So I just now realized that it is saturday, so here is another chapter.
The night before, when I arrived home, I must have had a smile on because when I walked in, my dad went up to me with a small smile on his face. "Did you make a new friend or something? You look really happy." "I think so. This guy in my art class was talking to me, and when I tripped down the stairs," I inserted my little white lie so he wouldn't worry,"he helped me get up and walked with me to the corner near here." I finish, a small smile dawned on my face. "That's great to here. Now help me make the food. Your brother is bringing a new friend." said dad, his voice changing a bit when he said friend. This friend would most likely be Im Yong-soo, a guy from Korea who moved here in 5th grade. We all knew that Alfred liked him, always talking about him, and his face would grow a faint blush. Whenever we called him out about it, he would get all flustered and deny everything, saying that they were just friends. It made me laugh whenever I saw his face, but it made me really happy to see that he had someone he liked.
When Alfred arrived with Yong-soo an hour later, they both seemed a bit messed up (* wink wink *). "Hey Alfred, we just finished up making supper. Is Yong-soo going to join us?" asked dad. "Y-yeah! Come on Yong-soo, this is the perfect time." I hear Alfred whisper to Yong-soo, piquing my curiousity. When we all sit down to eat, burger I may add, both my brother and his friend both have a look of nervousness on there faces. "So, anything new happening in school I should now about?" asked dad, a small knowing smile on his face. "N-no. Not in shcool at least." replied Yong-soo. "So, where is this new thing happening?" he asks, giving them both a confused face, not completely reaching his eyes. "Well, dad... Yong-soo and I are.." Alfred states, his voice growing fainter as he continues, until we can't hear him. "Can you repeat that son, I can't hear you." "I said that Yong-soo and I are mmhing." this time only a tad bit louder. "One more time please." "I said that Yong-soo and I are dating!" he finally yells out, his face growing more and more red. "Well, I only have one thing to say to that." exclaims dad, his face looking very angry. "It's about time!" he says, his 'angry' look being replaced with one of extreme joy. "E-excuse me?" questioned Yong-soo, his face showing a small bit of fear. "I said it was about time. I can tell when someone is more than just friends. It's about time you told me." he restated. I having been ignored for the time being, just laughed quietly when I saw Alfreds face turn from one of utter fear to one of happiness and joy. He then started to laugh, hugging Yong-soo in the process, who was trying to get away out of sheer embarrasement. Having finished my supper a while ago, I stood up and put my plate in the sink before walking up to my room.
When I get there, I lay down on my bed and look up to the ceiling. I stay that way for about 15 minutes before I decide to to get up and head back downstairs. I head over to the fridge and pull out a fish i had left in there to thaw out. I throw it in a bag and head for the door. "Where you going Mattie?" asks dad from around the corner. "Just going to go feed Kuma." i say heading out the door. Just a few months ago, I had decided to tell dad about Kuma. When I did, he seemed really surprised to hear that there was a a polar bear living nearby. Before I could do anything else, he had me show him where he was so that he would now what it looked like. If he was surprised about a polar bear, he was down right scared after hearing it speak. He nearly passed out. Once he realized that Kuma wasn't dangerous, he let me come over to this little bit of the woods to feed him, saying that if he were to live with us, the neighbors would call animal control and have him taken away.
"Kuma! I brought you're food." I say, standing where he usually was. When he didn't show up immidietly, I set down the bag and called once again. He still didn't show up. Sarting to get worried, I walked further into the woods, feeling a sense of being watched as I walked by. "Kuma!" I say once again. Finally giving up, I turn around and head back. When I reach the small empty clearing, I see that my bag is on the ground sideways. I walk over to the other side, and see a small white body with it's head shnufflinf around. "Kuma, you had me worried for a minute there." I say as it pulls its head out. "Food." he says, looking up to me with pleading eyes. Reaching down, I pull out the fish and hand it over. He grabs it with his jaw and eats most of it in one bite. I kneel down and pet his head, the feeling of being watched is still there, but I decided to ignore it.
Seeing the sun starting to set, I decided to head home, stopping by the gas station near bye, I grab a drink and continue my walk home the sun setting while I was in the gas station. I start to walk a bit quicker, wanting to get home faster, wanting to avoid anybody who might be dangerous. I open the front door and get inside, yelling out an, "I'm back!" before going upstairs to my room. Having done my homework at shool, I take a shower and lay down, falling asleep after a while.
What are you going to do? Do you think you are powerful enough to defeat me? You barely have enough strength to stand up for your self. You have no army to help you. You are nothing but a weak human. A spinless fool who fears everything around you.
You're wrong. I am not weak. I'm also not a spinless fool.
Oh really now. How about I show you how much of a scared fool you are.
It suddenly gets really dark before a bright light flickers on. Images of my family start to appear. At first, they are ones of great joy, before they turn to ones of a sadder memory. Before long, they are images of memories I can't remember. Ones that depict my mother suffering a great pain that I cannot see. The next one is of my father, extremely injured, his face in extreme pain. After that one, I see my brother, on the ground dead. His face is bruised black and purple, his wrists have very red rope burns. His neck held many lacerations, but his body was the worst. Where there wasn't clothing were very angry burns, all along his legs most likely from what i could see, and his arms. These images brought a bit of tears to my eyes but what happened nest had me shouting for mercy. The next things I saw and heard were the shouts of pain that came from behind me. When I turned around, I saw my family cowering all in different situations. Someone was beating my mother, calling her degrading names and insulting my brother and I. My brother had his hands tied behind him while someone continually stabbed him, purposely missing the vital areas. His howls of pain were very loud and I couldn't stand to hear them any longer. My father probably had it worst though. His arms and legs were bound but his eyes were being forced open, not letting him look away from the looks of pain etched into the faces of my brother and mother.
Stop it! They haven't done anything wrong! Please just let them be! PLEASE! I beg of you!
What did I tell you fool. you are nothing. Nothing but a spineless bag. You can't hurt me. I can do as I please and not you or anybody else can do anything to stop me. Right now, how about I show you what your future is if you defy my power.
Great pain suddenly shoot up my legs and moves quickly towards my heart, where I feel it beat rapidly. Then is just stops. When it starts up again, a feeling of an electrical currents rocks through my body. First the pain is every few minutes, then every few seconds, before it happens everytime my heart beats. Right before I black out from the pain, I hear a sort of laugh echoing and bouncing off the walls.
I sit up with a start, my heart still beating rapidly, and feel the shadow of the pain I had just experienced. When I get up, I fall over, my legs numb, and I lay there until I feel like I can get up. I slowly make my way to the door, peeking at the window to see the sun starting to go up. I walk to the restroom and head for the shower. I get in ignoring the cold water I turned on and just stand there, thinking of the lingering dream. Who was that? I question to thin air. Why do they want to hurt me? I slowly realize where I am and I start to move. When I finish, I get out and walk to my room. I get dressed and begin to forget the nightmare, thinking that was all it was, a simple nightmare. I slowly make my way downstairs and make the batter for pancakes. I make them on the skillet and begin to hum a happy tune, completely forgetting about the dream, and serve them on a plate. I cover them after taking some with me, and pack a fish into my bag, leaving a note saying that I had gone early and with that, I head out.
I go to the woods where Kuma lives, and call his name, this time coming out as soon as the last word left my lips. I feed him the fish and one of the pancakes I brought with me. I say," See you later," and leave, heading to the school building. I climb the stairs and head to the third floor, where the art room is. The teacher trusts her students enough to not leave it locked, so I'm allowed to go in and use the supplies. Today, I decide to draw a picture instead of working on a project she had us start at the last second yesterday. Not really having anything in mind, I just let the penciil flow across the paper and before long, there is a rough sketch of a small bird. I decided to keep going and pretty soon, I have the complete sketch. I go and get a charcoal pencil to continue the shading. When I sit down, I notice it's one with a strong hardness, so being the somewhat of the lazy person we all know we sometimes are, I look around and check to see if anybody is here. Seeing that no one is there, I start a little fire in my hand and lay the tip into the center, softening it a bit until I am satisfied with the hardness. I quickly put out the fire and start to shading the bird before long, I finish and set down the picture to admire it a bit. "You're pretty good at drawing," says a low voice from behind me. Having surprised me, I squeak and jump up to see Gilbert behind me. "H-hey, what are you doing here so early G-Gilbert." my voice quavering from the fear that he had seen me light the fire. "I could ask you the same thing Birdie." he states, a smirk on his face. "W-well, I woke up earlier then usual and just decided to come to school early." I say, hoping the lie was convincing enough. "Okay birdie. I came here early to see if I could pull a prank on Francis and Antonio." He says still with a smirk on his face. "Mind if I have that picture. Reminds me a lot of my pet canary at home." he asks, looking down at the bird again. "S-sure." I say handing it to him.
I came here to pull a prank on Francy-pants and Toni. I walk into the art room, noticing the lights were on. I go over and see Matthew, the kid from yesterday, with something orange in his hand, a charcoal pencil in the other. i walk slowly and see that it looks a bit like a small flame. Getting closer, he puts it out and starts to shade the ppicture he was working on. A small bird which reminded me greatly of Gilbird. "You're pretty good at drawing." I say, right behind his ear. He jumps and gives a squeack as he turns aroung, reminding me of a bird. "H-hey, what are you doing here so early G-Gilbert," he questions, his voice wavering. I keep a smirk on my face as i say, "I could ask you the same thing Birdie," throwing in the small name. He doesn't seem to notice though as he then explains his reason for being early. I just nody my head before answering his question, saying that I was here to prank my friends. I then ask if I can keepp the picture, saying it reminded me of my canary. He just nods his head saying sure, but I see great releif cross his face as I don't ask anymore. I say thanks and leave, all the while thinking this is going to be a special year, I head to Francis' and Antonio's locker and set up the prank.
Later in the morning, everybody hears a "GILBERT!" before seeing him run down the halls, great amusment etched into his face, his friends running after him, there heads and clothes doused in purple water.
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