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Prologue - Where Am I?
I'm really am gonna die….I'm going to die. Two teens were shown falling from the sky, with one of them holding their hand out like he was expecting someone to save him. That guy…is me. I don't know where to begin, I don't know how this started. How I even got in this world in the first place…but all I know…that I'm gonna die. And it's true what they say…your eyes do flash before your eyes as I began flashing back everything that occurred the last several weeks being in this world.
Several Weeks Earlier
"Henry….wake up!" W-what? My eyes opened up from the brink of darkness, and showed that I was inside of my family's wagon. I glanced over to the back of the car, seeing my ten-year old brother sleeping in the back pretty well, what with our moving boxes.
"I see you're finally awake, eh?" I looked over to see my father calling me while he kept his eyes on the road. Oh great, now we're finally awake.
"What dad?" I asked, a little irritated that I had to wake up.
"Just to let you know that we're here." My dad pointed out the window with a bright smile. I looked over to see that we arrived to our destination. You probably don't know, but we moved out of the city and into a small suburban neighborhood of a town.
Ugh….so this is where we're going to be living at, huh? What a dump…
"Wow…looks really a sincere place to live…" I rolled my eyes, not bothering to gaze at something like that.
"Trust us, it's going to be a nice place to live. After all, we are going to be living at our grandmother's house."
"And care I ask why exactly are why gonna be living with grandma again?" I looked at my dad with a raised brow.
"Because Henry, she allowed us to live with her for the new busy opportunity for the job." Of course, you did…
My father works as a police officer, always keeping an eye out on the neighborhood and catching crooks, litters, jay-walkers, and all that stuff while my mom is just an ordinary stay-at-home mom who occasionally cleans up a lot around the house for me and my brother, Joey. Right now, we were moving to a small town after my dad got promoted by his fishermen boss, moving us to Snogard right here in Oregon. We just moved out of our old home in Washington, and now we're living right here. But I know it's going to be boring.
Snogard is a old town environment build next to a forest, but I visited the place many times before to visit my grandmother. So I'm not that excited on visiting it.
"Oh come on Henry, enjoy the scenery. It's a beautiful little town. It's got a forest and a harbor. We can go swimming sometimes at the beach, you know." I looked over to my mother, who was smiling over me. She had short auburn hair that barely reached to her neck, and wore a blue cotton t-shirt with blue jeans while my dad wore dark grey comfy overalls with a nice brown Polo shirt with grey stripes underneath. He also has a dark blue beanie with a design of a fish being wield in by a hook on the lower right corner. His face was almost covered by hair as he had a large red haired goatee, nearly covering his mouth, but it was still visible, and my dad was pretty much…let's say 'stoic'. He was quite bigger than me and my mother, in terms of strength and size, that is. That's what he wears when he has the day off or such.
I don't mind any of that, not that I care anyway. As for me, well my face is just covered with my Gray Men's Burton Crown Bonded Full-Zip Hoodie. My whole body is just short and slender, and my hair is barely noticeable with my hoodie up, but you can see some dark red hair lowered down, barely covering my right eye. I also wear military army camouflage cargo pants with a brown cotton belt wrapped around it, along with multiple pockets all over it. I even had my Converse Chuck Taylor All Star Kids Low Top Black Sneakers. I don't care what you guys say how I dress, I don't need people opinions on me. After all, not that I even care about my appearance and all that junk.
Sooner or later, we arrived to our new home, which actually belonged to my grandmother, who was still alive. Just in her late 60s, that's all. I soon exited out of the car, we were greeted by her as my grandmother had pale skin with grey hair and wore a pink apron, her face shown some wrinkles, but she was still young and alive as ever, I see. She even had a soft white sweater and grey sweats with pink slippers. I hadn't seen my grandmother since my last summer vacation. I guess it isn't that bad to live with her in our new town. I didn't mind leaving that place, I'm just glad we're gone out of NYC for good…for many reasons.
"Oh Henry dear, it's good to see ya again." My grandma Johann greeted me with a small smile as I came over and hugged her as I replied "Umm…hi grandma."
"Ah, I see your still as chipper as I remember." She smiled, causing me to glance away nervously from her. I'm not a fan of being a big talker, but I was known from my father for being sarcastic from people's conversations.
"Hi grandma!" Eric greeted her, hugging her tight as my parents came out of the car with my dad carrying the bags while my mother carrying my little sister in her arms and a suitcase in her left arm.
"Hi mom, it's been a while, eh?" My dad greeted her with a smile.
"Sure has, Eugene." Grandma chuckled.
"Hi Clara, how it's going?" My mom asked with a cheery smile.
"Everything is going alright. Thanks for asking, Grace." Grandma nodded, giving her daughter-in-law a hug, which she accepted.
"So shall we come in, mom?" Grandma nodded, allowing us to enter into her home. It wasn't special really, it was quite old looking with some old pots and pans in the pantries, and a big fridge in the kitchen. The living room was quite old with an old looking plasma TV and the carpets, and couches were quite soft. Well it does look like a nice place to stay…what am I saying? It may look nice, but sooner or later, it's going to get crowded with my family. You see…I have a distant relationship with my dad and my brother.
I'm okay with my mom, especially my grandma, but my dad, brother, and I haven't been the same for a while. Look, the point is, I just want to be left alone. My dad just doesn't understand me at all, and my brother just makes me angry whenever he opens that smart-mouth of his. Seriously, he just loves bothering me.
"Woo-hoo! This place looks awesome!" Oh great, speak of the devil…"Heh heh, it looks pretty cool, huh Henry?"
This was my eleven year old brother, Joey, he was known for his optimistic and smart mouth attitude, which makes him annoying as hell. Although, I don't try to show care at all, but…I do. It's just that…I can't stand his attitude nor his personality at all. It always leads us to trouble. He had just normal brown hair with tan skin, wearing a NY Jets t-shirt on and blue sweatpants.
"Ooh, I like how you guys are enjoying the place." We turned around to see mom and the others coming over with smiles on their faces while my dad held many bags in his hands. See? What did I tell you? He was quite strong. "If you want, you can go and see your new rooms. I know you two are going to love it. Your grandmother had those guest rooms for a long time, remember Henry?"
"Yes mom." I sighed, tightening my hoodie a bit. I don't take it off, but rarely, I take it off whenever I feel like, and I mean it rarely. I just...don't like others looking at me like there's something wrong with me.
"Thanks mom!" Joey chuckled. "Aren't you excited Henry? We get our own rooms!"
"That's good enough for me..." I said, turning around and walking upstairs as I grumbled "It might be a good chance to stay away from you for a while..."
"What?" Joey asked, not hearing what I said.
"Nothing." I said quickly as we explored the second floor of the house, and soon, we headed over to the doors at the end of the halls, which was apparently had a small bed and a window over at the end.
"Wow, this room looks nice..." Joey commented, looking around the room in awe. "I think I remember this place to be a guest room. But it looks like it's going to be one of our new rooms for life, eh Henry?"
"Why you asking me?" I asked, looking around the room before putting down my bags on the bed.
"Hey! Who says that you get this room?!" Joey complained. "This is obviously going to be my room!"
"Well, you snooze, you lose. This is my room, so go and sleep in the other guest room." I said, lying on the bed with a soft grin.
"Hey! No fair! Let me have this room!" Joey begged, causing me to get up and look at him irritably as I replied "How about no and get out."
"Well then..." Joey hesitate for a moment before making a determined look and exclaimed "Let's play rock paper scissors then!"
I gave him a blank look, unable to believe with that. Is he serious right now?
"Rock, paper, scissors?" Joey nodded with a confident smirk on his face as he said "You betcha! Winner gets this room!"
"Ugh, can you just agree with me on something instead of us competing against each there?" I asked irritably. "I don't wanna be in the mood..."
"But...you always love rock, paper, scissors." Joey said sadly. That is true, but that was back in the old days. I'm not a little kid anymore, I just...don't wanna play around. But...despite me not liking him, I just don't like seeing him like this. It reminds me of myself...
"...Fine. Just one game, that's all." I said, which made Joey smiled happily at that.
"Ha ha! Yes! Knew that would work!" Wait what?! Oh, that little piece of crap! "And no takesie's backsies'." Joey winked with a sneaky grin.
"Ugh, fine..." I sighed irritably as I got up from the bed as we both took out our fists and shook them three times, and released them. I brought out paper while he brought out rock, which means that I win. "There, I win."
"Ah! No fair!" Joey whined. "If I knew you were gonna throw paper, you should at least tell me!"
"It's an unpredictable game, that's what it is." I sighed. "Look, I won. So go and don't bother entering my room."
"But we're brothers, dude! Why not we just hang out like we always used to-"
"No." I said with a serious expression. "Just go and don't bother entering my room. I'll make sure to lock the door for good." I began pushing him out of my new room and closed the door in front of him before he had any chance to say anything. I have no time with someone like him. He's just going to annoy me anyway, just like he always do.
Though...I've always gotten used to it, but that was a long time ago. I just don't wanna talk about it...
KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK!
Oh great, it's probably him again, about to annoy me once more. I walked over to the door and opened it, only to see right in front of me was my mom.
"Hey Henry, just came by to check up on you, sweetie." Mom smiled with a light blush before walking into my room and looking around the place. I don't have that many arguments with her as she's a hardworking stay-at-home mother since she has to raised me and Joey. "So, are you almost ready to pack your things here in your new home?"
"No." I answered bluntly before letting out a heavy sigh before glancing away from her and said "Look, I'm not all that excited and all that crap with staying here. No offence to grandma."
"Come on, don't be like that." Mom assured with a soft grin. "It's a nice and quiet town right here in Pennsylvania. Living her with your grandmother is quite fun, you just need to get used to with her cleanings, helping out on the antique shop, and..." She noticed my blank look, which made her sigh. "Okay, you're alright...it may be boring, but you need to get used to it. It's our new home, Henry."
"Yeah right..." I scoffed, turning away from her before heading over to my bags and looked over to and managed to find my notebook. "Oh well, at least it'll lead us out of our hometown for good."
"Henry, you don't really mean that? Do ya?" Mom asked me in worried. I looked at her for a while before looking away from her, trying my best to hide back my fears. I don't have to tell anyone anything. Never...
"Henry...I understand why you're acting like this, but you must understand that you have to move on. What happened was in the past, you just-"
"I think I need to get out of here before any of you tries to make me feel more irritated than before." I said before grabbing a pencil from my bag and immediately headed out of my room.
"Henry..." I stopped before looking over to my mother, who gave me a sympathetic smile. "Please be safe. Why not go out and explore the town a bit? You might enjoy yourself."
"...Whatever." I sighed before heading out of the room. Since when did everyone here just wanted to give me their sympathy? They don't understand anything what happened. They don't understand what hell I've been through since then...No, I don't wanna think about it. Thinking about it will only make me feel weak.
I just need to stay strong and not let anyone drag me down. Not again...
Soon, I began heading downstairs where I saw my dad placing some moving boxes on the ground.
"Ha ha, hey son!" Oh great, looks like I'm going to get used to listening to him. "I was just placing some of last boxes down. I was planning on calling you for help."
"Oh great, so you do care." I rolled my eyes in a sarcastic manner. "That's so polite of you, dad."
"Of course I do. I'm your father." He grinned before opening one of them, revealing a bunch of portraits. One of them was a younger me holding Joey when he was a baby. "Aww, I remember this. This is when your mother brought little Joey into the world. Heh heh, that smile of yours was quite cute."
"Yeah...great." I commented sarcastically. Soon, he saw through my sarcastic comment as he furrow his brows in irritation as he said "Well you don't have sound so happy at all."
"No no, I'm actually enjoying myself. What with moving all the here from the city into a small town such as this just to escape city life, you getting promoted for your police work, and living here with our grandmother." Dad sighed irritably at me getting sarcastic as he always gets tired of me doing that. It's one of my traits, I just love making snappy sarcastic comebacks at others, just to entertain myself, that's all.
"Henry, look." Dad gave me a serious and firm look as he continued "Like I said, your grandmother allowed us to live here with her since we couldn't afford much to buy a new house. Besides, you might find something your good at to help out in her antique shop."
"Great..." I rolled my eyes, annoyed by that. Like I would waste time doing something like that at all. I rather stay away somewhere far away from this life.
"Look Henry, I know you're upset, but you need to enjoy life. Trust me, it's for the best." He patted me on the shoulder with a soft grin. "Now get ready and start unpacking. Tomorrow, you're going to start your new school life here as well."
"Whatever..." I sighed. I rather go somewhere to mind my own business and see what this town got now that we're living in a place like this. Although, I never found comfort hanging around crowded places. I rather go take walks in parks or eat a small restaurant that doesn't have that much people. It's just that...I'm not good around people. I don't mean that I'm uncomfortable talking to them, it's just that...it's complicated.
Oh well, it doesn't matter. It's best to go and explore what this town of Snogard got in store for me. I walked over to the door while my dad was busy looking over the boxes as I opened it and began seeing the front yard, which was almost similar to a shrine garden, but overall, it was quite big, I'll admit. I explored around the place, seeing some neatly trimmed planted trees lined over through each of the fences. Who would've thought that we've been living in almost big house. Well, the front yard looks nice so I'll go over and check at the back to see if it's any good and if I remember correctly...
Yep, it's still here. My grandmother's antique shop was still here over by the shop. It looked like a normal house, but inside was a bunch of junk my grandma sells to tourists as they wished to learn about our family ancestry and the history behind the town of Snogard.
Oh well, I guess while we head over there, I guess I can properly introduced myself since I never managed to do. But you already know my first name from my brother, mom, and dad. But overall, I'll still introduced myself. My name is Henry Haddock, and there's nothing special about me. No, I'm serious. I live a pretty boring life like I live with a normal family, a normal house, and such.
Anyway, we just moved here to Snogard even after I got suspended from my last school the day after my dad gotten the promotion to his job. Hm? You're wondering why I was suspended? I rather not talked about it, besides...it's not my problem anymore. Look, there's nothing interesting to talk about, alright? Let's just move on with the story, okay? Good, now where was I?...Oh right. Grandma's antique shop.
I walked over to the front door, and knocked twice in a gentle way. Five seconds later, my grandma soon opened the door for me with a cheery smile on her face.
"Oh Henry! I am so glad to see you again!" She cooed before she started pulling my cheek again, much to my embarrassment. "Ooh! It's quite nice of you to come and visit my little shop, just like when you were young."
"Yeah, thanks grandma." I said, frowning a bit as she let go of my cheek. I rubbed it a bit, seeing how it was bruising a bit from that. "Anyway, I just thought that maybe...I came over here. Just for memories, that's all."
"Oh ho ho! I see!" She placed some really small glasses on her eyes before gesturing me to enter the place. Hmm, the place looks like how I remember. It was dark, gritty, and full of junk in here. I mean, who would even buy these stuff? No offence to grandma, that is. Then again...people would buy anything in a tourism themed store.
I walked around a bit, seeing some old gold watches, and clocks placed on the wall. There was even a cuckoo clock attached to the wall. Heck, I saw some really old stuff that are probably from the 80s or maybe the 90s.
"This store is really special. You should know that-"
"My father used to work here. Yeah, I know grandma." I stated, remembering that a bunch of times. "You told me that, like, many times."
"Well I wanted to make sure in order to jog up your memory, kiddo." She giggled before walking over to the counter, which was all the way to the back. I walked over and looked around the place. Well, nothing unusual here. Just a bunch of dirty crap that's covered in dust. "So Henry, how does it feel to see the old antique shop again? I remember it was like yesterday."
She smiled softly as she continued "I remember you helped out sweeping the floor, placing new knit-knacks over the shelves, and when your brother was six, he came over and decided to help out as well. It was the beautiful time, wasn't it Henry?"
"Yeah, sure it was." I nodded, glancing away from her while I continued to examine the things. She soon noticed me not paying attention before asking "Henry...is there something in your mind that you wished to talk about?"
"Huh?" I asked, turning to her before shaking my head. "N-no! Grandma! I'm fine..."
"Is this because of...you know..." She looked at me with a worried look. I snorted a bit and replied "Yes grandma, I'm fine..."
"Sounds like to me that you aren't." She put her hand underneath my chin and forced my head to turn to her's, as she made a concern look at me. "Henry, listen to me, I understand what happened back in Snogard, but you need to stop hiding away who you used to be. You can't keep taking on your problems by yourself."
"I can grandma. I appreciate for your concern, but I'm fine. It's not bothering me..." I sighed sadly before glancing away. Grandma understand my pain, even my family. Even so, I just...wanna escape from them. Ever since that day, they've been busier and never bothered to even understand me anymore.
"Hmm..." I looked over to my grandmother as she bend over and took something underneath the glass cabinets in front of the counter. She then placed it down on the counter, revealing to be an old blue box. "Well even so Henry..." She turned to me with a soft smile and said "I think you might enjoy it. Trust me, you're going to love living here with me."
"Yeah, sure...that's awesome." I rolled my eyes before gazing at the blue dusty box. "So what's up with the box? It's not going to be anymore of your weird collection of things that you always give to me whenever we visit you, right?"
"Oh no, my boy. This is something that I think you might enjoy." She unveiled the box, revealing it to be a golden bracelet, but it held a weird symbol on it that I can't explain what it was. "This here was
"Made specifically from our beloved Haddock Family themselves and passed down to each of their wearer. They say those who wears it will bring the user to help find out their destinies."
She's kidding right? Oh well, I believed in every ridiculous and probably over-exaggerated stories she ever made up when I was a kid because I was being too blinded to see that. But this right here, well…it has to be the biggest lie ever.
"Really?" I asked sarcastically. "You really don't say."
"Oh, don't be like that, Henry." Grandma chuckled. "Besides, it's a greatest treasure that our family kept over for three thousands years." Well…it looks ancient, I'll admit. "…Say, have I ever told you the story about one of our ancestors?"
"No?" I shook my head, feeling unsure about where this was going.
"Well, you should know that one of our ancestors was a great Viking warrior who goes by the name 'Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III'."
Really? What kind of name is that?
"He was known for his bravery, quick-thinking, and such. He was also the reason to have ended the 300 year old war between Vikings and Dragons." Hmm? Did she say…vikings and dragons? Hmm…well, I guess I am getting interested on that.
"Vikings and dragons?" I asked, feeling interested about it now.
Grandma nodded with a small grin before she continued "Yes. Vikings and Dragons were enemies to each other, they always come and steal their food, destroy their villages, and their combat with each other 300 years. Although, no matter how many times they keep fighting each other, it was no way on stopping the war. Until one day, many heroes, who were led by your ancestor, Hiccup Haddock III, managed to end the Dragon war, but instead of killing them, they made peace with them. Since that day, dragons and vikings been living in peace and harmony, ending the war once and for all."
Huh, okay. That is something interesting. Although, dragons are just legends and myths, it wouldn't hurt one day to maybe meet one…What am I even saying? They can't be real. There isn't any dragon here in this damn world.
"I see you're unsure whether or not my story is true, huh?" My grandma was giving me a light chuckle and a soft smile as I sighed and replied "Well…it was nice to know about my ancestor, but there's no such thing as dragons. Interesting as they may be, I don't know much about them."
"Well I do have a book that tells about them…" She turns around and began looking for the book, only to realize that she has too many of them. "…But it looks like it's going take a while, but overall, I'm glad to have share that story with you."
"Yeah, yeah. Thanks grandma." I sighed before I began to take my leave, but not before I glanced at the golden bracelet. It does look nice and quite old….What am I even doing? I should probably go over and do something before my dad gets all angry at me again. With that, I wave goodbye to grandma before I took my leave and walked around the place, examining else as I began drawing down some pictures down in my book.
Well, you're quite curious to know why I do this, yes? I have a talent for art and music, like I can paint paintings, draw drawings, sketch sketches, I have a good singing voice and know how to play the guitar and drums. Though, I don't sing that much…not that you care. You guys probably wouldn't even care about my hobbies at all, do ya?
Anyway, I was continuing sketching my book based upon what the yard looks like. Well according based on my sketch, we have a almost big house with several rooms, which includes two bathrooms, four bedrooms, a kitchen with a dining room, living room, basement, and attic. I've been to grandma's house plenty of times, so I memorize all the stuff. Just so that you all don't waste time with a guy like me. Now here on the yard, are perfectly lined nearly trimmed trees from top to bottom, and around the back of grandma's antique shop, was a forest. It's quite an old forest that's around the town of Snogard Falls. Snogard Forest is quite an old, big, and ancient forest that's been here since Snogard Falls was founded. People travel around the forest, and build a national park over by the corner of the forest, which was over by north of here. I've heard from my grandma once that they left warning signs to not let anyone go deeper into the forest for reasons unknown.
I would never do that, it's just not my thing, that's all. But anyway, enough talk. We've been driving all day for the past hours and it's already getting late. I wished we could talk, but it's not like you're ever going to listen about a nobody like me. Besides, it would be a waste of time of just walking around town. I've known the places around a bit because like I said earlier, I always come to Snogard to visit grandma and her antique shop when I was younger.
Although…now that we're going to be living here now, I guess it's no big deal…Ugh, no. I rather not think about it. It's all in the past. Right now, I need to head over to my room and get ready to unpack my things. Soon, I headed back inside of grandma's house and went over to unpack my things while I noticed my dad finished unpacking all our stuff from our old home.
"Oh hey Henry! Just finished unpacking the stuff!" Dad chuckled. "I was just going over and fix up the TV while your mother went to buy some dinner, you wanna join in with me?"
"…No thank you. I'm good, but…thanks for the offer." I said, glancing away before heading upstairs and going inside of my room with a heavy sigh before sitting down on my bed. I didn't want to say it, but I have to. It'll just be awkward being around him per usual. We were so close, but he never understands me nor what I wanna be. He just…never lets me be who I am, not since back in our old hometown. He suggests many things I should be, but just never understands what I want to decide. I just…worried that I might fail him.
No, it's best not to think about it. Besides, it'll be a waste of time. What happened back at our old home was in the past. What happens back then, it was nothing more than just a memory. A memory…
Ugh, just forget it. It's bad enough to just even remember that. What's important here is to get used to this boring life while avoiding anyone as I can. Right now, let's just focus on unpacking my stuff and get used to living in my new room. Because tomorrow is the beginning of a new school year, and I'm gonna get registered for it by tomorrow. Well alright, let's get this crap over with, the sooner the better. Besides, it's not like my day can't get any better than being heavily annoyed by your loving family.
As I began unpacking some things, and decorated my room, I found a phone. I guess I might've accidentally put in one of my boxes. I turned it on, and lucky for me, it was still on ten percent. Hopefully the charger in still in here...Hmm? Oh...From the background of my phone was my younger self and an older girl next to me. I smiled a bit before sighing heavily before saying "I know. I'm trying to do my best. I wish you came with me on this."
Face it Henry...we're never going to see each other. Not anymore...
The Next Day
"Henry! Henry! Henry!" Huh? What the? Wait…sunlight? Wasn't it just getting dark soon?…Oh right. It's now morning. I soon got out of bed and put back on the clothes I had yesterday. There's nothing really much to change, besides, there still good to wear. After I managed to my clothes back on, I headed over to the door and opened it, revealing to be my ever-so annoying little brother.
"Jeez, what is it?" I asked irritably.
"Come on dude, we gotta go!" Joey exclaimed with an upset look on his face.
"Gotta go for what?" I asked irritably.
"I meant that we got school, remember? Mom already registered for us before we moved here with grandma, remember?" He reminded me, causing me to widen my eyes in shock. Oh crap! I must've accidentally fell asleep after I was done setting up my new room!
"Ugh, great! I'm about to be late on the first day of school!" I grumbled in anger before ran towards my bag and grabbed my ProEtrade Water Resistant Travel Outdoor Laptop college School backpack day blue before immediately heading out with my brother and ran downstairs where dad was wearing his dark blue police uniform and my mom was wearing a pink apron as she was cooking some breakfast with grandma.
"Oh, you two are finally awake. Took you long enough." Mom chuckled, causing me to sigh.
"Whatever, look, I need to go to my new school now." I said, walking towards the door.
"Oh wait, do you need some breakfast?" Grandma offered.
"Not much, no, but thanks for the offer." I shook my head, not interested in eating right now. I rather eat breakfast at school than here...it's awkward eating food with them, especially with my father around. "Anyway, see ya."
"Hold it." Oh great...and just when I thought the beginning of a new day here wouldn't get any worse. I stopped dead in my tracks as my dad walked over to me before patting me on the shoulder with a serious look and said "I'm going to take you there, Henry. After all, it's pretty far to walk over."
"Dad, I'm fine. It's like five miles away, no big deal." I retorted.
"And yet you don't know where you're going, remember?" He reminded me, causing me to grumble in anger.
"Ugh...fine." I scoffed. Guess I got no choice but to agree.
"Awesome dad! Thanks!" Joey laughed, which made dad chuckled before ruffling his hair a bit.
"Thanks kiddo." Dad winked while I glanced away in a huff and tightened my hoodie a bit. He noticed this and gave me a scolding look as he said "You know, wearing that hoodie is going to get you a headache."
"Ah yes, a headache. How troublesome..." I rolled my eyes while my dad sighed at my sarcastic comment. If anyone knew about me so much, you would tell by my sarcastic attitude/remarks towards people.
"Come on Henry! Let's go!" Joey exclaimed before having his stomach rumbling. "But first, let's eat."
"Make it quick." I said harshly, not eager to wait at all.
"You don't tell me what to do!" Joey puffed his cheeks in anger before running over to the table to eat mom's breakfast, which consist of eggs, toast, and pancakes. It may looks good, but I rather next time when I'm not late...or when my family is around. I rather eat alone than being with these people...no offence to them.
"Come on Henry, eat up." Grandma offered with a soft grin, sitting down on the table and enjoying eating hers. I glanced away in a huff, not eager to eat. Like always, I'm not going to be participating with them at all...it's not my thing anymore. I soon noticed grandma giving me a worried and concern look. I understand that she's giving me her pity, but I rather not...I don't need anyone's pity. They just...don't get it.
Later
Well, I'm not sure whether or not this is embarrassing or not. But sooner or later after everyone, except me, ate our breakfast, dad offered us to drive me and my brother to our schools. Since my brother is eleven, he's going to Snagard Junior High while I'm going to Snagard Falls High. I already went through ninth grade with my average grades back in my old school in Washington before I hit suspension just before the week of summer break, but right now, let's just focus on getting there, shall we?
"You know, I just hope you behave yourself Henry." Dad said sternly. "Look, I know it's been difficult last year, but you need to remember to show discipline, responsibility, like your brother."
"Really?" I asked incredulous before shaking my head and replied "The day I see Joey doing something responsible is the day I die."
"Hey!" Joey exclaimed in offence.
"Henry, I'm serious." Dad said, giving me a stern look. "Unlike your brother, he never got suspended from school due to his reckless nature."
"That kid deserved it...not my fault that no one around decided to back me up despite overhearing our conversation." I scoffed, glancing away from him.
"I understand, but remember, don't do it again...for my sake, Henry." Dad said, softening his expression to me. I know we were never on each other's good side due to our misunderstanding to each other, but I rather not get into another argument with him right now.
"Fine..." I said with a sigh.
"Good." He smiled brightly before we arrived to the high school A.K.A. my destination. I saw different kids walking around into the school, getting into conversations. He soon parked over by the front of the school as I grabbed my bag and was ready to walk out of there.
"Now then...good luck on the first day kiddo. Love you son." He smiled.
"Yeah! See ya dude!" Joey grinned.
"...Yeah, see ya too." I sighed before exiting out of the car and began walking out, not eager to smile or greet any of the students. As I began to walk out, I heard a loud voice booming out, which caused me to stop and groaned in annoyance as I know one person that would do that.
"Henry, say it!" He yelled, gaining most of the students' attention.
I groaned and replied "Dad! Not now!"
"Say it..." He rose a brow.
"Not in front of everyone!" I hissed, but he gave me the raise brow, causing me to groan and muttered "I love you too dad..."
"What was that?" He asked, causing me to groan more.
"I love you too dad." I said, speaking up a bit louder. He smirked a bit and said "Good answer."
Yeah...good answer and way to go embarrassing me in front of everyone here, dad. You're so caring and understanding...
He soon began driving away, probably off to drop off my brother to his new middle school and go on to his new business job of being an officer. I turned around and noticed most of the students were snickering at me, causing me to glance away in a huff before tightening my hoodie and immediately headed inside of the school, not bothering to see their amused faces. All I care is about getting over this. Hopefully, I don't get myself in a fight like my dad said.
Soon, I began exploring around the school before finding the office, and I opened the door slowly, encountering the school's faculty teacher writing some stuff down something on a piece of paper.
"Umm...excuse me ma'am?" I called, gaining her attention.
"Oh, hello. You must be the new student, right?" She asked with a soft grin, which I nodded. "That's good to hear. The principal was expecting you to show up, so let's go."
She led me over to the door over by to the back before she opened the door and said "Principal Hopper, there's a boy here wishing to meet you."
"Ah yes, please let him in." She opened the door for me, which I nodded in thanks before entering the principal's office, where I was greeted by a light tanned man with brown smooth hair.
"So you must be..." He looked over at a clipboard and said "Mr. Henry Haddock, correct?"
"Yes sir." I replied, wanting to finish up. "I'm the new student my parents signed up for me."
"Ah, well it's great to have a new student to Snogard Falls High. You must feel pretty excited to be here, huh?" Principal Hopper chuckled. I remained silent and glanced away, not feeling the mood to answer that. Define 'excited' for me because I gave that up for a while, especially being humiliated by my own father just a while ago...
He soon noticed my silence before he cleared his throat and spoke up to avoid the awkwardness.
"A-Anyway, I understand that you were suspended...from your last school, correct?" He asked curiously, causing me to glance away with a scowl. You don't have to remind me about that.
"...Yes." I answered.
"I see. Well I've heard about it from your mother on the phone, but likely, I'm sure there was a reason why you got suspended, right?" I nodded before I replied "Yes."
"Well...would you like to share it with me?" Principal Hopper asked with a soft smile.
I gave him a deadpanned look and replied "Sorry, but it's something that I'm not comfortable to say. Besides, it's something that I wished not to talk about."
Not that you'll understand. You'll probably side with my parents and everyone else...
"I-I see and I understand..." He sighed before taking something out of his desk. "Well, he's your schedule for the day and I wish you a good day in school. Just...stay out of trouble, got it?"
"Yes." I answered.
"By the way, if you wished to add an elective class, what would it be? Music or art?" I thought for a while on that before coming up with something and it's quite an obvious choice for a guy like me.
"Both." I answered, much to his surprise.
"Oh? You wished to partake two elective classes?" He asked in surprise, which I nodded before I replied "Yeah. I'm a fan of music and art. It's...one of my talents."
"Well, I gotta say, you're quite a hardworking student." The principal commented with a smile. "Normally, students take one of these classes, but taking two must be tough. But overall, I'll accept it. You can start them by tomorrow. I just need to find some teachers that might accept ya into it, okay?"
"Yes." I nodded.
"Well, this was a great talk Henry. I hope we get used to each other over the school year." He smirked while I glanced away in annoyance. I wasn't interested in getting to know anyone...I just want to be left alone from the world. The world doesn't need me...
"Yeah..." I nodded before taking my leave and heading out of the office to go as I began my new school life here. I've already taken the art and music classes and clubs back when I started out back in the seventh grade, and I always had high grades on those. I'm just good at them, I suppose. No big deal...
With that, the school bell rung, meaning that class were about to begin. I soon tightened up my hoodie and avoided eye contact, not eager to share my face to the people here. I'm not the type to make friends that much, they just...annoy you with crappy things like making you feel sorry, and always talk about annoying things like something you like or what you don't like, I'm not the type of person to ever enjoy that.
Soon, I began walking through the halls, passing by some people who apparently bumped into me, much to my annoyance.
"Out of my face! You're blocking my way." I said, pushing some of them through while I ignored their protest. I soon turned right and began looking around the place to look for my classroom number. Now where's Rm. 205? That's where Math is being held...
As I headed up to the next floor, I was bumped into some more people, who noticed me as I irritably commented "Leave me alone."
I soon noticed that less and less people weren't around the halls, meaning that most of them already made it to their classes. As soon passed some people while I pushed through them out of annoyance of their mumbling, I heard a sound that made stopped on my tracks.
"Please! Stop! Just let me be Dan!" Now what? I turned around to see a guy who looks like a jock with blonde hair messing around with a girl with straight smooth waist length auburn hair with rosy-tanned skin being harassed by the guy.
"Come on babe, I just wanna hang out with ya." The jock grinned. I think she said that his name was Dan. "I mean, you haven't been getting any of my calls."
"For obvious reasons." She replied in disgust. "Look Dan, just leave me alone. We're done, remember?"
"Come on Sam, stop avoiding me! What happened was an accident." He replied with a light chuckle. The girl known as Sam let out a huff and tried to leave until he grabbed her by the arm, causing her to struggle against his grip.
"D-Dan! Let go of me!" Sam begged.
"Come on Sam, just give me another chance!" Ugh, I can't stand it anymore. I would leave, but...he harassing the girl and isn't even caring on what he's doing to her. I narrowed my eyes a bit and shouted "Hey!"
"Huh?" The two students turned to me as I walked over to him and said "Leave her alone."
"What? Who do you think you are?" Dan asked with a smug look. "What? You think you some hotshot student who got the guts to talk to me like that?"
"I...said...leave...her...alone." I said, wanting to end this for good. "Got it? She said that she wants to be left alone, so leave."
"Like you can tell me what to do!" He scoffed before looking at me. "Well...you must be another nerd that comes here. Well this might be fun..."
"Look, just leave her alone. Is it so hard for an idiot like you to do that?" I asked before forming a small smirk and sarcastically commented "But who am I kidding? You're probably idiotic already. A monkey can practical beat you in a race."
"What you say?!" He grabbed me by the hoodie collar with a scowling look, letting go of the blonde hair chick in the process. "Do you know who you talking to nerd?!"
"Should I?" I asked, still keeping my sarcastic attitude up.
"I'm the captain of the Snogard Football team! You think you can talk to me like that? You got another thing coming." He smirked while I kept my firm look on him.
"Dan! Stop it! Leave him alone!" Sam begged with an angry look.
"You know..." He pulled me closer to my face with a smirk and said "I could beat your ass right here, right now."
He raised his fist in the air as I was ready to take the hit. Trust me, this isn't my first time that I gotten myself hurt like this. Before you know it, he dropped his fist and dropped me down on the ground with a scoffed.
"Nah...it's no use. If I were you, you better run away to your daddy." He snickered, causing me to look at him with slight surprised. "After all...you do love him, do ya daddy's little boy?"
I gave him a glare as he began laughing and taking his leave. That son of a bitch! So he was with the crowd as well, huh? Well we'll see about that the next time I see his ugly face again.
"Thank you so much." I looked over to my right to see the girl I've saved raising her hand to me. I blinked twice before grabbing it and getting back up with a heavy sigh. "You know, that was very brave of you to help me out. Normally, people would just run away from him due to his size."
"Really? Well I gotta say that he doesn't look like a giant to me." I rolled my eyes, amusing myself. She soon let out a chuckle and said "You know, I don't think I've ever seen you here before. Are you new here?"
"You can say something like that." I rubbed my head bashfully, glancing away from her pretty face. Wait, did I say pretty?
"Well I welcome you here in Snogard Falls High! I'm Samantha." She raised her hand at me while I glanced at it. I looked away from her and began walking away, much to her surprise. "Hey wait! What about you? You never told me your name!"
"...Henry Haddock." I answered.
"Okay, Henry...Haddock...I think I got it." She said with a bright smile. "Oh yeah, I never did thank you-"
"Don't." I said, much to her confusion. "I just thought it was right. Besides, I won't back down from him the next time I see him."
"Oh, don't take what Dan says." Samantha said with a worried look. "Sure he's a big bully, but if you just ignore him, you might get used to it...I hope."
"You seemed to know him pretty well." I stated, which made her slumped her head down a bit sadly.
"Yeah, you see...we used to date each other, but we broke up." She sighed before getting upset about it. "Besides, he gets all angry that we cut off our relationship for good, but it's his fault for just not always listening to me about what I say and forces me to listen to his boring talks about football and mocks others except for his team, like he's the king of this school."
"Yeah...I understand how that feels..." I sighed, glancing down on the floor sadly.
"Well..." She turned to me with a soft smile. "Still though, thank you for helping me back there. I hope we get to know each other more."
I scoffed at that before turning around and began heading off, much to her surprise.
"Hey!" She called, but I chose to ignore her. Get to know each other? Yeah right...that'll just keep dragging me more down to hell...
Soon, I managed to arrive to my first period class. A little late, but overall, I still made it. Now let's get this crap done with. I soon entered the room, seeing a bunch of students that I chose not to look as I walked over to my new math teacher, which she soon noticed.
"Hm? Yes, may I help you?" She asked before I showed her my schedule. She took it from my hands and looked over it, which made her smile softly. "Ah yes, you must be the new student of the semester, right?"
"...Yeah..." I replied, glancing away from her.
"Well it's an honor to meet you. If you want, you can go and introduce yourself to the others." She said, addressing the whole class. Ugh, do I really have to? I rather maybe skip class, go to the art studio, draw some sketches and maybe play guitar while I avoid these chumps.
"Ugh..." I sighed before turning to the class before I said "My name is Henry Haddock..."
The class gave me looks while some of them whispered to each other and snickered. Oh great, so it looks like the majority of this class doesn't like me. Fan-friggin-tastic...
"Hey, I got a question for ya?" One of the students raised their hands up with a smirk on her face. "Why the hell are ya wearing the hoodie? Scared?"
And if on cue, the whole class began laughing like he told a joke or something. Wow, that's...that's really nice to have the whole class think of me as the laughing stock. That's really comforting.
"Everyone, stop that!" The teacher scolded. "Learn some respect for your new classmate." She soon turned to me and pointed over to a seat at the back. "Why not you sit over at the back, Mr. Haddock?"
"Whatever..." I sighed before walking over to the back of the seat, ignoring everyone's stares'. None of these guys just don't get it. Everyone in this damn just don't get it...and neither do I. These people know nothing about me and yet they made me the laughingstock. I just don't get it with people.
Never had...never will. They're just a bunch of idiots anyway and it'll be a waste of time to even chat up on them. What I rather do is go somewhere and mind my own business...somewhere quiet and lonely...
"Alright class, let's get moving on onto what we've been discussing..." Before the teacher had anything to say, a door was immediately slammed open, revealing a familiar blonde-haired jock.
"Sup teach." He smirked cockily, putting his hands in his pockets.
"Mr. Jordan, you're late per usual." The teacher scolded.
"Pfft! Whatever, I'm okay with that. It's not that like I'm learning here in this dump." He scoffed with a grin on his face.
"And that earned you a week's detention." She said, making everyone laugh at him.
"What? I was just joking, that's all." He chuckled, not bothered by it before moving over to the front desk, but not before he caught sight of me. He narrowed his eyes towards me while I glanced away, not even going to bother with him. He started it when he started harassing that girl back in the hallways. So right now, I rather mind my own business...
"Alright class, we'll begin with today's assignment..." She walked over to her desk and began looking for something, only to find it missing. "Huh? That's weird...I could've sworn I put out new sheets on the table for class today..."
Leave it to a teacher to forget things when giving out a lesson, folks.
"Hmm...I guess maybe I might've forgotten about it. Hang on class, I can print out new worksheets, but I'm going to need volunteers to help out..." The teacher looked around us before eyeing at Dan. "Dan, go over to the print room and grab more worksheets for the class."
"Whatever teach." Dan shrugged before getting up from his seat and began walking out of the classroom.
"Hmm..." The teacher stared at him for a while, feeling unsure about that. As soon as he walked out of the door, she muttered "I can't trust him that one bit, so just in case, I'll put another student to keep an eye out for him."
She looked around the class before setting her sights on...
"Henry!" Me...great.
"Yes?" I asked with a sigh.
"I want you to go over and watch Mr. Jordan for me. Make sure he doesn't do anything funny, besides, it might be a good chance to explore the school a bit." The teacher said with a soft grin. I rolled my eyes before grabbing my bag and got up from my seat and headed out of the classroom in order to go after Dan.
Great, so I'm going with the great jock. What a fun way to start the day...
"Heh heh..." Huh? As soon as I was in the hallway, I saw Dan holding a bunch of papers in his hands, which he took out from underneath his shirt before ripping them to shreds and throwing on the ground. "Serves that teach right for giving me a week's detention. Good thing when she wasn't looking."
I narrowed my eyes towards the jock, angry that he would do something like that. He let out a chuckle before turning around before widening his eyes a bit upon seeing me.
"Oh...it's you." Dan scoffed before turning away from me. "You...didn't see anything just now, did ya?"
"Really? Not seeing you rip a bunch of math sheets from your back and littering them around the ground? Nope, no I haven't." I shook my head, giving him a blank stare. He went silent for a moment before turning back to me and started walking slowly towards me.
"Well, you sure got yourself a smart-ass attitude, huh?" He snickered as I backed away a little before he came close to my face with a smirk on his face. "Well...I got a little secret to tell you."
"And what would that be?" I questioned and that was something I would regret asking because before you know it, he grabbed me by the front collar and pulled me closer to his face with a scowling look.
"Smart-asses pisses me off." He stated.
"Really? I didn't know." I commented dryly, causing him to growl more.
"You really like doing that to me, huh? Well you're in for a treat for it now." He said smugly before raising his fist in the air and punching me in the gut, causing me to wheeze out before he dropped me on the ground while I fell on my knees and clutched hard against my stomach. That little piece of crap! "What's wrong? Can't fight back?"
"Look, I'm not going to fight you. Not here at least." I commented, glancing away as the pain wouldn't subside.
"I knew it, you're just a coward. Tch! I guess the new nerd here can't even fight back." I soon got up from the floor and decided to let it slide...for now before I began walking off. "Hey! Where do you think you're going?"
"I'm going to get those new math sheets the teacher asked for us to get." I replied, not giving him full eye contact to each other.
"Hm. Whatever, you're just scared that you can't me. You coward." I stopped at my tracks before darkened my face as I asked "...What did you say?"
"Do I really need to spell it? Coward. C-O-W-A-R-D. Co-ward. That's what you are." Coward...I'm not a coward. He doesn't know who he's messing with.
"Oh…you bastard!" I exclaimed, pouncing him and pushing through the lockers. He was taken surprised by that before returning an angry and frustrated look before he began punching him very hard on the back, causing me to wince before I pushed him against the lockers again, breaking his guard before I raised up and punch him in the face. He winced in pain as a bruise was seen on his right cheek.
"Oh, you're so in for it you piece of crap!" He screamed before punching me in the eye, causing me to fall on my back. I rubbed it, and luckily, I didn't get a black eye, just a little bruise. Besides, I know myself around in a fight. I immediately as the two of us began beating the living crap out of each other. I gotten a few bruises on my face, but no worries, I'm fine. Besides, I faced worst and I also gave this guy some bruises as well. Soon, the school bell rung once more as everyone immediately came out of their classes before they witnessed the scene we created. Everyone rounded up and were surprised, shocked, and interested upon seeing the fight between us.
"What's wrong nerd? Can't take a bunch of hits?" He grinned cockily.
"I could say the same to you." I chuckled. "Besides, it's not everyday you gotta get yourself into trouble, well…not everyday for you, that is."
"Whatever, I'll be sure to take you down the trash once I'm done with ya." He growled, getting pissed by my comment. Before he get thrashed me, we heard someone clearing their throat with a loud 'A-HEM!' at us.
We turned around, only to see the principal giving us a stern look.
"Oh boy…" I muttered.
"Office…now." He addressed while the other students immediately looked at us, feeling scared and shocked that some boring average guy like me took on the captain of the football team.
Oh well, it doesn't matter. But it looks like I'm going to get the boot.
Later
"I can't believe this!" Well, my ears nearly went deaf, so thanks dad. We were in the principal's office as we were sitting in front of the principal while my dad gave me a stern look. Apparently, the principal called him over to his job, during his interview, which is quite upsetting for him."I told you before Henry not to engage yourself in a fight! Now look at what happened!"
"Jeez, sorry…" I rolled my eyes, glancing away from his angry eyes.
"Mr. Haddock, please calm down." The principal assured. "While I understand what your son done was wrong, but you must remain calm."
My dad took a deep breath and sighed heavily before nodding as the principal continued "Now then, apparently your son fought against Daniels Jordan, captain of the Snogard Football team."
And cue dad glaring furiously at me while I decided not to look over him, just to play it safe.
"I spoken with him while your son was waiting outside my office and he tells me that he stolen a bunch of math sheets and ripped them to shreds while no one was looking." I widened my eyes in shock upon hearing that. "And apparently, he started the fight!"
"What?!" I exclaimed in shock. "Now hold on! That isn't true! He's the one that punched me in the gut! He started and he ripped those papers into shreds! He's just lying!"
"While I understand that, but we have no proof that he really did it." The principal stated.
"But there's also no evidence that I ripped those papers nor started the fight!" I retorted angrily. "I never done anything! I was defending myself from him!"
"No Henry, just stop." Dad stated, giving me an angry and stern look at me.
"But dad! He-"
"I don't wanna hear it right now, Henry. I told you not to get yourself in trouble and look what happens. You do fight!"
"Only because he started it!"
"No! Because you didn't want to listen to me!"
"Calm down you two!" Me and my dad stopped arguing before turning back to the principal, not wanting any of us to argue. "Now I understand you two are getting angry, but calm down. Listen Henry, I know you're saying that you want defend yourself, but we no way to prove that. Until further notice, I'm afraid I'm going to give you detention and a send-off to home for your behavior."
I scoffed at that and looked away, pissed off that none of them even believe in me. Not even the principal trusts me and he only just met me. I'm done…no one can trust me. Every way I go, everyone always fears or stays away from me. Well I'm done…
"I'm so sorry for interrupting you from your police work, Mr. Haddock." The principal apologized.
"It's alright Mr. Hopper." My dad nodded before glaring at me and said "Say you're sorry."
"…Sorry." I scoffed while my dad glared angrily before sighing heavily while the principal shook his head with a frown. Well looks like my first day in a new school became a disaster.
Later
Soon after, I was driven back home by my dad, who didn't talk to me for the whole ride. We didn't make eye contact with each other for the whole ride back. As soon as we got back, we exited out of the car and headed back inside with me darkening my face as soon as I entered the house while my mom and grandma were cleaning around the living room.
"Oh, Henry. What are you-" I walked upstairs, not wanting to hear any of my mother's sympathy. They don't understand anything about me, they're off in their little old world to pay attention to me. I entered my room and slammed the door before locking it. I dropped my bag down and fell on the bed with a frustrated look on my face. This has to be the worst day ever, I get detention, get sent home with a furious father, and now it's going to be awkward just seeing each other.
Besides…I'm done with it. No one ever understands what I'm going through with life. They think that moving in with grandma right here in Snogard Falls is going to help me improve my attitude while they'll try to bond and get closer with me again. Well guess what? It didn't work! It failed! I'm sick with life…I…I just wanna be left alone for good….
Many Hours Later
KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK!
H…Huh? I soon opened my eyes and saw through the window that it was getting dark. Looks like I overslept again. Time really does flies when you go to sleep, huh? But I'm sure you guys would've known that. Now who's knocking?
I walked over to the door and opened it, revealing to be my grandmother.
"Hey sweetie…I thought I came by to check up on you." Grandma smiled.
"You don't need to check up on me. I'm fine." I lied, not eager to share the day.
"You don't have to lie to me. Your father told me what happened, especially with the principal calling and telling me that you were in a fight with someone." I gave her an incredulous look before blankly stating "Wow, thanks for reminding me what happened earlier."
"Henry, no need for your sarcasm." See, she gets it. "Now listen, I understand what happened. Your mother is really worried."
"Was she planning to come up here to talk to me but you told her that you'll do it yourself?" I raised a brow, which made grandma chuckled.
"Sharp as ever, I see." Ugh, just get to the point already. "But anyway, I understand what happened was just an accident, but you must understand that your father was just a little upset."
"A little?" I questioned doubtfully. Yeah, he really was a 'little' upset, don't you think?
"Yes, that's it. He just worries you Henry. You really does care for you, you know." Grandma stated, causing me to glance down sadly. While that is true, but…we stopped interacting each other for a while now before we moved here. He's trying his best to interact and connect me to make up for the years he couldn't spend time with me, and look where did that lead him.
"Yeah…" I replied, nodding.
"But I know you wouldn't start that fight without a reason." I looked at my grandmother in surprised before she gave me a kiss on the forehead, causing me to blush in embarrassment. "And don't worry, I believe ya."
Well, that's nice to hear, at least.
"But that's not the only reason I came up here to talk to you about…" She took something out of her pockets, revealing to be a golden bracelet with the Haddock Family symbol on it. "I thought I could give it to you as a good luck charm."
"A…good luck charm?" I questioned.
"Why yes. Whenever your having doubts or thinking about your family, just look at it and you'll remember that your family isn't gone. No matter how far you are, we'll still be by your side." She smiled brightly, causing me to blink in surprise. She's…really giving me the family's heirloom…to someone like me?
"But…why?" I questioned.
"Because I know you're going to need it in order to help solve your little issue with your father." She smiled before putting the bracelet into my right arm. Once she was done, I looked at it for a while, seeing it shine a bit. Hmm, she must've cleaned it very well in order to get it shine good like this.
"Well, you should also head downstairs for dinner, Henry. Come along." She addressed me before heading back downstairs while I made a soft grin at her. It's nice to hear grandma taking my side, though my dad isn't gonna be very happy with me the moment he sees me.
And it seems like that I was right. We were sitting in the dinner table, eating some fried chicken with rice and beans that mom made for dinner. Me and dad kept our gazes at each other, not in the mood to talk to each other still while my brother, mom, and grandma noticed the discomfort and awkwardness we were giving to each other.
"So…" Mom spoke up with a bright grin, hoping to move away the awkwardness. "How was school Henry?"
Of course she would move on to me.
"Oh nothing, except getting detention, get sent home, as well as getting scolded by your own father." I said sarcastically, causing my dad to glare angrily at me.
"Eugene, please calm down." Grandma begged.
"As always, you really love saying your sarcastic remarks at us, huh?" Joey questioned, which I shrugged.
"W-well…I see." Mom sighed.
"Which I told him not to start a fight in the first place." Dad started, causing me to glare angrily at him. "You promised me to not to start a fight, but you didn't listen."
"Oh I have, and I was defending myself from him. Besides, he started it." I rolled my eyes. "And besides, between you and me, I think you're one to talk."
"This isn't a joke Henry!" Dad exclaimed, his fists banging on the table, causing it to shake a bit. "Ugh, why can't you ever listen to me?"
"I was put against him. Someone bothers me and tries to punch you in the gut, you just go for it." I replied before sarcastically commented "But you wouldn't know that."
"Henry, stop!" Mom begged while my brother and grandma decided to stay quiet as they wished not to be a part of this conversation.
"What does that suppose to mean?" He asked in a threatening tone.
"I meant when did you ever know about me? You barely know anything about me at all because you're always working with the police and never spend time, and when I realize that you'll never gonna interact with me or spend time with me, you finally stop overworking yourself and paid attention towards Joey more than him." I explained irritably, much to his frustration.
"I am trying to connect you and your brother. Sure I overwork myself and don't enough time spending with you boys, but after what happened back at our old home, I tried to lessen my work in order to get to know you better. It's not my fault you became all of…this!" He pointed all over to me, much to my anger.
I banged on the dining room table in fury before exclaiming "Well it's not my fault that I became this because none of you understand how I feel after what happened! Even today, you never back me up or even stood up for me. You just agreed to what happened! You don't know how I feel nor anything about me! You just go around and make up your mind at things because you never done them yourself!"
"Well maybe I would if I never had a son who acts like he's no better than you!" And with that, that was the final straw. That last part…hit me real hard and made me widened my eyes in shock, even Joey, mom, and grandma were shocked by this as well. I got over the shock and replaced it with anger before saying "Fine…be that way. I don't need you. I don't need any of you."
"Henry…" Mom called, getting up from her seat to try and comfort me, but I pushed her away as I said "Don't touch me. You're just gonna take his side anyway and make things worse. None of you understands me, no one in this world understands what hell I've been through back in our old life in our old home. If you guys don't want me, then fine. I'll done with my life. I'm sick of every time someone treats me like a doormat and don't try to understand my reasons."
"Henry! That's not true! Your father is just frustrated, remember?" Mom assured, but I scoffed at that statement.
"See, you really are taking his side." Mom widened her eyes in shock upon realizing what she said.
"W-what? No! I'm not taking his side! I'm taking no one's side!" Mom retorted.
"Oh please, like you care. You all never understood why because…" I stopped myself at that sentence, not eager to share it. Especially since that day, the day that made me change. What happened to him… "Never mind…I don't wanna say it. You're probably just gonna forget anyway." I scoffed before walking back upstairs and exclaimed "I hope you're happy that you lost the son you never admired." "
Henry, wait!" Dad called, but I ignored him.
"Wait Henry!" Joey called, trying to stop the argument. "Come on dude, don't act like this-"
"I didn't ask for your opinion." I cut him off as I continued "I would rather die than being here and besides, even if I die, you all would've just forget about me and move on just like you did before."
"You…don't really mean that, do you?" Joey asked in worried.
"…Yes! I do mean it! You all would've just move on like it's nothing if I die because they have you!" I scoffed before walking upstairs and slammed the door closed, locking it for good before I fell on the bed flat on my stomach, too frustrated to even go back down there. Especially after everything I've just said to them. I hate them…They just don't understand what I've been feeling since we got here and back home, especially what happened with….No, you all wouldn't understand what hell I've been there. No one does…I pushed people away because I didn't need their sympathy when I changed. I gave up on trying to make friends because no one would understand my pain…I just wished….there was someone who understood me. Someone who feels like nobody understands them at all…someone to call…a friend…
With that, I let out a tear down as it fell down on my golden bracelet. I looked over it and sighed sadly. Grandma gave it to me just because she trusts me with it and I…I don't know what to do anymore. After everything I just said, they can never forgive me…I think the best way to do is…is to never come back.
That's right...I'm running away for good. They don't need me...not anymore. What's the point of staying around? I rather find myself somewhere where I can alone...forever.
So...this is it, huh? After making the decision of running off, I grabbed my book bag, put in my sketch notebook, phone, charger, clothes, and grabbed some food while everyone was sleeping. I grabbed all the necessary items before heading over back to my room and made sure to locked the door, and use some items that came with my moving box and covered it with a blanket, just in case to fool my parents that it's me. With that, I walked over to the window and opened it as I put my foot out on the ledge, but not before I looked around the room with a sad look. This is it...there's no turning back. I don't wanna waste my time living this kind of life anymore...
With that, I held up my determination and climbed down from the window and it was a good thing there was a gutter next to my window as I slid down through it and managed to get to the ground. I was planning on heading out of my own, and find someplace to live, where I can go and become whatever I want with no one backing me down like a doormat. But one question...
Where can I even go? I don't have any money to buy a taxi cab nor a transport bus. Yeah...I kinda didn't think this through, did I?...Huh? Suddenly, I saw something shining as I looked around before noticing my bracelet was shining brightly, too brightly. Huh? I feel like...it's telling me something. Like, it wants me to go into that forest...well...I'll take my chances.
I began heading into the forest that was around the back of grandma's antique shop as entered into Snogard Forest. I've heard rumors that those who tried to enter this forest never returns. I don't believe in something like that. Anyway, as I walked through the forest, it felt like hours walking through here. Man, this feels kinda spooky just being here...
Huh? The bracelet keeps glowing repeatedly, just what's going on here exactly? I soon continued adventuring through the deep dark depths of the forest, seemingly coming across a big fence that had a warning sign on it. I climbed over it and managed to continue on my way through this dense forest. Just where exactly is this bracelet wanting me to go? I've seen stranger things...well not really, it's just saying you would probably hear from a movie, but I'm just saying is that...this bracelet is like telling me to go into this forest, but for what reason?
Sooner or later, I managed to walk into an area which caught me off-guard. Inside this area was the biggest tree I've ever seen. It was almost of a tower, and has nobody ever seen this before? This is quite awesome! I need to take out my sketch book and write over it.
"Whoa, that's gotta be the biggest tree I've ever seen." I commented before walking towards it to get a closer look before noticing something over in front of it. "What the hell is that?"
I walked over to it and looked through it, seeing darkness at the bottom down here. To suspect it more, I picked up a pebble and dropped it down here, and just five seconds, I heard a little sound. Hmm...it looks like a well, but what's one doing here in the middle of Snogard Forest? Soon, my bracelet began shining brightly and this time, it was just remaining shining brightly.
"Ah!" I gasped as I tried to cover my eyes by using my left hand. God, that flashing! Suddenly, my other arm began moving forcefully and started pulling me into the well. "W-what the hell?!"
What's going on?! I tried to force my arm back up, but it kept being pulled and before you know it, I fell down into the well and embraced for impact, but five seconds past, and nothing happened. I don't get it? Why haven't I hit the ground so soon? I slowly opened my eyes, and saw I was swirling around in some blue void, and it felt...mystical, beautiful, and yet...mysterious. Is this some sort of...dream? Soon, I noticed a bright shining as I saw a bright light coming towards me.
No, I was heading straight towards it!
"AhhhhhhHHHHHHHH!" I screamed loudly before being pulled into the bright light. Everything...is going...out...
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...Huh? Am I feeling...grass? I slowly opened my eyes, hearing a hoot-hoot that only comes out of owls. What I noticed was something blurry right in front of me. I looked over and saw that it was a girl. A girl with messy unkempt black hair tied in a ponytail with a vivid purple beaded scrunchie. She was looking straight at me with a curious expression and I looked at her for a moment, feeling like I had the biggest headache I've ever had. But there was one question that came to my mind.
"Where...am...I?"
To Be Continued