"its been awhile since we last talked Ezra" Grey mumbled "yes I has been what.... 3 years, but I've had to defend my position" he nodded but sighed "Want a drink" he raised a bottle of red wine, I nodded "So what have you been up to" he shrugged "office job" he poured our drinks and handed me one of the glasses, I took a sip of it "You know She died" he pointed his glass at the last picture I had taken with anyone, there was me, grey and Quin "When?" he sat down, setting his glass down "Sit down" the world was swirling, I tried to sit down but missed the chair completely "You know she blamed you Ezra, you took what she cared about" I tried to get up by grabbing onto the chair but he kicked it towards the fire "You killed her brother and yet you cant even say anything in your defense, if you could even defended yourself I was going to give you this" he held up a small vile "the cure" he threw it towards the fire, when it landed it sparked outwards and lit the Chair on fire "you want to know something Ezra" he chuckled "i thought i would regret this a little more" he stuck his hand to his face and slicked back his hair again "i considered you a brother".
my voice was horse "When DID SHE die" he sat down "Shortly after you joined the MPI, you know after you murdered her brother in that tournament" i got into a knealing position "you have about 25 second before you should be dead, also thank you buddies at the MPI for the poison, specially made for you" my hands were shaky and so were my legs, but i stood up and grabbed a fire poker, so fast that grey didn't have to much time to react, but i hit something that wasn't flesh "Really Ezra trying to kill your old pal Grey" i had put all my energy into that "Honestly impressive you lasted 30 seconds longer then you should have" the fire was spreading uncontrollably "Well Ezra nice catching up with you, and i do at least have to thank you for this idea" he pulled out a small metallic object, i could barely lift my head blood was pouring out my mouth and i knew i had so little time left "Well since you cant respond, this is a shield generator powered by magic" the world was fadeing to black, i guess i took the wrong path, all i looked for was validation from people never thinking about the consequences, Ezra had left and smoke had covered the floor and i couldn't breath in any fresh air.
Then i was breathing again but it felt too hard to breath, i looked around i was in a dark room, i tried talking but all that came out was a cry of sorts, i was a baby again, the effort from just looking made me tired and i was asleep again, when i woke up again i was in the sunlight, there wasn't much i could remember for the next 3 years beyond the fact that Josh and his mother hated me because i wasn't from her same dad different mom, and i was hated for it, i lived under the cellar stairs which caused me to get sick quite often since i was only 3, but i could walk so i was now able actually to get some sunlight and you know live, i already awakened my mana core but my family didn't know at all since they didn't care to check on me, of course i didn't know any spells or anything but still it was more then what josh had.
2 years later
we were moving to a different town and were stopped near the woods for the day and Josh was currently chasing me through the woods something he loved to do, because he would beat me with a stick when he finally caught up.
we got back to the carriage and they gave us bread, of course, i got the smaller piece when they went to bed i read with the faint glow of the fire illuminating the pages, it wasn't English but i could understand it as if it was.
i had went to sleep. it was the next day i had been left, betrayed once again just this time by my family, i hadn't memorized the route we were taking so i aimlessly wandered the forest hoping to find something before starving to death, i had probably 2 weeks actually more likely 1 since there was little to no fat on my body so 1 before my muscles gave up and 2 before i died to starvation.
But i didn't know jack shit about surviving in the wild since i had intence battle training but not survival, i guess i was set up for failure in the end, i was following the road since it had to lead to a town, Right eventually?
while traveling the road i heard all types of screeches from the creatures in the woods, so i certainly wasn't going to be entering the forest anytime soon not by choice at least, it was about midday before someone passed by, they gave me an apple but didn't take me with them since they had a full cart but they did tell me that if i continued forward for a long time i would eventually get to Carne village.
but in the end they also left a poor defenseless kid in the wild so i guess they were really fucked up people.
I had barely covered any ground and the sun was setting and the Growls from the woods were getting louder and louder with every passing minute, and every passing minute made it to darker and darker, until it was near pitch black, i tried staying on the road but at some point i must of strayed because i walked into a tree, and then i heard a twig snap and a pair of eyes in the dark and then growling, i started running as fast as these 5 year old legs would allow me to i was constantly checking over my shoulders to see if it was still chasing me, my hear pounded in fear, if I was in my old body and creature in this forest would haven been childs play but I wasn't and to add to it the wolf actually seemed to be more so jogging then actually running.
and then my spine tingled as i fell down, but i didn't stop falling, as i fliped i saw that i had fallen off of a cliff