A/N: Hello, everyone! I hope you've all been enjoying this fic so far! Six chapters, that's one more than my previous TOH fic. I do intend to continue until I get burnt out or bored!
Which the former might be sooner than later!
The problem that I'm having, is that I want to strike while the mental iron is hot. Write the ideas I can't stop thinking of. But at the same time my brain just needs a break. For the past two days I've done nothing but write and listen to music, and I think I'll vomit if I have to listen to another Longest Johns song.
….Nah, no I won't, I love that band.
Well, Updates might slow down a bit. I miiiiight have to take a few days off. I'm really behind on some other writing commitments…Mostly roleplay stuff, but I also have an unfinished chapter of my Cranium Command fic that a few people have been eagerly awaiting. We'll see what happens. I might just procrastinate smore.
Special thanks: Eris, Neo, Crow, Laine, and You.
Entry one. The calendar on the wall says today's date is Dismember 3rd, but who knows if that's accurate. My name is Phillip Wittebane…Or so I've been told.
I'm currently suffering a dreadful case of amnesia. I can't remember anything before I woke up this morning.
I woke up to the horrid feeling of a mosquito having a drink of my blood. I swatted it away, and when the world came into view, all I could see were trees. They had leaves that were such a pale yellow, they almost looked grey.
It felt like I searched that forest for hours. All the while, encountering various strange and mysterious creatures. But I eventually managed to find the edge of the trees, and when I did, I found myself overlooking a large lake.
For a moment, at least, until two people standing on the pier pointed at me and began to shriek.
Their names are Eda and Raine, I think. They never actually introduced themselves, I've just heard them be called those names. Eda had grey hair larger than the rest of her body, a red dress, and a snaggletooth. Raine was meek, shy, and hid behind Eda.
They bound me with spells, and dragged me back to their home. I tried to argue. I begged for my life. But I soon gave up. They spoke of various ways to dispose of me. I'd resigned to my fate, until…
Amity.
I don't actually know the relationship between Amity and Eda. Perhaps mother and daughter?
Whatever the case, she was accompanied by her girlfriend Luz.
Amity was the first person who…treated me as a person. She spoke with me, listened to my concerns, and even found a place for me to stay away from the Witches that had captured me.
…I don't know if I entirely trust her, and I know she certainly doesn't trust me. She's pretending to, though. I'm hoping I can prove myself trustworthy, in time, but I don't know how.
She invited me into her family's home. Perhaps I'll prove myself trustworthy by doing things around the house? I don't know.
Well, while I was standing at the doorway… Behind one of her parents, stood a lad.
A lad that she claimed was my nephew.
We looked at each other for a second, until I got a great headache. A pain so great I immediately buckled to my knees. Amity brought me into one of the manor's bedrooms to rest, and I went unconscious for a number of hours.
When I awoke, she had left a bottle of water at my bedside table and soon came to check on me. She gave me this diary to write down and collect my thoughts. Initially, I was confused, but I must admit it does feel strangely cathartic, even though I know I'm the only person who's ever going to read these words.
I can't put my finger on why, but this entire realm feels so…foreign. It doesn't feel like home. It's so horrid, but at the same time… Fantastic.
Perhaps it's just my amnesia playing tricks on my mind. It's my home. If not, I'm going to make it so.
I've been able to gleam a precious few nuggets of information so far. Most of them relate to my nephew, Hunter.
She told me that I hurt him somehow. But I feel a great guilt. I want to try and make things right with him, but I don't even know where I went wrong.
I'll write him a letter. I doubt he will agree to a one-on-one meeting with me, so I'll keep my distance. As well, writing it all down in a letter will keep it organized.
As well, she mentioned earlier in the day that Eda and Raine had mistaken me for a 'Notorious criminal' named Belos, but I suspect that she wasn't telling the whole truth. I don't know if it's because she doesn't know herself, or if she's trying to shield me. The ladder is most likely.
What could I have done in my previous life?
I will find out. I must.
Until next time.
