I found myself standing... again. I was outside. It was cold and dark. I felt tired. I wiped the sweat from my forehead. It felt so warm. 𝘏𝘰𝘸...? I hid the keys under my bed, so why was I outside? 𝘞𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯? Suddenly I felt that same feeling as the day before. That same kind of fear. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵. I trembled. 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦... My trembling head moved to the body laying on the floor. A man with a knife in his chest.
"Martin?!" I ran to the body. "No, no, no! Martin?" My legs stopped supporting my body. I felt on my knees and tears rolled over my cheeks. "Not you to. You... you were like the father I always wished for."
Dad always got angry. He was disappointed in me. "When are you finally starting to do something in your life?! Look at this book it is not so hard to read this. It says, 'I love rice'. It really is that simple!" I was to stupid for even simple things like that. "You do nothing, but sleeping the whole day! Why?! So that you can escape from reality?! I tell you the reality! You ruined my life! You took everything from me! My job, my wife, my face, everything!! The only thing I have left, is my sword." He started to cry that time he said that. I cried as well. Because of my uselessness, he lost everything. Even mom left us, because of me.
"This is all my fault. I killed Martin." I started to cry. "Why am I so useless?"
I felt like collapsing, but something moved. Martin moved. He did not talk. He only trembled.
I touched the earth around his hands and tried to focus. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴! I was absorbing the earth to free Martin.
Martin coughed some blood over my black pants. It was extually very gross. His right hand was trembling and moved very slowly to his chest pocket. He made some choking sounds.
I moved my hand to his chest pocket carefully. I grabbed something out of it It was a key. 𝘞𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳?
Martin's stopped trembling. He looked silent and peaceful.
"Martin...?" I looked at his face. "I'll go find a doctor, he will fix you."
The body did nothing in response. It was empty. It was dead.
"I-I-I k-killed... him..." I felt something weird. Something new. Like an unknown sense. I couldn't help, but to focus on that feeling. I closed my eyes and I felt something floating through my hand that rested on Martin's body. It felt good. It felt really good. It felt like I was getting stronger. When I opened my eyes, I saw my hand making red light. I couldn't stop with doing it. I continued until there was nothing left to float trough me. After that everything went blury and I passed out.
FIRE 1.5 PERCENTAGE
I woke up laying in a bed. 𝘞𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮? It wasn't Martin's house, but an unfamiliar place.
"You are awake Reuben. Most of my patients, don't come here four times a week," a male voice joked.
I looked around and saw a large man with a blue thick beard. I asked him, "who are you?" He seemed like a nice man, but also a very strong one. He probably wouldn't kill me.
"I'm doctor Moisturizer. The place you are were you're laying is the Lori Village hospital." So this is what a hospital looks like and that is how a doctor looks like. Did they found Martin as well?
"I'm so glad you found me. Do you know where Martin is? He is a tall man and is really nice." He had to be here right? They probably placed him in another room with another doctor. He will be treated nicely and soon we will go home. I have to bondage myself next time I'll try to sleep though.
The doctor sighed and looked depressed. "I'm sorry for your loss Reuben, but your dad did not make it."
𝘏𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵? 𝘐𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵? "Where is he than mister?" 𝘏𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? 𝘏𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? 𝘏𝘦... 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦... 𝘐 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘐 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘥.
"Martin is dead Reuben. He will be burried in a few days." The doctor felt bad for me.
"Oh..." 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸? 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘐 𝘨𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘸? 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯?
"Reuben..." The doctor's face told me he had more bad news. "I will prepare you fore the next conversation."
"Huh?" 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯? 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘰?
"I am not the one who brought you here. It was a gaurdsman. He will ask you questions about what happened soon. I don't believe that you killed Martin, but maybe one of your brothers did."
"Brothers...?"
"You have a personality disorder. You are another person everyday. The same body, but a different personality, hair color and eye color."
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘔𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘹 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵...! 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? 𝘚𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥? 𝘛𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰.
I heard a knocking sound on the door.
"Come in doctor Moisturizer said."
A beautiful pink haired girl walked inside, she wore a pink soft pyjam𝘢. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘺𝘫𝘢𝘮𝘢.
"Kaitlyn? Why are you so early?" So Katelyn was her name.
"I heared something happened and..." Katelyn stopped at the moment she saw me. "Reuben? You have blue eyes now."
"Reuben this is Katelyn, she is my assistant. She met some of your brothers." Doctor Moisturizer introduced me to the girl. 𝘚𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳.
"What happened?!" Katelyn asked running to me. "Are you okay Reuben?" She looked concerned about me.
"He is fine. He just fainted from high stress, I think." It was doctor Moisturizer who explained it to Katelyn.
"Stress from what?!" Katelyn asked.
"Okay listen both of you. There is a knight out there and we have to prepare Reuben before he is gonna ask questions to him." Doctor Moisturizer made himself very clear.
However Katelyn wanted to ask thousand more questions, she kept her mouth shut.
"Someone found Reuben and Martin laying in an alleyway. Reuben was out of consciousness and Martin was dead. That person called a knight and he brought Reuben to the hospital. Reuben will be suspected from murdering Martin. So if we want him to be safe, we have to convince the knight his innocence."
"Okay, okay. First of all. Reuben, did you kill him?" Katelyn asked.
"Eh... ehm... I don't know?"
"What do you mean...? Nevermind I forgot one of your brothers could have been the witness."
"What is one of my brothers did this? What will happen to me?" 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘣𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳?
"They probably burn you to ashes in the old fashioned fire style. Believe me you don't want that." Doctor Moisturizer was serious about what he said.
"Why are the both of you helping me anyway? I could be the murderer." 𝘈𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦?
"Duh, I love you," Katelyn said.
"Wait you...?" My sentence got interrupted by doctor Moisturizer.
"You are not the murderer. Even if one of your brothers did this, you are not in charge of that. You are innocent and that is where I stand for. However... there are no rules for this sickness in Vloricus. If they found out they will kill you even if it was your brother or they would kill you for being a freak with multiple personalisaties." Doctor Moisturizer spoke out of his heart. He believed proving my innocence was the right thing to do.
That ment both of them were on my team, but we still had to find a way to convince the guard.
"I say lie about it," Katelyn said.
"Isn't lying... bad?" I asked.
"Lying is a crime that can be used for a good purpose. At least, that's how I see it."
"What is your idea?" doctor Moisturizer asked.
"I say, you tell him you were attacked by a thug who killed Martin and knocked you out."
"It could work, unfortunately I don't have any details of the scene. Maybe the other Reuben used some magic and left prove. If it was fire it could've been Martin, but if it is another element you have to tell him it was a thug. What if Reuben used more different elements?" Doctor Moisturizer asked.
"I was conscious when Martin was about to die," I said randomly.
"You were?" Katelyn and doctor Moisturizer said at the same time.
"Yes he was stuck in earth magic with a kitchen knife in his chest." 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴.
"That is exactly where I was afraid of."
Katelyn and I looked questioning at doctor Moisturizer's sentence.
"The only earth magician in Lori Village... is you Reuben."
TO BE CONTINUED...