Homunculus

The Beginning

I looked at my filthy reflection in the stream I was following. My brown hair was always in the way so I had to push it back irritatingly. I stared at my eyes. They were a strange, unnatural gold color. I hated it; I hated being like this. Every time I go up to a human, they run away in fear, because of me. Me! Was it the way I looked, the way I dressed? A raggedy dress and a torn up creature was what would describe me… I hated it. I hate them! Humans. They disgust me… they're revolting!

As I followed the quick-current stream, it felt like forever till I reached a good shelter. The shelter was an abandoned cabin that seemed very old. Going in made it seemed as if I was invading, but everything was in ruins. Luckily, there was a bed that was still in one piece. Night had covered the sky in such short time. As I lay there, I looked at myself. I wonder… how long has it been since I died. Five years? How did I become this? All these questions went through my head wondering if there was ever an answer.

For a while I've been having sharp pains on the back of my neck, but it would always disappear, like it never happened. The pains were strong, so strong that I would actually fall to the ground and lose consciousness. Not only that, all this time, I felt lost. Knowing nothing about what's happening to me, not even knowing a lot of my past, my memories.

One day as I was hunting for food, a woman dressed in black found me. She was beautiful. Pale white skin, and long black hair, but her eyes. Her eyes were a blood red color. They gave off a warm feeling within me. A feeling that made me fell safe, made me feel comfortable.

"Hello dear, might I ask what you are doing?" She said to me in a low, soft voice.

"I-uh… I'm hunting…for food," She looked at me as if she was inspecting me. She then smiled.

"My name is Lust. Can I ask what your name is?" I told her sadly that I didn't have a name, or at least that I forgot it. After I said that, her smile got even bigger.

" Come with me… I'll be sure to give you a better shelter, plus some better-suited clothing," She offered me her hand. Taking it, she led me to a close town, a town called Lior. It looked abandoned, as if everybody just up and ran.

"Do you know that I have alliances?" she told me as we were walking toward a huge church. " One is named Envy, he is known to be the most reckless of all of us, but is still a good companion to use in combat. The other one is named Gluttony, he is a little crazy in the head, but is fast and can deal with any enemy that tries to run." I fell into worry about the one known as Gluttony. He seemed dangerous.

"W-what does he do with them?" Lust looks at me with narrowed eyes and smiles.

"He eats them," Oh God! As that comment went through one ear and out the other, I almost began to lose my lunch. That's just sick… We entered the church. It was big and it had a lot of candles lit. I guess they like the dark… Lust led me to a room and got me some clothes. She was nice about it, and didn't sound mean. She was nice. I dressed up in the outfit. At first, it looked too big for my tiny little body, but as soon s I put it on… it fitted just right. What's going on? I looked a Lust (who helped me dress by the way…) with eyes that didn't know anything.

"How does this outfit fit me? It was too big before I got it on…what's going on?" Lust closed her eyes then chuckled.

" The answer will come my dear… the answer will come," We then went to the top of the church that was said to be the best spot for Lust.

"I come up here all the time with my companions… they like it up here too," I fastened my eyes on the view of the city. It was a beautiful red color. The sunset went really well with it. I smiled at this view without realizing what was happening to me. The pain on my neck, the loss of memories, I just suddenly forgot all about it.

Later that night, Lust offered me the room where I dressed in. I wanted to leave to find food, but Lust wished for me to stay.

"You need to stay here until Envy and Gluttony return," Lust announced to me in a calm tone, "There out to get some food." As we waited, Lust got me a nice cup of tea that relaxed me from all the things that happened to me today. We talked more about the two companions she's with, and I got to learn more about them the more we talked. After my mind was filled with knowledge, I began to hear footsteps coming from the entrance. It was Envy and Gluttony.

Lust got up to welcome her friends back. At that moment, I was finally able to see what Gluttony and Envy looked like… boy do they live up to their names. There was one word you could compare to Gluttony…"fat", but he did have muscles and scary, white, small eyes, I was afraid of him…Envy on the other hand, looked like…a girl… He had long beautiful hair, and was…wearing a skirt, but I knew by the body figure…that he was a man.

"Lust…who's that behind you?" Gluttony grunted, "Is it a snack for me to much on?" A cold chill went up my spine. I hope I wasn't brought here just to get eaten. Lust chuckled, "No eating her Gluttony. She's one of us," What? What does she mean?

"Then where's the mark?" Envy sneered, "The mark of an homunculus?" Mark? What mark? What is he talking about? Lust then asked me if I was feeling any sharp pain anywhere in my body. How does she know? I showed her the place of where the pain was coming from…the back of my neck. Lust studied my neck, then said: "No doubt…she's an homunculus"

Homunculus? What's a Homunculus?

"W-what mark? What does the mark look like?" All three of them showed. Lust's was on her chest, Envy's was on his left thigh and Gluttony's was on his tongue…GROSS! It was a bright red dragon eating his tail with a star in the middle. Weird… For something to eat, we had meat. Raw meat. It was very good, but I didn't know what type of meat it was from. I asked Envy.

"The meat is from humans…why do you ask?" In shock, and revolt, I spat everything out of my mouth, and then threw up everything from the past five dead years.

"ARE YOU SICK?" I screamed.

"You must understand dear, we kill in order to keep each other a secret…if we let the bodies rot out in public, people would get suspicious, then we would have trouble," I understood a little bit. But it sickening, disgusting! However, I guess I should get used to it… after all…it turns out that I will be staying with these people for the rest of my dead life. As a Homunculus… a killer of the night.