This is going to be a very sad chapter. Just a heads up, but it will get better at the end.

Enjoy!


Chapter Elven: After the Underworld Attacked

Perro's POV after the first month of the attack

The Overworld army came the day I woke up from meeting Miss Cothica. The village was completely destroyed, burned to the ground with only a hand full of buildings still standing. To say everyone was happy to see the hundreds of Overworld troops would be a lie. They came hours late and by the time they did get here it was too late to save the hundreds of villagers that lost their lives.

The only thing that they did do was help bury the dead bodies and rebuild enough homes to house everyone that lost their homes. My family was lucky in that are house was still standing and the Underworlders didn't try to sit it on fire. I guess it was because our house was the farthest away from the village and that they probably didn't even know it was there.

The Overworld army also did a head count to see who was died or missing. They found Father and Hikari's bodies, but not Bainca's body. I really hope she was dead, but I know from my past life that it's never a good thing when someone takes a young female from her home.

I cried for days and so did the rest of my family. But what happened to my family wasn't as bad as what happened to other families in the village. Lomma lost all of her family even her more distant cousins were dead. At least I still had my mother and two older siblings, she has no on left.

With nowhere for her to go to, Mother took her into our family. It was the least we could do for her and her family who have always been good friends.

The Elder came back to the village as soon as word reached her. She was now the only doctor left in the village, because the others had died in the attack.

Everyone was swimming in sorrow and it felt like the scares would never heal.

I myself was angry. True to what Miss Cothica had said, I blamed it on her. I don't know why though, it wasn't like if she had not made me pass out during the whole attack that it would have change the outcome. May be it was because, I thought she had the power to change it all, but some part of me knew she couldn't have done anything even if she wanted to.

She may have power, but that didn't mean she could do whatever she wanted to do with it.

Life became harder for the whole family. Father and Hikari were the ones that did most of the work on the farm and even though Mayor did do some of the work, he was just too young to do all the farm work by himself. Bianca was the only family member that worked outside of the farm and the money she brought in was what helped paid for a good bit of our food.

We were not the only families that were having money problems. The cotton mill was destroyed putting at least a hundred creatures out of work and that wasn't the only business gone. Pretty much everyone was out of work and out of money.

Well, I take that bake. There was plenty of work in that we had to rebuild everything, but we were not getting paid for it. The Overworld government and some neighboring villages brought aid to the villagers, but there was only so much they could give.

Many villagers left to find work somewhere else and if things don't get better for my family soon then we may need to join them.

Six months after the attack, still in Perro's POV.

Lomma and the family are still very upset about the whole thing and who could blame them.

Mother cries every night even though she tries to hid it. She has tried to get a job somewhere to help pay the bills, but there is no jobs left in the village. So she and everyone else in the family has to work out in the farm to grow the crops.

But the major problem is that no one in the village has the money to buy our crops so, we have to travel to other villages and cities to sell them.

I miss father, Hikari and Bianca so much. Life isn't the same without them.

There was so much that I could no longer do with them like that hunting trip Father talked about or learn things from my oldest siblings. It hurts so much not having their laughter around the house anymore. I wish I could bring them back, but I can't and that's what hurts the most.

Nine months after the attack.

Lomma has changed. She is no longer that cute little antelope girl who I became friends with. I've tried to get her to talk about it, but she just doesn't want to open up to me or anyone. I'm probably the only one who she will even talk to now. She rarely says a word to the family, but she will say short sentences to me every now and again.

Today was beautiful. The sun was shining and cool wind kept us from getting too over heated, but the weather didn't seem to have any positive effect on my only friend as we sat down next to the crick on my family's land.

I found her all alone here after I was done with my chores. She was suppose to have done her list of chores too, but I did them for her, because she has been depressed ever since the Attack. Emotionally, she is the worst of the family, at least that's my opinion.

"Today is a nice day." I said trying to start a conversation.

She didn't say anything, instead she just looked down at the clear water and the large fish swimming down steam. From the look on her face, I could tell that she was thinking over something. No young child should have eyes of an adult. Lomma lost her childhood nine months ago and I wish I could give it back to her, so she would know what being a child was like again.

"Hey, um those fish down there look really good. Maybe we could catch one and eat it for dinner." I suggested, pointing at one of the larger ones, which had a mouth big enough to have us for dinner instead.

Lomma remained silent. I signed in defeat. If Lomma didn't want to talk then I wasn't going to make her, so we just set in silence and watched the fish swim.

"I want to protect the Overworld." Lomma said after an hour of watching the fish.

I snapped my head at her, shocked that she spoke up. Not only that, but what she said was so unexpected. Of course, I knew that she would one day become an Overworld Guardian, but I didn't think she would chose her career so early! We were only three solans old, six years in human years for crying-out-loud!

"Me too." That was all I could think of to say and I didn't just say that because I made a deal with the Cothica. No this was my home, my country and I would die all over again if it meant it would keep my family and homeland safe.

Me and Lomma didn't talk anymore as we continued to watch the fish. We stayed out there until Mother called us for dinner.


Well, this chapter was short, but there wasn't much I could think of to write. At least I didn't take as long as to write it than the last chapter.

I'm not sure what to make Perro. Like should I make him a warrior, muge or something else. When I was first writing this I thought I would make him into one of those creatures that takes care of locations, but now I'm not so sure. I would like to hear what you readers think Perro's career should be and why he should get it.

In the next chapter it will be in a few years into the future, because I want to get past Perro's childhood and into when he gets into the Overworld army as soon as possible.