Hi PW here
First thanks a lot guys for your reviews :)
It makes me to be more determined to continue this story ^^
Btw, sorry if I update irregurarely, with all the writer block and working stuff...
Anyway, today you will see how Amos found little Matthias.
If I can suggest you a BGM, it's "Childhood Memories" by Brian Crain
Have a nice read ^^
PW out.
Matthias was resting in the house bed, under Amos' surveillance. The poor boy was very sick, and it wasn't only because of the cold sea bath. Since the day the old fisherman had found him, Matthias was known for having a very fragile health and a very weak body.
"I'm so sorry Amos...for being such a bother..." Matthias rasped out.
"Shhhhhh Matthias. You shouldn't talk." a woman voice said softly.
"Hej Cara." Amos greeted his wife. She went to kiss his cheek.
Cara was a very caring and gentle woman. She was a few years younger than Amos. She had a beautiful face with soft peridot eyes as she had squared cut hair as the same hue as Matthias'. Though, she was slowly getting affected by the time too. Hence the appearence of grey strands and slightly dimples on the corner of her mouth.
"Cara...Amos..." Matthias mumbled while the older male helped him to sat up. "Why don't you have any children..."
"We have a child." Amos corrected. "You."
Mathias blinked, a little surprised. "But -"
"Matthias. We couldn't have children before you because sadly I'm infertile." Cara said regretfully.
"Oh...I'm so sorry..." Matthias sniffled and looked down. "I shouldn't have asked-"
Cara cut him off with a soft kiss on his forehead.
"It's okay, you have the right to know." She said softly. "Plus I have something for you."
She handed Matthias a plate with a big Cherry Danish. Matthias' eyes sparkled as he drooled over, showing that he was still a child despite the maturity he usually showed.
"But first your medecines." Amos said, handing him a glass of the diluted aspirin and little tabs.
Matthias made a face but he didn't protest as he gulped the thing down.
"There you go." Cara gave him the cake and a spoon. "Careful with the crumbs."
Matthias nodded and bit down the treat. "Mmmmmh! Cara, your pastries are the best!"
"One of the reasons I'm married to her." Amos joked. Cara smacked lightly the top of his head.
"Say, you two never told me how nor where did you find me." Matthias said.
"That, my boy, was something very extraordinary."
Amos would never forget that day.
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*rewinding a few weeks ago*
/././././././././
It was the day of the eigth anniversary of the disappearance of Mikkel Densen.
He was known as a close friend to her Majesty and had an important role in the country's government.
His sudden vanishing had caused a very bad blow to the Danish population.
Like...Like if all of sudden the sensation of living was gone...
The country was into a great depression.
Amos switched off his little radio station as he blew a smoke from his pipe.
"Even the fishes are depressed..." he grumbled, went he pulled up his empty net. "Cara won't be happy if I don't bring anything at home..."
Cara. His beloved wife. She was the light of his life. They had been together since their childhood. A life full of love.
Though lately...someone was missing in their life.
He sighed again when the fishing rod caught nothing either. The day was slowly ending
"Jeez..." he groaned. "What if I fished a child instead?" he joked, tidying everying back into his little boat.
When he saw something floating into the water. "huh?"
He leaned over the edge of the boat, and saw a weird luminous bubble floating away. Soon followed by an other. And an other.
It was pratically dark outside now. And Amos could see a big glowing spot in the middle of the sea, where the bubbles were coming from.
Amos wasn't the kind of person who belived in fairytales. So he rowed to the spot, just for being sure.
He had to admit that the scene seemed so...magic in a way. He let himself being guided to the glowing zone by the path of luminous bubbles, mesmerized.
Though, when he barely reached the zone, a sudden jerk of the boat made him keel over and he fell into the water. His first instinct told him to get out of the water immediatly.
But the scene in front of his eyes told him otherwise. Everything was like a dream, as he found himself breathing underwater and the coldness and damp sensation weren't here.
There was a boy. Maybe 8 or so, but very small and frail for his age. He was inside of a soft glowing sphere, in a foetal position, like a baby inside of they mother womb. He was only wearing a white dress shirt.
Amos was completely mesmerized by the scene.
Fishes were swimming protectively around the sleeping child.
Amos gasped when he saw that there was even a shark. He didn't dare to made a move. He froze even more when the shark saw him and swam to the poor shaking man.
'Cara...I'm sorry...I won't be home tonight...' he closed his eyes.
When he felt something thumping against his chest. He opened his eyes...
And saw the shark bumping its snout against him.
Amos blinked 'It doesn't attack me?'
At first he would have grabbed his fisher knife, but instead, he brought his hand to the animal.
The shark sniffed it before nuzzling his hand.
Amos blinked before gently petting the beast, like he would to a dog.
Then, slowly, the fishes moved away from the boy as the shark pushed Amos to him.
"Do you promise to take care of him and to love him no matter of what?" an ethereal voice said softly
"Who...Who said that?" Amos looked around.
"Just answer." The voice said. The shark circled dangerously the man.
A child. Everything Cara and he wanted.
"Yes, I promise it on my life that my wife and I will take car of this child like if he was our own." He said solemly.
"So be it." The voice faded away.
The sphere around the boy vanished as Amos swam to him. He took that fragile life into his arms.
Then, he went brutally back to the reality when he found himself out of breath, in the cold water.
He swam to his boat with the unconscious boy. The poor little one whimpered and shivered, like a newborn.
Amos climbed into the boat with him. The night was very clear and starry, with a moon shining enough for seeing what he was doing. He removed the boy's shirt and wrung it before removing his own and doing the same. He brough the naked boy to his bare chest before getting covered into a blanket that Amos usually use for the cold days. The boy instinctively snuggled to him.
Amos rowed to the harbor, guided by a glowing light of phosphorescent fishes.
Once they reached the house, Amos had barely the time to open the door -
"AMOS KOHLER! HAVE YOU SEEN THE TIME? WHERE WERE YOU? DRINKING OUT AGAIN? I WAS WORRYING TO DEATH!" Cara assaulted him.
The boy woke up in a jolt and wailed with an inexistent voice, holding his head.
"Undskyld! Undskyld! Undskyld!" (I'm sorry) He repeated frantically in a whisper, balancing himself back and forth.
Cara blinked. "Who is that boy?"
Amos sighed tiredly. "If only you knew..."
Amos told her everything, while he tried to calm down the poor boy.
"That's...incredible..." Cara said slowly, as Amos decided to make a bath.
The boy was gulping down a hot chocolate, clearly enjoying the taste.
"You like this?" Amos ruffled his hair. The boy nodded.
Then Amos led him to the bath. Though, when Cara removed the blanket of him...
The child was covered in all of kind of scars. Some of them even looked too old for his age. The most recent one...was a furious violet ring around his neck.
"What is this?" Amos asked the boy. "And do you even have a name?"
The boy shook his head and curled up. "I don't remember anything...aside being thrown into the water after being strangled to death..." he sobbed. "Whoever they were...they killed me..."
"Shhhhh."
The boy gasped when he felt two pair of arms hugging him.
"If it's too painful, you don't need to remember." Cara said softly.
"If you want...you can stay with us." Amos proposed.
The boy looked at them, with his teary sea eyes. "R-really?"
The old couple nodded.
"Thank you!" The boy cried softly. Cara and Amos hugged him tenderly.
Then they took care of him.
"That strange how much he looks like us physically." Cara said, craddling the now sleeping boy. He was wearing a very old pajama from Amos' childhood clothes.
"Very strange indeed." Amos said, handing the wet clothes in front of the chemney of their little cabin house. "But," he smiled, "I'm pretty sure that the gods had granted our wish."
"Matthias." Cara suddenly said.
"Huh?" Amos blinked.
"His name." Cara said. "We should name him Matthias."
"I like it." Amos said.
"Me...too..." The boy whispered.
"Oh, you were awake?" Cara said.
"What are your names?" The boy asked.
"I'm Amos. And this is my wonderful wife Cara." Amos said.
The boy nodded sleepily.
"You can call us Mor and Far if you want." Cara said, a little hopefully.
Sadly Matthias was already asleep.
And had only called them by their name since.
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*end of the flashback*
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"So now you know how our fates did join in one." Amos said.
Matthias was speechless. 'The sea wanted to give me a chance? The sea...saved me...?'
"Matthias?"
The boy jumped in surprise.
"What is it Cara? Or...do you prefer me calling you Mor?" Matthias said hesitantly
Cara smiled softly. "Don't force yourself calling us like that if you don't want to. As long as you love us, that's the principal."
"You are our precious son." Amos ruffled Matthias' hair. "Nothing will change that."
Matthias smiled a little.
From the past few weeks he had been welcomed by the Kohler couple, Matthias was slowly opening himself to his new family.
"Okay okay, boys, it's time to sleep." Cara said, putting the now empty plate of danish on the nightstand.
The adults shuffled to each side of the boy in the bed.
Matthias cooed softly into their warm embrace.
"Godnat Matthias." Amos and Cara said.
(goodnight)
Matthias smiled tenderly as he slowly fell alseep.
"godnat, mor og far"
(goodnight, mommy and daddy)
Hi PW here
Pheeeeew ~ such a big chappie, huh?
I wanted our little Dane to be cherished by people who truly care about him and love him (*^_^*)
About that "Mikkel Densen" strange disappearence and the appearence of little Matthias strangely aged of the same number years as the missing...
I'm sure you guys already guessed what's going on X'D
Anyway, next time:
World Meeting in Denmark
PW out