The following story is a Skullgirls fanfiction, i own nothing but my ocs, Skullgirls is property of Autumn Games and Lab Zero.
"So… what's up?"
"…"
"What's wrong, cat got you tongue?"
"…"
"Dude, stop that you're freaking me out."
I couldn't process any words to describe this situation, I mean, MY OWN GOD DAMN ARM JUST TALKED TO ME!
I tried to convince myself that it was all a dream, it couldn't be real right? RIGHT?
Nonononono, it as to be a dream, I has to, any minute now ill wake up and my arm will be back to normal…
Come on wake up already! WAKE UP!
….
This isn't a dream… It's reality… My own god damn arm just talked to me. I know what to do. I stared at the wall, back at my own arm…
"Huh? You're awake? Great, now with that out of the way, my name is…"
And I threw my arm against the wall with all my might.
"GET OUT OF MY ARM, HAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
"NO *THUMP* STOP *THUMP* PLEASE *THUMP* LISTEN TO ME I BEG OF YOU!" The parasite begged me to listen to him, but I wasn't about to fall for some cheap trick.
"ARE YOU KIDDING YOU'LL PROBABLY JUST KILL ME AND USE MY BODY AS A PUPPET, THE YOU'LL KILL MY FAMILY AND FRIEND!"
"WHAT? WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU THINK I WOULD DO THAT, ANYWAY I WOULD BE DEAD IF YOU DIED, SO WHAT WOULD I GET OUT OF THAT?"
I stopped for a brief moment, he was right what would he get with that? It would do him more harm than good so.
Wait a minute…
"YOU BASTARD, THAT DOSEN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT YOU JUST WENT IN AND POSSESED MY ARM WITH OUT CONSENT!" I continued to throw my arm against the wall, doing my best to beat the parasite out of my arm, much to his discontent.
"Pietro, everything alrigth?" I heard a voice from the other side of the door. Oh no, it was dad, if he sees this i'm screwed.
"Y..Yea…everything is fine."
"Are you sure, I heard a pretty loud noise coming from there. Did you fall or something?"
"Yep, I just fell." I said trying my best to drive away my father from my bedroom.
"Really, are you ok? Want me to come in and help you?"
"N..NO…I mean, no im back on my own two feet, there's nothing to worry about, hehehe" I nervously laugh, assuring my father that everything was ok, last thing I needed was the whole neighborhood block finding out that I have a parasite in my arm.
"Well…ok? I guess?" I the heard my father's footsteps, moving away from my bedroom and back to the living room where he was making breakfast.
"*Sigh* That was close, way to close, not thanks to you." I snarled at my unwanted guest as he shock he's head still feeling the impact of the wall
"How as this my fault? You were the one who threw against a wall." The parasite retorted "I was simply just going to introduce myself, but then YOU started to throw me against a wall" He was right, I didn't even let him finish talking, the again, he did just practically eat my arm and became it in the process, that doesn't happen very often I presume. Still I did feel a bit guilty, even if it was towards a parasite.
"Look, Im sorry for that, but I just wake up and what do I see, my own arm talking to me, that may be normal from where you come from, but not here, not for me."
"Weeelllllll, I guess may have rushed a bit to sooon…. So even?" the parasite asked me, offering a truce and a chance to look back at this "accident", I still didn't like the idea of a parasite using my body as a mobile house, but, I guess it couldn't be avoided.
"Sure, for now."
"Well now that we got that out of the way, again, let me introduce myself, I am Akira, Prophet of Gehenna, and the most feared parasite to ever be created," Jeez, I can see that he's going to be like those people that like to brag just because they have high places, people like the Medici, "I personally was bodyguard to Queen Namia herself," Yep, definitely one of those people, in this case parasite I guess" but now from this day on I'll be your own personal parasite and best friend. So, what about you?"
"Huh? Me? Well, I'm Pietro, Pietro DeCapre, I'm 15 years old, I go to Maplecrest High, I have two friend, one of them which is a Medici, I like sleeping, eating, and the color white, and…. That's about it." Now that I looked back, I had a pretty boring life, heh, it was better than having a damn parasite stuck to my arm I guess.
"That's it? Wow, I was expecting something a bit more exciting" thank you Akira for reinforcing what I already concluded. "Wait, you said your last name was DeCapre?"
"Yes, is something wrong with my name?" I asked unsure why he was so skeptical about my name.
"No, but, you have white hair."
"What? I'm afraid I don't get you."
"You have white hair, you know, not only that but your body was so easily compatible with me, aren't you a Vietri."
"Vietri? Never heard of them."
Akira was now stone cold, basically a statue, he was eyeing me with eyes of shock and a bit of anger. Did I say something wrong?
"GOD DAMNIT I GOT THE WRONG PERSON"
I was now at the bathroom, I didn't need to relieve any bodily substances, but I did need to get something to cover my right arm, seeing that the teachers would be a bit more that angry at me bringing a parasite to school. Plus how would Filia and Carol react, knowing that their friend was a being made host to one, they would freak out, how in the hell did this happen, in Maplecrest in all places, where the most exciting to happen here around was a dog taking a dump.
"Why do I have to put on stupid bandages, if they start to suspect I'll just have a "friendly talk" with them" Akira's behavior really changed since we left the bedroom, I wonder what's gotten to him?
"We can't do that, last thing we would want is attention." Again, I doubt the school would react well to the fact that one of their students is playing host to a parasite. "In order not to draw attention, I'll wrap my arm in a bandage."
"Humph, whatever, I could just take care of everyone easily, but noooooo, you have to go all passive and crap."
"It's called common sense, imaging having the military on our backs." The worst part of this situation was how parasite hosts were treated, they were severely discriminated, some even put to death depending on their parasite, that last rule has now been changed during Princess Parasoul's reign as monarch of Canopy Kingdom, but the discrimination still lived strongly. I remember, before the Contiello family was murdered by the Medici, one of the family member was host to a parasite, from what I learned they suffered heavy insults because of that, but other people just couldn't hate him, seeing as he was such a giving man, donating much of concert gains to charities, I believe his name was Roberto? I'll have to ask my dad later.
"Ha! Here it is." I reached for the bandage as I then covered my arm, after that I was out of the bathroom, then all I did was eat breakfast, and say goodbye.
I was now outside making my way to school, it was a normal day, for the exception that I had to hear Akira's complaints from time to time.
"This sucks, I don't like it, I WANT MY FREEDOM BACK!" he screamed feeling as he was being trapped in my arm against his will, which was funny, as if I recalled correctly he was the one who possessed my arm without consent.
"Shut up already, what happened to you? You were all formal and even a bit nice and now you're a winy ass."
"That's because I thought you were a Vietri!"
"Who the hell are even the Vietri?"
"They were…"
"Hey, Pietro" A voice interrupted Akira as I looked forwards to find Filia in front of her home, she looked like she had been waiting for me, at last I would get some decent company, she would probably tease me to oblivion, but it was better than hearing Akira's complaints.
"Okay remember now, stay quiet" I whispered to Akira not to make a single noise.
"Alrigth, my lips are sealed…" Akira said in a annoyed tone, he may not be happy with the current situation he was "put on", but even he understood the consequences of being caught so he stayed quiet.
"So, ready to nap in class again?" Filia said in a mocking tone, it was good to know that she still hadn't forgotten about that day, she was unusually happy looking for her normal self.
"Well, somebody got their beauty sleep. What's making you so happy?"
"Oh nothing in particular, I just woke up in a good mood, I might actually be nice to you for a chance."
"Really now, that sounds relieving"
"Just kidding."
"Of course." I said in an unamused tone, we were now making our way to school, and luckily Akira seemed to not make a sound, which was good, at least he knew how to stay quiet, still I have to be very careful when outside, can't let anyone know, especially Carol and Filia, I didn't want to lose them, that would be the last thing I would want.
"By the way," Filia caught my attention, she seemed to be staring at my arm, probably curious why it was wrapped in bandages.
"What happened to you rigth?"
I now had to make up and excuse to why my arm was in the sate it was, luckily I thought of a couple of excuses before heading out, none seemed more perfect than…
"I got bitten, by a dog"
"What?"
"I got… bitten"
"Bitten? By a dog?" Filia said sounding a little bit skeptical of my situation, I was starting to get nervous, it could be very troubling to keep my arm a secret from her, she wasn't really the type to take anybody's word without confirmation, this was going to be a tough day.
"Can I see it?" My worries were confirmed, how the hell was I supposed get out this mess? I could just say the truth and get it over with, but what it leaked? What then? I was now sweating, my hands were now closed as I clenched them in concern, my body was now shaking, and my right arm was now acting up.
My right arm? Don't tell me is planning to… No, oh no! This getting bad. I have to think of something, something good…
Nothing, I can't think of nothing, what do I do!? My arm now felt like it was twisting and rotating, like it was taking the shape of something, the pain wasn't unbearable, but it was still painful, almost as if I was getting pinched in every area of my arm, as I clenched my right with my other hand as I could fell something sharp, don't tell me he turned my arm into a weapon!
I was starting to get groggy and my legs were starting to lose their force.
Trinity please help me…
"Hey, are you okay?" I heard Filia ask her voice was now showing concern for my state, she came closer and held me tightly, almost like a mother holds her child, "I didn't think it was that bad, it must have been a nasty bite."
"Uh..Y..Yes, real nasty." I now felt my right twisting ageing, as I felt it was back to normal. Thank Trinity, you really do exist.
"I don't want to sound like Carol, but maybe you should skip school today and see a doctor, il cover you if you want." Filia said, she was now eyeing me with concern, obviously she cared for her friend which was me, I was flattered and skipping school would sound sweet, but what would I say to my dad, he doesn't fall for the my stomach is acting up thing and if I just said my arm was hurting he would have to check my arm, even worse, take me to a hospital, and from what I felt from Akira, he probably wouldn't hesitate to kill the entire staff, including my dad even when I specifically told him not to kill anybody, I can't let that happen.
"Im okay, it was just a sharp pain, but it's okay now, no need to worry." Please believe me Filia, you wouldn't want to know what is wrong with me, Im still trying to cope with this sudden change.
"Well, okay, but if that happens again im dragging you to the hospital myself, understood!?" Her initial look of concern now turned into a strict look. "I don't want you to have to cut out an arm because of a stupid mutt"
I felt bad, i must have really worried Filia, but if I hadn't had that spike of pain, she would be dead, and it didn't matter if it was a parasite, her blood would be all over my hands.
"If you see that dog again tell so I can teach it a lesson about messing with my friends." She quickly returned to her initial cheerful mood, it was nice seeing her back like this, I don't want to worry her too much, I have to hide this at all costs, but right now, i was just happy she was smiling again.
"What, will you call the Medici Mafia to put it down?"
"Hey ill make the damn princess give her army if I have too."
We now both laughed as we made our way school.
"HEY YOU BOTH!" We heard a scream coming from a distance, it was Carol, she was waiting for us at the school entrance, waiving her hands.
"You two arrived later than usual, what happened? Are you okay?" Carol now showed a lot of worry towards our tardiness.
"Don't worry were okay, we just arrived late that's all." I couldn't mention the dog bite, if Filia was worried for me then, couldn't imagine Carol's behavior, she'd probably drag into the hospital in a flash.
"Yea, don't worry, I swear you're going to be 18 and your hair is already going to be grey from all your worries" Filia seemed to have the same idea as me, I was good idea to keep this a secret from Carol.
"Alrigth you guys" Carol seemed a bit tired and even sad, which was weird because I have never seen her sad before, she probably just had a bad sleep "sorry if im a bit to over worried sometimes, I just don't want anything to happen to you guys, you're the only people who have actually tried to be my friend, thank very much for all you've done for me" She now seemed like she was about to cry, I'd be lying if I didn't say I wasn't suppressing some emotions myself, and while Filia just smiled, I knew she was also getting emotional.
"Okay enough of this" Filia broke our moment of friendship, probably to keep her from getting too emotional "why don't we just head to the building before were late I mean it's already" she paused for a minute, she stared at her phone for a while before saying…
"8:45!?" She screamed with all her strength, we were already 15 minutes late, and our first class was with…
"MRS. VICTORIA IS GOING TO KILL US" Were dead…
"WERE SO SORRY!" We all apologized simultaneously, the only thing scarier than having a parasite in my arm would be one of Mrs Victorias "special punishments", neither one of us ever received one, but we didn't want to find out.
"Well well well, and what may have caused you three to be late"
All three of us tried giving our excuses but our word just layered in top of others.
"EACH ONE AT A TIME!" the strict teacher yelled as we immediately shut our mouths, Mrs Victoria was one hell of teacher, she didn't fear anything and she was strict with everyone, even Filia. Seeing as Filia was a Medici even teachers would be afraid of her, after all if she felt like she was being mistreated she wouldn't hesitate to send them to the dogs, even though this was clearly not case and it was just paranoia because of Filias bloodline, Mrs. Victoria however didn't care if she was she ruler of Canopy Kingdom, she would treat them like another student, strictly. She wasn't by any means bad, she was actually very kind of a teacher, she would gladly help us, and motivate us further, and she was only strict because she wanted us to succeed, in a way we were very lucky to have a teacher like her.
"Im sorry, I got bitten in my arm and I had to wrap it up in the morning, I forgot to wrap them yesterday, because of that Filia and Carol had to wait more time, it's my fault." I started, trying to convince the strict lady of my condition by showing her my bandages.
"No wait, it was my fault, I kept bothering Pietro by asking him to let me see his wound, I thought he was just overreacting and it was just a little bite, but he even started to clinch his arm and showed pain, because of that Carol and Pietro arrived late." Filia now gave her excuse, trying to relieve me and Carol of any fault, it was very kind of her to do that.
"YOU WERE BITTEN BY A DOG!" Carol's reaction was much different. I completely forgot that she was still there, stupid me. "WE HAVE TO TAKE YOU TO A HOSPITAL, YOU MIGHT BE INFECTED, NOT TO SAY YOU HAD IT SINCE YEASTERDAY AND DIDN'T SAY A THING, WHAT IF YOU LOSE AN ARM, OR EVEN WORSE YOU LIFE!" Yep, just liked I thought.
"You were bitten? Mr. Pietro that's very sever, we may have to call an ambulance." Damn, no no no no, I can't let that happen, if they discover Akira, it'll be the end.
"M…Mrs. Victoria, c…come on im pretty sure were ov…overreacting." I fell as if somethings crawling through my back, my skin felt cold, and I was shaking like a mad man.
"Pietro, maybe Carol's right, I know you said you were okay, but it's for the best." Damnit Filia not you too. What now?
"Pietro can I have you arm?" Mrs. Victoria asked in her "I may be asking a question but im actually ordering you" tone
"O..Okay?" I gave her my left arm so she could inspect it
"Pietro…. Don't play dumb with me…" Maybe trying to trick wasn't a good idea, I fell my rigth acting up again, oh trinity, not in front of them all!
I handed her my rigth arm, she was now heavely inspectin it, almost as if she was looking for the Holy Grail in my arm.
I was tense, I don't know what to do, she surey noticed my arm was now sharp like a blade, if she unwraps the bandages im done for…
"Alrigth, everything seems fine, an ambulance won't be needed."
"Uh? Uh?! Really?!"
"Yes, your arm is going to heal up just fine."
"Mrs. Victoria," Carol said roughly, how did she just gather that much courage to face Mrs Victoria? It was rather impressive." How could you even know that without inspecting the arm thoroughly, you didn't even take off his bandages."
"Trust Ms Carol, I know this kind of stuff." Maybe she used to be a doctor?
It didn't matter I was off the hook, the hardest had come.
"Man that was intense, I was ready to slice her head off." With out a warning Akira started to whisper towards me, I flinched at sudden voice, but I was able to stay calm.
"Dude, I thought I told you not to try and kill anyone, not only did you disobey me nut you sent after my friend and my teacher."
"Look Pietro, im sorry, but you have to understand, we can't get caught, my li…erhhh, I mean our lives are more important than them?"
"What do mean, how are we more important than them?"
"…Do you know what time of the year it is?"
"Well yea it's June, why?"
"Seven years, the Skullgirl wreaked havoc through these lands, seven years ago, in the middle of August."
"And what does this have to do with us….wait, you don't want to…"
"…kill the Skullgirl, yes I want to, why? I can't tell you that, maybe if you were Vietri, but in this case I can't."
"Your insane, im just a kid, I don't even know you that much, can't you just find another host?"
"Can't, not enough time to adapt to a new body, yours is actually pretty easy to adapt to, so your my best bet, anyway if I could, that would result in your death, is that what you want?
I gulped in fear, he was right, if he detached from me I would die, im forever connected to this guy, at least until he ditched me and leaves me to die.
"I..Even if I wanted to, how do you expect a 15 year old to cross half the globe on his own?"
"You don't need to go far, she'll be right here, in New Meridian."
I couldn't believe, could he be telling the truth, right here in New Meridian… He must be playing me, but why would he? Damn, he's right.
"Mr Pietro, please pay attention." I was sent back to reality by Mrs. Victoria, guess I was pacing out. I looked behind me to see Filia, but she wasn't caring her mocking grin or laughing at my situation, but rather she seemed legitimaly worried for me.
Why did this have to happen to me?
"Ms Filia, can I have a word with you?" we were on our way to the cafeteria when Mrs Victoria called Filia, what happened.
"Did I do something wrong?"
"No, I just wanted to talk to you about something very important."
"Oh, okay then, sorry guys."
She hurried to the teachers classroom to have her talk, leaving me alone with Carol, this was actually one of the few time I spent some alone time with her.
"So, what was that about?" I asked, both of us clueless about why she was taken to the calssrom.
"I don't know…" Carol looked a bit sad, she must still be worried about me.
"Are you okay? Is it because of my bite?"
"No….Yes, im sorry, I know im a bit to worried and even annoying, but I just care, you know, you and Filia are my only friend, I never had a friend before, so I just end up being extra weight, a sword between you relationship with Filia." Carol was now showing a more sensitive side of her I have never seen before, I was clueless about this, didn't know she felt like this, then again, I never really tried talking to her about her feeling, one hell of a friend I am.
"That isn't true at all! You have never been an obstacle between me and Filia, matter of fact, you were a bridge, you only tied this group of three tighter."
"You're just saying…"
"NO,no im not, I sear, don't you remember when we first met, if you really were dead weight, do you think Filia would have invited you to hang out with us?"
"Out of self-pity maybe…"
"No, because we cared for you, your nor as bad as you say you are, you're funny and always putting others first, your kind.
"But..what about the othe…"
"What about the others? It doesn't matter, as long as you have us you don't need to worry?"
Carol couldn't keep it in her anymore and she released the fireworks, her tears dripped from her face to the ground, and all I could do was offering her a crying shoulder, one she accepted without thinking twice, it was all perfect until…
"How cute, what a lovely couple you two make, NOT" we looked to our right too see a group of 4 kids two girls and two boys, the boys obviously from the sports team.
"What should we call them, Loser and Lousy?" The bullies started laughing, I didn't have time for this.
"Hayyy, Carol what's the hurry?" We weren't fast enough as one of the girls grabbed Carol by the shoulder
"Hey, let her go!" I tried to free Carol from their grasp, but one of them punched me in the eye causing me to fall over to the ground
"Eat floor kid, you much better looking up on us than down"
"Pietro im going to…"
"No don't."
"Im not letting them treat my host like that!"
"You can't, it would blow your cover, am I right?" I said with a sly smirk in my face.
"Damn it kid…"
"It's that all you got?" I stood back up and faced my attackers, the bullies seemed surprised by my defiance, but that didn't stop them at all.
"Damn you still got some?" One of the bullies asked "you might be a good boxing bag, we just happened to break our last one and are dying to get a new one."
"No wait," Carol cried out, tears still on her face, she was now desperate to convince them to stop hitting me. "It's me you want, right? So just leave him alone!"
Her pleads seemed to fall deaf on their ears, one of the girls simply whispered to her:
"You just enjoy the show dear Carol; then we have a lot of catching up to do."
The attacks kept coming, elbows to my cranium, punches to my guts and kicks to my legs, I didn't want to go down, if there's one thing I despise its people who think they can mistreat others because they are "weaker", bullies, like hell im going to stay down for a couple of assholes.
"You playing a dangerous game Pietro, a fun one, but dangerous never the less." One of the boys taunted as he kicked me into the wall, they just kept their attacks, kicking me from the school wall.
"See we told the view was better from there." They kept taunting and laughing, my biggest concern was keeping Akira calm, which wasn't proving to be easy.
"Pietro I swear to Namia im going to…"
"No, don't…" I may hate these people, but not to the point of letting Akira kill them, plus Carol was still there, how would she react when she saw my arm.
"Stop it, Stop it now." Carol was now trying to free herself from the bully, but she lacked the strength to do so
"Stay down, bitch!" In return she got slapped to the ground by the same girl who has been watching and laughing at us, and she calls others bitch. "You know Carol, I never liked you, I don't know why but I just find you annoying."
Poor Carol was now crying again, if only I could fight back without unleashing Akira's power, im sorry Carol, im not strong enough.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?" That voice, Filia.
As everyone looked aside they saw Filia walking toward them, but instead of her calm and collected look, or even her cheerful look, she looked like she had just killed someone, and was ready to do it again.
"I SAID WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Her voice was loud and sharp, a worthy rival to Mrs. Victoria's sharpness, even the bullies seem scared of this new unseen Filia, eventually the girl talked.
"W..What are you talking abou…"
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK IM TALKING ABOUT!?" The girl didn't even have time to respond before Filia grabbed her by the collar and smashed her against the wall, still holding a grip on her.
"I KNOW WHAT YOU WERE DOING, HURTING MY FRIENDS, AM I RIGTH? DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? I AM FILIA FUCKING MEDICI, I CAN DESTROY YOUR LIFE IN A SNAP OF A FINGER" She looked…no…. she had lost complete control over herself. "SO, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY?!"
The girl was in the verge of tears now, the tables had turned, all she could say was
"sorry..." but that didn't seem to sit well with Filia
"sorry….SORRY…. YOUR ASKING ME FOR FORGIVENESS? YOU THE SCUM OF THIS SCHOOL, YOU KNOW" She then precede to slap the bully so hard she collided with the floor, she was now running from Filia, "ANYONE ELSE?" it didn't take long for the rest of them to scatter, in that one moment, that one small moment, we got to see Filia, The granddaughter of Lorenzo Medici.
"F…Filia" Carol weakly cried for her best friend who snapped out of her rage at the mention of her name.
"CAROL! Did they hurt you bad?"
"They didn't hurt me very much, but Pietro took most of my punishment…"
Filia looked over to me, I was a mess, my uniform was now stained in blood, my blood, my nose was broken, one of my eyes was black, in general, I was in a horrible state, and it didn't take long for her to run to my side, even Carol was able to get back up and rush to my side.
"H…Hey Filia, sorry I couldn't handle them on my own, you had to protect us again." I finished saying with a fake smile.
"You dumbass, why did you do that?!"
"It was my fault" Carol assumed, she felt guilty toward my state, she felt as if she was the problem. "I dragged him into my problems, it was my fault…" Carol was crying again, it pained me to see her like this.
"No Carol, you were just in a bad place at a bad time, nobody's to blame for this." Filia was trying to comfort her friend, she hugged Carol, relieving of her bad thoughts, for a moment everything was alright, it was incredible how quickly a problem could be solved by Filia, she really is perfect, I mean, she's smart, beautiful, caring, even funny sometimes… No wait im getting off trail.
"Hey sorry to disrupt this moment of friendship, but im in a bit of a problem here." I said catching their attention.
"Oh right, uhhmmm, Carol could you go get a teacher to come here?"
"Of course." Carol began running looking for a teacher or any authority figure. We were now left alone, a blessing in disguise I guess.
We simply stayed by the spot I was sitting, Filia was wiping the blood of my face with a handkerchief she kept on her bag, it was a bit of an awkward situation, as we just sat there doing nothing.
Eventually Filia broke the silence.
"So your rigth arm, feeling better?"
A bit of a random question, to be talking about my arm, but she was probably worried about my state.
"Oh, my arm…It's…. better, but I'll have to keep wearing bandages for the rest of this semester"
"I see…" she didn't look very convinced; I wonder what happened in that room?
Flashback (Filia)
"What did you want to talk to me about" I was sitting on a chair directly facing Mrs. Victoria, I was a bit nervous considering the type of person she was "did I do something wrong?"
"I already said no." She seemed to be cleaning her glasses with her blouse, eventually she said something "You and Pietro are close friend right?"
A bit of a weird question, but I'll roll with it.
"Yes, since we were just little kids, no older than 8."
"I see; why did he interest you so much?" What was with the personal questions? Well I better respond.
"You see, back in the other school I was very popular, for very obvious reasons, the kids all wanted to talk to me or just be in my presence, you would think that would be amazing, I had so many friend right? it was to die for, well it was not, because they were all lies, they didn't care about who I was, they just cared about the Medici, not Filia… but Pietro, he was different, names meant nothing to him, even if I was a Medici, he wanted to be my friend, a true friend, I owe him so much."
"I see, so you're both very close."
"Im more willing to protect him than my family, so yes, were close. Why are asking these questions?"
"Ms Filia, do you know who the Vietri are?"
"The who? Vietri, I hear stories, they are pretty popular in books at the Chess Kingdom, they were used as propaganda against the Canopy Kingdom."
"Good to see you pay attention in class, what do you know about them."
"They were a family of parasite hosts, every single family member had a parasite, and together they formed like an anti-Canopy Kingdom alliance with the government, they were sort of like super heroes."
"Very well, but do you remember a very specific detail about them?"
Uhm? What was this? What was the point? Is this some sort of surprise test?
"Well, they all had white hair."
"Correct, now, who else do you know as white hair."
"Uh? Well Pietro…wait, are you saying…"
"Took you a while."
"That's ridiculous, they're just fictional character, fake, myth!"
"What if I told you that not only they were real, but that your friend in not only a Vietri, but also hosting a parasite in his "injured arm" "
What was she saying, she makes me tell her about some Chess Kingdom folklore and know she claims that Pietro has a parasite and that he is lying to me?
"What makes you think that!?"
"Well, you said them didn't you? Every single member of the Vietri family hosts a parasite."
"But they're just myth!"
"And I told you they were not."
"And what evidence do you have."
"I don't have evidence, but I have a witness, a man named Giovanni DeCapre, Pietro's so called father, why don't you ask him?"
Well that was another chapter done, as always you known the deal, share your thougths on the story so far, and ways i can improve it, im going to try and make longer chapters, around 4000 to 8000 words, maiby a bit less maybe a bit more, but aside that thank you for reading another chapter of Rest in Heaven and Hell, i hope you're ready for the next chapter, Peace.