hello! once again readers, to To Hell and Back! today we unveil the final main protagonist. i hope you enjoy! read, review, and if you like they story maybe even favorite it! it means a lot to me to know that you guys like the story.
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arc 2 pt 4 the outcast.
Eve was a girl who kept to herself and refused the help of others, that she was.
Eve was born into a military family. when she was young her father thought about leaving her to die in the wilderness, but her mother refused to let eve go, so reluctantly her father kept her. their family was a group of people who had almost supernatural strength. her kinder brothers and sisters, which were few, used their strength to help people in need, one was a volunteer firefighter, another was a construction worker, and so on. however, most of her family did not like having her because she was weak compared to the rest of the family, a runt.
as she grew up, she learned tricks on how to live mildly normally: avoiding her family's ridicule, making it seem like you envy them. how to get as much food as she wanted, which was not very much, get mom to reserve some. her father, her father. she had not taken the time to avoid him, because he was the one of the only two people who truly wanted to see her succeed, without hurting her. though they could not admit it. if they did they would be hounded out of the family for admitting weakness which as the clan master had said "is weakness in and of itself."
tonight, that thought pursued her relentlessly, the clan master, Ares. would come to judge her on her 16th birthday, to see if she is worthy of being an ares clan member, in only 2 days. she had never gotten physically strong, which worried her slightly. her father had told her what had happened to a soon to be member who did not pass the test, the image it scarred into her mind had not left since her father told her, years ago. she decided to wander outdoors to see if the air would clear her head, she came to a meadow, the area where the ares clan trained, it was midnight so the area was abandoned. the nearly full moon shone brightly above the sky lighting paths and equipment. she remained quiet as could be and walked about the field until she came to the face of the forest, she looked at the ominous dark woods before slowly entering it.
she wandered about the woods, listening to the sounds of the night: the owls hooting in the distance, crickets chirping, tree frogs singing, the calm wind weaving and winding through the trees, causing the leaves to rustle like ocean waves. Eve smiled lightly and continued meandering through the forest. she was always calmed by the evening forest, mind cleared and soothed by the darkness, ears pleased by the song of the midnight community, a chorus to her senses. her thoughts were interrupted when her eyes had picked up an unusual sight for the forest, firelight; very faint and flickering, through a thick fog. her instinct had told her to turn back. For a second she considered the thought, but her training and careful consideration told her she could continue.
as she approached the unusual light: the light revealed pairs of tall metal lampposts running parallel to a narrow road of worn cobble and grey brick, coaxing eve into the unknown ahead. she traversed it past a large open gate, with spiked iron fence stretching its arms into the forest. she stopped and gazed sadly at her surroundings; polished stones of various sizes, shapes and colors, protrude from the misty floor, each marking a past person, she found herself in the hidden family graveyard. the stones seemed to grow in size as eve proceeded further into the memorial place, noticing larger stones spread farther and farther apart, she continued. finally after passing what she assumed to be powerful family members' graves, she came to a building, one built simply; with four marble pillars holding a flat roof, the roof sheltered a sarcophagus, built into the stone that had a sliding top. eve advances slowly. the shine of a meal plaque caught her eye, she read the text in her mind
suffering shall make you strong, so to those who suffer does strength really belong... what does it mean?
eve pondered in her head when a crow landed on the top of the grave and let out a loud caw, which made eve jump a few feet into the air. when she turned to face the source of the obnoxious noise, the crow cawed again. eve glared at the bird with glowing red eyes. and enraged, picked up a rock and threw it at the crow. the bird fell to the face of the coffin with a pained caw, before ceasing to move. eve looked at her hands, which were shaking and thought What have i done? her attention was brought back to reality when the red glow manifested around the bird, causing it to float in the air. eve backed away scared, was the bird going to kill her? the crow was tilted so that its feet would hit the ground if it fell, and the red aura faded into thin air. for a second the bird floated, then fell on its feet, and opened its eyes and cawed almost happily. it hopped towards the edge of the sarcophagus and attempted to fly towards eve, it flew a few feet into the air and then stuttered as it felt the pain that eve inflicted on the broken wing, and fell to the ground. eve looked regretfully at the grounded crow who pleaded for help in desperate wing flaps and pained calls. eve looked and seemed like a cold hearted person who could care less, but on the inside, she was really shy, and was never good at talking to anyone outside her family. but her mind could not bear to see suffering, and she always kept her good deeds well hidden, using her cunning. she walked cautiously towards the bird flinching lightly at any sudden movements it made. she put her finger forward and expected to be pecked, or cawed at anger. instead she was met with a smooth beak, her finger gently grazing the side of the birds face. the bird raised its head slowly, expecting to be crushed by the angry creature, yet was surprised to find it gently caring for it. the bird weakly jumped onto eve's arm which startled her but she kept stroking the birds soft feathers eventually eve smiled lightly and walked towards the exit of the graveyard when a shroud of thick mist surrounding a headstone caught her eye, she approached it slowly, careful not to hurt her new passenger any more. she waved the mist away and looked at the headstone, the stone was void of any text and read a date that was at least a hundred years from then. confused by the happenings of the night's venture, eve went home. her new pet in her arms, at least hoping she could get some sleep.
after all... the next day is her judgement
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