My eyes open. I look around and see a burnt down house. My eyes narrow as I wonder what happened here. I walk around and try to figure out where I am. It’s definitely not home, anyways I hope it’s not.
I step over a cracked floor board then look down at a burnt stack of paper. I squat down and look through them. My eyes glue to the date that reads “2035” My body begins shaking. How am I in the future? Is this what our future looks like?
I look up as I hear tiles on gravel. I stand up and walk over to a hole burnt into the wall. The town outside is almost unfamiliar to me. The road is broken up into a million pieces. Most of the trees are burnt down, there’s smoke in the air much like when Reaper died in my timeline.
“Hey! You can’t be in there!” A low voice shouts from outside.
I look over and see a soldier, “Where am I?”
He growls, “What are you dumb? You’re in Sidus, dumbie, now get out.”
I slowly walk out of the house. This is Sidus? I frown at the gloomy town. What happened to it?
I look around as I walk onto the street. There’s not many people around but the ones I see aren’t familiar. They look scared and paranoid like someone’s gonna jump out the corner and kill them.
One of the guards stopped me, “Hey! If you’re new here, you should head to the Fury.”
I stare at him and nod, “That’s on Pointridge st?”
He nods, “Just up ahead from here, they can inform you of everything that’s going on, and get you a home.”
I nod and start jogging towards it. Maybe I’ll even see some people I know. I wonder if Marcy’s here.
As I enter the building, I realize how many people are here. Some people look familiar but no one that’ll recognize me. Another guard walks over to me, I smile at his face, Jefferson.
He stares at his clipboard, “Name?”
I look down, Should I say it? I don’t see what could be wrong. Wait- what if I’m a villain here?! What if they try to kill me!? Okay okay, new name..
I look around, “Um.. A-Andrew..?”
Your brother’s name? Really!?
Jefferson nods, “Last name? Age? Where are you coming from? What are your intentions here?”
I put my head back, That’s a lot of questions, they must have been under attack or something.
I cleared my throat, “Sedrick, I came from SolisHold, and I just wanted to see what was going on, I saw the smoke.”
Jefferson sighs, “Another person from SolisHold? Tell me something Sedrick, why do your people think they can save everyone?”
I shrug, “I-I don’t know, sir.” I laugh a little
He steps aside to let me through. He didn’t see my face but that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t be careful. Of all people, it’ll definitely be Jefferson who’d rat me out.
I walk down the hall that I know leads to the arena. The guards push the doors open, I walk in and see a crowded room. They removed the rows of chairs and the stage. There’s a couple of tables with clothes and blankets on them.
Someone walks over to me, “Name?”
I clear my throat, “A-Andrew Sedrick..” I glance behind me, “That guard let me in”
She nods, “Okay, go down with the others, we’ll get you someone to stay.”
I nod and walk down the stairs. People stare at me as I walk down the stairs. I quickly walk over to one of the tables and grab one of the cloaks. I put it on and lift my hood. I must be some sort of villain here..
I look over by where the stage once stood. I see Carrie Collins talking to Haley Collins. I narrow my brows and walk a little closer until I hear them.
“We can’t let our suspicions get the best of us, we should wait until the group comes back, they can decide what we do with him” Carrie Whispers.
I squint, Do they know who I am? Did Jefferson actually recognize me? Are they gonna kill me?
“They’re not gonna return till tomorrow, We don’t even know where they went” Haley replies hushedly.
I wonder who the group is..
Carrie nods, “We’ll just have to wait, just ignore him for now, okay?”
Haley nods then walks to a crowd of people. I walk to the door that leads backstage. Not a lot of people are in here.
At least I know this building like the back of my hand.
I walk over to the back door and walk outside. I need to get out of here.. How do I get out? I don’t even know how I got in.
I begin running towards the woods. I stop to pant as I reach one of the meadows. I narrow my brows as I see a blonde boy sitting on one of the fallen logs.
I go to walk over then stop as someone runs over. It’s Jefferson.
“They want you back at the Fury, They found suspicions on one of the new arrivals” Jefferson explains.
The blonde stands. He’s wearing a gray collared tank top with black pants. His forearms are completely covered with black fingerless gloves. He looks.. Different. I squinted at his right shoulder, He has a tattoo.. Feathers, it looks like a wing of some sort. And under that one is a phoenix.. Like me.
“Suspicions? What do you mean?” He asks while grabbing something from the log.
I look at his hand and see him holding a black mask. A mask? Why would he ever need a mask?
Jefferson shakes his head, “I don’t know, just come, the others are coming too.”
Jefferson begins walking back to the Fury. I stare at the blonde boy. Something about him feels familiar to me. Part of me wonders if he’s my cousin Crew, or maybe my friend James. This boy is too short to be James, and he’s still hidden to be Crew, not even to mention Crew has blue tips now.
The boy walks over to the log and grabs a bow n’ arrow and then everything lines up in my head.
I step forward, “Dan?”
He lifts his head then looks over his shoulder. My eyes widen as he meets my eyes. I stare at him, his eyes get glossy the more he stares at me.
“Dan! You coming or what!?” I hear a female voice.
Dan turns to the voice. I run away before he can see me again. I can’t believe that was Dan. He looked so.. Guarded. Like he was hiding from someone.
I trip over a root and tumble down a hill before I fall into a crater. The last thing I hear is the whistle of a bird.. A robin.
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