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Hidden Pasts
Chapter one
Mandatory Pain
(THE PRESENT)
T.k woke up breathing heavily, again he was plagued by that dream. To him it was a dream because his nightmares were much , much worse. He knew the dream off by heart now, every word spoken , every color displayed , every detail etched . It was this same dream witch plagued him for the last four years. When he was younger he remembered being afraid to sleep, frightened to face the dream, scared to hear the older boy scream his name in ear piercing cries.
As usual he needed fresh air , he always needed fresh air when he woke up. The time never did matter, as long as he could feel the cool breeze wash his dream away, to remind him that surely life does go on. He quietly raised himself out of bed, careful not to wake the other sleeping boys. T.k quickly began to sneak down the winding staircase. Once at the landing he slipped through the great wood door, praying that they wouldn't creek. They didn't, not his time anyway. He began to run to the source of his comfort, the garden. The memories came flooding back they always did. And at each instant they always began at the same place.
* * * * * * * *
(THE PAST)
"Your finally awake", the lady sighed, letting out a small breath of relief she'd been holding for the past week. "You fell hard little boy do you remember anything", she asked, in her most soothing voice. The voice she used when she was caring for one of her eleven children. "My name is T.k.", he said weakly, before his eyes fluttered closed again.
"Judah, do you remember exactly were we found him", she asked again patiently. "By a town well mother", answered one of her elder sons. "Oh the poor little child, probably another victim of that awful war". She sighed. It was a pity the greedy king Motomiya wanted to conquer all the lands for himself. To gain all the power possible, this kingdom was another example. Once ruled by a kind and just ruler , who through the years aided all those who were in need. Through him the kingdom was prosperous and happy. However his rein was ended as well as the happiness, the same could be said for the peace.
It was rumored among the towns that the kings two sons did however escape, but were hidden. Others said the escaped only briefly then were killed. It was not known witch ones were the ones to believe, so the people of the two joint kingdoms made there assumptions according to there situations.
As all these things were reviewed in the mothers head, she couldn't help but notice something strange about the boy she found by the well , the one she found with a strange s ring of unknown significance, solid gold she added, something's were just puzzling.
(LESS THAN THREE MONTH'S LATER)
"Judah and Benjamin may you please take T.k. to school, this will be his first day, I would like you to ensure it's a good one."
"Yes mother," the two boys simultaneously said in sync. Although this was secretly practiced throughout the household, their mother would never know. They each took hold of the new addition to there families hand and marched him through the door for the benefit of their mother sight only. As soon as they turned the bend they were free to display their bitter emotions.
"Kid , if you don't hurry up your going to make us late", Judah exclaimed yanking T.k's arm forcefully to ensure it would be extremely painful . He heard the child hiss and double up his step. "My name is T.K." he murmured. "Really", Benjamin inquired, "well it doesn't matter who you are now kid 'cause your mommy's not here to watch you, or is that your mommy?" Benjamin teased, glancing around the field and watching the kid become tense and still walk faster, if that was possible. " Careful if you walk that fast you might trip," his brother leered before proceeding to trip the small child. He joined his brother in laughter as the child tumbled and scraped his knee's and hands. "Ohh, are you bleeding," Benjamin cooed, "maybe if Mommy let the kid out of the house his skin wouldn't be so soft", he then told his brother, who laughed.
"Can you guys please just pretend to be nice", came a small plea from the little boy there were terrorizing. "Keep on walking ," hissed Judah "your in no position to be making any sort of demands." He then pushed the kid forwards making him stumble. Now that his mom wasn't present this kid would get no more special treatment, he'd be treated the same as the rest of them. Or worse. "Get moving", he yelled "were almost there".
As the approached the small shaggy school house , the two brothers proposed to make the small boys experience as "memorable" as possible.
T.k received the same treatment if not worse, on his way back home. Not to mention the burden of the classmates for some suspicious reasons not liking him, and the teacher truly loathing him. The insults they jabbed at him were painful, but he learned the hard way if he commented it would ultimately result to more pain. He tried to keep ahead of his "brothers", to avoid any more pain. Although it was truly unavoidable . Better an ounce of prevention than a pound of cure. He felt his feet come up from under him, 'yea' he thought without enthusiasm, again. "Since your so smart, you can find your own way home", Judah the voice belonged to the one and only. He heard him and his brother race ahead. 'Yea', he thought again getting up, 'it would be fun to walk all by himself with no one to threaten him, if he knew the way home. "Great", he said to particularly no one as he pressed on ahead. "The joy's never end." Why did they insist on being so mean, he was only nine, and it wasn't like he did anything to them. Pasts the fields he concluded, he remembered passing by a field than cutting through a field. But wait were did going through a forest come in. There was passing by a forest. Not…through….a forest. What had to be an hour passed by, than what had to be two others did the same. It was strange to him , he only remembered it taking half an hour to forty-five minutes walking home . 'Wait , I remember that rock' he thought happily to himself, that looks like the rock Benjamin shoved……he decided that maybe he would think about it. He rushed the rest of the way home even through it was now dark. He did stumble every now and then, but at least it was progress. Blessed progress.
As he reached his small house, he sighed relief. As he got closer he realized his 'mom' was waiting for him. He increased his pace out of relief. As he got closer he realized she was not happy, she looked , well the only word for it was pissed , Royally pissed. Well he couldn't hide now , he'd find out why sooner or later. Maybe she wasn't mad at him , she was mad at his brothers for ditching him.
"Get in her now, young man," she yelled once he was in hearing distance, "why on earth would you run away from Judah and Benjamin just to get them in trouble".
please see previous page for more information.
Hidden Pasts
Chapter one
Mandatory Pain
(THE PRESENT)
T.k woke up breathing heavily, again he was plagued by that dream. To him it was a dream because his nightmares were much , much worse. He knew the dream off by heart now, every word spoken , every color displayed , every detail etched . It was this same dream witch plagued him for the last four years. When he was younger he remembered being afraid to sleep, frightened to face the dream, scared to hear the older boy scream his name in ear piercing cries.
As usual he needed fresh air , he always needed fresh air when he woke up. The time never did matter, as long as he could feel the cool breeze wash his dream away, to remind him that surely life does go on. He quietly raised himself out of bed, careful not to wake the other sleeping boys. T.k quickly began to sneak down the winding staircase. Once at the landing he slipped through the great wood door, praying that they wouldn't creek. They didn't, not his time anyway. He began to run to the source of his comfort, the garden. The memories came flooding back they always did. And at each instant they always began at the same place.
* * * * * * * *
(THE PAST)
"Your finally awake", the lady sighed, letting out a small breath of relief she'd been holding for the past week. "You fell hard little boy do you remember anything", she asked, in her most soothing voice. The voice she used when she was caring for one of her eleven children. "My name is T.k.", he said weakly, before his eyes fluttered closed again.
"Judah, do you remember exactly were we found him", she asked again patiently. "By a town well mother", answered one of her elder sons. "Oh the poor little child, probably another victim of that awful war". She sighed. It was a pity the greedy king Motomiya wanted to conquer all the lands for himself. To gain all the power possible, this kingdom was another example. Once ruled by a kind and just ruler , who through the years aided all those who were in need. Through him the kingdom was prosperous and happy. However his rein was ended as well as the happiness, the same could be said for the peace.
It was rumored among the towns that the kings two sons did however escape, but were hidden. Others said the escaped only briefly then were killed. It was not known witch ones were the ones to believe, so the people of the two joint kingdoms made there assumptions according to there situations.
As all these things were reviewed in the mothers head, she couldn't help but notice something strange about the boy she found by the well , the one she found with a strange s ring of unknown significance, solid gold she added, something's were just puzzling.
(LESS THAN THREE MONTH'S LATER)
"Judah and Benjamin may you please take T.k. to school, this will be his first day, I would like you to ensure it's a good one."
"Yes mother," the two boys simultaneously said in sync. Although this was secretly practiced throughout the household, their mother would never know. They each took hold of the new addition to there families hand and marched him through the door for the benefit of their mother sight only. As soon as they turned the bend they were free to display their bitter emotions.
"Kid , if you don't hurry up your going to make us late", Judah exclaimed yanking T.k's arm forcefully to ensure it would be extremely painful . He heard the child hiss and double up his step. "My name is T.K." he murmured. "Really", Benjamin inquired, "well it doesn't matter who you are now kid 'cause your mommy's not here to watch you, or is that your mommy?" Benjamin teased, glancing around the field and watching the kid become tense and still walk faster, if that was possible. " Careful if you walk that fast you might trip," his brother leered before proceeding to trip the small child. He joined his brother in laughter as the child tumbled and scraped his knee's and hands. "Ohh, are you bleeding," Benjamin cooed, "maybe if Mommy let the kid out of the house his skin wouldn't be so soft", he then told his brother, who laughed.
"Can you guys please just pretend to be nice", came a small plea from the little boy there were terrorizing. "Keep on walking ," hissed Judah "your in no position to be making any sort of demands." He then pushed the kid forwards making him stumble. Now that his mom wasn't present this kid would get no more special treatment, he'd be treated the same as the rest of them. Or worse. "Get moving", he yelled "were almost there".
As the approached the small shaggy school house , the two brothers proposed to make the small boys experience as "memorable" as possible.
T.k received the same treatment if not worse, on his way back home. Not to mention the burden of the classmates for some suspicious reasons not liking him, and the teacher truly loathing him. The insults they jabbed at him were painful, but he learned the hard way if he commented it would ultimately result to more pain. He tried to keep ahead of his "brothers", to avoid any more pain. Although it was truly unavoidable . Better an ounce of prevention than a pound of cure. He felt his feet come up from under him, 'yea' he thought without enthusiasm, again. "Since your so smart, you can find your own way home", Judah the voice belonged to the one and only. He heard him and his brother race ahead. 'Yea', he thought again getting up, 'it would be fun to walk all by himself with no one to threaten him, if he knew the way home. "Great", he said to particularly no one as he pressed on ahead. "The joy's never end." Why did they insist on being so mean, he was only nine, and it wasn't like he did anything to them. Pasts the fields he concluded, he remembered passing by a field than cutting through a field. But wait were did going through a forest come in. There was passing by a forest. Not…through….a forest. What had to be an hour passed by, than what had to be two others did the same. It was strange to him , he only remembered it taking half an hour to forty-five minutes walking home . 'Wait , I remember that rock' he thought happily to himself, that looks like the rock Benjamin shoved……he decided that maybe he would think about it. He rushed the rest of the way home even through it was now dark. He did stumble every now and then, but at least it was progress. Blessed progress.
As he reached his small house, he sighed relief. As he got closer he realized his 'mom' was waiting for him. He increased his pace out of relief. As he got closer he realized she was not happy, she looked , well the only word for it was pissed , Royally pissed. Well he couldn't hide now , he'd find out why sooner or later. Maybe she wasn't mad at him , she was mad at his brothers for ditching him.
"Get in her now, young man," she yelled once he was in hearing distance, "why on earth would you run away from Judah and Benjamin just to get them in trouble".