Chapter 3: When the Shadows Watch
Syla's POV
"Ugh…what…happened?" I rubbed my head, wait a minute! My hat was gone! I felt so uncomfortable now knowing that a random group of strangers are learning my deep dark secret of what's under the hat.
"Where am i?" All I saw was a big, black room with a light above me. An older man walks toward me, with a hat like mine.
"Do not fear, Syla Fofesti, you are safer in this place than in that world of evil."
"H-how do you know my name!?" he started to laugh as a women came up too
"Hopefully she will learn we are here for the same purpose she is" The woman said giggling. She had brown hair with streaks of yellow in it and a face that looked a lot like if I were looking in a mirror. The man had muscles bigger then my two legs together, and spikey, red hair…just like mine…
"Well Syla, since you don't remember, I guess will have to tell you…Syla, meet your mother, Afreeada" the man said, pointing to the woman.
"And this is your father, Resanij" The woman pointed to the man, he waved. I was about to cry and then kicked Resanij in the face.
"SYLA?! WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?" he asked.
"WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME 12 YEARS AGO!? YOU DON'T KNOW HOW LONELY IT WAS BEING THE ONLY ONE I KNEW IN MY FAMILIY! AND WHY DID AWOYRA DIE!?" I was furious with my mom and dad. Because the loneliness of it all just got to me. I guess…for a second…I felt like death beats if the legend was true…
"I guess we have some explaining to do…well first things first, why we brought you here." My mom said.
"Why was I brought here anyway?" I asked.
"Well when is your birthday?"
"May 19" where was this going?
"Yes and what's today?" dad coughed. I looked at a nearby calendar. I could've sworn it was May 1st, but it's May 18!
"M-May 18?"
"Exactly, you will become an official teenager tomorrow, and you were invited to join a group of Eliatrope people." The lights around turned on as I saw Eliatropes…one hundred at least.
"I KNEW THERE WAS MORE THAN- wait what do you mean I WAS invited?" no it was getting serious that no one understood the life of death beats
"It seems that you are somewhat acquainted with the one they call "the Demon Eliatrope"" mom worried. "And that you are on a quest to find him too."
"You've been watching me? And why does everyone hate death beats!?" Am I the only one who sees the good in him!?"
"Have you heard the legend?" mom added.
"Yes but just because there's some made up legend around him doesn't mean it's true!" Mom and dad looked at each other knowing that doing what they were about to do was the right thing.
"Rule 87…no member can be acquainted with one who seeks to kill our kind…" they said. Everything went black again…and when I woke up…I knew I would probably never see them again…