Kiran tells Princess Sharena and Princess Fjorm about the time a four-year-old neighbor thought it was a great idea to bring a knife outside to show the other kids.

Content warning:
-hinted violence
-knives
-lack of parental supervision

"I gotta say, I'm kinda jealous of you, Kiran. You must have had a pretty awesome time in your world..." Sharena said while she, Fjorm, and the Summoner where sitting down together enjoying tea.

Kiran couldn't help but chuckle.

"Oh I had a lot of problems in my world, Sharena. Granted, they were different from the kind's we have here, but they were still there."

"How different were they?" asked Fjorm. "They couldn't have been that much different from here."

"As far as I've seen, I haven't had any repeats of any weird things that happened to me in my world here. I'm honestly surprised that a kid hasn't tried to stab me again..." Kiran said taking a sip of their tea.

"Woah, woah, woah. What?! A kid tried to stab you in your world?!" Sharena cried almost spitting out her tea. Fjorm's expression looking as horrified as Sharena's. Kiran brought their hand to their mouth and gave a small smile.

"Have I not told you guys this story?" Kiran asked with a mischievous glint in their eye.

"No!" they both cried leaning forward on the table toward Kiran. Kiran's smile got bigger at the chance to tell their friends about one of their craziest encounters back in their world.

"Oh-ho! This is one of my favorite stories to tell because of how unreal it was." Kiran said, rubbing their hands together. "So, back when I was in middle school, I lived in this 'not-so-safe' neighborhood. A lot of creeps and domestic violence and stuff. But nothing from there was as bad as the time my four-year-old neighbor got so angry at another kid he snuck a knife out to hurt the other kids."

The look on the Princess's faces was great and Kiran started the story from the beginning.

-

Kiran was enjoying a nice walk around their apartment complex. It was a nice day and Kiran had their favorite music playing from their headphones. Their little sister was playing with her friends not too far off in the small courtyard between their building and another. Kiran was taking their walk on the sidewalk on the side of the other building when they heard a lot of screaming.

Kiran took their headphones out and jogged over to where all the younger kids where. Since it was mostly kids, Kiran figured that one had probably tripped and scraped their knee. It wouldn't be the first time, but Kiran figured they should check on them just in case since no adult was out there.

Kiran peaked out from the corner and saw their sister on the other side of the building, hiding. When their sister made eye contact with them they pointed over to a young blond boy and mouthed 'knife'. Kiran turned their attention to where their sister was pointing and saw the boys who normally sitting around each other playing on their ds's where huddled up as the young blond kid was swinging something around. Looking closer, Kiran could indeed see a knife in the kid's hand.

Kiran took a few steps back so they wouldn't be seen and have some time to think. Kiran was the oldest one outside right now, there were no adults nearby, so Kiran was the one who had to do something. Kiran knew one of the little boys who played outside's mom. She lived on the first floor, Kiran could run over and bang on her glass door to get her attention. But the door was right next to where the kid was, and the kid could catch them before the mom came out.

Kiran thought about running to another entrance to the building but those sometimes would never unlock and get stuck, the kid would definitely catch them that way. The kid's mom lived in the same building as them but she lived all the way up on the third floor, Kiran wasn't sure they could get up there before someone got hurt.
When Kiran looked back to see what was happening the noticed the kid moved and was brandishing it at another group of kids, that was too close to their sister. Kiran looked over at the entrance the kid was standing near when they first saw him and saw that someone had wedged part of the rug from inside between it to keep the door open. Kiran realized that this could be their only chance to get help. If they were quick enough, they could run across the quartyard, get to the door, close it and lock it, and run to get an adult.

The moment the kid was facing away from Kiran's general direction Kiran booked it towards the door. Once they got there they bent down to pick up the rug and slammed the door closed in time for the kid to come right up to them on the other side. The door being made of really thick glass and Kiran knew the kid wasn't strong enough to break through it. Then Kiran got a new idea. Maybe they could distract the kid long enough through the door until an adult did come by. That way they didn't leave all the younger kids unsupervised and Kiran was safe while trying to buy time.

Kiran didn't even begin their plan when the boy's mother came stomping down the stairs. Apparently noticing a knife was missing in her house. The shouting match the mother and the kid had was all kind of a blur to Kiran, they were just happy no one got hurt. Once the kid was out of sight, a lot of the kids decided to call it a day and go home. Kiran and their sister headed up to their apartment and explained what happened to their mom.
They decided to spend the rest of the day resting and watching Disney sitcoms.

-

Sharena and Fjorm could only stare in shock. Kiran soaked-in their speechlessness.

"Wow..." was all Fjorm could mutter.

"Was that kind of thing a daily problem?" Sharena asked.

"Gosh no!" Kiran laughed. "Thankfully that was a one time thing, my sister and I tried to avoid going outside when he was out for a while after that. If it makes you feel any better, that family got so many restraining orders against them they were eventually evicted not too long after that. So we didn't have to deal with them for much longer."

"I am very thankful no one was hurt." Fjorm sighed holding a hand to her chest.

"Me too." said Kiran, resting their head on the table in their arms. "I honestly doubt the kid was gonna try and hurt anyone. I think he was doing it to scare everybody or something, but I wasn't taking any chances."

"Please tell me that's the only 'crazy' thing that has ever happened to you..." Fjorm said.

"Oh no! I just wanted to start these kind of stories off with a bang is all. The others aren't as exciting compared to that one but they are just as weird." Kiran smiled.