《Hunger》


 Chapter 1: Meeting

    The day was coming to a slow beginning with the birds awaking in song quite late. It did not however stop the small child that ran through the large forest from having a smile on his face. He was so overjoyed with himself at getting praise from his parents, he had learned a new spell that allows him to move rather quickly. Putting it to the tests he moved speedily through the forest. Recently he had been causing trouble for his parents after seemingly to never get full. That did not keep him from practicing hard at learning magic though and this breakthrough gave him a sense of joy. The bursts of hunger still came but he had gotten better at controlling it.


    Finally making it to a small pond with water like crystal the small boy sat near the edge wiping a beed of sweat from his brow. He had reached farther than he had ever reached before and a lot faster aswell. Leaning over the boy took a few gulp of water from the pond. He had tested it before so he knew it was safe so the small gulpes turned greedy before long.


    After having his fill of water he gripped his stomach feeling satisfied before one of the hunger spells came over him. he was calm in the face but his body just wanted to consume everything around him. He spotted a baby squirrel close to him and slowly approached it. He liked the look of squirrels, but this one had a tasty look to it. The curious squirrel did not run away but actually came towards the small boy like it was under a spell.


    Reaching out his hand the boy placed it on the back of the small animal petting along its spine. The urge to kill the animal rushed through the boys body as his hand froze to a stop. He did not want to hurt the animal but his body was telling him to, he began to cry softly. The urge did not subside but became stronger and with a crack the small squirrel also became stiff. A few squeaks came from its mouth before nothing at all.


    The tears did not stop, the boy took the animal to his hands and then to his mouth. With loud squishing noises the boy toook greedy bites at the animals body, tearing flesh from bone with his teeth. The hunger he felt came to a soothing stop after consumingsome parts of the squirrel.The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.


    The boy sat crying hugging the deformed squirrel, he truly did not want to hurt the animal and he had thought the hunger was starting to become under his control but he was wrong. Today was so good he thought but now he felt ashamed. All that came from his mouth like a broken record was, " I''m sorry, I''m sorry,"


    From behind him came a soothing voice that from just the sound of it stopped his crying. "Young one, why do you cry?" He slowly turned around still holding the deformed squirrel. He could not see clearly because the tears from before clogged his vision. He did not know the person nor could he clearly see them but his heart still ached, " I killed this squirrel because my body was telling me to. I did not want to hurt it." He sat the lifeless body onto the ground so that he could wipe his eyes.


    "The pain came to a stop after you consumed it, right?" He looked up to the woman and was stunned to see how beautiful she was. He had only thought his mother would be the only beautiful person he would ever meet. He looked back down after the shock subsided and to the animal he killed. "It did, the pain stopped but the pain in my chest remains." He gripped his shirt near his chest.


    The woman moved towards him and crouched down in front of him. "I can show you how to stop the suffering." She gave him a sweet smile. The boys face lightened up at her smile he truly believed she could help him. "please help me." She nodded at his plea and leaned over next to his face. "Your first lesson will be from now on you need to accept the hunger. That is the first step to ending the pain in your heart." She licked some of the blood around his face before kissing his cheek. Suprised by her words and actions the boy fell back with shock on his expression.


    "why, why must i accept it. I dont want to hurt anyone. It hurts me to hurt others so why?" The boy became frantic wanting to know why but the woman stood up and brought one of her index fingers to her lips. The boy instantly shut his mouth. "The world has a very weird way of torturing those it finds interesting. One day that pain will become numb." With those words she vanished leaving nothing where she once stood.


    The boy took a while before he could move, his heart was still beating. He did not know if he could trust the woman but he did know she was unlike anyone he had ever met. He unwillingly washed his face and hands of blood feeling disgusted at the sight. Leaving the corpse where it lay he headed back home, tired from what just happened.

 Chapter 2: Mutt

    The boy made it home in the afternoon, his body still fatigued from the earlier incounter. He uneasily made his way through the towns streets. He could hear someones voice which he recognized. It was the older brother who he despised, it was not only because his parents favored him but because of how sadistic he was. The yelps of a puppy could be heard as he approached the dusty crevice the sounds were coming from.


    "stupid fucking mut, this is what you deserve for..." The small boy rounded the corner to meet eye to eye with his sibling. Silence took over the scene as they stared into eachothers eyes. The boy knew he had made a grave mistake. He thought he could sneak and see what was going on but to actually be caught so eaily he was speachless.


    "I see so we have another mutt that wants to play. Come on don''t be shy now." The older boy took steps towards the smaller boy now known as Mutt. Fear took over the small boys body, we wanted with all of his being to run but like many times before he knew it would only make is situation worse. He loudly gulped as the steps got closer. "Come on now, cat got your fucking tongue?"


    The older brother gripped the boys hair bringing his face closer to his, "Say something Mutt, you want to save this poor animal? You always cry and tell mom that  do this but she doesn''t  believe you." The boy shivered almost recovering from the fatigue he felt earlier as fear began to drive his body. He was angry at himself by the fact he had not just minded his own business and continued home.


    The older brother chuckled releasing the grip he had at the smaller boys head, he slapped him on the cheek repeatedly before backing away. The smaller boy gritted his teeth accepting the blows that was targeted at him. There was no point in defending himself it was a hopeless situation. "You have always been as pretty as a girl, i should sell you to a brothel and let all the men have rounds with you." The older of the two angrily grabbed the puppy at his feet lauging at what he said before.


    The puppy could barely whimper as it was already beated and bleeding. Seeing the state the puppy was in made the small boy tear up which was a grave mistake. He knew it was but emotions ruled his body, he had already been emotionally drained but his heart began to ache again. "I see so you don''t want to see the puppy hurt huh. Wah wah." The older boy laughed hysterically. Out of nowhere the older boy pulled a knife from behind him and put it up to the puppies neck. This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.


    It was as if his body did what it wanted as the small boy reached out, "No, No brother please. It did nothing to deserve this. Ill do anything!" His brother grimaced in digust as he back handed the small boy. "how dare you raise your hand against me." The boy fell to his back from the blow and instantly regretted his foul choice. "I didn''t mean it like that. I jus.." Before he could finish his sentence a foot came crashing into his face. "Shut the fuck up, Mutt! I did not give you permission to speak. If you feel so bad why dont you prove it and cut yourself."


    The boy took a few seconds to recover from the kick but he lifted himself to his butt and sat there now crying. He didn''t want to hurt anything, including himself. A knife hit the ground before him, he initially picked it up but after examining it as it was rusty and looked broken he could only drop it. "Hey! pick that up right now or the puppy dies, Mutt" The older boy began to squeeze the puppies neck.


    Shaking his head feircely the small boy picked the knife back up making the older one release his death grip on the puppy. "Ill do it please stop. Let me have some time" The boy put the knife to his wrist pressing down lightly. He tried steeling himself but nothing worked. "I will give you thirty seconds come on Mutt. 30, 29, 28..." The countdown started but the boy could not push down hard enough.


    It seemed he was weaker than a leaf as he continued trying to cut himself. "10, 9, 8..." THe boy got frantic, the tears that streamed down his cheeks increased to a blinding amount. Snot began to form at his nose, as he continued trying all the strength he could muster, however it was too late. With a deafening crack the boy dropped the knife. He knew what happened but couldnt move. His crying stopped and all the words that came from his brothers mouth after was muffled.


    Everything around him went blurred as his head was kicked yet again by his brother. He laid almost lifeless as his brother walked away, All he could stare at was the back of his brothers shirt. Everthing became clear after laying in that state for an unknown amount of time. Words that he heard earlier that day came circling in his head. ''Accept the hunger, accept the hunger and the pain will stop.''

 Chapter 3: Death

    Laying still the small boy was motionless, his own body not following the commands as he could not stop thinking about how hungry he was. His older brother had made it out of view and yet his body did nothing in reaction it still stayed in the same inreactive state. The boy had begun to pulse with strength as if the hunger in his body made him an animal with only one goal in mind and that is to eat.


    In what felt to him like hours a voice was heard, one distinctly familiar in both gentleness and smoothness. "Young one, did you perhaps forget what you are supposed to do?" The boy seemed to have gained some control back and rapidly shook his head, not in answering the question but in reaction to his body. It was as if he was not in control, he was scared but the womans prescense calmed him down slightly.


    He in all truths did not want to accept this hunger no matter how bad his body pained him, or how badly it tried taking over his mind. He did not want to become numb. The woman took steps around the boy causing him more confusion and noise in the already dilerious state he was in. She said nothing before getting quite, unknown to the boy she had picked the dog tag the lifeless puppy had on it.


    After which the woman walked over to the small child and leaned over in front of him. The boy had started to convules from fighting against his body. She shook her head in dissapointment while lifting her hand extending one finger when it was covered by a red aura. She then cut her wrist bringing the bleeding arm to her mouth she sucked blood out before it automatically healed.


    She then lifted the boy in her arms and forced his mouth open, this allowed her to press her own lips against the boys to let the blood into his mouth. Taking greedy gulpes the small child seemed to calm down on the outside however his body still was in a fiery rage on the inside. It was as if it only took the blood she gave him to trigger his brain to flip a switch again it was like he did not command his own movements.


    The pain he felt became no less, "Boy, the blood i gave you saved your life. I have tried to keep you alive but if you keep fighting the hunger you will die. This puppy died because you were weak and frail. Does that not make you angry?" The boy did not answer as the pain he felt came no less than ealier however his mind was becoming clearer, he wanted nothing more than to protect the puppy but he couldn''t.You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.


    "Become greedy in this world of unfortune. You have been granted a gift, I have found you and will guide you. Take this to remember your failure and take control of this hunger. Kill the person responsible for this puppies death. Not because you are good but because you want to." In response the woman laid the boy back down. She stood to leave with one last message. "if you pass i will find you and guide you, if you fail you will die anyways,"


    ''I do not want to die, why does this world hate me?'' the boy thought in his mind as he released control over his body to the hunger. Everything there after became blurry. His small fraim was ingulfed in red aura. He remembers heading towards his home and destroying everything in his path. ''Do I really want this? I don''t want to hurt anyone but the pain is so great. Someone help me'' His thought moved onwards as if he was not slaughtering everything inside his own home. The faces were blurred as the rampage continued.


    "Mutt! What are you doing? Stop please! Brother!!" His thoughts were interupted by someones screams who just happened to be the cause of this. His body seemed to have understood his intentions and stopped. The aura confined itself to his hands. The boy looked on to the hysterical older brother with disinterest. The blood and carnage around him did not bother him at all.


    He saw only an enemy who needed to be eliminated, without any further thought the boy who was now controling his movements walked towards his brother. His arms swung with ease and with each swing came a cry and body part until he was just dismembering a dead body.


    "Death comes for us all but those who have the power to destroy should do as they please." The same woman from before came from behind the child patting his head. "You did well, What should i call you from now on?" The woman clicked her tongue before reaching into her pocket and pulled out the dead puppied dog tag and looked onto it. It read ''Milo''. The woman laughed, "Cute! I think i''ll keep you forever. You will definitely be fun to play with."


    She then gripped the small boys wrist and opened his hand. He reacted but with an honest disinterest, his body had become numb and so did his thoughts, the fighting prescense he had was comletely gone. The world around him was gone and the only thing he had left was the woman in front of him. He gripped the object she placed into his hand and followed her out making sure to not look at what he had done.