Hero II

(Chapter 2: That Hardest Thing)

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            The morning came too soon for me.  Thoughts I thought I had silenced from yesterday, still echoed in my mind.  Memories of my life flashed before my eyes, and I whimpered, and then started to cry.  My mom had decided not to see my father before we left.  It was probably too hard for her to say good-bye.

            I grabbed my bags and headed down to the place where my father rested.  I knew I wanted to say good-bye, but when I got there, I said something different.

"Dad…  I'm leaving for Earth today.  You see, mom decided that it would be good for me to learn the human part of my history.  But, I think that maybe she is just too scared to say something to you before we leave, and too scared to stay here without you.  For me, I just…  Well, I am not for it, and yet not exactly against it.  There's one thing I want to do before I say good-bye.  Dad, I promise to come back to you.  I promise…  Good-bye Dad." I explained.

            I then walked to the ship, and glanced back at my home planet before turning around, and sitting in my reserved seat.  I looked out my window and I already missed the blue grass and the green skies, and the crystal green water.  My mother tapped me on the shoulder, and sat down beside me.  She smiled, and looked for some trace of happiness in my eyes before she spoke.

"Where have you been?" She asked me nonchalantly.

"I went to my father's grave, and told him good-bye." I replied, still captivated by the view outside my window.

She brushed back a lock of my hair from my face, "That's great; it was way too hard for me.  I think because I love him so much, and I think that I am leaving him forever.  Maybe when you get older, you'll understand."

I spotted a bird, sighed then said, "I understand now.  It's just too hard for me to accept."

She bit her lower lip, "You know, I wished everyday that your father would come back.  I had only known him for a short while, but I knew he was the one."

I solemnly replied, "I just don't see why we have to leave him."

"We're not leaving him Callisto, he's always with us.  Besides, he would want you to see Earth too.  It's part of you." My mother said her voice full of hope.

            I was silenced by the ship taking off.  I quickly grasped my last glance at Namek.  And as a tear rolled down my cheek, I whispered my last good-bye.  Soon, all I could see were stars, and blackness.  I hoped that Earth would not be too different.

            After a couple of hours, I became really tired and decided to sleep some.  Maybe it would help.  But I knew all to well; dreams are both powerful and unpredictable.  Yet maybe my dreams might give some comfort.

            I soon fell into a deep sleep filled with things that made me feel like something important was about to happen.  Clock sounds trilled inside my mind, signaling that my time was running out for something of which I had absolutely no idea what it was.  I could hear my mother crying.

"I have to do this."

            The words ringed and echoed in my head.  The voice was so familiar, but I couldn't place it.  Storm clouds began to appear, and suddenly I heard another voice call out to me.

"I'll always be with you."

            'The same voice!' I didn't know what to think about the voice or what it meant.  All I knew, was that something was going to happen.  I heard a scream in the distance, and suddenly woke up.

            Once again, breathing heavily.  I looked to my side, and saw my mom sleeping.  I didn't know how long I had been asleep, so I looked outside, and I saw a most beautiful planet.  It had brown and green spots on a blue background, and white swirls encircled the wondrous sphere.  'Was this the Earth that I had loathed the thought of since yesterday?'

            My mother woke up just as I was about to go get our things together.

"How was your nap dear?" My mother asked, stretching from her long slumber.

I turned toward her, and smiled, "I slept well…  Mom, I saw the Earth, and… w-well, it's absolutely… magnificent."

"I know; best be getting your things now." She hurried me.

            I grabbed my things as my mom grabbed hers.  The ship landed five minutes later.  I already felt the difference in the gravity.  But, as soon as I stepped out of the ship and onto the Earth, I was moved by the sheer beauty, but I was shocked at what I saw also.

"Green grass, and blue skies, and blue water?!?!" I shouted to my mom.

"Yes, that's the beauty of it.  The difference is the beauty.  Oh, how I have missed it.  Come on, we've got to be getting settled into our new house…  I think you'll like it.  These houses aren't like the ones on Namek." My mother stated, gazing into the Earth's wonders.

            I was held by the most beautiful things.  The city was so big and the day was so bright, that everything just seemed wonderful.

"This is Tokyo, in Japan.  This is where we are going to live, and the city where I was born," my mother informed, "and here you will have to go to school."

I became confused, "What is school?"

She looked at me weirdly, and then remarked, "School is mandatory for children ages six through eighteen.  School is where you learn things necessary for life."

It was then I knew, that this life here was going to be very difficult…