Disclaimer: I Do Not own The Wheel Of Time. But I do own Todd and the Keeper Of The Pattern. haHA! Beat that! Unless, however, you happen to be Robert Jordan. Then you win....
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As Todd stumbled through the forest, his mind was racing. What was this place? Who was that boy? The Keeper Of The Pattern, Todd reminded himself.
"Okay, so what the FUCK is The Keeper Of The Pattern!?" Todd screamed at himself, not really expecting an answer. But he got one. Sort of. Ok, not at all. Todd tripped over a tree root. And hit the ground. Hard.
Todd woke up and brushed himself off. He rubbed his nose idly and wondered if he had broken it. Then, he wondered where the hell he was. As he looked around, the events of the past day came crashing back like a thunderbolt (A/N: Aaarg. I don't like that sentence. Help with it?).....
The day had started out normally enough. Todd woke up, got dressed, and went downstairs just in time to see his father beat his mother because his eggs were cold. Todd sighed. Why couldn't she just leave him? It didn't make sense. He treated her like shit, but every time Todd asked her about it, she just said that she was a bad wife, and he was helping her get better. She was a horrible person, and he was wonderful for helping her. It made Todd sick. And he couldn't do a damned thing about it. Todd hated himself. Hated himself for being such a coward, for not being able to stand up to his father. He wished he could. He really did. But he was just so scared..... Todd sighed again. He didn't eat breakfast, he just left. As Todd left, he looked at his watch. Shit. Late again.
"Today's just gonna be PERFECT" He said to himself sarcastically, as he walked down his driveway. " I can't WAIT to hear what Mrs. Jameson has to say...."
As Todd walked into class, he noticed the teacher wasn't there. Todd breathed a sigh of relief, and then squeaked as he heard Mrs. Jameson's voice behind him
"Well, Mr. Greenburg, it is soooo good to see you." There was a touch of irritation in her voice.
Todd chuckled weakly. "Oh, hi Mrs. Jameson. I was just-"
"You were just leaving, weren't you? Aren't you sick?", she asked, raising an eyebrow.
Todd smiled gratefully. Mrs. Jameson was the only one he had told about his mother. Middle-aged, but still stunning, with shoulder-length blond hair and piercing grey eyes, she always seemed to know when he needed to be alone, to think. She smiled back, and he left without another word. Unfortunately, he just happened to run into Mr. Alcott, one of the many teacher who "hated" him.
"And just where do you think you're going, mister Greenburg?, he inquired, making the last two words sound dirty, and looking at Todd like he was something that needed to be scraped off his shoe.
"The bathroom.", Todd replied defiantly, glaring at Mr. Alcott
Mr. Alcott chuckled. "Why do I doubt that? Detention for two weeks." he grinned. "For skipping school" With that , he sauntered off, grinning like the cat who just caught his mouse.
Todd actually WAS planning on going to the bathroom, but after that little "episode", he decided to make the detention worth something. So he really did skip.....
And that's how he had ended up here...Suddenly, Todd realized that his eyes were closed and someone was shaking him. He opened his eyes and looked around. How the hell did he get inside a wagon?! Todd looked up at the person who had been shaking him. It was a wiry young man in a long green coat and a black, broad-brimmed hat. He had a mischievous glint in his brown eyes, and an odd, black hafted spear lay on the deck next to him
He stood up and offered Todd a hand. "Hello there. I'm Mat Cauthon."
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Alrighty then. I finally got a review. Now that I know that someone actually LIKES my story, I'm gonna continue. Thank you to Lost Dragon'Kin for the excellent review.
