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Warning: this is unedited
I have always been great at acting.
I would put on a face and smile for everyone to see and no one would notice I was faking, that I was not being true to myself. That the world I was trying to be in was just pretend and reality was just so far that I had lost it. I was constantly dreaming, pretending that life was different, pretending that I didn't have problems, pretending that I didn't exist, that I was another entity completely.
There is a family heirloom that my mom owns, it is a bracelet.
It has a plain leather chain with a silver wolf charm attached, my mom likes to call it a "wolfszauber."
When I first learned of the existence of the bracelet, she told me that it had been passed down to the first daughter in each family since a long time ago and that one day it would be passed down to me. Mom would tell me stories of how the bracelet came to be and how the bracelet had effected other family members through time.
Mom would go into great detail as Oma did for her, getting so excited to tell me another tale every once in a while.
She would always start with "The story begins" and every time I would smile as I wait for the rest to flow from her mouth like a waterfall.
Mom was telling me the story of the creation of the bracelet one night when I was ten for the first time.
"The story begins with an ancestor of yours and mine, named Emma Schäfer, who was the prettiest of all maidens. She was the daughter of a Shepard, who despite always being busy would make time for his daughter. Emma didn't have a mother though or any siblings as her mother died giving birth to her. Emma's father was barely around and this left a hole in her heart, she felt neglected and lonely. This caused a depression that would last until her 20's, where she meets a young man named Ehren Zimmerman.
This man caught her eye while she was roaming the streets one night. When she first met him, he was working on carpentry, not paying an ounce of his body towards anyone, but his work. The way he continued to do his work so intently while it was so late, caught Emma's eye, so she walked up to the man and tried to get his attention. She called out to him to get his attention, but he never wavered and continued his work. She tried tapping him on the shoulder, nothing. She waved her hands in front of his eyes, but still nothing.
She was about to walk away when the man ask "what do you want." giving a big sigh. Emma turned around and was surprised to see his face, and he was looking up at her for the first time.
Emma had always had confidence in her looks and was sure he would fall instantly for her just like all guys, but nothing changes in his vision. The man still looked annoyed with his dark brown milky eyes and his curved down smile that gives a display of displease, his eyes didn't shift or melt to a softer look.
Emma continued to look at the man, confused.
"I asked, what do you want?" The man repeated again.
"What is your name?" She asked bluntly.
"Ehren Zimmerman." He replied back.
"Hmmm." Emma contemplated.
"Ehren meaning honorable. Are you really true to your name? If I were to ask you to be mine only, would you be honorable?" She questioned, trying to find out more about this person.
"I don't know, never been in a relationship, but I think being in a relationship first of all is troublesome, so probably not. Now can you leave, I answered your questions."
Ehren pleaded, trying to get Emma to leave him so he could do his work.
The gears in her head turned and an idea came out that she felt was genius, that would definitely make him fall for her.
"If I were to say that I would leave if you kissed me, would you do it?" She arched one of her eyebrows and waited for the reply in words, but instead was given a peck on the cheek by the man. The blood ran to her face and gave her a red glow all over, she was shocked and taken aback.
"I would do it and can you please leave now?" He gives a little smirk and Emma cracks one back when she realized what he did, she felt like giggling. This man was not ordinary and definitely unbreakable, nothing was going to get passed him and his work.
"Ok old man, who is going to work himself to the bone." She trails off and leaves the company of the man.
When she had gotten home, she knew that she admired the man for his continuous hard work and undivided attention.
She saw the man again and again as if he was a drug and she could not get enough of him. The admiration that she once had transformed into a love that was so deep. When she realized she loved him, she knew instantly that he was the one that she wanted and she would do almost anything to get him...
Ok, I think it is time to go to bed." Mom interrupted.
"Mom, why did you stop? I thought I was going to learn about the origin of the bracelet?" I complained to my Mom.
"Well, it is ten now and I think it is about a good place to stop, it is a long story and Oma didn't tell me the whole story at once, it does better anyways for dramatic effect, just like yourself my dear."
"What do you mean dramatic?" I say in an overly sassy voice, teasing Mom.
"But you are my dear." Mom chippers, patting me on the head as she gets up to go back through the door.
Mom left the room and I just sat in bed wondering what was going to happen next in my ancestor's story. Little did I know that I would have to wait a while for the rest of the story to be told to me as "my training" would begin the next day.
Author notes:
This chapter is my last and I hope you like it. Comment all you want on who you think this is. I know that some people might be angry with this being discontinued, but I hope that you will understand that I have school to worry about before anything else. Writing this series made me so happy and I had so many more ideas, but time does not allow and no one seems to like it that much anyways. Maybe I will come back to it later, but as of right now this story will be coming to a close. Thank you to anyone who has read and liked this. This is me letting the story end.
-Raylee Kate
