As Vert slips into the dark abyss that we call "sleep", he begins to dream. These dreams are filled with memories of his past life. Not all of his memories are present in his current state of mind but there is enough to piece together what his past life was like. He basically became a passenger in a train in his dreams as his memories flashed by. It all began on a stormy night on November 13th, 2000. Vert was born in a Camden Clark Memorial Hospital in the town of Parkersburg, West Virgina. His parents were happily married and he was the first born of the family. At the young age of 3 Vert's father went out to war and he and his mother moved to Jacksonville North Carolina while his father was out in the Iraq war. His father came back safely 6 months later but unfortunately was diagnosed with PTSD. This put a lot of stress on Vert's father and Vert could no longer spend the same bonding time with his father as he had become an intense alcoholic.

Fast forward to when Vert was at the still young age of 6 and his sister was born. He can't quite remember any of his family member's names so that will be left out for now. He and his sister bonded really well throughout their years together and Vert finally reached the age of 14 and was half through his 7th Grade year. Throughout his life, he was in every sports team that he could be on and was considered the top student in his class. He was truly the perfect child as he was never in trouble and never took anything for granted, but that all changed on his birthday. His father had recently quit alcohol due to his son's wishes, as that was what Vert had asked for his birthday from his father. Vert had come home on his bike as usual with his sister and there were cops surrounding his house. His sister was only 8 so she had no idea what was going on but Vert knew, something bad had happened. He and his sister approached a cop and tried to find out what happened.

"Um, mister, what happened?"

"Scram kid, this is no place for someone like you."

The cop sounded harsh at the time but he didn't want two kids passing by to endure the sight that was inside that house. He took a good look at the oldest one and realized who it was. Just a minute ago, the cop just received orders to go pick up some kids from school but it seems they have arrived. The cop mumbled under his breath about hating his job and then went down on one knee to look at both of the kids face to face.

"I'm sorry... But I'm gonna ask for you two to come with me-."

"But we can't, mommy promised me cookies tonight if I got an A on my test and I did! She will be so proud of me so please excuse me for a second mister while I go tell her!"

Vert's little sister ran past the kneeling cop and ignored his pleas to stop running and just follow him into the car. She went under the yellow tape that surrounded her house and walked up to the front door. At this point, both the cop and Vert had begun to run after her and stop her. Vert didn't know why the cop wanted them but he knew that they should do as he said so he wanted to stop his sister before she did anything bad. She opened the door and was met by 2 other cops and a man in a suit and tie but that's not what she saw first. Red colored liquid covered the walls like someone took a hose and sprayed the red liquid all over the house. Her mother was on the ground but something was different about her.

It wasn't hard to figure out what was wrong with her since she had a lack of a face. The back of her throat and her spine were exposed as something had completely blown 3/4s of her head off. To the right of their mother was their father, who had the complete top of his skull and most of his brains blown out and were stuck to the ceiling. The bottom of his jaw was also completely obliterated and his tongue was shredded to almost nothingness. There was also his prized 12 gauge shotgun in his left hand and a bottle of vodka in his right hand. These weren't the only corpses though, as there was another man with hundreds of holes riddled throughout his body. Vert had already entered the house at this point and recognized the third person as his father's best friend. The best friend was naked and his mother was partially naked.

"Get fucking kids out of here Johnson! Jesus Christ!"

The cop who had originally tried to stop the two picked both of them up and dragged them out of the house. Vert was was completely pale and was in shock, his sister was punching the cop telling him to release her so she could at least tell mommy goodbye. The little sister was oblivious to the scene she had just seen in front of her. They were basically thrown into the cop car and Vert gave no resistance but his sister did. She was yelling and hitting the windows with her small fists while saying "Mommy, mommy, these men are trying to kidnap me! Help!". After about 5 minutes of yelling Vert calmed his sister down and held her close to him. He deeply loved his little sister and didn't like to see her cry, as a big brother should. He caressed her while repeatedly saying "Everything will be alright. Shhhhh. It's ok." and after a while, she was asleep with her head on her brother's lap.

Once Vert saw his sister was asleep he began to cry. He had kept his composure to not worry his sister but he couldn't hold it in anymore. Tears were streaming down his face as he began to start wheezing from the sadness welling up inside him. His chest felt tight and he could hardly breathe anymore. He felt like he was suffocating and sooner or later the cop entered the car. The cop looked at Vert and his sister through the rear view mirror and a single tear ran down his face.

"This job never gets any easier huh."

While sitting on the speeding train as those memories flashed by, the real Vert also let out a single tear as he began to really remember how hard his childhood became after that.

The final verdict of the death of the Vert's father, mother, and father's best friend was ruled as the father murdered the other two after finding them in bed together. After murdering them he left a note and a will for his kids and then proceeded to kill himself. Vert and his sister were sent to their mother's grandparents, who lived about 10 blocks down the road from their original house and they were sent to school after a week of mourning. Once back at school, Vert continued to be the perfect kid and student on the outside, but his mental state was slowly degrading. The parents had a closed casket funeral and the will of their parents was finally revealed.

"In the case of our deaths, we ???? and ?????? ????? have agreed that half of the life insurance money will be given to our son ???? and our daughter ??????. This will include $200,000 each and our house will be given to the oldest son and half of its possessions will be given to him and the other half to his sister. Whatever car we have at the time will be again given to our son and if we have a second one then his sister will receive one too, but he gets first pick. As for the money in our bank account, that will also be split in half with the two. This was signed April 24, 2009.

X???? ?????, ?????? ?????"

This will was validated and carried through. As the kids could not pay insurance on anything since they were not of legal age, their grandparents on their mom's side cosigned for it. The parents did not plan on dying so early and that is why they were so vague about the car stuff and how much was in the bank account. In total, Vert was given $235,386, as well as the house, half of it possessions, and his dad's BMW i8 2014 which was brand new and paid for. His sister received the same amount of money and half of the house's possessions and all her mothers KIA Rio 2014, which was also brand new and paid for. Their mother was an Orthopedic Doctor and their father turned into an electrical engineer after the Marines so they had a plenty good life before this. The house itself would be left untouched and all possessions between the two were not chosen until the sister turned 18, so she could choose for herself. They also didn't have access to their banks until the age of 18 as well. Vert continued managed to pull himself together after his parents' death by getting a girlfriend whose name was Allie.

Fast forward 5 years and Vert was in his senior year. He still had the same girlfriend and drove his dad's BMW. He was on the basketball team and was considered the number one prospect in the state of North Carolina and also the number one prospect for the Shooting Guard position. He was 3rd in the Nation and he definitely earned it. Though Allie truly helped him in becoming happy again, another thing came around that made him happy. This was music. He would listen to it all day and listened to all genres. His favorite was rap and he enjoyed listening to music while playing basketball. That is all he did in his free time, play basketball and listen to music. He was officially 6'5 and weighed about 183 pounds, the perfect weight for basketball.

He and his girlfriend also shared many happy memories together, and a lot of firsts too. They both took each other's first kiss and all the way up to their first time having sex. Vert had even bought her a ring to ask to marry her as soon as they graduated, and that's what he did. They were at a party for seniors and he proposed to her in front of everyone, and everyone let out a loud "Aww" at the heart melting scene. Allie began crying and repeated "Yes" over and over and embraced Vert. He felt he was truly happy now and the traumatizing experience of his parents' death was finally gone and was out of his mind for the rest of his life.

Vert shoots up from his bed and is covered in cold sweats. Liafa was still asleep beside him and he could see the sunrise coming over a hill from his window. He shook his head as his former memories were burned into his brain. Something was unnatural about this though but Vert didn't know that yet.

"Old memories huh, I don't like them."