she keeps smiling despite being on a sick bed if you consider it a bed,I mean a rugged old bed hole here and there
She smiles and says " you know Gray if you keep smiling the world will smile right back at you "
a young boy is seen, he look at her with an expression of distain, anger toward her word he yells;
Mom the world will never smile back no it is smiling, smiling at our situation we bearly have roof under our heads your are so sick you can't even walk by yourself, I have to do all sort of jobs just to put a meal on our table
and does in the empire enjoy all sort of meals yet , we people of the slum "people of the outer wall " suffer for a meal a day constantly attacked by rogue beast of the forest, everyday i leave the house i fear for our lives, I hate the empire, I hate this world, I hate it all
she look at him with her clear green eyes long white hair as it flows around in the wind , put her hand on his shoulder and says " Gray the world isn't smiling at our pain no every problem is a blessing in disguise, we may not have much...but we are at least a ... family "
he looks at her shrugs her hand of his shoulder and says; family you forget that, the monster you call a husband is the one who is responsible for your condition the constant beat he subjected you to is what lead to your condition am glad his dead
She shift close to him places her hand on his neck and says in a dying voice" don't ... say that about your ... father... he .... has ... his reason"
He removes her hand of his neck turns round and leaves the room in a fit of rage as he says ; what reason could he have had to do that to you, as his voice fade away
He walks in to a small room bearly the size of a carriage, he looks at the edge of the room and walks forward where he faces a broken piece of a mirror where a reflection of a pale skin, long white hair , deep crimson red eyes are seen he looks no older than fifteen at the peak of his youth scars on his face are seen, he shift his gaze to a small opening in the wall a make shift window, taking some fresh breeze as he gazes at the sky with stars around and three beautiful crimson moons then lays on his bed made from layered ragged old blanket and falls asleep .
The night passes and the rays of sunlight touches his pale skin waking him up, woken up he takes a glimpse of the mourning sun from the window before leaving the room to fresh up for his day, he passes his mom's room from the previous night ,but decided not to enter Gray walks outside as he picks a bucket close to the door, now visible far from his house he walks through the old wet street with pot hole were other slum dwellers are seen, kids in dirty old garment walk close to shout in joy visibly pleased to see him as they shout " GRAY GOOD MORNING", a girl with long blue hair and deep blue eyes bearly half his height seemingly the tallest and oldest among the other kids look at him with a stern face and stretch's out her hand, Gray grins a bit deep his hand into his pocket and bring out a coin with the number one engraved on one side and a face on the other, Gray give her the coin and she take the bucket minutes after the bucket is brought with water filler in it, Gray take the bucket back from her and walk back home take a bath and leave he passes his mom room again, but resist greetings her due last night fight
He walk out of the house, to a large store house were a fat short man dress in lavish attire with gold ring on all his finger, he grins showing is one golden tooth and says " kid you late "
Gray respond in apologies and says; Sorry sir never happen again sir
No it won't cause next you be fired NOW GET TO WORK, he said
Gray run to his work station were he his surrounded by loaded of boxes his job is to carry the load of boxes to a truck he is not to open it and Gray never did as he think to himself; curiosity gets one killed it something he is all to familiar with so he all way does as he is told ,hours passed and dawn was arriving, when suddenly a kid run toward Gray look panicked by the sudden appearance of grace the girl from before as she run toward him and says " GRAY Gray someone broke into you house ..."not allow the girl to finish Gray ran as fast as he can vivdly scared of his mom
He arrives at his house we the door seem to be opened without hesitation Gray dashed toward he mom room were he sees a man around his forties clothed in black suit with gray hair as he see his mom on the floor holding the man's leg scream as she cough blood on the ground "I WON'T LET YOU TAKE MY SON".