I've been gone for too long. Here's a thing


The Horrors still haunt me. My mind can only take so much...I've already had too much trauma for one day, I don't need more. My eye bleeds more then normal. A thick stream of pure Blackness runs down my cheek. Haradun can barely take it. The Horrors he has seen at childhood...They stalk his mind and prod at it. Constantly reminding him they are nothing to be forgotten. Try and try as he could, he can never forget. The moment he regrets so. Alister had barely finished packing before he heard screaming from Haradun's room. Dropping everything and rushing towards the door he feared the worst. Was his friend having another "phase" or worse? God he hope it was the former. Slamming the door open, he saw Haradun down on the floor, still screaming, moving in ways that could hurt himself, hands glued to his head. Alister rushed in. "HARA!" Alister yelled, begging for him to snap back into reality. "HARA, PLEASE SNAP OUT OF IT, REMEMBER I'M HERE!" Black was pouring out of Hara's left eye and onto the carpet staining it further, "HARA, THE HORROR IS GONE JUST PLEASE COME BACK TO NOW!" Hara was looking up into the bloody eyes of the Horror. Blood spilling onto Hara's face. He couldn't do anything but scream, as he was at the monster's mercy. Down on the ground on his back. Then the Mark was burned into Hara. A needle-like finger ran through Hara's left eye, but instead of bleeding blood, his eye fills with Black. Overflowing now. The cold liquid falls on his face, Hara jerks up into Alister. knock him down onto the ground"OH SHIT! ALISTER ARE YOU OKAY!?" Hara yells apologetically, stifled with tears."I am, more importantly are you!?" Hara stared at Alister. "I...I've been worse..." Hara said. "I should know." "Well I'm glad you're okay Hara, but damn you got me good." Alister said. "What did I do?" Hara asked, almost shamefully. "Well one you scared the soul out of me and two when you got back to reality you may have rammed your horns into my chest, and damn it hurt! But... don't worry I've taken worse." Alister said. "Sorry Ali...thank you for trying to help me."

"Its what friends do."

"Haha yeah...."

"If you don't mind me asking what was it this time?"

"*sigh*...The day I was Marked..."

"You never told me about that."

"And I don't plan too."

"I'm sorry' I was just curious."

"There are things I never want to be reminded about, that day is one of them, and besides aren't you supposed to get ready?"

"For wha- oh yeah you're right."

They both stood up and got back their respective chores, Alister gathering what he had ditched to help Hara, and he finished packing for the event. Hara looked in the mirror trying to forget the entire scene he had caused, and he was trying out new clothes as well. Too snazzy he thought on the coat. Too grey he thought on the tee-shirt. He pulled out another white tee but with an orange stripe running vertically on the right. "Well I mean...after I wear it for a bit it should look nice." Hara mumbled to himself. Alister on the other hand was still thinking about what had happened. Thought cluttered his mind. They were getting loud. "Hey Ali how does this look?" Hara hollered from his room. "Be right there Hara." This wasn't Alister's first time with Hara but this time Hara took longer to "wake up"....I don't know what's going on but it's probably best to not think to hard on this.

After the ordeal Ali and Hara were on the streets, walking towards an event taking place nearby. Ali didn't want to push it but his mind wouldn't let him.

"So..." Ali started, "I know I'm not really supposed to ask but how did you get here, to the city anyway."

"You aren't allowed to ask but, the first time you did I guess I just...wasn't ready I guess, so I'll tell you now...there's something you need to know first. Have heard of the Torn?"

"No not at all. "

"I didn't?!....huh well I'm one of them. Haha, the Torn are mostly known for their eye of course. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't forget me anytime now right?"

"I can see why they're well known."

"Actually we aren't, I'm pretty sure I'm probably the first Torn here In this city."

"Really, huh."

"Well, I mean like we are kind of a 'cornered' species. We are kinda trapped in The Gragani woods."

"And what do you mean by that?"

"Let's just say those Horrors patrol the land and it's pretty tough to get out."

"And that bring me to my question; how did you get out of the woods?"

"Let's start at the beginning first, *sigh* man this going to be hard....At childhood we get rumors, and most believe in them....I did....Our parents were Marked, they said and we thought it was a good thing. One day one of my friends got Marked....Most praised her but.... she was in pain, constantly....I got scared....I ran to my parents and begged them for answers. Eventually they did give me some....but what I got was far from what I expected....they explained the Marking and what she's going through, as they went through the same thing. They tried to comfort me. But I was too scared. Like most children we feared pain and other bad things, that's when I decided to run, I wanted out of the forest. My father had taught me some essential survival skills like trapping and stuff. So I set of in the night, I ran as far as I could, but...I late found out that Horrors didn't stalk the village I lived in, but instead territorial grounds, the edge was full of multiple Horrors. I spend five days in the woods running from the village, hoping to escape a fate brought on everyone in that little village. Once I saw a break in the tree line I immediately ran towards it. Glad to finally be out." Haradun could barely keep it together. His eyes welled with tears, his left eye still bleeding Black. "I was wrong. *sniffle* I was so close but, a Horror got me. I was Marked. It's tougher getting through a Marking alone, then at least with a friend. I was alone at a Marking. I was begging, for anyone, to help." Haradun was crying buckets at this point his voice beginning to waver and coursing him to start hacking. "I was so alone, *cough* I wanted the pain to stop. *sniffle* IT WAS PAINFUL ALI!" Alister came in to help Haradun. Comforting him. Putting Haradun's head into his chest. Ali apologized for putting him through so much pain. At this point both of them were crying. Hara down on his knees, crying into Alister's fur. Alister comforted Haradun almost as a motherly figure. Both eventually calmed and kept going. Alister urged Haradun to stop talking and forget. But Haradun continued anyway.

"After the Marking, I kept going. I had no other choice. If I turned back I risked running into another Horror, and if I did it would take me life. Once you get Marked that's like using your only second life. If you meet another Horror you won't make it out. I eventually found shelter and lived there for a bit."

"Then I found you."

"Yup, we were both still children

"Yeah I remember."

"You took me in with your mother, and for that I thank you, I'm glad you didn't get scared and just run off, despite a certain thing.

"I did get scared when I saw you for the first time, I just warmed up quickly."

"Wow Ali, way to lighten the mood."

"I know aren't I great!"

"Haha Ali....We're here."

"We sure are."

Alister and Hara both entered an abandoned building, then both started looking for a certain somebody.


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Welp that's that thanks for reading. I'm considering to ditch the previous storyline. I won't delete it. I'll just make it non-cannon. Welp guess I'll write when I write or find motivation. See ya next time.