Chapter 4
"Yht eh Nysir'c hysa, ysah."
Zerrick whispered the last word of the sacred prayer as he and Clisko laid down the flowers and incense on his mother's grave. They had spent the rest of the day toiling and burying the dead. The village was completely empty; it seemed that either everyone died or fled to the nearest city, but knowing how everyone had put so much heart into the village, they would never back away from defending it, meaning everyone was probably dead.
It still hadn't hit Zerrick how the village that had lasted for many years could happily be perfect in the morning and gone the next moment.
"No, this isn't happening, it's only a nightmare," Zerrick whispered, "any moment, I'll wake up..." But the moment never came. "How can I be adopted? Why can't I remember anything?"
The pictures running through his head, were they memories? Memories of his forgotten past? He didn't usually have them, but now and then, they'd show up. They never lasted long and they were only bits and pieces. He clutched onto the necklace. It was a small, dimond-shaped crystal held by a silver chaim. Could this be a clue to his past? After all, it did belong to his true mother...his true mother....it was hard to think he had another mother other than......
"Who am I really?" Zerrick whispered. He had grown up his entire life never knowing his true family....what about his father? Was he alive? Or if he ever had any brothers or sisters? Were they alive? Questions whizzed through his brain, searching for answers. He turned to Clisko who was sitting on a nearby rock. His hands covered his eyes.
"Clisko," Zerrick began slowly, both of them were taking it hard because Clisko had also lost his family, "do you remember when I first came to the village?"
"I thought you've lived here all your life," Clisko responded confused.
He didn't want to tell Clisko...not now, during this time...he hadn't fathomed the fact himself. "Yah...I meant to ask when we first met."
"I don't exactly remember, it was such a long time ago, we were, like four," Clisko answered, "I mean, I've known you as far as I can remember. Why?"
"Oh, just wondering...." Zerrick trailed off. Clisko didn't know anything. Clisko, himself, looked Zerrick in the eyes, studying his face.
"What's up?" Clisko asked.
Clisko knew him too well, he knew something was wrong. "Nothing," Zerrick said quickly thinking of a good excuse, "still can't believe..."
"Hey I know, man," Clisko said walking over and lightly slapping his back. "Me too."
"Clisko...."
"Yah?"
"We should head out to the nearest city, Aklem."
"Good idea."
Zerrick looked up at the gray sky. "There are.....some things I want to find out."
"Sure," Clisko said. He also looked up. "It's gonna be hard leaving, huh?"
Zerrick didn't answer. What he wanted was an answer himself.
"Take whatever you find is useful," Zerrick finally said, "it's a two day trip." Maybe there, he can find an answer. Maybe an answer from the necklace. He could feel something coming from within the crystal, it made his fingers tingle when he concentrated on it....some kind of energy.....
And thus did my adventure begin.......
Sorry, short chapter there. More will be coming soon if you review!!!
"Yht eh Nysir'c hysa, ysah."
Zerrick whispered the last word of the sacred prayer as he and Clisko laid down the flowers and incense on his mother's grave. They had spent the rest of the day toiling and burying the dead. The village was completely empty; it seemed that either everyone died or fled to the nearest city, but knowing how everyone had put so much heart into the village, they would never back away from defending it, meaning everyone was probably dead.
It still hadn't hit Zerrick how the village that had lasted for many years could happily be perfect in the morning and gone the next moment.
"No, this isn't happening, it's only a nightmare," Zerrick whispered, "any moment, I'll wake up..." But the moment never came. "How can I be adopted? Why can't I remember anything?"
The pictures running through his head, were they memories? Memories of his forgotten past? He didn't usually have them, but now and then, they'd show up. They never lasted long and they were only bits and pieces. He clutched onto the necklace. It was a small, dimond-shaped crystal held by a silver chaim. Could this be a clue to his past? After all, it did belong to his true mother...his true mother....it was hard to think he had another mother other than......
"Who am I really?" Zerrick whispered. He had grown up his entire life never knowing his true family....what about his father? Was he alive? Or if he ever had any brothers or sisters? Were they alive? Questions whizzed through his brain, searching for answers. He turned to Clisko who was sitting on a nearby rock. His hands covered his eyes.
"Clisko," Zerrick began slowly, both of them were taking it hard because Clisko had also lost his family, "do you remember when I first came to the village?"
"I thought you've lived here all your life," Clisko responded confused.
He didn't want to tell Clisko...not now, during this time...he hadn't fathomed the fact himself. "Yah...I meant to ask when we first met."
"I don't exactly remember, it was such a long time ago, we were, like four," Clisko answered, "I mean, I've known you as far as I can remember. Why?"
"Oh, just wondering...." Zerrick trailed off. Clisko didn't know anything. Clisko, himself, looked Zerrick in the eyes, studying his face.
"What's up?" Clisko asked.
Clisko knew him too well, he knew something was wrong. "Nothing," Zerrick said quickly thinking of a good excuse, "still can't believe..."
"Hey I know, man," Clisko said walking over and lightly slapping his back. "Me too."
"Clisko...."
"Yah?"
"We should head out to the nearest city, Aklem."
"Good idea."
Zerrick looked up at the gray sky. "There are.....some things I want to find out."
"Sure," Clisko said. He also looked up. "It's gonna be hard leaving, huh?"
Zerrick didn't answer. What he wanted was an answer himself.
"Take whatever you find is useful," Zerrick finally said, "it's a two day trip." Maybe there, he can find an answer. Maybe an answer from the necklace. He could feel something coming from within the crystal, it made his fingers tingle when he concentrated on it....some kind of energy.....
And thus did my adventure begin.......
Sorry, short chapter there. More will be coming soon if you review!!!