Chapter One

Three Years Later

I stared at the ceiling as the ticking of the clock echoed the room. Today is the anniversary of the gang finding my in the desert 3 years ago. Listening to the clock, I'm not surprised time flew by that fast. I sighed to myself before rolling onto my side. The memories of that day still was fresh in my mind and the only memory I had of before.

"Hey! HEY! KID!"

"Shush you! She's dead! I highly doubt a corpse is gonna reply."

Why are they so loud? My head was pounding as if. My body was screaming at me. Everything hurt even if I thought about moving. I heard soft sparks not far from me. That didn't sound safe. Wait….why isn't that safe? Why does my body hurt so much? I heard footsteps getting close by. Is that what they are called? Footsteps? Yeah...that's right. They are called footsteps. Who was getting close to me? Why were they getting close to me? I'm dead right? Wait...if I'm dead, shouldn't I not be able to move? I jumped at the touch on my head as pain quickly overtook my nerves. I fought my eyes open, only to find a gentle lavender staring at me. That's a pretty color. Those eyes looked afraid and shocked. I wondered why.

"Hey? Are you awake?" a voice said.

My vision cleared up a bit enough to make out a strange sight. Blue hair? That's odd. Never seen anyone with blue. Or have I? I don't recall. God, the pain is getting worse. I stared at the eyes before finding a gentle touch around me.

"I'm gonna help you, okay? You're really hurt." it said.

Okay. I'm kinda freaked now. Why was I hurt? Who was this person? Why help me? I slowly turned my head to see that they put me in their lap. This person was small, a bit standard than muscular. They wouldn't be able to protect themselves from the bots. Why do I care about the firmness of their body? Let alone if they can protect themselves in battle? …...What are "bots"? I just staring at them before noticing a small change in emotion. They seemed relieved. For what? What's so nice to see? I felt all the pain in my body fade from me. Quickly, I lost those lavender eyes. I really liked them. It was dark and cold. I normally don't feel this cold. Normally my fur keeps me this warm. Hold on...fur? I don't have fur. Did I have fur? I quickly felt alone. Where was he? He would have had me home by now….but what was home. And who was I waiting for? My ears picked up the same voice from earlier. They came back? I found it difficult to open my eyes. They felt so heavy. It took what felt like forever to open them finally. I quickly regretted it though. It was SO white. I looked over to find a man in blue next to me. God, why am I attracted to blue? I stared at the person before finally picking up a conversation between them and another.

"The ship was nothing anyone has seen. It belongs to no known country so locating the kid's parents is almost impossible. How's the kid anyway?" A young voice said.

"They suffered massive head trauma to the brain. I would not be surprised if this kid doesn't remember anything judging where the pole impaled her at." Another responded.

Hold on, I am a boy, sir. I recall that much. I felt anger in my chest. How dare they call me by the wrong gender?! Gender is the word, right? YEAH! Gender! I thought about what they were talking about. Impaled by a pole in the head? Damn, I must had been in a really bad accident or something. GOD, this nagging feeling in my chest won't go away. My heart is screaming that someone is missing. I needed them. I wanted them. I could not STAND being away from them. But...who is "them"? I slowly gripped my chest. I felt alone. I wanted my big brother. Wait, is that who I'm waiting for? My big brother? What's a "big brother" or a "brother" in that matter? I slowly got myself to sit up and stare at my feet. They looked different. Where were my paws? Did I have paws? I slowly looked at my hands. No paws there either. Only scars. From where though? My left hand was solid black and my right was pale. That's an odd color, I was golden honey. Quickly, the color fell in my face. I froze. What the fuck fell in my face?! I slowly moved three giant bunches of hair away from my face. I have three bangs? I found gold around my shoulders and stopped at my butt. I had realllllyyyyyy long hair. I looked over to find a monitor near my bed. Three different lines were on it. Wonder what those are for?

"Hey! You're awake!" The voice from before said.

I turned to find the lavender eyed person next to me to my left. Oh. They were female. Her hair was pulled up into a small ponytail, which spiked at the end. I eyed her clothes a bit in confusion. She had a long-tee on with jeans. Why would she wear that? Wouldn't her tail feel restricted? A soft giggle reached my ears.

"You seemed lost. Here. I'm Ashley." the girl said.

She held out her hand at me. I just looked at her hand. She seems nice. I quickly took it and gave a weak shake before opening my mouth but the cold touch of shock hit me. What was my name?! I held my mouth opened as I tried to reconnect my thoughts. What was my name? Who was I? I can't recall anything. Rapid beeping reached my ears before her hands were hold my shoulders.

"Hey, it's okay! You're safe now."

"Who am I?" I asked with uncertainty.

She just stared at me. Shocked filled her eyes before she hugged me tightly. I found my eyes burning. Everything started to hurt, mostly in my chest. I don't know who I am. I can't remember anything as something warm fell down my cheeks. I slowly found a lot of pressure building up on my throat.

"It's okay. They assumed you wouldn't remember from the exstant of your injuries. Don't worry. We'll find out who you are together!" she said softly but with confidence.

I couldn't help but to smile. She reminded me of someone. I quickly lost my composure on her shoulder. I hope so. I really want to go home.

I jumped from the sudden contact on my shoulder. I quickly sat up to find Ashley looking at me. She smiled before hugging me. I quickly hugged her back and cried quietly into her shoulder. She was the only one who knew this was painful for me. Three years went by. No family came to claim me. I wasn't declared missing. I still haven't regain much of anything other than my last name and I had an older brother. I was quickly losing hope. Did he die? Or did he forget me?

"Don't worry, T. We'll get you home." she said very softly.

"Ash, it's been three years. What if he forgotten about me?" I announced in sorrow.

She sighed and hugged me tighter. She slowly played with my hair before humming.

"T, give him more faith. He's looking for you."

I said nothing back before listening to her heartbeat. I prayed she was right. My heart ached. I felt lost and alone again in this world and I somewhat felt reassured about this comment. Suddenly, his voice echoed in my mind. I never felt so much joy by just his voice.

"No matter where you are, little bro. I'll find you and take you home. We're brothers and I'll never, ever, leave you alone. We'll stay together forever…"