Chapter 1 Backstory:Last day
The bullying continued for the next five months and if you count the time before then we bullied him for a total of seven months.
Today August 1, 2025 was the last day my brother was alive.
Beep!Beep!Beep!
My alarm sounded as I rolled over and turned it off. I got up, took a shower, ate breakfast then left for school before julius.
Today was the day the festival celebrating the birth of our school began and it was also the day we decided to stab julius with a knife in the arm.
We planned it to perfection and no one would know about it because we had a booth at the end of the school, we decided to do it there.
I walked to school as it started to rain, I let the rain slam into my head. I got to school as I was met by Renji and Tangi as we got ready for our plan.
We waited tirelessly for ten when the festival would start.
The clock struck ten. It was time for our plan to begin.
"Let's start plan"Cry Baby." I said as us three all bumped fists, starting the plan.
We watched him from a distance as we slowly watched as he came to our booth. He walked past us as he Tangi handed me a knife as they pushed and dragged him to the back of our booth as the class watched in anticipation.
They pinned him into the wall as I stabbed his arm with the knife as he screamed for us to stop.
He rushed out of the booth with blood dripping from his wound as our class praised us three as heroes for making him finally give in after 7 months on torture.
The plan went perfectly as quick too. The rest if the school day was just a blur of happiness for all of us. After the day was finished we went to our homes smiling brighter than the sun.
I walked into our house to see my mom crying on the couch with a note in her hand.
"What's wrong." I asked as I walked to her to comfort her.
"Here, it's better if you read it yourself." She cried while handing me a note.
The note read:
"I'm running away from home and I won't be back ever."
It was from Julius.
Big deal, so what if he runs away. I walked to my room and saw a note on my dresser. I walked to it and opened it.
It read:
"Meet me under the bridge by the grocery store."
It was from Julius.
I guess I'll go. I walked to the store and went to the bridge but, I didn't see anyone there.
Hmmm...That damn coward couldn't even show himself...Pathetic!
I decided to walk under the bridge on my way home.
As I walked under the bridge, I saw Juliuses body hanging from a rope. He hand hung himself. Under his body was a note.
Reality hit me and realized that I was not longer human but I had been a demon for the past seven months and even had killed my brother.
Tears ran down my face as I stared at his hanging body as I decided to kill myself to antoin for my sin. I took his life less body down and started to fasten the rope when someone tackled me.
I looked back and saw my mom staring at me and put the note in my pocket.
"I can't lose you too, Asher." She cried as rivers flew from her face.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry." I said as I fell to the ground unable to bear the weight of death.
The night was a blur for me. The ambulance came a picked up my brother and the police came to see if it was a homicide but didn't find any and said it was suicide.
When I returned home I finally opened up the last note when I heard a knock at the door to my room.
My mom walked in and just stood there until she said:"He told me everything you and your friends did to him. I can't blame him for what he did but, as of this moment you are no longer my son. You will support yourself from now on and live in your own apartment. I'll pay rent but you will have to pay for every else."
She walked out of the room just as fast as she walked in.
I'll accept my punishment, but I can't live with this burden. Kill me, if there is a god, please kill me now.
I thought this as I noticed the note, the last note and writing my brother would ever write.
I picked it up as tears rolled down my face as I read and it read:
"Asher, please continue to live. I don't blame you for what you did, I came and disrupted your class. I made things harder on you all, please go back to the way things where like before I came to school."
Tears fell down my face as I continued to read.
"I wish you would have protected me but, you didn't, I wanted you to choose me over your friends. I prayed for you too, it was clear to me who you chose. Everytime they was bullying me I hoped you would come and save me. Then you started to be worse then everyone else but still I hoped. You destroyed my right eardrum but, still I hoped."
Why, why didn't I help him. As I thought this a demon appeared right in front of me.
"We killed him, partner." It laughed as it slowly slide its sharp talon on my chest ripping open my skin.
I backed away in fear as blood dripped from my wound.
"No,No,No,No!" I screwed as I huddled against a wall.
"I'll be leaving now, partner. You know longer interest me." It said as it disappeared.
I ran to the note and continued to read as the bleeding stopped.
"I looked up to you, I wanted you to praise my good grades or anything would have made me happy if only you praised me. I worked hard for you, I wanted you to noticed me. When you bullied me you noticed me and a part of me was happy but I just couldn't stand the pain anymore."
"What did I do, I wish I could go back and change everything!" I cried with all my might."
I read the last eight words and they changed me forever.
"I forgive you and I love you, Asher."
I changed from that day on, I started protecting those who couldn't protect themselves. Those who where different, I protected, I forgave those who did me wrong because my brother forgave me even after all I did to him and he never stopped loving me.
Things happened and I became a gamer and watched anime to ease my pain. When I turned 15 I realized I couldn't protect anyone because I wasn't physically capable. But now I realize if I had just put my mind to it then I could have.
I was a failure...
...But, now I have that chance to change a world. I won't fail and I'll bring my brother back, that's my new wish.