Chapter 11 - Cursed Child

What were all these useless messages appearing in front of me? I didn't have time to look at them and dismissed them as soon as possible.

I went over to where Amy was lying on the ground. I checked to see if there were any noticeable wounds. Thankfully it looked like Amy hadn't been hurt that bad and had just passed out. I picked her up and put her on my back, I looked around at the other three boys. Gary was still knocked out under the tree. While the other two, I wasn't too sure about their condition.

I only had the strength to carry one more person. If a person was to be left out here on their own, then there was a high chance that a beast would come and feast on you. I had to make a choice about who else to bring with me. I walked over to Gary under the tree.

Even though the two of us had fought with each other, I saw that he risked his life to protect Amy. The other two boys were strangers to me. I picked up Gary and held him in my arms while Amy was on my back.

Walking out of the forest was slow, even though it felt like I had more strength than usual carrying two bodies was hard work. I don't know how long I walked for but my vision was beginning to fade. I kept fighting myself to stay awake.

I had finally exited the forest and entered the village when I could hear someone's voice.

"There some kids over here"

"It looks like they came from the direction of the forest."

"It must be the missing kids, call their parents quickly!"

The whole village had come quickly to see what was happening, the parents from earlier had come over as well. I put Gary and Amy down gently on the ground.

"Please check if they're okay" I tried standing up and walking off but quickly fell to the floor. All I could hear were the sounds of voices.

"What happened here?"

"I don't know he came carrying both of them from the direction of the forest."

"What about Bob and Kyle"

"I'm sorry, he was only carrying these two."

Although I couldn't see clearly who it was a woman started to come towards me. She lifted me off the ground holding me by my collar.

"Where are Bob and Kyle?" She cried.

I wanted to reply, but I was too tired I couldn't move any part of my body.

Suddenly she slapped me across the face.

"You cursed child, this all your fault where are my children"

I couldn't believe what was happening it was obvious where her children where. This women was two scared to go into the forest to find them and was taking it out on me.

Other people started to back up the women.

"Tell her where they are?"

"He was properly the one who took them into the forest"

"The curse is true, look at what happened to these children that were around him"

The women began to slap me repeatedly in the face. Every time I thought I was going to pass out she would slap me again asking where her children were.

I managed to use the last of my strength to get out a few words.

"In... the... forest," I said in a weak voice.

The women had stopped holding me at this point and I had fallen to the ground.

"You just left them in there!" She shouted.

The people around started to complain with words of abuse at me.

"How could he be so heartless"

"They'll be left for the beast's if they stay in there"

"their only children"

Had they forgotten that I myself was a child, or the fact that I had red hair just made them forget that. They already thought of me as a monster and not a child. The truth is these humans were worse then the beast they were so afraid of. They were the real monsters.

The women went and grabbed a nearby wooden plank. She started walking towards me again.

I could tell her intentions. This was not good, she was going to hit me with it. Is this how my life ends. I made another promise to myself that if I got a third chance I would have my revenge tenfold.

The women began to swing the wooden plank towards my face. before it could reach, the plank had been cut cleanly in half, making the plank miss. I looked towards the person standing in front of me. I saw a small boy with curly blonde hair. It was Gary.

My vision went to black and I passed out.

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Just a few moments ago Gary had woken up. He couldn't believe his eyes when he saw that he was still alive with his sister next to him. How did he survive the wolf attack. The last thing he remembered was getting hit by it.

He looked up and could see the village had crowded around Ray. He asked his parents who were standing behind him holding him and his sister.

"What's going on how did I get out of the forest?"

"When we came here, Ray was carrying you and Amy, we can't believe he would force you kids go in there," His mother said.

"He must have been bullying you kids, why didn't you say anything to us Gary" His father agreed.

His parents had already taken what the other villagers had said as truth. In their mind the words they had said made sense.

But Gary knew they were wrong, it was his idea to go into the forest and hunt beasts. The only explanation he had for this situation was that Ray must have saved them.

He saw that Ray was badly injured with the claw marks across his chest, in Gary's head in just confirmed his thought even more. Why was everyone attacking their saviour? Gary quickly moved away from his parents and unsheathed his sword. As the wooden plank was coming down he made a clean cut right in the middle making the plank miss Ray and hit the floor.

"I will not let anyone harm me and my sister's saviour" Gary shouted.