waiting all year for it. But some wishes can't come true, sometimes trying and working towards a goal is pointless. Now I'm not saying that you cannot accomplish your goals and dreams in life if you work hard. I bet many people reach their goals and in fact I'm sure of it. However, that's not how it is for me now…. That time has long past.
The sun starts to set as I began walking through apartment 106. Though I have been here before, the average sized apartment felt different from the place I once knew. Even so, I easily recognized that woman's smell. That metallic, musty smell of her uniform mixed with that citrus shampoo she always used. It was a smell that brought comfort to my sensitive nose long ago, and unsurprisingly still is today.
The room is a complete sty. The coffee table is filled with dated police reports, pop cans, alcohol bottles, and piles of notebooks with messy handwriting in them that I can't read. There's a caseless pillow and a blanket thrown messily on the couch where someone must have been sleeping. Across the room there are 3 steps leading to a slightly higher floor, fully visible from the living room. On it is a king-sized bed that looks as if a polar bear dog had been bunking in it for days as opposed to a person. I walk over past an overflowing laundry bin, up those stairs and rest near the head of the bed. The night stands surrounding the bed also have papers strewn about them.
"She always loved order" I thought out loud. "I don't understand how she could let her home look this way"
As I glance at one of the nightstands I noticed a small newspaper clipping dated March year 142AG amongst the piles of clutter. The heading read "Malicious Attack on Republic City Grade School". The 31-year-old piece paper was in shockingly good condition, the edges were taped over and the ink had barley faded at all.
"I wish she didn't kept this." I softly said aloud I don't remember the day mentioned on the paper, but I have a feeling she remembers it vividly.
I picked up the clipping and couldn't help but to stare across the room to a door that I know has been locked for many years now.
I sigh and put the clipping back on the end table before walking back to the living room.
I laid myself down on the couch nearby. I lay, deep in thought for about an hour before I heard the door open. When I looked over I saw a tall middle-aged woman with grey hair. She was wearing a black metal uniform with a gold badge on it.
To be one hundred percent honest I had never seen her before. I have visited her here many times. But never, before today have I ever looked at her. I've been so afraid to see that strong woman I knew so well be, different than she was back then. I miss her more than I miss anyone. I go to the police station often to hear her voice, but I never could look at her face.
Until today in apartment 106, the apartment that belonged to the police Chief Lin Beifong.
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