My Father Came Back With Some Wood That He'd Cut Down From A Tree And Placed Them Around The Campfire…
Ashe(Somber): Momma Please Say Something!
My Mother Hadn't Said A Word Since We Left That Bastard's House, Her Face Was Emotionless…
Pure Sorrow And Despair In Her Eyes, I Couldn't Tell What She Was Thinking During That Moment, But I Also Felt That She Was Somewhat Angry With Me Because Of My Screw Up!
Ashe(Whispering): Dad, Why Isn't Momma Saying Anything?!
Lee(Annoyed): Will You Just Shut Up Already! Just Stop Talking!
I Couldn't Tell What My Parents Were Feeling Nor What They Were Thinking…
We Ate What Little Food We Got, While My Mother Ate Slowly While I Saw A Tear Coming Out Of Her Eye And Fall Into The Fire…
A Day Later, We Continued To Walk Through A Village Full Of Those Like Us…
We Found Shelter In A Run Down House, Nothing Inside And Broken Windows…
My Father Had Left Outside Of The House And Saw A Massive House Overlooking The The Village, A Big Shot Sorcerer Who Had Both Power And Riches Lived Inside Of It And Had Enough Food To End Hunger For The Whole Village…
His Eyes Widened With A Shimmer Of Hope As He Ran Up To The House To Plead For Food Alongside Many Other Villagers…
I Stayed In The House With My Mother To Look After Her, But She Sat In The Corner Of The Room Looking Down At The Ground…
Her Face Blank And Pale With Darkness And Despair In Her Eyes…
Ashe(Worried): Momma, Dad's Gonna Go Ask The Owner Of That House For Food…
Ashe(Worried): We Won't Have To Starve Anymore!
My Mother Finally Looked Me In My Eyes, Sweat Came Down My Face As Her Eyes Filled With Darkness And Despair Met Mine…
One Side Of Her Face Hidden In The Shadows Of One Side Of The Room With The Other Side Lit Up A Little By The Moonlight Shooting Through The Window…
Mallory(Grim): You're So Naive!
Ashe(Confused): Huh?
Mallory(Grim): You Need To Grow Up And See The World For How It Really Is!
Mallory(Slowly/Grim): If That Greedy Bitch Cared Anything About Anyone But Herself, This Rundown Village Wouldn't Be Starving Themselves Every Waking Moment!
Mallory(Ominously): Use You're Head, In This World Only Those With Power And Wealth Are Strong And Only They Survive!
Mallory(Coldly): This World Is Ruled By Power And Fear. Those Who Possess Power Dominate, And Those Who Fear Submit.
Mallory(Coldly): We Are Nothing Ashe, We Are At The Bottom Of The Food Chain!
Mallory(Dark): Looked Down Upon By Those With Power, And Trampled On While We Submit To Them Because We Are Nothing!
My Mother's Words That Night Stuck With Me, Dark Words But She Spoke Nothing But The Truth.
Then I Heard Shouting Outside Coming From The Doorstep Of The Big House, I Looked Outside Of The Window To See What Was Going On While My Mother Stayed Staring At The Floor.
Villager #1 (Shouting): STOP BEING SO SELFISH AND SHARE THAT FOOD ALREADY!!!
Woman(Shouting): YOU GODDAMNED BITCH, WE ARE DYING OUT HERE AND YOU'RE JUST SITTING IN YOUR HOUSE DOING NOTHING!!!
The Villagers Continued To Riot While The Sorceress Who Owned The House Sat Inside Of Her Home Eating Away…
My Father Rioted Alongside Them, Then Suddenly A Brick Was Sent Through One Of The Windows Of The Home!
Man(Shouting): I'M GETTING SICK OF THIS! IF YOU WON'T HAND OVER THAT FOOD WE'LL JUST TAKE IT!!!
The Sorceress Stepped Out Onto Her Balcony, Annoyed By All The Commotion…
Sorceress(Coldly): You Things Think You Can Just Take What Is Mine?!
Sorceress(Coldly): You Have No Power And You Don't Deserve Anything Us Powerful People Have!
Her Word's Fueled The Villagers Anger, They Attacked The House With Whatever Weapons They Could Find…
The Sorceress Used Dark Magic And Fired It At Some Villagers And The Ones Caught Died Upon Impact Of The Blast…
The Hungry Villagers Grew More And More Desperate And My Father Himself Managed To Sneak Around Back Of The House Without Being Seen…
And Climbed Through A Window, He Moved Silently Through The Halls Until He Reached The Sorceress.
Before She Could Even React He Had Plunged A Knife Right Through Her Heart, She Coughed Up Blood And Died Right There…
The Villagers Outside Managed To Break Down The Door And All Ransacked The Place…
They All Grabbed Whatever Food They Could Find, They All Started Arguing Over Who Gets How Much Food.
Man(Shouting): Get The Hell Outta My Way, I've Been Starving Myself For Three Weeks Now And I'll Be Damned If I Let Any Of You Get In My Way!!!
Woman(Shouting): I Don't Give A Damn About You're Sorry Ass, I'll Make Sure My Daughter Eats Even If I Have To Kill All Of You Myself!!!
The Villagers All Then Started Attacking Each Other, Like Feral Beast's Fighting Over Some Meat.
Each Person Desperate To Secure Food For Themselves And Their Loved Ones…
Meanwhile Me And My Mother Sat In Our Run Down House, She Sat In That Dark Corner, Her Mind Raced With Dark Thoughts…
Mallory(Mumbling): This World… It's Too Cruel.
She Stood Up, And Slowly Walked Into A Dark Back Room…
I Followed Her Because I Felt That Something Was Wrong.
Ashe(Scared): Momma? What're You Doing?
She Didn't Respond. Instead, She Found A Sturdy Rope And Began Tying It To A Beam In The Ceiling….
Suddenly The Room Got Really Quiet, I Couldn't Even Hear My Own Thoughts In My Head…
She Stood Up On A Chair Stool Underneath The Rope And Wrapped The Rope Around Her Neck…
Ashe(Petrified): Momma, No. please D-
Mallory(Grim/Cold): This World Is Too Cruel For Us. It's Better This Way.
Ashe(Petrified): Momma No. please, Don't Leave!
Mallory(Grim/Sobbing): I'm Sorry Ashe.
My Mother Then Kicked The Stool Away As Moments Passed And She Was…
Ashe(Petrified/Crying/Voice Cracking): Nooo, Momma! Please Come Back!
That's When My Father Bursted Back Through The Door With Blood Covering His Face, And All Over His Clothes…
He Had A Big Pouch With Food In It, And He Looked Up And Saw My Mother's Lifeless Corpse…
He Froze Up With His Eyes And Face Loosing All Color…
His Gaze Slowly Directed Toward Me Who Was Looking Up At Him With Tears Streaming Down My Eyes…
Ashe(Scared): Da-
Lee(Furious): This Is All You're Fault! You Little Bastard!!!
He Lunged At Me, I Managed To Scramble Away Right Before He Reached Me. He Relentlessly Attacked Me And Picked Me Up By My Neck…
Ashe(Choking): Da! Please Sto-
Lee(Furious): This Is All Because You Are So Weak!!!
He Threw Me Full Force Right Through A Wall As I Ended Up Outside…
I Tried To Crawl Away But He Grabbed My Leg, And Stabbed Me In My Eye…
To My Luck I Grabbed A Big Stick Laying Right Next To Me And Bashed It Into His Face…
He Dropped To The Ground In Pain As My Survival Instincts Kicked In, And For A Moment I Lost Myself…
Blinded By Rage As I Continued Bashing The Stick Into His Face, Blood Splashing Out And Onto My Face…
Even After He Died I Kept Going Until I Stopped Myself…
I Backed Away, Horrified At What I Had Done…
Ashe(Shaking): Oh My God, I- I Didn't!
Trauma And Fear Overwhelmed Me, Triggering A Primal And Feral Response…
My Mind Snapped As I Let Out A Guttural Scream, I Ran To The Big House And Viciously Killed All Of The Villagers Until It Began Raining Blood…
Soaked In Blood I Ate Every Piece Or Food I Found, And Suddenly I Sensed A Powerful Surge Of Energy…
I Went Into The Basement Of The House To Find Myself Inside A Pitch Black Room Where The Grimoire Was Floating In The Center Of The Room…
I Was Drawn In By The Power Residing Within The Grimoire And I Got Closer And Reached Out For It…
Suddenly, I Found Myself Inside Of The Grimoire And Dark Energy Enveloped Me. And Knowledge Of Forbidden Arts Flooded My Brain.
And After That Day, I Finally Grasped The Essence Of Sorcery…
And Learned What True Power Is!
To Be Continued In Chapter Fifty…