Burning Memories... Part 1
(Tod’s plan has been put in motion, it’s time you see what happened to Troy, I mean, it’s not like he can object to this...)
Nightmare...Yet Another Nightmare...I had jolted awake, trembling, on the brink of tears, cold sweat, yeah that didn’t help the trembling.I felt my skin begin to crawl as I remembered what exactly that nightmare was...It was worrisome on how frequent these were becoming.Trey had told me it was from stress, so much work would have negative effects.But Travis and Momma, oh quite the oppisite...Momma had told me that dreams shouldn’t be forgotten, saying they have meaning to them, Travis had said something similair...But, that they are visions of the past and future...That nightmare...Fire, never ending fire, screaming, crying, I felt like something had crushed my legs-I quickly shot out of bed, if i was to continue to remember the hell I dreamed about, I think I’d knock myself completely sick...I looked outside as I began to change, god...It was already afternoon...
After getting changed and quickly throwing on that hat of mine, I rushed out of my room.Before the stress of failing, and the amount of work could drown me in it’s sea of worry, my thoughts were interuppted as I heared Momma humming from the kitchen, while I hopped down the stairs, nice game to start of the day... Well..Afternoon..
The moment I had walked into the living room, I immediately stopped in my tracks, freezing in place as my eyes landed on a small creature, which was in the middle of the room...A grin appeared on my face as I began to slowly approach it, trying to sound as brave as possible.
“We meet again, foul creature, do not think you’ll win like last time!”
Staring, ever since I had entered this room, that’s all this creature had done, just stared...I grinned once more and rushed towards it, quickly lifting it up and I began to spin around with it.What erupted from the beast’s mouth was... Laughing and giggling, I couldn’t help, but laugh aswell, as I gently held my baby sister, Iris, in my arms, cradling her. I smiled at her as she looked up at me, reaching out her little arms to touch me.
“Yes Iris, I feel just fine, it’s lovely to see you too!”
She giggled as I kissed her forehead, her little pink eyes glowing slightly. There was always something about her that I found special, she was tough, strong, smart, even the village leader Oaklee had told us, Iris magic would be something to see, it excited me.I couldn’t wait to show her wonderful, and how amazing magic could be..I froze slightly as I heared Momma’s voice break my thoughts, it’s soft tone, and gentle smile that went with it made me smile.
“Troy? Was that you gettin Iris all excited, just before her lunch? Oh Troy, how on earth could you, it took me ages to calm her down!”
She gave a warm smile, clearly what she just said was a joke, but I still couldn’t help the slightest bit of guilt sink into me..I carefully walked up to her and gently passed Iris to her, as she began to mumble and whine, I looked away, it honestly hurt me to listen to those noises...Once Momma had Iris safely in her arms once again, she headed back into the kitchen, her enchanting humming starting once more.I paused, my thoughts rising, what was missing.Yes I had my little sister, but my two brothers...Where are they!? It was almost like Momma had read my mind, she spoke with such softness..
“Troy, I forgot to mention, Travis and Trey are out, I asked them to pick up a few things for me!”
All I could remember after that sentence, was how she said that she was hoping we could all bake today..Just a little activity, as a family...But I had froze up, my heart stopped for a split second, I forgot...Today was the day...Lying was never a good thing, it was never something I was good at, but I was about to do so, right to my own mother...I slowly approached her and gently tugged on her dress slightly to get her attention, my voice going quiet..
“Actually, I-I was hoping to go see Julie and Paul, they need help with work, and I want to help them!”
“Aww,my sweet baby boy, well, you’re more then welcome to, just please be back before sunset-”
And just like that, I had already left the house, jumping down the steps and smiling slightly.Yes I could of atleast said thank you, but fear consumed me, fearing she’d figure out what I was planning to do, it’s just something Mom’s do. Oh what was this plan? Nothin much, lying to my own mother to go and see friends, but in reality, going into the woods, which our Momma had forbidden us to enter...Yes this was, insane?Stupid? Idiotic? Oh, surely one of those things, but I needed to do this... The ingredients were something I needed, it would keep Ashton away from me for a bit...
My walking had suddenly stopped as a thought had entered my mind, more like an order, a demand...I began to roll up my sleeves, I just needed to check, needed to prove if this was honestly happening, through out these past years, did this all honestly happened...I flinched as my eyes went up and down my arms, both of them were full of never leaving scars and horrible bruises.. Ashton was getting stronger when it came to...This...Last time got really bad, I felt my whole body freeze, my blood running could...Would...Would he actually.. Kill me?...
My thoughts were quickly shattered as I felt someone grab me and lift me up, making me yell in complete fear, till...I saw who exactly this person was...
“Afternoon, Little Brother~!!”
And just like that, no second later, Trey had put me into a headlock and began to ruffle the hell out of my hair.My eyes darted around to find a quick escape, they landed on Travis, who was infront of us.I began to pleaded to my only hope here, who was clearly a damn witness to this murder, to help me out!
“Sorry Troy, but you’ve won this battle,if you refuse to surrender, then I shall send you to the pillow prison once we get home!!”
...Just a moments silence, till all of out laughter broke it,Trey let go of me and I chuckled slighly still thinking of what just happened.Travis looked at me and smiled.
“Guessin Mom told you about us goin out for a bit, we won’t be long, we’d be home by now if Trey would stop messin about and take actual shortcuts that work!”
“I wasn’t messin-ugh! come on!”
Trey rushed up the steps, Travis staying by my side, as I looked at him, I froze slightly, seeing his bright smile slowly fade..It kinda scared me, confused me more really, I jumped as Travis quickly turned and looked at me in the eye, my shaking starting slightly.The mood of playful nature, turning into serious, it took me off guard, I flinched as I heared Travis speak..
“Troy...I..I have a feelin your plannin somethin, and I know full well I won’t be able to talk you out of it, but I’ll try anyways...I had that feeling today,something bad is going to happen...So...I need you to go back home and stay with mom, we can spend time together, just you,me,Trey,Iris and mom, as a family! Plus, all this work, I think it’s time to take a break, come on, just for today... Come back to us...”
I quickly looked away, shaking slightly...I slowly..Shaked my head in responce, I winced as I heared Travis sigh, he gave me one more look, before walking up the steps...I ran in the oppisite direction, guilt, sadness, and fear consuming me as my eyes glowed, I felt wrong, so wrong doing this to them, but I needed to, nothing was going to stop me from doing this, call me stubborn if you’d like... This decision, would it be something I’d regret for the rest of my life...? Definetely...