Tears For A Stranger
Prologue
Alone. I was alone. All around me... emptiness. Somehow I had done something wrong, I must have. I wouldn't feel this pain... this horrible pain... if I hadn't done something wrong. But what? What did I do to deserve this? My past is a mystery... my parents - dead - was it me? Did I kill them...?
Everything is gone. My memory... my family...
I opened my eyes. I tried to stand. No, stay, it hurts too much. Where am I? Who am I?
"Tierra?" A voice. I wasn't alone. Was I Tierra? I turned my head. A boy. My brother? Friend?
"Who are you?" It hurt to speak. Something had happened. What?
"Tierra?" The voice sounded scared. "Tierra, it's me!"
Nothing. Blackness. I knew him... but it was as if my brain wouldn't let me know him. More people. I heard more people.
"Do you think there are any survivors?"
"Help!" the boy shouted. The men came to help us. One of them took the boy, and another grabbed me.
Then I blacked out.
~*~
I opened my eyes. I was in... a hospital? The men were with me... but the boy was gone.
"It looks pretty serious. Amnesia. She probably doesn't remember our previous conversation."
"It's sad, she's so young."
"Who am I?" I murmured. I looked around puzzledly.
The men turned to me. "Tierra. Tierra, you're going home today..."
"Home?"
The men both nodded. They told me my parents had survived. Survived what? They were lying and I knew it.
"What about the boy who was with me?"
The men exchanged glances... They were deciding whether or not to tell me the truth. One man shrugged and the other spoke. "He - he didn't make it," he said sadly.
My eyes welled up with tears. Tears for the only person who knew me. Tears for a stranger...
Prologue
Alone. I was alone. All around me... emptiness. Somehow I had done something wrong, I must have. I wouldn't feel this pain... this horrible pain... if I hadn't done something wrong. But what? What did I do to deserve this? My past is a mystery... my parents - dead - was it me? Did I kill them...?
Everything is gone. My memory... my family...
I opened my eyes. I tried to stand. No, stay, it hurts too much. Where am I? Who am I?
"Tierra?" A voice. I wasn't alone. Was I Tierra? I turned my head. A boy. My brother? Friend?
"Who are you?" It hurt to speak. Something had happened. What?
"Tierra?" The voice sounded scared. "Tierra, it's me!"
Nothing. Blackness. I knew him... but it was as if my brain wouldn't let me know him. More people. I heard more people.
"Do you think there are any survivors?"
"Help!" the boy shouted. The men came to help us. One of them took the boy, and another grabbed me.
Then I blacked out.
~*~
I opened my eyes. I was in... a hospital? The men were with me... but the boy was gone.
"It looks pretty serious. Amnesia. She probably doesn't remember our previous conversation."
"It's sad, she's so young."
"Who am I?" I murmured. I looked around puzzledly.
The men turned to me. "Tierra. Tierra, you're going home today..."
"Home?"
The men both nodded. They told me my parents had survived. Survived what? They were lying and I knew it.
"What about the boy who was with me?"
The men exchanged glances... They were deciding whether or not to tell me the truth. One man shrugged and the other spoke. "He - he didn't make it," he said sadly.
My eyes welled up with tears. Tears for the only person who knew me. Tears for a stranger...