"Soren…" The boy laid down on the bed on his stomach, "don't you ever get bored being in a four walled orphanage?" He whined, "I'm bored. So, very bored."
Soren put down his book and looked at his twin brother beside him, "why are you bored?" He sighed, "there is so much stuff to do in this orphanage."
"Like what?" Voren sneered.
Soren rolled his eyes, "playing with the others, annoying Cyrus, reading, studying."
Voren sits up right, "those things are still boring. Playing with the others are like playing with children." With a long, painful sigh, Voren added, "even our elder brothers and sisters talk to us as if we are nine years old." He huffed,crossing his arms against his chest.
"But we are nine."
Voren lied back down, "so?" His cheeks puffed up, "That does not give them the right to treat us like that."
Soren took his book again in his hands and opened it, "Big sister did say that the outside world is dangerous without an adult."
Voren sat up again and wrapped his arms around his twin, "what does sister know" he whined again, "It could be fun."
"It's dangerous."
"We will be careful." Voren huffed, "come on, please."
Soren focused on his book.
"Then I will go," Voren decides.
Soren raised an eyebrow, "alone?"
Voren nods, "Then when I become stronger and be able to protect you then promise you will come with me."
Soren sighed, "I promise…" he reluctantly said.
Voren clapped slightly, "if you break it, I'm gonna steal your toes."
"But," Soren looked at his twin, "our big brothers and sisters would come to search for you. Once you are missing."
Voren thought for a while then said, "I will erase everyone's memories of me… they will forget that there were twins in Silvergone."
Soren looked at his book not really paying attention to his brother's words, "yeah. Whatever, go for it."
9 years later.
Voren grinned big and wide, "you have gotten uglier, little brother."
Soren huffed, "you erased our memory and disappeared for nine whole years and the next thing you say that I have gotten uglier… you really are something."
After looking into Voren's eyes, Soren was hit with a wave of memories that he thought wouldn't exist. He can't believe Voren actually managed to remove the memories of everyone in the orphanage then run away.
Now Soren knows why Cyrus looked so defeated. He thought that he knew Soren better than he did himself and for the most part that was true but since his memories were erased he completely forgot about Voren. As if Soren never had a twin. Most of the people from Voren and Soren's past have moved out of the orphanage after coming of age, so they could never get their memories of Voren back.
Voren sat down beside Soren and looked at him closely, "you are reverting?"
Soren looked at his brother with widened eyes, "You know about our lineage?"
Voren stretched his limbs, "I found that out in those nine years."
Soren sighed, "am I becoming like this. Forever?"
Voren shook his head, "after fully reverting you can choose to stay on the form you prefer."
Soren's eyes widened, "I can change?"
"After you fully revert."
"And why should I trust you?" Soren crossed his arms on his chest.
"Because, I'm your brother."
Soren scoffed, "that is not much of a reason."
"So, you would rather trust someone else other than me." Voren put his hand on his chest and mocked a hurt expression.
"Yup."
"…"
"…"
Then they both start laughing, "you should trust me," Voren said, "I reverted early. Now I can teach you how to transform back into a human."
"I will trust you for now." Soren said between chuckles.
"Good. Good."
Soren leaned back, "how many steps are there until I fully revert so I could turn back to how I was."
Voren leaned back as well, "well… the only thing that is left are wings." He hissed slowly, "That part is more painful." He shivered.
Soren stopped laughing, "painful…?"
"The wings will slowly sprout out of your back causing you pain…" Voren put a soothing palm against Voren's shoulder, "but don't worry after that part is done. I can show you how to transform back."
Soren sighed, "you say it like it's so easy."
"The wing part is the hardest," Voren shook his head, "the rest is easy."
"If you say so."
"By the way," Voren grinned, "don't introduce me to the new kids yet. Introduce me after you have learned to transform back."
"Why?" Soren raised an eyebrow.
"I love seeing kids confused then excited…"
"Okay." Soren agreed.
"Oh and," he looked at Soren's eyes, "you still remember our promise, right… don't deny or I really am gonna steal your toes."
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Aizen sat underneath the tree in the yard staring at the stars in the sky. Something about the quiet and peaceful night brings him solace.
"Hey." Aizen al ist jumped out of his skin after he heard a voice calling out to him. He turned around.
Sunshine blonde hair that curls on his ear. Two coloured eyes. One green, the other red. Because of the power and connection. Aizen figured that this boy was also an elf. Just in human form as if someone had sealed away his true form but that could not hide the boy's beauty.
"Not much of a talker, are you?" Cyrus sat down beside Aizen, "how did you meet that? What are his powers?"
"Well… uhh.." Aizen tried to explain, "you should know… you lived with him before."
Cyrus sighed, "he left when I was seven. How can I remember?"
Aizen exhaled a breath, "he picked me off the street and now I live with him.".
Cyrus rolled his eyes, "and here I thought that you two have something special going on."
Aizen's face turned beet red, "special?" He looked away shyly biting his nail.
Cyrus's eyes widened, "there is something special going on." He chuckled.
Aizen gulped, "I had run away from my village when I was ten years old. I was a beggar– no, a thief on the streets." He leaned back against the trunk of the tree, "I continued living like that for three months. Then I tried to steal from him… I was caught and instead of him beating me like the others. He handed me his coin pouch saying he can earn more later and began to walk away…"
Cyrus listened carefully.
"So, I started following him… and now I'm here." Aizen blushed a bit.
"I see…" Cyrus leaned back on the tree as well. He thought that he could not trust anyone outside of the orphanage. But with Aizen, he thinks that since both of them managed to get with Soren and Voren, or how Cyrus would like to call them opposite clones, then maybe Aizen is trustable, "guess we both managed to bag one of the twins." He sighed.
Aizen blushed, "yeah…"
"I'm curious," Cyrus looked at Aizen, "Why did you run away from your village?"
Aizen's face darkened as his lips trembled slightly. He gritted his teeth, "I don't want to talk about that…"