Chapter 5: The Lost Child's Story
"It all happened on the way to the custody trial that day, My parents, both being native Centrielian, had to cross the Volceness desert to get into Skandraenon, where the trial was held. Our hover car made its way slowly through the desert, and one of them had to pee, at this point I took the liberty upon myself to simply get out of the car and walk as long and as far away from them as I can.
After about a mile and a half off the beaten road I became very dehydrated, being only five at the time I did not think water was necessary for this trip; all I remember was collapsing on the ground and blacking out. When I awoke I was in an old abandoned hotel in the middle of nowhere, being tired, dehydrated, and scared. I did what came naturally to me; I started exploring the unfamiliar environment around me."
"You did do that a lot at that age" interrupts Hikari,
"That was when I found Brad he was fixing me a glass a water. After I startled Brad, and 5 minutes of cleaning up the water on the ground, he introduced himself to me
"Hello there, my name is Brad, what is yours" he smiled warmly to the little girl,
"Hullo Mister Brad! I'm Yasumi," she smiles her cutest "look I'm missing my front teeth" smile. We chatted awhile, and then the Army showed up. Brad seemed nervous and hid something in his bag, before I could ask what it was I realized I had a gun pointed at my head.
"Who's the Girl?" shouted the owner of the gun and the hand attached to it.
"She is my guest and you will bring no harm to her," he said calmly, bringing himself between the gun and Yasumi…
Therefore, I spent the Next 4 year of my life pretending I was his apprentice, which was a lot harder than it sounds. He was apparently not in any sort of political position, his father was the Furer at the time, and everything was peaceful. At nine I was inducted into the Basic Training Academy, Brad told me it was for the best, and that he himself was forced to do it, I finished training at the age of thirteen. The next year was studying with Brad, and training with him if the weather permitted. On the night of my 14 birthday, we received a letter telling us that I was accepted into the Hiroshi Elite Tactic's Academy, which had been my goal since I graduated from Basic.
After having a small party with him and some friends, someone came to the door… Tell me Hikari have you ever heard of a man named Charles Platinum?"
Hikari shook her head "Little bits and pieces, he was never considered a threat so we didn't pay attention to him" something suddenly did not seem to fit
"He was Brigadier General under his father, and was Brad's twin brother, he had logged more training time than any other in history of Centriel, in every area of combat, he was a master tactician, and was a fierce warrior. He came to the door that night, it was the first time I had ever seen him or heard anything about him. Brad seemed edgy and sent me to my room, after that it gets a bit fuzzy…"
"Fuzzy?" questioned Hikari
"According to records I have had 1 month of memory wiped clean out of my head, the last thing I remember after being sent to my room was opening the door to my dorm at Hiroshi Academy. After some digging, I had found out that both the Furer and his wife had been assassinated, and Charles was missing in action, apparently a failed attempt to attack Skandraenon led to the discharging of Brad's brother of all his rights, and he was reported missing an hour after the incident. Brad was named Furer a week after that, and that was when I came too, after the ceremony. I have a picture of the ceremony, I am in it, and I look fine, so I have no clue what happened to me during that month. However, Brad had been changed forever, he tried to act as if nothing had happened, but he was not the man who raised me from a little girl.
During the years as his apprentice he always told me that when he inherited the title of Furer from his father he wanted to sign a peace treaty between all the neighboring countries, that was what his father had set up for the next Furer. It just needed to pass onto the next generation and a signature to seal the treaties forever. However after becoming Furer he declared war on all the neighboring Kingdoms and started the Grand War from his office, where he still works out of."
"It's amazing what a parent misses in…13 years," Hikari sighs
"14 years tomorrow," Yasumi smiles "and what I'd like to have for my birthday is for my mother to be free along with…Argo" she suddenly breaks eye contact with her mother. Hikari almost falls out of her chair.
"THEIR HOLDING ARGO HERE!"