Back again! And I'm glad you don't think me being obsessed with My Little Pony is strange because let me tell you a fact about this story. This story was originally written for My Little Pony. The dialogue was already written, parts of the story was written, casting was done, cameos and special appearance were set and ready, everything was ready. Not to mention tons TONS of MLP references such as songs. It wasn't until the last minute when I decided to change it to Trolls. It was a challenge considering I had to replace mlp characters with Trolls characters.
And I'm copying and pasting a few things so if there's a typo please ignore it or tell me. I don't want a scene where it's suddenly raining chocolate rain, party cannons explode or the pirate crew suddenly show up to help in a trolls story.
Also l was originally gonna upload last weekend but holy smokes. I have a 9 year old sister who dragged ne to theaters to see "Small Foot" 3 times already. She's planning on seeing it at least 2 more times. In fact we're going today and tomorrow. I think I'm gonna go broke. I don't regret seeing it with her tho, it was a very charming and beautiful film that gave me an amazing idea for this story and oh did it ever inspire me to make this story even better than I originally had plan… also I'm a HUGE sucker for musicals and the ice and snow theme. LOVE IT!
Jp bake - Yea I know Mlp isn't for everyone. I actually wasn't interested in it at first. 2nd season kinda got my attention thanks to Discord but season 4 was where it pulled me in. The finally has demon eating every bit of magic. Not to mention there are dark moments. One of them being a pony commiting suicide by feeding herself alive to a monster in front of an audience… don't worry her friend saves her.
In the kingdom, everyone was happily playing games, eating, and having a grand time. All except Poppy who was backstage waiting for her time to be crowned queen. She took in deep breaths to settle down her racing heart. In just a couple minutes, they'll announce her to come on stage to be crowned.
"I can do this. This is a day to be happy. A day of wonder…. I hope I'm ready," Poppy kept whispering to herself.
"What makes you think you are not ready?" She heard a young voice behind her. She looked down to see her little sister who still had her nose in a book.
"Jo…. Don't sneak up on me like that. I'm ready jumpy as I am,"
"Hmph, To the point where your questioning your leadership," Jo's eye's moved up to look at her sister.
"I'm not questioning my…. Leadership. Father taught me everything I need to know. And today is the day I become the perfect leader for my kingdom. A leader they can all trust. A flawless leader my people will look up to…."
"Flawless huh," Jo closed her book and paid all her attention to her big sis," Well father did teach you a lot. But your still questioning your leadership skills."
Poppy shut her eyes tight and sighed. She couldn't hide it. This girl could read anyone like an open book.
"Life is full of surprises Jo. Very unpleasant surprises. What if life gets too rough for me? As the new leader, my people will have thousands of questions for me. What if it gets to the point where I can't answer them. What if I fail in life as a leader? Life…. Life isn't always pleasant," Poppy's mind began to fill with images and memories of her father. The times he played with her, moments when he shared his knowledge to her, and the day his life was taken away.
"True…. Life is full of unpleasant surprises but….. El vida es maravilla, maravilla es vivir," Jo softly told her older sister. Poppy took in a deep breath before looking at her.
"I never understood that phrase you say. Can't you at least translate it into english please," Poppy said with a hint of begging. Jo, short for Jocabed, came from a hispanic origin. Her brown skin separated her from her other sisters. She never spoke about her biological family. The only thing she ever spoke that seemed to relate to her family was that one spanish sentence she spoke almost everyday. No one, not even her adoptive parents, understood what it ment. It's times like these when Poppy wishes she payed more attention in her spanish class.
"El vida es maravilla, maravilla es vivir," Jo simply shrugged and smiled. Poppy just rolled her eyes. She already knew that Jo will never translate it.
"Everyone, may I please have your attention!" Poppy heard Karma announcing on stage.
"Here it comes," Poppy was so nervous she could practicality feel her heart pounding against her chest.
At the castle, Queen Emerald was quickly packing clothing, and anything the girls may need into some luggage.
"Your majesty, it's almost sundown," she heard a familiar voice come in. The queen didn't stop even for second. She kept packing and zooming across the room.
"I know I know. So little time. T.G is the carriage ready?" The queen asked him.
"Yes. I made sure everything is ready for your daughters departure," T.G answered her. T.G was one of the queen's most trusted knights. While he was known for being goofball, when the time was right, he couldn't be any more serious.
"Oh T.G. If only it didn't happen on the day of Poppy's coronation," Emerald closed all qw lugeges and handed them to T.G," Put these in the carriage and quick. The girls should be at the festival. They need to get of here now."
"You not going with them?" T.G was rather surprised at this.
"No, I can't. My sister wouldn't be pleased to see me," Emerald answered.
"And you think she'll be happy to see your daughters?"
"No….. But she never met them and besides. This is their best choice. I need to send then away,"
"But why to that lady. Your sister isn't the….. Gentle type," T.G asked. Emerald grabbed a little book from Jo's bed and began to walk with T.G.
"I know, but Chef can't do any damage to anyone if my girls are with her," Emerald revealed. T.G looked over at the queen with confusion.
"Damage? What are you hiding?" this question clearly hit the queen hard. She looked down at the ground avoiding eye contact with her knight.
"Promise me you'll take good care of my daughters," when they reached outside, they put all the luggage into the carriage.
"Me? Me alone?" T.G wasn't expecting this. The queen simply nodded before closing the carriage.
"My daughters must escape and they need someone to watch over them. Can I trust you with this task?"
T.G hesitated for a while. Everything was moving way to fast for him. He had no idea what he was doing and yet he was doing it.
"Yes…. Your majesty," he finally confirmed. The queen gave a small smile before she turned to leave.
"Oh! I almost forgot. Put this in Jo's bag will you please," Emerald handed T.G a small book.
"What is it?" T.G opened the book and examined all the texts and numbers.
"It's Jos bible. She never leaves without it. When we adopted her, we were told it was the last thing she has of her parents. Don't lose it," Emerald warned him.
"Yes your majesty," T.G saluted. He placed the book inside the carriage and hopped on. He grabbed the ropes and made the horses pull the carriage towards the festival. Queen Emerald watched in great worry. She looked out into the distance where the sun was barely touching the horizon.
"Please get out in time," Emerald pleaded.
Back at the ceremony, Poppy was standing in the middle of the stage with her sisters sitting down behind her. Bridget was at the very front with Poppy.
"I speak for all my sisters when I say we couldn't be any prouder of our oldest sister. Ever since we were kids, Poppy always had a cheerful personality. I can't remember a day when she didn't have a smile on her face. Everyday she brought nothing but positivity to our lives. Which is why she deserves the title of queen. She's honest, beautiful, hardworking, cooperative….."
As Bridget continued with her speech, T.G stopped the carriage near the stage and looked at the sunset. He knew he only had a couple of minutes to get the girls out of here. He hopped off and ran towards all the girls that were sitting down.
"Pardon your majesties, but we have an emergency. I need all of you in the carriage now!"
"What? Why?" Rebey was confused.
"No time to explain. We need to go now," T.G grabbed onto Wisps wheelchair and push her away.
"Now? But Poppy's coronation," Wisp didn't understand the man's motivations.
"Please no questions, I'm just doing what I was told to do," T.G opened the carriage and carried Wisp into it.
"Where are we going?" Maddy followed the knight.
"to your aunts kingdom. We don't have much time,"
"T.G, I hope you don't mind answering, but why are we leaving?" Wisp asked. Little did she know she was getting her answer really soon. The carriage jerked to its side causing Wisp to fall. Maddy looked down to see that a large crack just formed underneath them. Frighten, Maddy looked up at T.G.
"What's happening?" She whispered to him. Before anyone can answer, Maddy felt her feet suddenly go cold. She again jerked her head to look down to find that water was spilling out from the crack," T.G!?"
"Into the carriage! Hurry!" T.G pushed Maddy in and ran back to the stage. Once he reached the girls, he saw that the speech had come to a halt and everyone was silent. All eyes wandered around as a rumbling noise filled the air. Within every second it would get louder and louder.
"What's going on!?" Jo was the first to jump from her seat and look around in a panic. T.G didn't waste a single moment. He grabbed as many princesses as he can and pulled them into the carriage. Poppy looked down at the shaking ground, with her heart nearly busting out of her chest.
"T.G? What's happening?!" Poppy looked behind her where the man was. He picked up Harper and tossed her into the carriage.
"We need to go now! Like right now!" T.G marched his way to Poppy and grabbed her by the wrist. With all his strength, he pulled her off the stage and into the carriage," Your mother wants all of you out of this kingdom before the spell hits!"
"Spell?! What spell!?" Jo questioned but she got no answer. T.G shut the door and drove the carriage away. Out of curiosity, Jo opened the window and looked out,"Oh my…."
Jo pulled herself back in. The girls could tell right away she saw something horrific. Her tan skin was becoming pale and her eyes were wider than plates. Feeling like she had to know, Poppy looked out the window has well. The strong wind hit her face and whipped her pink hair around. She swiped it away from her face and took a clear look at what was happening. Water, water was rising. But how? They were nowhere near any lakes or oceans. People were running around in a panic, trying to save everything they had. If that wasn't enough, this water was clearly no ordinary water.
She watched as people suffered to to take a single step. It was like the moment the water hit you, you become stiff. Not knowing how much more of this she can take, Poppy sat back down in her seat and shut the window. She held onto her racing heart, trying to sort out all the questions in her mind.
Back at the castle, Queen Emerald was running across the castle trying to avoid the danger. Her entire castle was shaking violently causing bits of the ceiling to fall. Cracks began to form on the walls and floor nearly splitting her castle in two. Emerald rushed over to some stairs and ran up them as fast as she can. Before she can even make it to the top, a piece of the ceiling fell and broke the set of stairs in front of her. Thinking fast, Emerald turned back around and ran down the stairs only to be greeted by the ice cold water rising to her level. She had no choice but to accept that this was where it ends for her. She took a peek out a nearby window to see that the sun had completely set and half of her kingdom was already consumed by water and ice. She studied her surroundings, watching carefully frost began to consume the castle walls. The atmosphere got colder by the minute to the point where the queen can see her breathe. She folded her her hands and looked out the window.
"Please, let my daughters escape and return to us," she prayed with all her heart. An ice cold chill caught her by the ankles and climbed up her leg. Her breathing became unsteady when she felt the chill. It was like death was climbing up to her. The feeling spread from her waist to her shoulders and all across her body. Her pink eyes looked down to her ice cold hands. Patches of ice could be seen forming against her skin. It spread across her fingers and past her wrist. Emerald can already feel her entire body go numb. Not wanting to see more, she shut her eye's tight and waited. After what seemed like an eternity to her, she finally lost all feeling of warmth.
Outside of the kingdom
All 12 princesses patiently waited in the carriage. They had left their home faster than they can blink. Half of the girls were fast asleep while a couple stayed wide awake.
"How can they even sleep after what happened?" Poppy asked to no one particular.
"Spell… what do you think T.G meant by spell," Jo asked with a drowsy tone. She was half asleep but after the experience, she didn't feel the need to sleep.
"I don't know. And I highly doubt he'll answer that…. I just wish mother could've come with us," Poppy took one more glance out the window. It was just becoming night. The sun was gone and the moon was high in the sky. Clouds took over half of the view," Or at least said goodbye to us."
"What do you think our aunts kingdom is like?" Suki asked trying to get her mind off of what happened. Poppy took her time to think on this. Their mother rarely spoke of their aunt. Whenever they would ask about her their mom would drift to a new subject. It was like she didn't want anything to do with her sister but now look at them. Headed to her kingdom like she was their only hope.
"I'm sure she's a good queen. Mother wouldn't send us with someone who wasn't… right?" Poppy questioned herself about this. After a while, the girls that were awake could see small specks of of white start to fall. Jocabed let out a light gasped when she saw this. A small smile formed across her face as she reached out the window.
"Snow," she happily said.
"Snow?" Poppy repeated. She reached her arm out as well and felt the chilly air. She wasn't lying, tiny delicate snowflakes were falling from the sky. Whenever an ice crystal would land on Poppy's hand, it lasted a couple moments before melting in her hand.
"Beautiful, absolutely beautiful," Jo whispered in delight. She looked down at her hand where a couple snowflakes rested. Unlike her sisters, the ice crystals lasted longer in her hands. Long enough for her to study the unique shape," You know, all snowflakes are unique in their own special way. No two snowflakes are alike."
"Hmp…. Never knew that," Bridget kept her eyes glued outside. The farther they went, the more snow they can see.
"The world is so mysterious and full of wonder, wouldn't you say?" Jo caught as many snowflakes as she can.
"I guess," Suki shrugged. She didn't understand how her little adoptive sister can be so happy. Sure Jo was scared for life after losing everything but with this girl, even after you suck up all the light in her world, she'll still have the energy to create her own light.
"Recorrer cada orilla, hay mucho más para te. El vida es maravilla, maravilla es vivir," Jo whispered to herself. Again with that quote. Poppy swore, if she didn't figure out what the heck her sister was saying anytime soon she's gonna yank her hair out," a kingdom where ice and snow falls from the sky, That's a dream come true!" Jo was clearly excited.
"I prefer the warmer weathers," Karma comment before cuddling with her sisters and going to sleep.
"Please don't let this kingdom be pure ice and snow," Satin silently begged.
"I don't think I'll survive it is," Chenille couldn't agree with her sister more.
"I'm sure it can't be that bad," Poppy added in. She couldn't be any more wrong. After a moment of silence, they finally entered what appeared to be a run down looking bridge. With every step the horses took, the bridge would creak and crack. The girls can feel the wood of the bridge shift side to to side as if it had been untouched for years. After they went across, they entered a dull looking town. People sleeping on the sides of the streets, animals running loose. Stores that were just closing up had shattered windows and broken doors. The streets look like they haven't been clean in ages.
"Well, this place sure has…. A humble…. Bobo, Bohemian lifestyle to it," Satin looked out the window only to be pulled back in by her sister.
"Yea right! I think the words your looking for is dirty, unsanitary and AH!" Before Chenille can finish her insults, the cart came to a sudden stop causing all 12 princesses to fall out of there seats.
"What happened?" Poppy pushed herself up and before she can look out the window, the door to the cart opened up.
"Sorry ladies, we have to stop here. Some of our wheels broke and came loose," T.G told them.
"Great, first our entire kingdom breaks apart and freezes and now we're stranded in the middle of a deadly, freezing, insalubrious town!" Chenille whined as she got up on her feet.
"Well deal with it sister!" Karma stepped up and pushed her sister out the door," Mom said we needed to get to our aunts place so we're going!"
"Going? You mean walk?" Maddy gasped in horror.
"What's wrong princess, your not scared of getting your precious little blue slippers dirty are you?" Smidge chuckled as she hopped off the carriage. Maddy placed her fists on her hips and glared at her sister.
"No I am not! It's just that this place isn't your typical….. How should I put it?" Maddy places a finger on her cheek and thought about the right word. All of sudden, the girls heard a loud crashing sound close behind. All the girls jumped and placed their attention to where it came from.
"STREET RAT! COME BACK HERE!" A little boy no older than 17 ran across the streets with a vendor man screaming and chasing him. The 17 year old boy was running while pushing a wheelbarrow. He zoomed past the girls nearly knocking them off their feet.
"Excuse me ladies, poor boy coming through!" the boy cried out. At the end of the group, Suki wasn't quick enough to jump to safety. Before she can even blink, she felt the pressure of the wheelbarrow push her to the ground.
"OW! That hurt!" Suki cried out as she held onto her arm where the wheelbarrow hit her. The poor boy was a few feet away until he heard her. He stopped in his tracks and looked back to see the curly haired girl laying down in pain. Before one of her sisters can come to her aid, the poor boy took out a small bag of ice. He rushed to her side and helped her sit up.
"I am so sorry ma'am. I was in a rush and couldn't stop," He gave her the pack of ice and placed it on her arm," Here, the ice should reduce the blood flow and help out with the bruise."
"Thank you," Suki thanked as she held onto the ice pack.
"DON'T THINK YOU CAN RUN AWAY FROM ME KID!" The man was coming closer. The poor boy hopped on his feet and ran off without another word and leaving his wheelbarrow behind. The vendor man zoomed across the princess and to the wheelbarrow," Dang nabbit! I'll catch that little rat one day. Stealing my stuff!"
The man angrily lifted the wheelbarrow and pushed it back towards his store. All the girls looked back at their sister.
"You alright Suki?" Bridget helped her up.
"Yea, just a bit bruised," Suki answered as she cringed from the pain.
"Can we get going now. I don't know how much longer we can stand here until we get mugged or stabbed," Maddy shivered at the sight around her. Shady looking people walking the dirty streets. Depressed looking vendors, thiefs tackling other thieves into dark allies. This didn't go unnoticed by Poppy. She pulled Harper close to her, feeling like she needed to be protective of all her sisters.
"Let's get to our aunt's place fast," Everyone did as their eldest sister said. They all stood close in one big group and went on foot.
At a shoe shop
The 17 year old poor boy ran across the streets until he made it to a shoe shop. He rushed inside, passing several other young boys.
"Whoa whoa, Cooper, where's the fire?" A chubby blond boy watched as his friend ran in.
"Probably still outside trying to catch me," Cooper referred to the man that was chasing him.
"You stole again?" A man no older than 19 came into the room with a basket of supplies. He had very pale skin, brown curly hair, blue eyes and wore a pair of glasses.
"Kinda Jp, I tried to take a wheelbarrow that he had displayed outside his shop," Cooper answered and looked away. He wasn't proud of his stealing ways but in this town full of desperation, he felt like he had no choice.
"Where's the wheelbarrow?" The chubby boy told him.
"I left it Biggie. I rammed into this girl and….." Cooper stopped in mid sentence. He looked away from his friends and down at the floor,"... I stopped to help her and ran off."
"Help her? Haha, don't make me laugh," a blond boy with light white skin came into the room behind Jp," If I taught you anything Cooper, it's that in this town, it's everyman for himself. What was the real reason you stopped to help this girl?"
"Guy Diamond please. Can't a guy just help a girl out?" Cooper turned away from his friends. He headed towards a room until Guy Diamond saw a string of silver hang from his pocket. A smirk created on his face before he zoomed towards him. He swiped that string of silver out of Coopers pocket and held it up.
"Wowza! Look at this beauty!" Guy Diamond smiled at what he was looking. It was Suki's necklace. The purple treble note sparkled in the light and the silver chain shined brighter than anything in the room they were in.
"Guy Diamond give that back!" Cooper lunged towards the boy and tried to grab the necklace out of his hands. Guy Diamond ducked and slipped between Coopers legs.
"You gotta catch it first!" Guy Diamond laughed as he ran across the room with Cooper close behind him.
"You stole from a girl? Cooper that's unlike you," Biggie gasped.
"They grow up so fast. Don't you think?!" Guy Diamond chuckled. He hopped onto a table and raised his arm so Cooper would have to jump for the necklace.
"I'm a year older than you! Please give it back! I….. I'm not proud of what I did," Cooper admitted with a heartfelt sigh.
"Awe, be proud boy. You just got us like months worth of dinner," Guy Diamond hopped off the table and hit the necklace against the table to see if it was real," Amethyst crystal. Silver chain. How much do you think we can get with this?"
"No one is trading this for anything," Jp swiped the necklace from Guy Diamond ls hands and placed it into Coopers hands," As the honest man that you are, I'm sure you'll return this to that girl you stole it from."
Cooper gave a small nod before placing the gem back in his pocket.
"I guess I was just tempted. I didn't even know she had it until I stopped to help her," With that, Cooper walked away into a room. He came back out with a barrel full of supplies," Can we just get back to work?"
"Sure, those shoes won't make themselves," Jp sat into his seat and began his work. He was the oldest out of all his friends. In fact these guys were his only friends. Ever since as children, Jp had been working his life away. He can't remember a time when he wasn't working. He worked in his father's shoe shop for years now. His father taught him everything he needed to know. How-to make a sturdy working boot, elegant dress shoes, you name it. Sadly for him, his parents left the town for a business trip when he was around 14. For over 5 years, he's been waiting for their return. For 5 years, he has formed a team of young boys to help him in his shoe shop. He was determined to keep the family business running. But the more years that pass by, the less willing he was to live. What was the purpose of life if he couldn't get what he wanted? Why was he even alive in the first place? All he was doing was suffering to keep his friends fed and alive while being the honest leader they needed.
"I'm telling you, it's like everyday keeps getting harder and harder," a teenage boy walked into the room. He had pale skin and his long brown hair was pulled back into a ponytail. Behind his came in a boy with light skin and deep black hair. He looked irritated by the boy that was talking," I mean, how much more do you want? 3 coins for an apple? What a waste."
"Will you stop complaining Creek. At least we got something to eat," the raven haired boy mumbled under his breath.
"Punching the vendor man didn't help tho, did it Branch?" Creek mumbled back at him.
"That man had it coming. Calling me a street rat," Branch angrily dropped his bag of supplies and flopped onto a chair.
"I take it your day went well," Jp asked even when he knew the answer.
"Splendid! Marvales! Life is a wonder!" Branch sarcastically answered.
"Honestly, I'm starting to feel like life is against us," Creek comment as he took his seat," We only sold 10 pairs of shoes today."
"Well at least we got something," Biggie tried to look at the bright side.
"Yea, that something being a nice tall glass of disappointment and a dinner plate of despair," Branch rolled his eyes as he spoke.
"What happened?" Jp already knew something was up.
"After selling those shoes, Creek decided to surprise you all by spending the money to get some fruit. Only he went a couple coins over," Branch began to explain," And what does he do? He starts attempts to bergen with the guy even tho this guy was clearly not gonna lower the price. It began to become a useless fight so I tried to get Creek to stop."
"Only for Branch to end up tackling the guy to the ground," Creek finished.
"He had the nerve to call me a street rat. If that wasn't enough, he insulted everyone I know," Branch defended himself.
"We had to pay for all the damages! Meaning we had to use all the money we gained today thanks to Branches anger issues," Creek added into the argument," What else can go wrong today!?"
All this tensions was really getting into Jp. He angrily nailed down a shoe only for it to rip thanks to all the stress and annoyance.
"For all that's holly! Why is this shoe so stubborn!" Jp grabbed the sole of the shoe and threw it out the window in frustration.
"We kinda needed that," Creek shoved Jp to the side so he can open the back door.
"Hey hey, I wouldn't…" Cooper rushed over to him to stop him but it was too late. Creek swung open the door letting a giant pile of snow land on him and consume him completely,"... Do that."
Creek punched the snow away and came out as angry as someone can be. The snow around him was melting just by the heat of his anger.
"That's it!" Creek kicked and punched the snow as if he was fighting it," I can't take this
anymore! I don't know how much more of this stupid poor life I can take before I completely lose my mind!"
"Yeesh, I think he already lost it," Cooper mumbled to Jp and Biggie.
"He's gonna lose more than his mind if he doesn't stop destroying the shop soon," Jp bake mumbled. He got up on his feet and marched up to the craze man.
"I can't take it anymore!" Creek grabbed a handful of snow and threw it at whatever he saw first. It wasn't until Jp bake grabbed him by the shoulders and gave him a good smack to the face.
"Keep it together man! We all made another since kids that we would stick together no matter how hard life gets," Creek pushed the older man aside and turned his back in him. He crossed his arms and huffed in anger.
"Aren't you all tired of living this poor life? Suffering every single day of our lives to survive?,"
"It's not that bad," Biggie comment in his british accent.
"Not that bad? What about your pet dog here? When was the last time he got a treat for being such a good boy?" Creek walked to the corner of the workshop and gestured at Mr Dinkles worn out bed," Is this what your dog deserves? A dirty old bed?!"
"Creek, you need to relax. Remember your meditation exercises," Cooper tried to calm him and place a hand on his back, but Creek just smacked his hand away. Creek turned to look at Cooper and pointed at him.
"You, I know for a fact, are tired of people discriminating you. All because your skin is as dark as night while were white as snow."
"Well maybe I am!" Cooper pushed out of his chair and straighten up to look down at the boy," But this is my life. This is the life we were born in! And no one on earth can change that! So deal with it."
Creek glared up at the tall boy. If he wasn't his most trusted friend he would be strangling the guy by now. He sharply turned away and hopped into his spot on the ground to sleep.
"If only we were rich…."
"Well unfortunately we're not," Jp tossed a pillow at his face to interrupt his sentence,"... Believe me Creek, if there was an opportunity to become the richest men on earth, I would have taken it by now."
"I gotta go," Branch picked up his jacket and went towards the door," It's really late and grandmother needs me home as soon as possible."
"Say hi to your grandma for me!" Biggie chimed.
"Will do," Branch said before leaving.
At the streets
Branch cuddled in his scarf and jacket, trying to see through the dark streets and through the falling snow. Not to far away, he came to a run down looking house. Instead of a door, Branch pulled back some curtains and entered his home. Just ahead was an elderly women sleeping on a ripped couch. She was sitting down with silver strands of hair gently laid upon her face while the rest was tied into a bun. Branch glanced over at the clock they had and saw it was nearly midnight. His grandmother had been waiting for him but sleep got to her first. The young boy pulled his grandmothers legs onto the couch and placed the warmest blanket he can find over her. The raven haired boy walked over to a second room and flopped down into a hard run down bed. He wasn't the type to complain about how hard his bed was or how he lacked a blanket. He was lucky he even had a roof over his head and a steady job that'll get them enough money to eat. He leaned down to take out a small book from under his bed. He opened it up and pulled out a pen. As always, he began to write,
Dear mom and dad, I hope you two are at peace in the afterlife. Grandmother is fine and I'm still doing my job with hardwork and heart…. But sometimes I feel like there has to be more to life than making shoes just so we can eat. Is this really all life is? Working and working until the day we die? In a kingdom where music is band, and ignorance is bliss, there isn't much opportunity…
Branch took a small moment to think. He took a look at the lit candle by his bed. He watched as it flickered and light up a small portion of the room. His blue eyes soon turned back to the journal before him.
….. Life is like a lit candle. Before it is lit up, there is darkness, once the flame is placed it lights up, but when the end comes it goes dark once more and never lights up again. Before life there is darkness until the day you are born. Life is full of light and brightness, but when it's time, we all fall back into darkness. What is the purpose? You two always said that life was precious but what is so precious about my life. A life of a street rat full of misery. Sometimes I wonder why I even continue with life….
After a brief pause, Branch reread everything he just wrote. Once he was done, he shut his journal, tucked it back under his bed, blew out the candle, and drifted back to sleep.
Well that's that. Sorry for longer waits. College takes a lot of time and my only free time now is every weekend if I'm lucky. So expect updates almost every Saturday or Sunday. Also, that one quote in spanish isn't really mine. If you read my author's note you'll know I got some ideas from "Small foot" well that quote is one of them. And a very important quote to remember. Actually, this story is gonna carry some symbolism so keep an eye out for that.