《Fantasize|Book 1》


 Chapter I

    Chapter I:


    ¡°I¡¯m a what?!¡± I yelled as I abandoned my cup on to the polished dark oak floor. ¡°You¡¯re a mafia leader,¡± Milan said sipping on her tea collectively.


    Okay, rewind.


    I sighed feeling empty once again. For me, it was another normal day you know? Kids mocking me, me laughing and trying to ignore them. I¡¯m a loser although I have alright grades and I¡¯m pretty athletic but¡­it¡¯s my personality I guess? I don¡¯t know what their problem is with me.


    Sighing again I walked on to my block when I see a limo parked outside my house. ¡°What the hell is going on?¡± I mumble under my breath.


    I ran towards my house and stopped on the porch. ¡¯I mean¡­should I? What if someone came to take the house? If they came to take me from my mom for my eating disorder? What if he¡¯s-¡¯ I shook my head trying to get myself together. ¡¯C¡¯mon Eddison you¡¯ve had much worse.¡¯ I breathed in the fresh air for a moment and opened up the door. It¡¯s quiet. Moreover, it''s quieter than usual and the silence is a bit... deafening. I hear a clunk. It sounds like it¡¯s from a¡­.cup?


    I walked towards the living room and hanged by the entrance glancing in on the scene before me. My mother was drinking tea with a girl who seemed about my age? The girl with oak tree brown hair walked up to me and ruffled my soft golden brown, ¡°Your hair super soft. Kinda like a childhood teddy bear¡­¡± I slapped her hand off my head.


    ¡°Who are you?!¡± I question, frustrated by this girl¡¯s attitude. ¡°My apologies.¡± She bowed and said, ¡°Soy Milan Arrow a Tu gusto.¡± Wait I understand it? But, I¡¯m not Spanish!


    ¡°Ms. Eddison are you able to leave me and your daughter alone?¡± Milan asked her and in return, I gave my mom the ¡®Mom please no don¡¯t leave you I need you to stay and protect me from all bad things in this world¡¯ face, instead, of staying she nodded and left.


    ¡°So you¡¯re the ex-bosses granddaughter?¡± Ex-boss? What the hell is going on? She placed her hand on her chin gazing at me. I shifted uncomfortably in her gaze. As if declining something from her mind she waved her hand, ¡°Anyways¡­tea?¡±


    I nodded slowly and sat down as she poured me a cup and took a seat on the heart-shaped chair. ¡°You know your grandfather Jackson correct?¡± Do I know him? I love him, he¡¯s the best!


    She chuckled suddenly, ¡°You seem to know him apparently.¡±


    ¡°What about him thought?¡± I asked and suddenly she became serious. ¡°You¡¯re the next Mafia leader. Well, technically you are the new Familia leader.¡± She responded jiggling her tea carefully.


    Which resulted in us here:


    ¡°I¡¯m a what?!¡± I yelled as I abandoned my cup on to the polished dark oak floor. ¡°You¡¯re a mafia leader,¡± Milan said sipping on her tea collectively.


    I stared at her blankly for a moment, before snapping my fingers and sitting down. Another cup of tea was brought to me and gave Milan my resting bitch face. ¡°Okay. So what does that have to do with grandpa?¡± She took another sip, ¡°He¡¯s the current leader and he basically wants me to tutor you.¡± Watching her carefully I responded, ¡°Aren¡¯t I a bit too young?¡±Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit.


    ¡°That¡¯s where I come in. Your birthday is in 2 months correct?¡± I nodded slowly.


    ¡°So basically he wants to have you,¡± I pointed towards her. ¡°Train me for 2 months?¡± She nodded and grinned, ¡°After that, I will still be your tutor and basically your right-hand woman.¡±


    ¡°Question time?¡±


    ¡°I thought it was already questioning time Charles.¡±


    I let out a small giggle and tilted my head, ¡°Okay, first things first what other families are there?¡±


    ¡°There are about 10 families to be correct. The first one is Nishadha and second is Boucliers which is ours, others are Esterhedge, Vertcliff, fleur d¡¯argent, Pomme ¡® Nesse, Griffinwald, Faymere, Pryacre, and Jancrest.¡±


    ¡°The ranks please?¡±


    ¡°Jeez, I was getting to that Eddison,¡± She paused for the moment. ¡°Nishadha is on the top, we¡¯re below them hanging in second, Esterhedge is third and the rest is in order after that if you were listening.¡± She then proceeded to hand me a piece of paper.


    Familial Ranks


    1.Nishada(Enemies)


    2.Boucliers(us)


    3.Esterhedge(alliance)


    4.Vertcliff(alliance)


    5.Fleur d¡¯argent(N/A)


    6.Pomme ¡® Nesse(N/A)


    7.Griffinwald(Enemies)


    8.Faymere(N/A)


    9.Pryacre(N/A)


    10.Jancrest(alliance)


    ¡°Wait what are the not available for?¡±


    She shrugged, ¡°It means we don¡¯t know their standings, basically neutral. They can attack us when there''s a sudden fight with enemies or they can side with us and another alliance.¡±


    ¡°Can you explain everything about the Mafia in general?¡±


    ¡°Mafia has control over mostly everything from the street corner drug trade to the highest levels of government. Marked for death by enemies, the mafia at the core is about one thingÒ» money. Still, I believe there¡¯s hidden rituals, complicated rules and mussed up webs of family loyalty.¡± She explained before taking another sip of tea and grinning. It seems all she ever does is either frown or grin.


    She then continued, ¡°In an organized crime like ours? There is a hierarchy basically. Higher the ranks mean more power. Making decisions that trickled down to the other members of the family.¡± She paused for another moment. ¡° The best I can explain it is like this©` Mafias isn¡¯t just a single group or just a gang it¡¯s made up so many families that have fought in bitter, gang wars. Other times, they have allianced in helping each other in the interest of greater powers and profits.¡±


    ¡°Anything else I need to know?¡± I breathed out quietly taking it all in again.


    ¡°Oh and this isn¡¯t like your average mafia¡¯s like in movies and TV. It¡¯s like that but a bit more supernatural. We also have code names for certain people.¡±


    She paused and ruffled her hair, ¡°Agh! This is so boring and annoying to explain. It¡¯s better to show you.¡± Suddenly a gunpoint was at my head, ¡°waiÒ»¡± all I heard was a gunshot and everything went dark.


    ¡°Am I dead?¡± I asked waking up in a black space. ¡°No, you¡¯re not.¡± I jumped at the sound of a voice. ¡°Whoa, chill this is new for me to kiddo.¡± A white globe was in front of me.


    ¡°Who the hell are you? What the heck are you?¡± I yelled.


    ¡°Rude.¡± The orb mumbled.


    ¡°And might I ask again¨D¡± The orb groaned.


    ¡°My name is Jason Johson, I¡¯m 19 years old and I¡¯m your guardian.¡± The orb explained.


    ¡°Whats a guardian?¡± I asked curiously, ¡°you¡¯re filled to the brim with questions aren¡¯t cha?¡±


    ¡°A guardian is basically someone you have a bond within an alliance. This person was chosen for you as soon as it was decided for you to become part of the familia or become the ¡®boss¡¯ as they say.¡±


    ¡°Cool. But, what am I doing here?¡±


    ¡°Your ¡®tutor¡¯ used an end-respiration bullet.¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s a¨D¡± But, all I heard was a big ¡®nope!¡¯ Before waking up, when I tell you I thought I went crazy, that was an understatement. I was positively freaking out. I woke up, and I saw all the things I normally do, but it all had a little extra something on them. Like- oh I don¡¯t know, extraterrestrial creatures? ¡°Calm down Charles. They¡¯re called daemones-alienus. Daemones is Latin for demons and alienus¨D¡±


    ¡°I know Latin. Alienus is Latin for ¡®belongs to another¡¯ basically meaning demons that belong to another. Surprised they aren¡¯t hostile.¡± I mumbled.


    ¡°Smart-ass.¡±


    ¡°Thank you.¡±


    And that¡¯s how this whole mess of my life began.

 Chapter II

    ¡°Why the hell do we have to do this when it¡¯s freaking 12:00 AM?!¡±


    ¡°Because you wouldn¡¯t do this if it was 6:00. Besides, it¡¯s 6:00 somewhere.¡±


    I sighed as I slouched my shoulders already feeling exhausted before we actually did anything. Milan used my trumpet and screamed it in my ears while I was sleeping, I fell out of my bed. Then my mom just smiled and said, ¡°breakfast you two.¡±


    Like how does that even happen? A stranger freaking  pop''s out of nowhere playing your ¡®daughters¡¯ trumpet and you basically ignore that and say ¡°breakfast.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t wanna do it either way. I just wanna go back to my bed.¡±


    ¡°You¡¯re just going to wallow.¡± I shrugged and gave a lazy grin and placed my hands in my burgundy hoodie. ¡°It¡¯s whatever as long as it gets me coffee and gets me through the day.¡± Milan ignores me completely and points forward towards some dude towering over someone. What is the heck up with this? ¡°What¡¯s the point of this?¡± I questioned completely confused.


    ¡°Your job is to gain your first member.¡± Wah?


    ¡°Eh? You¡¯re kidding right?¡± She showed no signs of kidding. ¡°Me,¡± I pointed towards myself raising an eyebrow, ¡°go against that huge dude?¡± She crossed her arms and nodded while rolling her eyes. ¡°Yes now go do it you turd.¡± She slapped my back making me topple forward.


    Thanks to my beautiful luck I tripped over air and slammed into the guys back. I was trying to escape my fears not to face them. When he turned around all my sense heightened and when I touched him... I saw his whole story.


    I have opened my eyes and saw that I was in a small mussed up house. I saw a crying boy in the corner, a man towering over the boy like how he is currently doing now to this other person. Then, I hear a scream and see the man pulling the little boy¡¯s hair. ¡°Stop!¡± I yell trying to stop him but I go right through him. It¡¯s a memory...it¡¯s real but I can¡¯t touch it.


    When the man drags the kid to the next room, I teared up. He has the same look as I do in my own eyes. Forgotten, Unloved, uselessness and pain.


    I close my eyes and start shaking, closing my fists and re-opening them. I opened up my eyes again. I¡¯m back.


    ¡°Stop,¡± I hear myself say even though I wasn¡¯t planning to say anything, I breathe. ¡°You¡¯re better than this man.¡± He slammed me down on the ground and I start shaking again because it¡¯s that feeling again, when I ride my bike, when I ran in the middle of the night away. That feeling it feels so good and it¡¯s making my heart race, I realize its adrenaline.


    It¡¯s a hella of a good feeling. The pain ¡¯s just so¡­.not there, the only feeling there is of adrenaline is just pumping.The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there.


    But, I saw the fury and despair in his eyes, I stared right back and pushed him off of me. ¡°You bitch!¡± He exclaims when he lands in a pile of garbage. I¡¯m not even in control, it feels as if I¡¯m just watching from the sidelines again. I don¡¯t want that. I want control. So? I take it, it¡¯s a bit of struggle to see as it felt as if it wasn¡¯t my own body.


    But, I can see his future movements, it¡¯s just so obvious. He¡¯s planning to punch my nose and when he launches himself? I dodge. He tries to punch me in the stomach? I dodge. I keep dodging but I don¡¯t attack back.  I¡¯m waiting for the moment and there it is. Clear as day, he¡¯s exhausted.


    So, I went behind his back and tapped his neck and he collapsed.


    But, then I feel so fucking tired. It¡¯s getting harder to breathe and I turn around to see the person staring at me with wide eyes and I just feel so exhausted, but I smile at them and then I see Milan and her eyes are just shining at me. I never felt so accomplished. Then, it¡¯s dark and I feel the pain but it¡¯s ten times as stronger.


    It burns.


    I opened my eyes and yelped as I tried to move and almost immediately I saw two people at my side. It was my mom and...Erin? The hell? I...helped her? Did I help the most popular girl in my school? The one I have a huge, big fat gay crush on?


    Confused out my mind I heard a voice, ¡°Lay back down stranger.¡± My hands started sweating as I gripped the bed sheets roughly with my bandaged hands.


    ¡°You okay there Charles?¡± I could just hear the damn smirk on her face. ¡°I wouldn¡¯t be here if it wasn¡¯t for you! You fucking idiot!¡± I gritted my teeth. ¡°If you didn¡¯t she wouldn¡¯t have been here right now.¡± She pointed towards Erin. Fuck. She¡¯s right. I wouldn¡¯t even change my actions if I knew it was her anyway.


    I kept quiet as my mother woke up and when her eyes landed on me I grinned nervously. ¡°Hi?¡±


    ¡°Charlene Elizabeth Eddison! What are you thinking of getting into street fights?!¡± I winced. She¡¯s really upset. ¡°What would¡¯ve happened if you got stabbed?!¡± But, how did I hurt my hands? ¡°The force of the speed directed it to one of the main points of your body,¡± Milan whispered.


    Once my mum was done rambling she sighed,¡±Just...be ready for Friday.¡± What¡¯s Friday? ¡°Don¡¯t tell me you already forgot Charley?¡± She groaned.


    ¡°You¡¯re heading to your grandparents'' house. I know how much you love it there.¡± My whole face went pale at the mention of going back there. I don¡¯t wanna go back there. ¡°I don¡¯t wanna go,¡± I mumbled looking down. ¡°What was that Charley?¡±


    I gave her a small smile and shook my head trying to signal nothing was wrong. Mom looked at her watch, ¡°It¡¯s time for us to go. Come on Milan.¡±


    ¡°Where are you going?¡±


    ¡°We gotta pick some things up from the grocery store.¡± She responded and started leaving the room with Milan following behind, her winking at me. ¡°Sooo...uh..thanks for uhm saving me.¡± I looked towards Erin in surprise but the looked down.


    ¡°No problem.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry.¡± I looked up as my eyebrows shot up in surprise. ¡°Sorry for what? You didn¡¯t do anything.¡± I furrowed my eyebrows.


    ¡°I meant for my friends...they have always been jerks to you and I never said anything about it.¡± I just shrugged and her eyes widened. ¡°Look don¡¯t worry about it. They can¡¯t fuck me up more than they already have. Besides, you shouldn¡¯t have to apologize for their actions love.¡±


    ¡°If there is anything I could repay you with, I¡¯d be more than willing to help.¡± I shrugged and thought for a moment. What could she repay me with? Then I realized the reason why I¡¯m here.


    ¡°Actually, there is one thing.¡± ¡°What is it?¡±


    ¡°Wanna join my group?¡±


    She shrugged, ¡°I don¡¯t see why not.¡±