I look around at my surroundings and found myself in the park. I walk towards the swings and noticed that someone was already there. "Hello." I said. The boy on the swing looked up startled. It looked as if he had been crying. His brown hair was slightly messy and his eyes were red. I hesitated then walked toward the swing next to him. As I sat down his body flinched and tried to edge away from me. I felt a slight sting from his cold reaction. As he tried to swing sideways away, gravity brought him back and bumped into me. He flinched again but more violently and fell off of the swing. I heard him sniffle and stifled a giggle. I hopped off of my swing and bent down next to him. "Hey." I said poking him. He twitched at the physical contact. "Are you okay?" I asked ignoring his reaction and poked him again. He was suddenly standing up and began swinging his arms at me. "Get away from me! Don't touch me!" He screamed. He stumbled and one of his arms hit me hard on the cheek. I fell to the ground and lay there for a few seconds dazed then my cheek began stinging. "Ow!" I yelped and felt warm tears running down my face. I lay there still crying at the pain on my cheek then I felt an arm around my waist as I was lifted from the ground. I looked up and noticed that it was the boy who hit me. "Are you okay?" He asked me as he took one of his hands and held it gently against my cheek. I was confused. He was so cold earlier, what made him change? Then I remembered that he was crying earlier. I stood up and hugged him. He froze at my sudden action. "Do you feel better now?" I asked him. He realized that I was talking about his tears and nodded. "I'm sorry for hitting you earlier. My name is Machi." He told me. I smiled at him and shook his hand. "My name is Motoko." I replied. "Why were you crying?" I asked him. He looked away as I brought up the subject. He walked to the swings and sat down. I followed him and sat next to him. "My parents think I'm a disgrace to our family and told me to leave." He explained to me. I stared at him in disbelief then shook my head. How could any parent do that? Especially to a 6-year-old. "I think they'll come and look for you." I told him. "No parent would say that to their child. They definentally love you, Machi." I smiled at him and assured him. Then there was a bright light surrounding us both. "Wow! You were right, Motoko! I guess I have to go now, bye!" He said getting up from the swing. I waved but stopped when I saw him running back to me. "I forgot to tell you but the next time we meet, I promise I'll protect you from danger." He told me and touched my cheek. Then he moved his handand kissed me quickly on the cheek. He ran towards the middle of the park and in a flash, was gone. I blinked in surprise and blushed at his action. I opened my eyes to my bedroom ceiling. I slowly got up and rubbed my eyes. I touched my cheek then shrugged. "What a weird dream..." I mumbled.
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Tell me what you thought of the first chapter. xd
 ShaiMouse · Fri Jul 11, 2008 @ 08:00am · 1 Comments |
