Pitch in the void

BOOK 1: PITCH

“The Day I stood on the edge of the beginning of my life…. just who am I? no memories of my past am lost to time…why am I standing here? Why won’t I move? Am I waiting for someone but if so, who?’’ As the young boy stood pondering his life a group of kids sprinted past him with wide joyful smiles as a joyful kind looking woman walked besides them….Thats when she noticed him this boy standing alone his clothes seemed not of those that dwell in the slums of Raford curiosity took her, and without thought she drew closer to the boy and spoke as her voice smooth and warm “child where are your parents, why are you alone the streets of Raford are no place for a child alone’’ She said.

A bright smile drew across her face trying to reassure the boy that she meant well but the boy couldn’t help bursting into laughter…. ‘‘What’s so funny?’’ she said with a confused tone, her face showed that the boy’s sudden laughter made her, self-conscious, but the boy simply replied “your smile was the most unsettling thing I’ve seen in a while, sorry my name is Violet and it would seem I’ve acquired a bad case of amnesia and cannot remember for the life of me who I am…and why am speaking like this it’s odd really” the woman starred at this boy and couldn’t help smiling and laughing herself “well am a sort of caretaker of rowdy, lawless boys and girls why don’t you come with me?” she said with a playful smile. The boy froze in place thinking of the right choice to take and even though he was weary he took her offer, and she led him away from the streets to an open field where in front of his eyes lay an old mansion which seemed to Ozzy with mystery of a forgotten lineage. The woman stood in front of it as to present a work of art “well Violet welcome to the shady home of angels” she said with a bright smile, but the only thing wondering through Violet’s head was “who the heck named it that?” he said with a concerned tone. The woman stood there in shock and in a low voice mumbled under her breath “I thought it sounded cool” she said as she nervously played with her fingers.

“Well, it seems like I might have hurt her feelings” Violet walks towards her to console her but a girl walks out of the mansion and without warning shouts, “someone is bullying miss Aesa again!!” and out of the blue a group of children appear armed with daggers and surround Violet.

Violet: “wait I did nothing, it’s a misunderstanding!’’ Violet shouted with deep concern of the outcome of the situation.

A boy shouts from the group “his trying to confuse us take the shot!”

Violet says nervously “the shot?” and backs aways a few meters.

Miss Aesa shouts out “everyone stop leave Violet alone! and did I not say to get rid of those daggers what if someone from the city council was to come by and besides Violet did no wrong am fine”.

Boy: “but miss Aesa we already have a clear shot can we just like shoot him a little common…. he can take it…. you can take it right Violet?”

Violet wonders to himself what kind of situation has he found himself in and shouts out “no I can’t take it am a kid not a soldier”. Oblivious to the role she plays miss Aesa says with a proud tone “see he can’t handle it” and scoffs at the boy. As Violet stood there one thought lay in his mind “ does that mean she would have let it happen if I said yes” and as he pondered this miss Aesa took him by hand and dragged him along into the mansion and as Violet looked behind him, he saw the moon rise over the city walls of Raford and then snap!!some idiot closed the door like a guillotine set loose on the necks of criminals and that sudden sound gave Violet a split second of fear which confused him.

“Violet…. are you listening” miss Aesa called out as she lined up the kids to introduce them to Violet. Violet stood in front of them and to not show any fear puffed his chest and looked at them with what can be only described as a look that sends……no emotions at all he had no idea how to act in front of his agemates. Miss Aesa took initiative and began the introduction with herself:

Miss Aesa: “my name as you heard earlier is miss Aesa, I am the caretaker of all who end up at the foot of my door am like a cool nun if you were to call it that” she smiles with a wide grin across her face, clearly proud of her self-presentation “okay whose next?” she gestures to the kids.

Boy: “well, you heard her…. Sup my name is Torrence Gambid and am an orphan and i lost my family a while ago now I live with miss Aesa” he says with a rasp to his voice and nudges the peculiar girl standing next to him. The girl shudders a little and musters enough strength to speak.

Girl: “hey there I guess my name is Mo`r Rucan but you can call me Raven if that’s too hard to pronounce” she says as she tries to mask her fear with an attitude.

Girl: “I guess it’s my turn my name is Lunearl Arthor, and I like to fight so if you want to spar you can usually find me out back” she says with a challenging tone.

A boy jumps from the top of the stairs “sup Violet, I can tell your strong my name is Sagillus Bonwell and am what you call the leader of this troop” he says with a smug tone full of pride.

Torrence: “yeah you wish sagillus we both know am the one who calls the shots in this troop” Torrence replies to sagillus’s self-proclamation “yeah for now” sagillus says with a dark tone.

Violet grabs the attention to himself in an effort to diffuse the situation “Hi sorry for earlier and thanks for welcoming me my name is Violet Balor and am a boy I guess am eight years old and it seems I have amnesia cause I don’t remember how I ended up in this city” Violet says and tries to shrug it off with a laugh.

The air is tense for a while but miss Aesa breaks it with a giggle and says “sorry it was just so awkward…. any way let’s get you settled Violet, your room is the artic you should be able to find the door at Torrence and sagillus’s room it’s not hard to miss..why don’t you get settled ill make dinner” she says as she walks away to the kitchen.

As I walked though the stationary bodies of my new adopted family one thought lied in my heart…That singular thought stuck to my soul and no it’s not who am I? or where am I from? No, it’s something else it’s something more darkly “what is he?” every step I took I could feel him, but he still hasn’t moved but I can feel his eyes pierce through my soul…. “This thing can kill us all”. Violet whispered under his breath his face pale; his eyes void of light. The fear that filled him was unnatural….it felt like his heart was being torn by clenching claws. As he walked up the stairs his right eye shuddered in pain and drew to a distinct corner and there between the distortions of reality it stood….The air seemed to be heavy in it's presence and it's piercing almost circular eyes glowed a faint winter blue....a creature rejected by nightmares... The man draped in the shadows of the void.

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