2 Chapter Two

Zephaniah P.O.V

Four years later !!!!!

            Hi my name is Zephaniah I was born and raised by a mad scientist. You can say my life was full of science and learning. Well it was for a good while until the scientist got sick and none of the physicians wanted to help him. They all said it was his punishment for going against the heavens and trying to align himself with the heavens. It made me angry when I heard them talk badly about my father he was a good man and he would give his last to those who needed it. Yes, he did have a few unethical experiments,but he did it because he wanted to make people happy and to see his work go far in the community of scientist and magicians. I was and will always be proud of him, because he created me and he gave me a good three years of life.

             It's sad to say that I live on the streets now and all of my fathers things have been confiscated by the government and they were burned and he was called a heretic and sleaze. All of his fortunes were taken and given to his wife, who had done nothing for him but make him feel bad about his self. She was a terrible woman, she refused to raise me saying that I was just like him and that I was a nothing more than a parasite that lived to feed off of others. So she threw me on the streets and made it impossible for me to gain a job and work to feed myself. I knew she was vile woman who only wanted to see herself at the top. My father always said that those who did wrong would always get there karma, I believe his very words. I want to be happy with my father and to live my life like I had before now.

            As of now I sat high in my favorite tree, a simple Giant Sequoia. It was my favorite tree, because it was tall and it casted a pretty shadow on the grass when the sun was over it. Me and papa would sit under it and he would read to me different theories by a lot of the scientist in this world. It was fun to Hear papa so happy about the different experiments and how they were carried out and what kinda of effort went into the experiments. Sitting in the tree made me happy as I remember my papa and everything we did together. It was like I was living a dream , now that he was no longer with me it was still hard to believe that he was no longer beside me. I cried softly to myself as I remembered how hard it was for him living in this cruel world , with these bigoted people.  I want people to be happy even those who do not know what love is.

         I calmed myself down and the tears slowly began to stop. I looked up at the bright blue and cloud covered sky. I smiled and kept a bright appearance as I stared up at the sky.

"I will stay strong, I'll keep fighting, I'll keep moving forward, I will do what I can to make a living for myself" I said with a bright smile on my face.

"Let go of me" came a voice

   I turned and slowly and quietly climbed down the tree. I stoped when I got close enough to the ground, I saw it was a boy who was being dragged away by some strange men. I followed them closely but I made sure to stay a safe  distance away so they wouldn't notice me. I was curious as to what these men wanted with this little boy. It was beyond me and everything in my brain as to what was going to happen to him.

"Boss, do we really have to kill him" asked a man as he looked up at the raven haired man with curiousness.?

"Yes, he's an unwanted child of the king so it's vest that we get rid of him now while we still have a chance" the raven haired man explained as he walked off to the carriage and grabbed something from inside of it.

"Okay,boss whatever you say" he said agreeing with the man.

I stood at them bewildered for I had no idea such evil people would go so far to kidnap someone only to kill them ,just because they didn't get what they desired. It made me sad and I felt sorry for the child but I knew I had to help him. Because if I was in that situation I would want someone to help me out as well. I carefully jumped down from the tree and grabbed the biggest and heaviest stuck from off of the ground and headed towards where the men were.

"Sorry little boy it's time for you to join the weeds" said the raven haired man as he held his gun in his hands pointing it at the boys head.

"Ahhhh" I screamed as I hit the man over his head as hard as I could.

I dropped the stick and reached for the gun and aimed it at the other man and fired it hitting him straight between the eyes. I dropped the gun and quickly untied the young boy. I grabbed his hand and we ran. I had no idea where we gonna go but I knew we needed to get far away as possible.

After running for about an hour we stopped running panting, trying to catch our breaths. He looked at me with astonishment shinning in his eyes . I looked at him and smiled with the setting sun at my back. He smiled back at me with tears in his eyes I could tell he was happy. It made me happy.

"Hey, where do you live I can bring you home to your parents" I told him as he looked at me and nodded his head.

"I live in the palace" he said as he wiped his tears away with his sleeve. He smiled happily at the idea of going home.

"Alright let's consult the map" I told him as I pulled out my maps and placed them on the ground and began to consult them.

   I know the area like the back of my hand and it's easy for me to tell where I am. When it comes to traveling around.