1 How it Began

Sitting under the shade of some trees in the Ocleau Forest were the spirits of Larkin Olsen and Cole Hoffman.

"Say, Mr. Larkin...?" Cole began looking up at the man.

"I've been wanting to ask this for a while now..."

"Huh?" Larkin replied seemingly uninterested.

"Why did you kill people...?" He frowned.

Larkin quickly turned to the boy.

"W-why...?" He stammered.

"Mm!" Cole nodded.

"Well, it's a long story..." Larkin mumbled.

"Tell, tell!" Cole chanted.

"W-what no...!" Larkin cried.

"Why not!?" Cole cried, sticking his tongue out at the man.

"For starters..." Larkin began, standing up.

"It's not a tale I like to tell, especially to a child." He frowned.

"Lame!" Cole pouted.

"I bet you've told Janine and Mim though!"

"Perhaps, but is that any of your business?" Larkin glared.

"Uh-huh, it is!" Cole whined.

"How so!?" Larkin barked.

"Because I'm a part of this group too!" He cried.

"You little..." Larkin said, gritting his teeth.

"Hoh?" Cole said with a smug smirk.

"Good grief what is Mim teaching you..." Larkin sighed.

"Fine but you better listen up because I'm only telling you my life story once!"

"Yahoo!" Cole clapped his hands together in excitement.

Larkin proceeded to sit down once more under the calming breeze the Ocleau Forest offered.

"How it began..." He whispered.