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Chapter 1:
Ecstasy
The night that changed my life was beautiful. Nothing more and nothing less than that. The moon slipped under the covers of the sky. The being that took the place of the sun, and brought about darkness was my friend. I always wanted to tread across it.
I was doing what I did every night; watching the moon float across the sky, laying on the soft, damp, dark green grass. When I first saw it, I thought it was a shooting star. I... was wrong. I was always wrong, back then.... Way back then.
I sat with my cat; Furi, petting her fuzziness gently. She only had one ear, and she my only real friend. I never saw a lot of human beings. When I did see a big group of mortals I was intensely uncomfortable. They all seemed so vainglorious.
When the airship full of space pirates arrived in my backyard, flatting the grass, I was fast asleep on the lawn. I was awoken by Furi. She ran into the old, red shed, the paint was pealing, so it was more of a tan/wood color now. I got up alarmed. I rubbed my eyes and ran after my cat, not even noticing the visitors.
When I reached the shed my cat was no where in sight.
"FURI?!" I called. This had never happened before. Furi was always by my side. ALWAYS! I soon learned, this was the least of my worries...
I peaked my head out of the shed when a bright light caught my eye. That was the first time I saw it. I was mesmerized, then afraid. I was in need of some sort of safeguard! Anything! I grabbed my guitar that I got for Christmas, and grounded the end on the ground to make some sort of spike.
I found this quite useless.
They approached slowly, as if they were murderous madmen, and I was their current victim.... That's when the idea sparkled in my mind. I put down the guitar, strumming the strings on accident. I noticed that the space beings shuddered at the sound. I thought nothing of it.
I went for the Baseball bat! I hefted it, and realized it's weight. I ignored the fact that I had never used one, and mimicked what I saw my father do. I set the end on the ground, my eyes narrowed. I lifted it over my shoulder, took a ball from a crate, then I ran out of shed and saw that there was another vessel headed my way. I threw the baseball straight up into the air, focusing on what looked like a shooting star....
Then I swung the bat.... I actually swung the bat. I remember the feel of air after my swing. The air echoed the "whooshing" sound the bat made. The ozone around me chilled. Time froze. The ball soared through the atmosphere, roaring toward the star.
It hit. I smiled, that was the last time I smiled for a long time. I don't know what I expected... No damage was done. They grabbed me while I was distracted, and I was gone. My mind was still focused on my emotions. As they beamed me up to their floating ship, I felt the pure ecstasy I had constantly dreamed of.
Sure, I was scared.... But it didn't really sink in until I was laying under the white light. That's when I started to scream. That's when I saw him. Then almost as I had gone mute, I lost my ability to scream, my ability to feel fear. I felt that same ecstasy whenever our eyes met.
They forced me into a room with another being.... I wasn't sure if he was human. He had no eyebrows. I think the celestial beings were watching our every move....
The room was like nothing I had ever seen before! It was massive! As big as the inside of a church! The chamber was a bright, blinding white. There was a mirror on the other side of the room. I think this room played a momentous role in changing my way of life....
I was starting to wonder... Was this a dream? Was this really happening? Yeah, it probably was! That's what I convinced myself then. I would believe anything that would make ease my worries.
The boy was sitting in the corner, curled up in a ball, I sat down in the opposite corner, and did the same. I began to feel my anxiety grow. My only friend was a cat! Now I was locked in a room, with a boy! A BOY! The only male I had ever seen other then my father was my cousins, and uncles. What was he thinking about?
I wanted to talk to him... I wanted to do something other than just sit in the corner for what seemed like an eternity! I couldn't take my own nervousness. He glanced at me a few times.....
"What's, your name?" he inquired, cautiously. I was grateful that he spoke first. Now that I knew he was human, I settled down a bit.
"Raharu," I replied. "What's yours?" I added my question.
"Amarao," he answered. Silence broke out once again. Then the sound of silence grew louder, and louder!
"How old are you?" I quired, needing something to talk about.
"I'm eight years old," he said, laying his head on his hands.
"I'm thirteen." I relaxed after awhile. But I didn't sleep the first night I was there. Or the second. Amarao did. I pinched myself a few times, hoping to wake up...
I was used to being alone, and now that I wasn't alone... I couldn't do anything. Now they were always watching. Always. Then the worst thing that could happen, happened.
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