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A cascade of flame. A terrible violent shaking. Frantic sobs and fearful cries pouring into his delicate ears. A warm wet sensation on his forehead, and a squeezing sensation, before a sudden silence. His own cries fill the suffocating space as the shaking stops and isolation sets in. His mind astir with as of yet unformed notions, until at last, exhaustion takes me too.
He wakes with a start as the alarm blares in his ear. Cold sweat covers his skin as his shaky breathing tries to come under control. The same dream that has been haunting his entire life once again torments his nights. For some time they had lessened, but now they were back in full force, but even worse. Silencing the alarm he stands and shake the dreams after effects from his mind, before heading to the bathroom. Wetting a rag he wipes the sweat from his pale skin, and takes care of the rest of his morning needs. Sighing deeply I prepare for another day of school.
“Alex! Are you awake and ready?” His mother calls to me from the kitchen. “Alex!?”
“Yeah ma! I'm on my way!” He smiles a bit thinking of her cooking breakfast. His stomach growls eagerly in response. One things those dreams were good for was a good appetite he thought with a laugh. He finishes dressing as quickly as he can manage and rushes to the table.
“There you are!” Mother smiles as he sit down at the table. “I was thinking I'd have to march a herd of gattlie through your room to wake you up.” A light and airy chuckle escapes her muzzle. Alex couldn't help but laugh as well. No matter how bad the dreams got he could always count on his mother's good-natured and cheerful attitude to make him feel better.
Alex was adopted, and more than a little different from everyone. Alex lacked the fur and features of the people around him. He was hairless except for his head, and other certain parts of his body, whereas everyone else was covered in hair. His face was much more flat than the rest, and they all had long muzzles. Their ears were more positioned to the top of their head, and his sat on the side, and his legs were also much different. He was the sole person who looked this way, yet despite all that his mother, and father treated him as normally as anyone else. He would always be thankful for that, and there was only on other whom treated the same as his parent.
A plate full of food was placed in front of him pulling him from his thoughts. “Here eat up before you have to go to school,” She tells him with a smile, and a lick on the cheek, “you said you have to be in early today so you better get a move on.”
“Oh crud I forgot!” Alex began to eat like he was a starving man as he remembered the field trip.
“Where is it you going again?”
He choked on his food slightly as he remembered he had lied about the destination to his parents. “Oh... uh just to the museum!” He quickly reinforced the lie he had rehearsed. If his father didn't work early he would have seen the deception in Alex's eyes, and it was just by luck his mother had her back turned. It had been hard enough to trick them into signing the permission slip.
“That's nice. I'm sure you'll learn a lot.” She replied in her same cheerful tone.Alex felt awful for lying to his parents, but he couldn't tell them the truth. They would never let him go if they knew the true destination of the field trip.
Quickly finishing his food he dashed out of the house grabbing his backpack on the way out, “Love you mom see you after school!”
Surprised she called out after him as he ran. “Love you too honey!”
He had dodged a bullet there. Now he was free and clear. The guilt faded from his mind as he saw his one friend standing at the bus stop waiting for him. Narek was his name. He was as kind as his mother and father, but was able to provide one thing they couldn't, companionship. Narek had saved him in school from bullies. They would often beat on, and degrade Alex by calling him a hairless freak, and more unsavory terms, but one day Narek stepped in and saved him. They had been best friends ever since.
“ALEX!” He called out.
“HEY!” Alex ran to him faster. Out of breath he finally reached his dear friend.
“Mornin' buddy. You ready for the trip today?”
“Yeah I am! Haven't been this excited in awhile!” Alex beamed breathlessly.
“And your parents are coll with it?”
“Ah well... sure they are.” He blushes at the lie.
Narek eyes him suspiciously.”Uh-huh..”
“Okay fine they don't know..” He admits.
“Thought so.” Narek shakes his head. “Well to late now, but you are dealing with the consequences on your own.” He says laughing.
“Yeah, yeah I know.” Alex chuckles. “IF they find out that is.”
“Parents always do Alex.”
They spend the rest of their time talking about TV shows, video games, and girls as they wait, and on the ride to school. As always Alex gets odd looks, but as long as he's with Narek they are easy to ignore. After arriving to school roll is called, and they are transitioned to another bus for their class. They chat as the time and lush green scenery rolls by. The bus travels deeper into the forest surround ing their small town to it's destination. The destination he had hidden from his adoptive parents. He wasn't sure why they had forbidden him anyway, but they had, and he wanted to see this place. Felt he must. Eventually the bus comes to a slow stop. The chatter of all the other students begin to die down as the teacher stands and instructs them to step off the bus in an orderly fashion.
“Finally here!” Alex says lowly.
Narek give him an a strange look. “You really wanted to com see this place huh?”
Blushing Alex nods. “Yeah.” The anticipation had been building up within him since he learned of the trip. He grew uncharacteristically silent. Narek giving him looks of concern. Alex's mind was blank, but focused. Something was here he needed to see and he knew it.
The teacher led them along the cleared path to their objective. With every step Alex felt even more anxious, and his silence grew to be almost palpable. Narek only grew more concerned for his friend with the blank expression, and laser focused eyes, but he kept his silence. Despite the beautiful scenery that everyone else was admiring, Alex saw none of it. He couldn't stop the wondering what was calling him to this place. He was distantly aware of his friend's worry, but couldn't seem to spare the faculties to allay Narek's concerns. The path widened before him, and a last he saw what he came for.
It was wreckage of some kind of ship that fell from the sky, or so it was said. Several graves were dug before the mangled steel structure. Each were marked with the date they were found, and had strange items upon them. The date looked so familiar. After a few moments it hit him. The date on the grave markers were the same as his birth date! It had to be a coincidence. He stepped forward to one of the graves reaching out for something that appeared to be a necklace of some sort.
“ALEX!” A teacher yelled out to him. “Not touching anything.” The students laughed and Alex blushed in embarrassment. He stepped back a ways.
“Alex you okay man?” Narek asked concernedly.
“Yeah I'm fine. Don't worry.” He said summoning a weak smile. “Go ahead and keep checking it out.” Narek patted Alex's Shoulder and nodded and continued to check out the wreckage.
Once everyone’s attention was off of him he sneaked into the woods. He had to get a closer look at what was here. He HAD to. So he waited. He noticed Narek looking for him, and he felt bad, but he had to do this. The teacher assured his friend that maybe he had just gone back to the bus early since he had gotten embarrassed earlier. He seemed to accept this, and left with all the other kids, and teacher when they went back to the bus. As soon as it was clear Alex returned to the clearing.
His heart fluttered as he approached the grave stone once more. He had no idea why, but his body felt strange. Like the entirety of his being was rearranging itself. Slowly with hands shaking he reached out to the necklace once more. At last it was in his fingers. Slightly rusted the texture of the metal was rough. Taking it from the gravestone entirely he ran the chain through his fingers, and focused on the pendant part. He didn't recognize the shape. It was like an arrow with two of the points rounded on one end, and making an inverted point in the middle facing the same was as the bottom point. On the side was a small protrusion. Pressing it the pendant pops open. Alex gasps nearly dropping the necklace in surprise. Inside were images. Images of people like him! Three of them to be exact. Two tall ones. One with long hair, one with short, and a very small one.
The dream rushes back to him. These two people were holding him. He was the small one! These were his real parents! He was in this sky ship! The chaos of it all returned to him. The missing parts of the dream, his memories, began to fill in the blanks. He was far to young to know what was happening, but he remembered. The fire and shaking was the ship plummeting from the sky. The cries were his parents and the others on it. The warm wetness and squeeze: a final kiss, and hug from his parents. Then the silence as the placed him in something. The something that saved his life. Water had welled in his eyes without even realizing. That baby's sobs became his own right then and there. He fell to his knees as tears poured from him. The salty sting of them in his eyes cause all to blur before him. He crawls forward and clutches the grave stone unintelligibly sobbing.
“ALEX!” A familiar voice calls out. He barely hears it above the cacophony of sound pouring from him. Turning he see's the wobbly shape of Narek rushing towards him. “What's wrong!?” Alex couldn't form words. He just dropped the necklace for Narek to see. Narek was blown away by the images inside, but rather than be taken aback he clutched his friend in a strong embrace. “Alex it will be okay.” He repeated over and over again to his distraught friend until, at long last, Alex had emotionally, and physically drained himself.
“Why did you come back?” Alex questioned weakly. His voice straining from the crying.
“You weren't at the bus,and you were acting strange... I had to find you and make sure you were okay.” Narek smiles. “I asked the teacher if I could come back, and look for you. At first she said no, but I said I wasn't leaving until we found you. She got frustrated, and called my parents who said they'd come get me, and everyone else left.” He sat down in front of Alex who was now leaning against the gravestone nearly asleep from exhaustion. “Get some rest buddy. My parents will take you home.”
“Thanks Narek...” Alex's eyes closed, and a look of peace passed over him. For the first time he slept without being wracked with the images of his infant-hood.
“You are welcome Alex.” Narek watches over his sleeping friend fingering the pendant, and then tucking it into one of Alex's pockets.