A/N from A.C.: Getting good feedback on this... at least in my opinion. heehee. I hope it's alright and I hope people are enjoying it. Yes, I'm keeping two of my OCs. Sorry. Don't like OCs, don't read. I love these two guys.
Axel sighed, not at all sure what he was supposed to talk about. His past? His family? What he did to get thrown in this stupid, rotten cell? How was he supposed to explain everything to Saix? The boy seemed to be of pretty low intelligence, or was that only because he could not communicate too well?
The blunette pulled the newcomer out of his thoughts by grabbing his wrist and pulling him away from the door and over to the corner of the room. The cell was bland, not that Axel would have expected anything else. In the corner of the cell, there was a pile of hay, which usually served as a bed, and a single oil lantern that definitely had run out of oil by now. Saix pointed at his new friend, then at the hay, trying to tell him to settle down and get comfortable.
"But, isn't that your bed?"
The boy shook his head and sat down on the dirt coated stone floor, sitting on his knees. He patted the ground and smiled up at the redhead.
The newcomer sat on the hay across from Saix, "You were here first. I shouldn't be the one to be more comfortable."
The younger boy frowned and narrowed his eyes, getting his point across quite clearly.
"Okay, okay...Just don't get mad at me."
Saix nodded and made the hand puppet motion once more, waving his hand in a small circle, asking for Axel to start talking.
"I don't really know what to talk about..."
The boy waved his hand around his head, signaling to the room around them before gesturing behind him at the door.
"You want to know how I got here, don't you?"
He nodded and gave a small smile.
"I wanted to get food for my family and I went into the noble's area of town." He watched as the blunette gave a small but visible flinch, knowing that the law he broke was one of the bigger ones. "I know it was stupid... But, I only wanted to do something nice for my family."
The boy gave an understanding nod.
"That's only what got me to the castle. I spat at the Prince and they threw me in here with you."
A smile formed on Saix's lips and a tiny chuckle burped out of him. He silently laughed, a few little giggles managing to bubble out of his mouth.
Axel smiled, "Hey, so you can make some noises."
The younger man nodded and rubbed at his throat before moving his hand to show as if he was removing something from his open mouth.
"You can only make sounds in your throat, huh? I didn't even know people that got their tongues cut out were able to make sounds."
The younger boy nodded once more and smiled at his new friend.
"Hey, Sai, could you tell me what law you broke somehow?"
The boy held up one finger and quickly moved around the cell, gathering all the dirt his could into a neat little pile. He then spread it around the cell floor so it was even. Saix knelt in front of the dirt and started to trace letters with his finger. "Said bad things at royals"
"Bad things?" Axel arched a brow, "What kinds of bad things?"
He rubbed his hand over the dirt, clearing what it said and started to write again, "Bad curses n demons"
"Curses and demons, huh? Like what? Don't you follow the kingdom's religion?"
Saix frowned and shook his head, clearing the dirt, "No angels or God only demons"
"You only believe in the bad spirits?"
"None good only bad"
"None are good?"
"None good only seen bad" He wrote, "Only ever seen bad"
"You can see those spirits?"
"demons"
"Wait, hold on a second...You're telling me...that you can see demons?"
Saix nodded slightly and held up two fingers.
"Two..? Oh, just two demons?"
The boy nodded again, smiling. He ran his hand in the dirt on the ground, clearing his writing tablet and started to doodle two stick figures. They both had horns on the top of their heads, though only one had a pointed tail. He scrawled words under each of their names. Under the one with the tail, he wrote "Igni" and under the other he wrote "Zane".
"Those are their names?"
The boy nodded in response.
"Why does he not have a tail?" Axel asked, pointing to the doodle.
The blunette frowned, erasing his artwork and etched out, "He no tell but I think Igni"
"You think Igni did that to him?"
The boy nodded, "Zane enemy Igni"
"Oh, I get it."
Saix quickly turned his head and looked toward the cell door. He let out a little grunt and crawled around the floor of the cell, pushing the dirt around quickly, his golden eyes widened a little bit. The cell door was quickly pulled open and a guard stood in the doorway. He smirked, "So, if it isn't the slum-rat and demon boy?"
Saix bared his teeth at the guard and let out a rumbling growl deep in his throat.
The guard kicked some dirt at him and laughed, "Oh, shuddup, demon boy." The guard reached into the small sack he was carrying and pulled out two rolls and tossed one to each boy. He watched as Saix swiftly caught his in the air and started to nibble at it like a rat, savoring each bite; while Axel let it land in his lap and looked down at it.
The guard chuckled, "That's yer dinner, slum-rat. Enjoy."
The redhead raised his eyes from the roll and looked at the guard, "When am I getting out of here?"
The brute smirked, "Whenever the Prince says you can."
"You've got to be kidding me!"
"Ain't kiddin' you none, kid. Demon boy over there has been here fer a few years."
"Years?"
"Aye, an' he ain't getting outta here anytime soon if it's up to the Prince."
Saix glared at the guard, taking his eyes off his bread, and growled again.
The large man rolled his eyes and reached into the bag again, pulling out a small leather canteen. He tossed it at the younger of the two boys chuckling as he eagerly caught it.
"I'll see you tomorrow, slum-rat. Be sure the demon kid don't drink yer share of the water and don't eat yer food. It's all ye get until noon tomorrow." The guard laughed and turned away, shutting and locking the door behind him as he left.
Axel turned to Saix who was nibbling away at his roll and had the canteen tucked under his arm. "Hey... do you think I could have some water..?"
The younger of the two narrowed his eyes and growled low in his throat at the redhead. He eventually just tossed the canteen to Axel and continued munching away on his roll.
The older boy sighed and picked up the canteen, "Thanks..."
Saix nodded and waved his hand dismissively; he quickly finished his roll and rubbed his stomach, smiling brightly. He looked over at his new friend, watching him eat.
"Sai, do you want the rest of my food?" Axel questioned, holding his roll out.
The boy's golden eyes went wide; no one had offered him extra food before, but that wasn't surprising considering he had been alone for years. Biting his bottom lip, he regretfully shook his head. He knew that the redhead would need it more than he would if his plan for escape failed.