From the author: Hey everyone. I hope everyone is doing alright. I deeply apologize for not writing more and faster. Due to school, personal things, and major writer's block, I just could not do it. But with the help from my new computer I hope to get typing sooner! For this entry, I decided to correct my mistakes. Please enjoy the edited version of The Fallen.
All characters are 18 or over.
The Fallen: Hell's Keep
The rain continued to pour down heavy on the town. It's been like that for days now, in September. A teenage boy sat in class looking out the window. He sighed. "Hey, Seiji!" A girl with long blonde hair that curled, yelled at the boy.
"What now Akira?" He said with an annoyed tone. Akira was known as a self-centered, succubus she took pride in making everyone at the high school miserable. Only because her family were wealthy and were succubus and incubus, making them a higher rank in species.
"You're so boring, Seiji!" She spun around on her heels, and walked out of the classroom, also making the effort to put an extra swing to her hips. The black haired boy sighed in relief. So far ignoring Akira's advances on him were working. Why would she want a wolf like him? He wasn't all that special. He had black wolf ears protruding from his crop of wild black hair. His face lost his soft boyish features and made him appear slightly older than his age. Emerald forest green eyes were set perfectly on his face, and surrounded by spikey black lashes. Seiji was tall and lean and muscular. As a wolf shifter, he had a long black furred tail also. In his world he was normal, though the wolf blood line was near to ending.
The school's bell rang signaling the end of school. Seiji got up and left, ignoring the other students. Grabbing his umbrella from his bag he headed home through the rain. Seiji hated the rain, he wished the sun would come back out so he could try out for the school's track team. He sighed happily lost in thought. He simply loved to run. His inner wolf loved the trill of it and winning races. Walking home was never a bother to Seiji, it was a long way from the high school to the farm on the edge of town by the forest.
Walking close to the forest, a small sound could be heard. "Hello? Who's there?!" He shouted but heard no answer. Using his sharp sense of smell, whatever it was it smelled amazing. Seiji walked closer to the trees and looked around. On the ground laid a small pale body, with long white hair. "Are you alive?" The person didn't answer, they appeared to be unconscious.
Seiji looked over the person's body, whoever it was covered in mud and leaves from the forest floor. Apart from the musky scent of the forest the person smelled heavenly. A female? He thought to himself. They had a soft angelic face with long white eyelashes, and pale porcelain skin. "How did a pretty girl end up here..." Looking further down the small, thin body he noticed they were naked, as any boy would do, he looked the person's loins. Seiji blushed red and looked away. A male. He thought, embarrassed by his mistake.
The wolf boy took his coat off and wrapped it around the small pale body. Home isn't far maybe Saki can help. He picked the small boy and carried him home.
Seiji hurried toward the farm, carrying his precious cargo. He tried to keep most of the rain off the white haired boy who remained motionless in his arms. Only a few yards away the farm came into view.
Several patches of fields dotted the area, where they grew crops and herbs. A large red barn stood right of a two story white house with a porch in the front. "Home", he thought, "I hope we're not too late."
Climbing up the steps of the porch, the front door opened. A small girl with short chestnut brown hair and the same green eyes as Seiji, stood in the doorway. Her expression changed from anger to concern when she saw the body in her brother's arms. She stepped back into the house and disappeared into one of the rooms.
Seiji carefully walked up the steps to the second story of the house, going into one of the guest rooms they had, he laid the boy on the bed. Saki appeared by the bed with a medical kit in hand. She had many talents and was a great healer, Seiji prayed that his little sister could help the poor boy. "You've got a lot of explaining to do bro. But it can wait." She brushed a strand of wet hair from the boy's face. "You should go and let me handle this." Saki continued to check over the boy as Seiji left the room. He silently prayed he would be alright. He could still remember that heavenly scent.
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Seiji woke up to the sound of nothing, just silence. Pushing the sheets back, he climbed out of bed and glanced at the window on the other side of the room. The sun was out and shining brightly. He smiled to himself and his black furred tail wagged a bit.
Dressed in only a t-shirt and boxers he left his room. He could hear the sounds of Saki messing around in the kitchen, and smell the food she was cooking and also the scent of the strange boy from last night.
The guest room was right across from his. Knocking first, he went inside. The room looked the same as always, a dresser to the left of the door and a night stand on the left wall with a chair beside it. A queen sized bed straight ahead with a window behind it, the blue curtains closed. A closer look the small boy laid in the bed. He no longer was covered in mud from the forest like when Seiji had found him. His long snow white hair looked silky to him and his porcelain skin seemed untouched. Saki had dressed him a pair of old pale grey pajamas. He smiled feel the urge to touch him to see if this was a dream.
The boy began to stir, his eyes opening slowly to reveal two sky blue eyes. Seeing Seiji, he smiled a bit. "Where am I?" He attempted to sit up, Seiji helped him carefully.
"You're at my house. I found you on the side of the road." Seiji grabbed the chair and sat beside the boy. "I'm Seiji the Wolf. And you are?"
The boy looked confused. "Who am I?" He paused, looking around the room and to Seiji. "I don't know... I can't remember." His voice faltered.
Seiji scratched his head. "Do you remember how you ended up there last night?" The white haired boy shook his head, tears started to form in his eyes. He felt bad for the boy, he seemed so innocent. "Well how about we give you a name? At least until we find out who you are." The boy smiled big at this.
The bedroom door opened and Saki walked in with a tray of food. She wore a red and white shirt, with blue jean shorts and a pink apron. Saki smiled. "Hungry?" She placed the tray over the boy's lap and handed Seiji a plate with an omelet on it. She sat on the edge of the bed. "So what's going on?" Taking a bite of the eggs, Seiji explained to her what happened and that the boy had no memory of who he was or what happened. She sighed. "It sounds like amnesia. Though I didn't see any signs of a head injury."
The boy smiled. "Seiji was going to help give me a name."
"Yeah." Seiji smiled back to the boy. He did look young but he was about the same height of Saki, he thought.
Saki smiled. "How about Tenshi? Well he is an angel."
