Lost Years
Um...well, I'm going to put the Prologue and Chapter one on the same page since the Prologue is so short. :-) Please read and review. Note that // are thoughts and [ are telepathic talking.
~Hotaru32~
Prologue
Whenever I sit back and stare at the stars, the smile on my face fades away. The number of stars in the sky, is the number of sins I commited. One of them was joining Schwartz.
Perhaps I only remember Shcwartz because, like the scars on my soul, it will never go away. Like the smell of blood, never washing off. My power of pregognition got me into that mess. But it also starts an adventure for me. The greatest adventure ever.
This is the story of my lost years.
I. Family Matters
Blood...I can taste it. I can smell it. I feel a weight on my back then suddenly, it's blasted back. "Run...Sarah..." I muttered.
They're taking us somewhere! I don't know who but....I know there is betrayal...I don't know who...but I know it's someone close.
Blood! I'm covered in it!
I sat up straight in bed, perspiration stinging my eyes. Blinking, I drew a deep breath and wiped my face with my forearm. It felt cool against my cheeks.
I stretched and began to make my bed. I stared out the bottom half of the window, the upper bunk bed covering the rest. It wasn't even dawn yet! I sat back down and began to think about my premonition.
"Why do you insist on getting up at four in the morning? I barely get any sleep with you makin` so much racket."
I turned to find my younger brother, Jamie, staring at me with his wide, amber eyes. Across the room, my other younger sibling, Sarah, sat up and glared at us.
"Brad, will you quit waking up so early and getting Jamie mad? And Jamie, shut up," she answered.
As always, I bristled when Sarah reamed me out. She was, of course, two years younger than I! In my opinion that showed weakness. I hated being weak. Sarah stood up and sat beside me.
"I'm sorry onii-chan. But it's like this every morning ever since our parents divorced..." she muttered.
She pressed her face into my chest and I wrapped my arms around her shoulder to comfort her. I heaved a sigh.
"I know, Sarah. But there is no point in dwelling in self pity or regret. C`mon, let's go get something to eat," I answered.
I walked behind Jamie and Sarah, listening to them bicker. We weren't so different. We weren't fooling ourselves. We knew our happiness couldn't last forever. But for now, let us be children of fourteen, thirteen, and twelve. All paranormals...all alone. Our parents were away now. Dad's in Ohio and Mom was on a business trip in Sacremento.
"Onii-chan! The eggs are burning!" Sarah shouted shrilly.
I glanced down to find out that the eggs were burning.
"Woops..." I muttered sheepishly.
Sarah giggled as I scraped them onto a plate and handed it to her. She set it on the table along with the bacon Jamie cooked. We sat down and began to eat. I glanced over at the schedule on the refrigerator. When we finished, we got dressed and waited outside for our guardian, Chihiro, to come.
"How come our parents divorced?" Sarah asked. "I was probably because Dad had an affair...huh?"
"Let's not talk about it," Jamie muttered.
"I just don't see why Mom is so nice to us and she...." Sarah trailed off.
"She hates me? She say I give her the creeps. Like I'm some kind of demon crawling from the depths of hell to devour human flesh," I laughed bitterly. "Oi, Jamie."
"Eh?"
"It's your turn to take out the trash, remember?" I said, glancing at him.
Jamie groaned and disappeared around back. Then came his terrified yell.
Um...well, I'm going to put the Prologue and Chapter one on the same page since the Prologue is so short. :-) Please read and review. Note that // are thoughts and [ are telepathic talking.
~Hotaru32~
Prologue
Whenever I sit back and stare at the stars, the smile on my face fades away. The number of stars in the sky, is the number of sins I commited. One of them was joining Schwartz.
Perhaps I only remember Shcwartz because, like the scars on my soul, it will never go away. Like the smell of blood, never washing off. My power of pregognition got me into that mess. But it also starts an adventure for me. The greatest adventure ever.
This is the story of my lost years.
I. Family Matters
Blood...I can taste it. I can smell it. I feel a weight on my back then suddenly, it's blasted back. "Run...Sarah..." I muttered.
They're taking us somewhere! I don't know who but....I know there is betrayal...I don't know who...but I know it's someone close.
Blood! I'm covered in it!
I sat up straight in bed, perspiration stinging my eyes. Blinking, I drew a deep breath and wiped my face with my forearm. It felt cool against my cheeks.
I stretched and began to make my bed. I stared out the bottom half of the window, the upper bunk bed covering the rest. It wasn't even dawn yet! I sat back down and began to think about my premonition.
"Why do you insist on getting up at four in the morning? I barely get any sleep with you makin` so much racket."
I turned to find my younger brother, Jamie, staring at me with his wide, amber eyes. Across the room, my other younger sibling, Sarah, sat up and glared at us.
"Brad, will you quit waking up so early and getting Jamie mad? And Jamie, shut up," she answered.
As always, I bristled when Sarah reamed me out. She was, of course, two years younger than I! In my opinion that showed weakness. I hated being weak. Sarah stood up and sat beside me.
"I'm sorry onii-chan. But it's like this every morning ever since our parents divorced..." she muttered.
She pressed her face into my chest and I wrapped my arms around her shoulder to comfort her. I heaved a sigh.
"I know, Sarah. But there is no point in dwelling in self pity or regret. C`mon, let's go get something to eat," I answered.
I walked behind Jamie and Sarah, listening to them bicker. We weren't so different. We weren't fooling ourselves. We knew our happiness couldn't last forever. But for now, let us be children of fourteen, thirteen, and twelve. All paranormals...all alone. Our parents were away now. Dad's in Ohio and Mom was on a business trip in Sacremento.
"Onii-chan! The eggs are burning!" Sarah shouted shrilly.
I glanced down to find out that the eggs were burning.
"Woops..." I muttered sheepishly.
Sarah giggled as I scraped them onto a plate and handed it to her. She set it on the table along with the bacon Jamie cooked. We sat down and began to eat. I glanced over at the schedule on the refrigerator. When we finished, we got dressed and waited outside for our guardian, Chihiro, to come.
"How come our parents divorced?" Sarah asked. "I was probably because Dad had an affair...huh?"
"Let's not talk about it," Jamie muttered.
"I just don't see why Mom is so nice to us and she...." Sarah trailed off.
"She hates me? She say I give her the creeps. Like I'm some kind of demon crawling from the depths of hell to devour human flesh," I laughed bitterly. "Oi, Jamie."
"Eh?"
"It's your turn to take out the trash, remember?" I said, glancing at him.
Jamie groaned and disappeared around back. Then came his terrified yell.
