Thy Kingdom Rest
Chapter 1, Part 1: Blackout I
A/N: I probably have a lot of grammar errors due to the fact that I'm still in high school, a junior to be exact (though that really shouldn't be an excuse for bad grammer). English as a course has never been my favorite, nor do I excel in it. :P Hopefully, I'll be able to pull off at least an A- this year. J
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RING!
An indescribable, earsplitting bell rang loud enough to alarm every single person inside the blue building and the nearby, adjacent buildings. For a few people, this sound was the start of another hard day's work. For many, this was the sound of pure ecstasy. Children from ages four to thirteen had never felt happier. Though June 21st has yet to arrive and invite the 'Summer Solstice', the sound of the crimson red bell had finally announced the official beginning of summer. The doors swung open as herds of wild animals stampeded onto to the confining hallways and out of the building. The building, which once stood as a navy blue school palace ages before, was now dull blue and decaying quicker than a dead corpse. The building was the property of Lundin Elementary School, named after William K. Lundin, founder of Boulder Hills. Boulder Hills, once considered part of Massachusetts; now lies on the northern border of Connecticut, just a few short miles away from "The Bay State". With only a population of 800, the town of Boulder Hills had always been quite small. In fact, if it hadn't been for Lundin Elementary School, Lundin High School, and the newly opened Bellio Mall, a map of Boulder Hills would show nothing but a couple hundred houses, petite stores, and Interstate 86 that ran off to the west.
RING!
Though most of the kids who went to Lundin Elementary had waited the entire school year for this day, only a handful feared the start of summer. Most of these included the graduating, soon-to-be freshmen class whose only thought was of dealing with the new, upcoming challenges awaiting them at high school. Then there were the children who would give anything and everything to remain here at Boulder Hills than to move to another state. There was only one child who did not give a crap about summer, but whose thoughts did not consist of moving to a new state or going to high school. In fact, he was in the second grade and had been living in Boulder Hills as long as he could remember. His name was Matthew Turner.
RING!
Matthew Turner had never made much of an impact in Boulder Hills, nor has their been much of an impact in Matt's life. Matthew did not care much about anything, and anything important did not care much for Matt. Matt's life was anything but fantastic; it had been nothing but dull and dim, like the walls of Lundin Elementary School. Matt truly felt his life was useless and that he really did not want his life. The only thing that tells him to wake up each and everyday was his mother, Annie Turner. Annie Turner died after giving birth to Matt and it was her death that tells Matt to keep on living. Matt felt that as long as he lived, it would make his mother happy. That was all that mattered, making his mother happy.
RING!
Unlike the sheer love he felt from his mother, Matthew felt the opposite from his father. In fact, Matt's father had not been a Turner at all, even to this day, instead his name was Price, Jessie Price. Eight years ago, it was widely known in the small neighborhood of the huge crush between Jessie P. and Annie T. For the record, their love had been engraved in one of the old pine trees; containing the words 'Jessie and Annie forever' inscribed in a drawing of a heart. They were loved by many and had been the pride and joy of both families' parents. It wasn't until they found out that Annie had been pregnant for seven months that both the Price and Turner family shunned them. Both families were strict Catholics and enraged at the fact that Annie gave up her virginity before getting married. The major factor that upset both families the most was the fact that both Jessie and Annie had been 16 when Annie was pregnant. They abandoned them and left them to fend off the 'real world' for themselves. The situation had not settled well with young Jessie Price. He was forced to give up school and had to work as a cashier in Uncle Ben's Barbershop in order to pay off some of the expenses. Annie also chipped in some cash by working as a substitute teacher in Lundin Elementary School. She was working quite well in her fragile condition. Then the inevitable happened. Matthew Aaron Turner was born, his mother dead. The life of one took the death of the other. Jessie Price far preferred the other and so the abusive relationship between father and son began.
RRRIIINNNGGG!!!
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A/N: I'm super sorry about this. I know this chapter was probably boring, hell I thought it was boring myself. This was just suppose to be the introduction to the chapter, but unfortunately the whole chapter itself got a tad too long. So I was forced to split this chapter into three parts. Don't worry. The second part of the chapter is coming up in about a day. Hope you can wait that long (that sounded gay). Anyway, thanks for your thoughtful review. I thought that if nobody read the story, then what would be the point of writing one except to improve my writing skills. UmmI'd like to say sorry again for this boring crap. I promise the second part will be a lot better than this (well it is in my opinion).