Years ago, a boy was born named Reigga. His mother left by his father was raised by only her. His mother was in the slums. The slums completely were separate from the kingdom 3 miles away behind some small walls that reach six feet. Houses made of trash and people with just a piece of cloth to cover themself. This is where Reigga and his friend Clad were raised.
On a sunny clear sky day inside Reigga's poorhouse when Reigga was 5...
"Reigga! have a surprise for you!" His mom told him.
"Yeah, what is it?" He answered wide-eyed.
"We're going to the kingdom today! And mom has worked very hard to get you this!" She pulled out a navy-blue button-up shirt and some worn-out-looking brown pants.
Reigga ran and grabbed the clothes. "They're pretty! Thank you, mom!" He jumped into his warm mother's arms and hugged her with a big smile.
She smiled gently and rubbed his head while hugging him back, "I'm glad you like it."
Back to present-day on the roof, "Mom...do you still have that blue shirt?" Reigga thought to himself calmly. Then a tear ran down his face. He quickly wiped it away as if he was trying to prove to himself, he needed to not cry.
Then he heard the door open behind him and the 4 girls that were making fun of his class were standing there.
Reigga felt a cold sweat drip down his face as he turned around and looked at them.
"You told on us!" A girl yelled then ran up and kicked Reigga into the roof barrier that kept him from going flying off. She grabbed him and pinned him to the ground. "It makes me feel ill I even have to touch something like you." The girl spits on the back of his head then another held his face on the ground with her shoe.
"Let's give him a little lesson in fashion." The girl stepping on his head smiled.
Meanwhile at a table in a restaurant...
"I hope he is ok. He seemed really mad." Dontris sipped some of her water.
"He just needs sometimes. I'm sure he's fine." Clad told her along with everybody at the table.
Meanwhile...
"Tie his shirt around his neck and every time it moves make it tighter!" A girl yelled as she stomped on Reigga's ankle and shattered it.
"AAA-" Reigga's yells were cut off by his shirt around his neck getting violently tighter.
Back to the table...
"He should try talking to us more. All he does is hide how he's feeling!" Latina was showing her own way of being worried.
"Just say you are worried jeez." Tosen deadpan face made her angrier.
"Shut up!" And embarrassed.
They all laughed while their friend was being violated above them...
a few hours later...
"We're done here. Oh, if you tell Lunak we'll come after you again." One of the girls told him as the left Reigga's almost lifeless nude body tied by his neck to the pole that was the roof barrier. His pants had been used to tie his legs. His arms were broken. His face was bloody and covered in spit and piss.
Reigga slowly dragged his eyes open and gazed at the door to the stairs. The stars were almost all the way-out and his breathing was heavy. "I'm not dead...? That's good." Reigga smiled faintly. "This is going to suck." He thought to himself. Then with all the strength, he had left he pulled the metal pole his neck was tied to. He was on the verge of passing out. Then the pole snapped, and he fell over. With his legs and his arms broken he only could use his body. His eyes shut without him telling them to and he fell asleep again.
The night moved till morning.
"Hey yo." A voice called out to Reigga. Then as the sun beamed Reigga's eyes slowly opened.
"You're finally up. Good, get dressed." A familiar voice told him. But when Reigga woke up to see who it was nobody was there. His injuries were healed. He sat up and put on his shirt than the rest of his bloody clothes. He got up and walked to class in his bloody clothes.
"Oh my god, what happened to him." People stared and watched as he walked to class.
When he got there Tsude was in the middle of her teaching.
"Woah! What happened to you?" Clad rushed down to Reigga and looked for any cuts or bruises.
Reigga gently pushed him back, "Dude you're acting like a mom." He jokingly tells him as the rest of the group.
"What happen!?" Latina looked worried.
"I just spilled some stuff on me I'm fine." He smiled and walked past them to his seat.
They all looked at each other not buying a second of that bullshit. They all just left it for after class and sat in their seats.
The class went, on with their minds racing about what happened. Then the class ended.
And Reigga was surrounded by his group.
"Spill it. What happen?" Clad stood on the desk like a delinquent. The rest circled around him and stared him down.
"...Fine." Reigga being pressured told them everything. Even about how he was strangely healed.
"Those little bitches." Latina looked enraged.
"Yeah, that's not cool," Dontris added.
Nisa crossed her arms in a fit of anger, "How could they just get away with that!?"
"We can't just let this happen!" Clad looked pissed.
"Oh yeah? What are you all going to do?" Reigga asked them all while glowering at them.
They all went silent. Remembering that they all made it to where they are on the fact they were carried. This thought messed with their heads. It made them feel useless and hopeless.
"Look, I'm sorry. Right now, fighting them is not a thing we can do. We would lose." Reigga looked like he was about to burst. He was so mad he was shaking. But yet he still tried to be calm.
They all saw how much this was affecting him and started feeling bad.
"I'm not feeling too well today. I'm heading back to my dorm." Reigga waved goodbye and left.
"Damn. That was rough." Tosen broke the silence.
Meanwhile in a very dark and depressing dorm...
A man heard a knock on the door, "Ventra...You've been in since the war. Please come out... they're thinking about sending back home." It was the sleeves guy from when FBIWC were fighting class 6.
"Please...go away." Her weak voice barely got through the door.
"...In the past we did some things. I'm not too proud of it. But we can be better than what we were. Please come out." There were no responses. "Alright then. I'm coming in." Sleeves go opened the door and saw Ventra on the floor wrapped up in a blanket. The room was dark and looked like t had not been cleaned in a while. He shut the door behind him.
"Look Ventra. Cari doesn't want to fight you anymore. So, there is nothing to worry about."
"Smanly. I don't want to go. Please leave." She put the cover over her face. "You don't understand...What I saw that day when we lost...It was like looking into the face of death. I don't want to see that ever again."
"...Cari is not around right now. The group is out for a little while." Smanly took a knee next to her and reached out his hand.
She peeked from under the cover, "How long will they be gone?" She spoke like a child scared of a monster under their bed.
"I don't know. But it been some days now. So just come out." He gave her a comforting smile.
Her mind raced before she decided to take his hand. He pulled her up and the cover slowly fell off her. She was in her Pj's.
"Come on let's take a walk." He told her then brought her outside of her dorm room for the first time in a while. He didn't let go of her hand.
He walked her downstairs and finally outside.
She almost had her eyes shut. Not being able to see because of the bright sun. And she had been in the darkroom for so long. The fresh air filled her lungs. And the sun felt nice even though it was cold, and snow-covered the ground.
"How's it feels to be outside again?" Smanly smiled at her.
A tear ran down her face, "I've missed it." They went and found a spot on the bench.
Smanly held her close so she wouldn't get cold
"...I've had a lot of time to reflect on my life. I've lived so awful. I am a spoiled brat who was raised in a royal family and did not know the meaning of decalin. Whatever I wanted. I had it. Then Cari showed me what hate looked like. How what I did to his friends affected him. Then that made me think. What about his friends? They went through it. The feeling of guilt crushed me. And the feeling of fear. Just thinking about that day makes me so scared I want to scream. I want to say sorry. But I can't face him them again." Ventra buried her face into Smanly's chest and gripped his shirt as she began being over n with emotions.
"My life has been failure! Even before this school, I did bad things! Things that for some reason were normal to me!" She started hyperventilating.
Smanly started gently brushing her hair with his fingers, "Look, you can't change the past. That's how life is. You can Look for brighter days though. But it's going to be a bumpy road. So could you please live in the now?" He held her tighter and calmed her down.
"...If you're with me. I can." She thought to herself, then she gave him a nod.
Meanwhile back in Reigga's room...
"...Mom. I still don't have enough money yet. But I'm getting there. I hope you can wait...Please." A tear ran down Reigga's face.
10 years ago...
"I'm back home." His mom smiled as she walked through the door that didn't really have a door. So just an entrance.
Reigga jumped up and hugged her, "How was work mom?"
"It was fine. I got some oranges today." She pulled out 2 oranges and sat down with them. Reigga sat down next to her then she gave him one.
"Mom today I heard something really cool! I heard from Clad that there is a school that teaches everything! That thing called math! And how to use Qompo! Do you know something like could be a thing?" Reigga beamed.
"Yes, I've heard of it."
"One day I want to go to school with Clad. I think it'll be fun!" He took a bite of his peeled orange.
"You do? Well maybe when you're older. I can send you there." She told him.
"Really! Then I could get strong and me, you, and Clad could live happy!" Reigga bubbled and squirmed.
"That sounds nice. Well, how about this. If I promise to send you there. You have to come back stronger than ever before. Ok?" She smiled and put her pinky out.
He nodded the locked his pinky with hers.
"I promise!"
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