011 To live

The river was splash to the side as the other children started to go in and started the trial given to them. They shivered as they went in the river but they hold it in and stayed in the river.

Whilst the other's were hurrying to complete the task some of them were looking at the other's at the side ,looking to find a better way to cross the river more efficiently and effortlessly and Feng was amongst them.

But as time passed the other children came to no avail as they couldn't find any better solution. They entered the river soon after only leaving Feng on the side alone as he thought of something.

While Feng looking towards the group from before him went into the river ,he notice that the river current was a little weaker.

The others at the front are currently fighting the current making the back of the current much weak at certain spots. The others must have noticed this as they joined in. I just have to follow them and they will lead me to the end.

He quickly joined in the others and went in the river. When his legs touched the river he felt a shivering cold sensation and quickly pulled out his legs. While he was hesitating the others were getting further and further away while the current was getting stronger.

He saw what was happening and quickly jumped in to it without hesitate further. He felt his body getting numb as it was shivering cold. He quickly started to paddle towards the other group while using the pain he felt from his wounds to keep his mind clear.

As time passed on he struggle to follow the group as they were getting further and further away from him.

The coldness of the river spread throughout his body. His heartbeat started to slowdown and his movement started to become slower as time goes on.

His thoughts started to slow down as he look at the silhouette of the other children in front of him. As time goes on he felt his eyelids getting heavier and his body stiffer and he started to question himself "What am I doing here? I am tired maybe I should rest , yeah rest why am I trying so hard".

He slowly relaxed his body as these thoughts started to surface.

In a dark space in his mind there was a body representing himself as he sat there with his hands hugging his legs and look in front absentmindedly.

Pit pat pit pat

Unknown amount of time has passed a silhouette walked into the dark space and sat in front of him The silhouette looked identical to him. It opened its mouth and said "Hello another me"

"who are you?" Feng woke up from his stopper and looked towards it

"It doesn't matter, but are you really just going to sit here and die?"

"Sigh , I am tired and alone anyways no one will care"

"Have you ever wonder why you were alone? Do you really want to die alone and be forgotten?" said the silhouette while smiling

Having heard of that ,Feng was in deep thought as he slowly recall his time when he is in the clan. Slowly he begun to realize something, he didn't fit in the clan at first so he started to reject everyone around him which lead him to be alone in the clan.

I was alone but that wasn't due to I was neglected but I was alone because I choose to be alone.

No I don't want to die alone, I still want to find the place I belong to. I want to live

"Live" his thoughts echoed throughout his mind as he went back to reality. Something deep inside his soul started to ignite.

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Time passed some children already left the river and was standing at the ground at the end of the river. The others are stuck at 10 meters away from the end of the river. The current towards the end wasn't the strongest but the energy they spent to get there was expended and they were already out of energy to move forward.

Suddenly someone came out from behind them . Even though he was slowly moving forward he was consistent .It was Feng as his mind had only one goal and that was to move forward. Slowly he reached the end and was grabbing the stone to pull himself out of the river but suddenly a voice rang out behind him.