28 Memories

Just after screaming at the door within a few seconds, he was inside a forest and he could see the small silhouette of two boys entered his sight.

"Hey, wait for me!" a chubby little boy was calling out to the one in front of him. He was already out of breath.

"Hehe! That's why I told you to stop eating so much! Look how tired you've gotten from just climbing up here." A boy who looked like Nick but younger spoke.

"Is this dad?" Cray with his mouth opened wide looked at the two carefully. "That guy, why does he look so familiar?" Cray then noticed that the chubby little one had some similarities with Nick.

"Are they brothers?...." Cray then remained silent as he was reminded by what Note had shown him. That time, Nick's own brother had killed him.

Although right now he could not see how this seemingly sweet duo would one day go at each other's throat.

"Hey! I'm going to leave you at this rate! HAHAHAHAHA! Come and catch me!" The young Nick cheekily ran farther away from his little brother.

"Wait! If you leave me here I'm definitely going to tell Papa okay? Wait it's just a joke I won't tell anyone so please don't leave me!" His younger brother then tried to run with his very wobbly steps.

Eventually, the two had reached Cray, but as Cray wanted to talk to them they didn't give out any response. It was as if they couldn't see him.

So, instead of trying to talk to them Cray tapped the shoulder of the young Nick in attempts to try and take his attention. But just as he was about to touch Nick's shoulder, his hand had just went past through. It's just like it was nothing but air.

He had tried a couple more times, but he still couldn't touch them. In the end, they had just run past Cray.

Cray then followed the both of them as they headed deeper into the woods.

As they were running, *THUD* "B-BRotheR! It hurts! I got an owwie! Help meee!"

Nick's younger brother had tripped on one of the stones that littered the way. He then cried as he saw how he had a bruise and of how his red blood began to trickle away from it.

"Geh- This is bad. Wait! I'm going to do something about it. It's gonna be okay! Stop crying please?" Nick then tore off the right sleeve of his shirt and used it as a bandage to stop the bleeding.

"This will do for now okay? Stop crying already." Nick had a very panicked voice. He knew that he was going to be in deep trouble after this. He had gone off once again in the forest that his father warned him not to go into and he even got his little brother bruised.

"Don't tell papa that we went all the way here okay? If he asks you later make sure you tell him that you tripped on the stairs and you got it from there." Nick then gave his little brother a very stern look. He became afraid as he thought of his papa getting mad.

"If you tell papa then I won't play with you anymore!" Nick added, but it only caused his little brother to cry even more.

"Ahhh stop crying already! I'm going to leave you here if you still do!" Nick shouted as he also didn't know what else to do.

Surprisingly, the crying stop so he took a look at his little brother. "Good boy, now I'm going to help you go home so don't cry anymore okay?"

"Th-ht-tath-that! Look! What's that?" Nick was astonished as he looked at the direction that his little brother was pointing out into.

He didn't know what that is, but it had a purple glow. It had a spiral shape. It captivated the two of them.

Cray was also looking at the thing that was in front of him. He also didn't know what it was, but it looked eerie. He also felt a terrifying presence from that thing. It looked like it was ready to devour him at any moment. Only one thing filled his mind. RUN!

"I SMELL BLOOD!"

His guts were right. A blood curling scream came from that thing. Afterward, a hand with sharp nails appeared right from the purple spiraling thing.

"What is that?" The young Nick then attempted to cover his little brother. It was something really admirable. Even Cray couldn't move his body from the pressure that the presence had exuded.

"BLOOD! FRESH YOUNG BLOOD!"

Another shout had scared away the birds that were near them.

"GO AWAY!" Nick, although scared had shouted away at the monster in front of him.

"A MERE CHILD DARES!" A head then popped out. It had two long horns on its forehead. The head was then followed by two wings. After it was the rest of the body with a pointed tail.

"I commend you for not running away brat! If you give me the one that's cowering in your back, then I'll let you escape." It had a demonic voice. It didn't sound like a human.

"NO!" I'm not giving you my brother!

"Then have it your way!" It then made its way to Nick's chest aiming to pierce his heart.

Cray had already made his move, he was standing in front of the demon after seeing Nick doing his all trying to protect his little brother. The only thing that he forgot was that nobody can touch him in this place.

*Kachak*

The demon's hand which was making its way towards Nick was cut off.

"Don't you dare lay your filthy hands on my sons!" A man's voice could be heard as he slowly walked towards the demon. He had a thin sword with him, it looked really sharp.

Afterward, everything then began to turn black. Cray who was once again left in the darkness felt light envelop him, he turned around only to see that everything had changed.

He was now in front of a very large mansion. He saw Nick who looked they were of the same age. Nick was wearing very formal looking clothes.

"Today is the day, I'm going to finally become old enough to inherit the flames of father."