Hi guys,
This is my first story and I really hope you enjoy it! I would like to note that more Marvel characters will be introduced in future chapters, and I do NOT own the rights to those characters. But I hope you enjoy the ones I created, thanks :)
Chapter 1 - Lorel
I shot out of bed, a nightmare again. I brushed my hair out of my face, turning to find Rebecca Barnes deep in sleep on the bed beside me. She leaves tomorrow for boarding school as her father recently passed, I am going to miss her. James however will be joining the army like his father, and I will be joining him.
"Kiera? What are you doing up so early?" Rebecca moaned, her eyes remained close, her face scrunched, annoyed that she was woken at a ridiculous time.
"Sorry Becca it was just a bad dream, fall back to sleep," but I heard no reply. It wasn't just a bad dream, but a bad memory. Sometimes I wish I could return to my home planet of Lorel, but that was 8 years ago. I was dumped on Earth a few months ago and found by Becca and her and her brother Bucky took me in. Who knows what Lorel is like now, when I was ten it was on the verge of destruction. I could not imagine what hard times have fallen upon it by now.
Ten years ago, I wish I could remember that time. The time when my parents were still alive, when we weren't banished by our own empire to the underground where all "traitors" remained. It laid six feet under the silver skied planet. I remember living with sixteen others, my parents joined the Leadership group that consisted of scientists, ex-politicians and other well-respected Loreleans whom were branded and shamed on the streets. All who were banished were marched through the streets and booed by citizens. Children threw rotten food their family kept for weeks and then we were transported down in a lift.
A few weeks after our arrival, my mother had an argument with the Leaders and stormed out of the meeting hall. I tried chasing after her but had tripped on a large rock and my father found me on the ground upset. When I was upset he used to sing me this native lullaby, and I have never forgotten it.
"When you look to the silvery sky-y.
Make sure you wipe those teary eyes
I'll sing you to sleep
And I'll make sure you never weep again-n
Because you are my angel, and I'll never leave your si-ide"
Once Papa stopped we could hear distressed and loud voices, suddenly someone appeared from the dimmed lights that lit the Underground.
"They are here! The Hunters are here!"
My father's face fell sullen, I was unsure of who they were but he was not prepared to inform me and there was a reason why. We attempted to run but we didn't get far until a rope had wrapped around our legs, tripping us.
"Well, well, look who we have here. What a pretty little girl!" A deep voice came from the dark, a rough man appeared, blood splattered his already dirty clothes, but he didn't seem to mind. I remember how menacing his smile was to me, like he enjoyed every cut his knife produce at his will. He suddenly grabbed my legs and dragged me to the side, allowing Papa to be the main focus of his next act.
I tried to scream to Papa as loud as possible, like it would have helped at all, but all Papa could say was, "it'll be okay Kiera, it will all be okay."
Papa was wrong, nothing was okay. I watched as they stabbed him multiple times in the back. His blood splatter across my muddy, tear soaked face. The shock was to unbearable that I passed out and that was the last time I saw Lorel.