My mom is dead.
I woke up this early morning and saw her dead.
I know something is fishy about how she died and I know father has something to do with it.
I still remember how he acted yesterday.
"No, that can't be, I will not allow it!" he said in a loud voice, I can clearly hear it in the corridors.
I saw him talking to a man, they call him a fortune teller, for he can see the future.
"Even if I have to kill her, " father said, anger is in his voice.
I hate him. He was never a good father to me, he was always busy in the palace.
I watched him help the poor, he feeds them, he even hugs children who losts their mother because of death.
But he never embraced me, not even once.
I gritted my teeth and made a plan.
Mother taught me something that I can use in this kind of situation.
But I have to sacrifice someone.
I have to, if I wanted to see mom again.
I look at the huge clock in the wall, it's already eleven thirty, thirty minutes before midnight.
I already prepared everything.
Mom's body... and
The king's dead body.
Yes, I killed him, I put poison in his drinks this evening,
because I know that this is the only way to see my mom's smile again.
I love mom more than the king.
I did the rituals mom taught me and saw her come back to life.
She look at me and smiled, I almost cried when I saw her smile again,
but to my surprise, she choke me.
I run out of the room as fast as I can, I creep out when I look in her red eyes, I know she's furious and much powerful than before.
But I stopped when I noticed that no one is following me.
I slowly went back to the room, where I came from.
Just to see her kissing the king, alive.
"H- How did he came back to life?" I asked myself, confused.
But then I saw a boy's body lying on the floor,
it was me.
"H-How did...,"
I suddenly look at my hands,
then I saw the transparency.
It was clear to me now, I ran out of her hands as a ghost.
They used me to be more powerful.
I look at her again,
I was stunned when she look at me smiling and said...
"Hello there, son!"
"The Sacrifice"
-Anino