Yestarday's Child- Chapter 1
Well, I suppose I should start from the top. My name is Rem Saverem, and I believe
in love and peace. This world, planet Earth, may not seem like a peaceful place, but
if you search hard, you'll find nothing. Yeah, that's what's so wrong with the world.
People, especially world leaders, try their hardest to find peace, but that's their
problem. They're searching too hard. I was always told by my mother, "Peace is there,
it's just hidden, and you'll always seem to find it in the places you never expect it
to be." So, taking on the philosophies of my dear mother, I believe her. However, when
I decided to except her beliefs, it had been too late.
So, I guess you'd be confused at what I'm talking about, huh? Well, I'll start
from the beginning, or what I believe to be the beginning of the true Rem Saverem, the
true me.
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It was dead center in the middle of the day. The sky was bright, and was it's usual
beautiful blue color, only one problem. It was losing it's glow, sadly.
A girl walked down the street, then looked up at the giant monitor on a building. On it
was a broadcast of a news station. She stopped, books in her hands, and tilted her head to
adjust her view towards it.
"It just gets worse. Not only that, but the enviroment is failing us. Either the world
will die on it's own, killing humanity, or humanity will kill itself." The newcaster reported.
The girl, long raven hair, looked down, and sighed. She looked about 15, if not 16.
Pulling her arm up, and part of her sleeve, she looked at the watch on the back of her left
wrist. Her expresion looked worried, as she began to run home, and hurried.
"I'm home, kaa-san!" The girl's soft, gentle voice echoed through the entrance. The house was
a goodsized house. The common 4 bedrooms, a kitchen, living room, familyroom, and basement, as
well as two bathrooms. The ravened haired girl set her books on a shelf by the door, and shifted
her hazel, brown eyes in search of people. With a failure to this searched, she sighed, and
headed up the stairs, looking around, and softly calling her mother's name. After reaching
the tip of the stairs, she heard whispering, and ceased her voice immediately, obviously not
being sensed by the source. Creeping towards the sound, she peeked an eye in the see her mother,
and her next door neighbor, sitting, and talking, however, it was gossip, in other words,
things her mother didn't want her, or another person in the vacinity to hear. Hearing her mother's
somewhat rough voice, she slowly backed away from the door, turned her body, and picked up her
feet to leave.
"Rem...." Her mother's voice whispered. Rem, stopping immediately, with wide eyes, shifted her
head towards the door. No, her mother hadn't caught her, but her name was mentioned, and that
is what caught this yougn girl's attention. Creeping back to the door, she listened thoroughly.
"however, she isn't doing so well. I always wanted her to be a scholar, but I'm afraid her
grades won't support it. She wants to save the world, though, or so she says. That girl,
honestly, is so selfish, as well. She wants to save the world, but that will never happen.
Her sister is much smarter, and will carry our family much better, and smoother. Rem, on the
other hand, wouldn't. Instead, these 6 words will be an important part of her life."
"And what would those be?" Asked the noisy neighbor. Bitch, Rem thought automatically, awaiting
those 6 words that would play a big role in the rest of her life.
"'Do you want fries with that?'" Saying it calming, then busting out in small laughter, her
mother spoke. The nosy neighor did, as well, and Rem could feel tears stain her cheeks. Slowly
backing away from the door, she turned around and ran, her foot kicking the door, making her
mother aware that someone had listened. The door, itself, after being kicked, cracked open, and
the woman saw a quick glance of her daughter, whom she had just spoke about, and replied with a
quick coverup. "She'll be fine. She knows it's the truth. Can't hurt from hiding it from her!"
She laughed again, and shut the door, going on with her gossip.
Keeping the tears back, Rem ran down the stairs, and out the door. This would occure probably
once a week. Her mother never thought much of her, only because of her father, or so that's her
excuse. Her father had left her mother, and her, at a pretty young age, however, even though
he had left her, Rem always admired him, and shared his common goal. "Save the world!" Her
mother had always praised her sister, who was youngest, actually, and who had appeared
more smart. In all actuallity, Rem was very intelligent, but never tried to show her mother.
She never understand, or she would just brush her off. Also, her mother always said she
would never support Rem, sadly, and that she'd have to find her own way to get into college.
'I don't need college! There isn't a degree required for saving the world!' Rem's mind
thought, while trampling down the sidewalk. It was cold, only because it was March. Just another
month, though, and she could see the cherry blossoms. However, Rem loved the sakura, but she
didn't really love anything else. She respected humanity, but not it's life. Another life lost,
so what? Her mother had taught her that, and after all, that was her only influence as she
grew up.
Her final destination was in front of a store, downtown in the city. She always just sat there,
and stared at it, and thought it was beautiful, however, she knew it was gone, and it's
no use now. It was a laser illusion of the bright blue sky, with clouds passing by, butterflies
flying, and spider webs, with spiders, crawling. It always comforted her, but that world
was gone now, and they were all to die, anyway. Rem still stared at it, and the person in the
store knew who she was. That laser illusion was too expensive to give awy, so the lady
just always let Rem in to look at it up close, or put her hand through it, while asking
questions.
"Was our world really like this? From everything now, I couldn't possibly think it was." Rem
just stared, eyes sparkling, and herh and constantly going through it.
"You bet it was... People abused our world, our ancestors did, and that's why it's like this
now. If we don't do something soon, it will be in to poor of condition to live on." The lady
replied back. Her voice was soft and gentle. Rem always wanted her for a mother, but knew
wishful thinking would get her no where.
"People abused it? It must have gone through a lot of years of it to get this bad..." Rem pulled
her hand back, and sighed.
"It did... Listen, Rem, if anything's wrong at home, you can talk to me about it..."
"No.. It's just my typical mother. That's all... Besides, I better be going, or she'll throw
a fit." The lady noddedat Rem, as Rem wrapped her arms around herself, and prepared to go out
into the cold of March.
"Rem..." The lady called, as Rem snapped her head towards her. A coat was thrown at her, and Rem
pulled it over herself, smiling, nodding a thank you. Pushing the door open with her body, she
exitted, and began the walk home. It would take about a half hour, however, she liked the time
alone.
2 Years Later
She walked in the door, smiling, with the same coat as last time, which she got 2 years ago
from the lady, whose name was Grace, and it appropriately fit her. It was night, and her
walk home was cold, as usual, but the coat always comforted her, and made her warm, no matter
what the tempature be. As Rem shut the door behind her, she came face to face with her mother.
Surprised, the coat just dropped off of her, and silence filled the room, follwed by
yelling.
"Rem Franklin, WHERE have you been?!" Her mother's angry voice screamed her first and last name.
Rem, backing off, slowly mumbled with a reply.
"I took a walk..."
"You take walks ALL the time! Can't you remember anything, you brat? Tonight was the night of
your sister's graduation, and YOU were suppose to be there for your speech!"
"I-I'm sorry mother, I forgot.." Rem, stuttering the first word, stepped back, and against the
door. Her mother, steppign closer, onyl got louder.
"'I forgot! I forgot!' You ALWAYS forget! Maybe that's your problem! That speech was very
important!" After immitating her daughter, she got sharper with her voice. Rem, building up
her courage, spoke.
"Oh yes, the speech that made her look good..." Rem mumble, and her mother became even more
outraged.
"Don't you DARE insult your sister! She's smarter than you'll ever be! And guess what? She's
only 14, and she's GRADUATING from HIGHSCHOOL! How old are you, Rem?" Her mother leaned against
her, not getting an answer, only to be applied with more force. "HOW old are you, Rem?!"
"I'm 17, mother..." Rem, mumbling, her eyes closed, trying to think of ways to escape.
"That's right! 17, and you have YET to graduate! So, don't go insulting your sister! Infact,
I bet you get your 'intelligence' from your father!" This, now outraging Rem, made her push
her mother off of her, and yelling.
"Don't you DARE insult my father, and me for that matter! He was a BETTER person then you'll
EVER be!" Putting force into her words, Rem was ready to just run, but she felt she needed to
stay. She had much more to say, because it never got this bad. Rem felt an irritating hate
towards her mother, and she only wished she had a gun at that time, just so she could kill her
mother, just like her mother had did her, since the day she was born.
"Don't you ge tloud with ME, young lady! I AM your MOTHER!" Screaming once again, it went back
and forth.
"And ain't that a sad factor?" Rem, becoming smart with her mother, pulled the coat up. As she did,
her mother smacked her hard across her face, leaving a huge red mark. Her mother had NEVER hit her,
and at this period of time, her mother's expression showed no regret in what she did. Rem, still
ready to go, dropped the coat once again. "You know what, I hope you burn in hell, because
that's what you deserve..." Rem said, trying to keep calm, and only letting the tears streak
her face, and then she spotted her younger, now graduated sister. She was at the tip of the stairs,
and holding something.
"Well, I'd rather be there then be near you.." Her mother side remarked, noticing her other
daughter, and smirking. Her daughter had it in her hand. Rem's eyes widened, and regret filled
them, knowing what was going to happen. Just one small signal from her mother, and it would be
done. "Do it...." And that was the signal, and so, she threw it.
It flew down the stairs, slowly, though, and Rem, trying to reach for it, only to be pulled back
by her mother, sobbed in great agony, as she watched it fall, reaching the floor, making
contact, cracking, shattering, and the many pieces of it all over the wooden floor. It was the
laser illusion she loved. She and Grace had saved up enough money to buy it for her back when she
was 15, and now, all her memorieswith it, were gone, and with it's shattered. Her anger could
no longer be contained. Her mother had her hands gripped on her upper arms, as she held her back.
Rem, only to be outraged, pulled away, or attempted, but couldn't break lose, so she did the only
option left to her. Rem slapped her mother across her face, causing her to fall back. Her
younger sister, seeing this began to trample down the stairs, to try and get Rem, but Rem
picked her coat up, and ran out the door, and a lot faster than her sister could ever run.
Tears of anger, and frustration came down her cheeks, and she just ran, no where in particular, but
knew what to do.
-End Chapter 1
Gwen B.