PANG!

I stood there as blood trickled down my forehead. Painting my vision red. I know it should hurt but I just felt nothing. ‘Maybe I gained a new main character cheat’ I said to myself. But no… infront of me is my mother crying while she held my sister who returned after 2 days.

“Sob… Sob… Sob… GET AWAY FROM US! THIS IS YOUR FAULT! Hicc…” My mother shouted at me as I stood there, covered in mud, soaked in sweat and water, cuts and bruises.

That shout woke me up from the shock. I glimpsed at my sister for one more time, and left them as I got out of the house. How did this happen you ask? It’s my fault.

On my sister’s birthday my family celebrated it by going to my grandparent’s house. They were nice people; I could see that they really loved my sister and my parents… well… that’s the only thing that matters right?

“You, why are you sitting with us, bastard? Get the hell out of here before I beat you with my crane.” The old man who said this to me was my grandfather. As my family gathered in the living room to see my sister blow her candles, he noticed me sitting with them.

I saw my other relatives and mother looking at me like I was some trash that reeked in the room. I promise you guys I bathed, I made sure to go in the park to use the water there since my dad would beat me if he thinks I’m taking too long in the shower.

“Dad, calm down, you need to be careful, you might have a heart attack if you don’t.”

“Yeah, dad, don’t worry about it. I mean it’s not like it’s not educated enough to read the room.”

“Haha, I’m not sure if a child of a rapist can even read.”

My relatives said as I saw my mother and father shrink from their seat. I could feel their embarrassment in this situation. My sister on the other hand seems confused of what was happening.

“You, I think leaving would make the situa–“

As they laughed and my uncle was about to say something, an old woman suddenly spoke.

“How about you idiots leave? And you, just because you’re my husband don’t you think you have the right to kick out anyone in this house without my permission.”

She was my grandmother. Entering the room was enough to silence and command respect from everyone.

“Now, those who want to spoil my granddaughter’s birthday, I suggest you leave, immediately.”

“”” … “””

Everyone stayed silent as made a beeline to my sister to kiss her and wish her a happy birthday. After that she approached me and sat beside me.

“Granma… I’m sorry…” I said in a low voice, gripping my pants.

“Do Not Apologize.” She told me. I could feel the pressure she emitted as she sat on the sofa.

“But…”

“I said, Do Not Apologize.”

“W- well let us sing Lise a happy birthday!”

My uncle announced. After that the party ended. As I helped clean up the living room with the help of the servants. I saw my sister outside the yard, playing with my cousins. I thought nothing of it but then I saw a white van stopped near the fence.

My instincts went off as I felt like something was wrong. My sister goes near the fence to seemingly talk to the stranger. I dropped all the dishes on my hand and dashed across the room to my sister.

Men quickly grabbed my sister and attempted to take her inside. I grabbed onto him and the car started running while the car door was still open. I saw my parents and relatives try to catch up onto the moving van but it quickly got away very fast.

At the time, I knew my 12-year-old body cannot beat an adult person. But that doesn’t matter right now. As the car ran, I tried to distract the driver as much as I can. “LISE PUT ON THE SEAT BELT!” Thus, Chaos unfolded inside the car–

“Fuck, I’m lost” (Eliot)

I cursed as I realized that my overconfidence led in a place, I know nothing about.

“Okay, okay, I turned left then another left then a right then another left. So, I should be… yep, I’m definitely lost.”

In my quest to look for water, I am currently lost in the forest. At first, I tried to look for another path that wouldn’t lead to the area where I encountered the monkeys before but after a while, I got distracted by the different plants that I’ve never seen before!

The last time I went inside the forest I was so hungry I never paid attention to the beauty of this place, and the other time was… well that’s not important! I just need to enjoy my time here.

“Most modern humans would definitely be dead without a GPS in this situation… Definitely not me included! I am a genius!”

10 minutes later.

“IM GONNA DIE HERE!”

CALL THE MARINES, CALL THE ARMY, CALL THE AIRFORCE! An infant that was born a week ago is currently missing in the forest! If you don’t help me, this is child abandonment! I’ll sue you!

I begged the world.

It was already hard talking to myself now I have to talk to myself and be stuck in a place that might or might not be filled to the brim with killing machines!

“Phew, I need to recollect myself.”

I tried to stop from panicking and kept walking. If I’m not able to walk home then I just need to find a new one! Wait… MY GODDESS! I can’t just abandon my goddess! Shit, I need to find my way home!

“No wait, I’m panicking again.”

As I walked and debated with myself on how stupid I was, I heard something moved.

All the muscle in my body ordered me to hide. Using the cover of the green leaves surrounding me. I hid myself.

What I saw were two monsters! They were humanoids covered in fur with a dog like head, arms and legs… TAIL!… two of them seemed like they were having an argument… I’m sure they’ve smelled me already!

“F-frère... nous ne pouvons pas faire ça ! Je veux dire... qu'est-ce que le monde penserait de nous ?!”

“C'est bien ma soeur, notre amour ne pourra jamais être arrêté mon n'importe qui! Même si c'est Dieu qui est contre nous !”

“frère…”

“Attends soeur, je sens quelque chose”

They said… But then suddenly the beast that just spoke ran to me and tried to stab me with his long claws.

Klang! Crack!

Using my spear, I parried it to prevent it from stabbing me. I’m sure I’ll be dead if that gets to me!

“LUTIN!”

One of the beasts shouted. Maybe that’s the name of the man I am parrying right now.

It’s friend suddenly showed it fangs on me. Shit I’m gonna get killed.

But as the three of us looked at each other. I saw a pig like thing revealing itself from the covers of the foliage.

It was huge… about 3 meters tall. It had a giant axe on its right hand as it stood.

“Behind you guys.”

I shouted at them. But even before I said that seems like they already felt it.

“C'est un frère orc !”

The guy shouted. The man infront of me immediately shifted it’s focus on me to the piglike creature.

Fast. That’s what I thought. The two beasts that I almost fought was fast. They moved like wind. Slowly, the pig like creatures were full of cuts and it seemed like they were about to win but unfortunately, it was all for naught.

The axe hit one of the beastman infront of me. Killing him instantly.

“sœur!”

The beastman that I once fought shouted… I could see tears fall down his eyes. He ran to the other beastman that was drowning in its own blood. It stopped fighting… like it lost all its purpose.

The pig like thing raised its axe and chopped the head off of the grieving beast.

Shit! My heart jumped seeing those two perish infront of me. I was stuck as it moved closer to me… I can’t move, I’m gonna die!–

‘Hicc… Hiccc… Uwahhhhh…. Uwaaa… Brother… WAKE UP….’

No, I can’t die here!

I jumped as the axe almost chopped my head off. I tried to charge to stab its abdomen, but the creature parried it.

Klang! Snap!

My blade snapped as it made contact. As I tried to process what happened, it immediately grabbed my head and tried squishing it.

As it looked at me, seemingly curious of its new prey. I immediately threw rocks and the paralysis medicine I made into its eyes. It unhanded me as it fell to the ground wincing in pain.

“ROAR!!!!”

I grabbed the long sword of the dead beastman and chopped the hand that was holding the giant axe.

It didn’t go through but I guess that’s expected. My small body can only do so much afterall.

“GUAAAAA GUAAAAA”

It shouted in pain as it rolled on the ground. I grabbed a rock that was as big as my head. Walked to the pig. Sat on its chest while facing its head.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Splat Splat Splat

“IM NOT GONNA FUCKING DIE TODAY!” (Eliot)

The loud noise created by the impact of the rock was now gone. The pig that once created excruciating noise laid on a puddle of its own blood as an exhausted Goblin soaked in red just stood there. A deafening silence.