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He gave me everything.
When I truly opened my eyes for the first time he was the first one I saw. A puffball, a child. I didn’t understand the words he spoke at first, I didn’t understand anything. I had, in a sense, just been born, I was new to everything. It was him, the puffball, who taught me what I needed to know. His name was Reohn, he meant everything to me and I suppose it was the same on his end with me.
The idea of my existence existed before me. I was Reohn’s imaginary friend, I was always there for him, at least in his mind. We played together so much and was so happy to have a friend like me. However, those memories I’m not connected to really, I’m not that same person. I then truly existed and my one goal was to keep Reohn happy. His family accepted me happily and treated me as their own. I had thought that this was all I wanted and needed life. A happy family who loved me and a best friend always by my side.
For a long time it lasted. Quite a few years I know that for sure, at least up to high school. During that time I learned quite a lot, about myself, about Reohn, about the world, all good and bad. During my first days I had learned that I couldn’t spend every single moment with Reohn. He had to go to school, a place I wasn’t allowed. At first I tried to sneak in as much as I could. While I did want to be with Reohn, the school made me curious, I had not yet learned what was within its walls or why Reohn had to go. I had actually managed to get into the school and sneak around a bit, which was a fun day for both me and Reohn.
I had found a hole in the gate that surrounded the playground and got onto school grounds through there. For a good while I played around on the playground, that was where I found my first ever ball and learned a little secret talent. Ball balancing, to me, it was so easy and of course it was always a lot of fun. There was a little bit of challenge at time, especially if the wind is harsh or the ground is slippery, but it just makes it better, I like a challenge, makes me work harder and once I get something done I’ll feel more satisfied. I’m getting a bit off track, aren’t I?
I learned a lot while at the school playground. I learned that slides didn’t seem that fun. I had heard Reohn mention one, describe it to me, tell me that he loved them. I couldn’t see why and even now I can’t, at least, not the small ones he got to play on. I also learned about a swing, I also learned that without arms, a swing can be a dangerous toy. I still have a little faint scar right up under my left eye after falling off of it and getting a woodchip stuck under it. Although after all my playing I remembered my goal.
INFILTRATE THE SCHOOL.
I looked all around for an entrance. The doors, even if they weren’t unlocked, couldn’t be opened. I had no hands to open them with and I couldn’t find a good way to climb up the door to the handle. However, I did find an open window to one of the classrooms. There were no kids, but there was a teacher. I knew that I wasn’t supposed to be in here, so I slipped in real quietly. My soft paws hit the floor with the softest ‘thump’ you could think of. Success, the teacher didn’t even realize. Now, I just had to get out of the room. The door was open but there didn’t seem to be an easy way to get to it, no cover to hide behind along the way, I’d have to book it before the teacher could even have a thought I was within the room.
So I did exactly that and surprisingly got away without notice.
Now I was basically home free, all I had to do was avoid anyone in the halls and find Reohn. However, of course, I immediately got distracted. The school halls were a lot different from other places I had been, albeit I had barely been to anywhere else besides a small grocery store and Reohn’s home. The walls were painted with a bunch of different scenery, some of which I had a very basic understanding of, others looked like something of fantasy. There was an ocean with a bunch of weird creatures and a pretty field full of flowers and cute critters. There was a mountain that was smoky and had fire all around it, with scary monsters lurking about it. There were just so many landscapes painted on these walls.
The moment I heard footsteps I began to ran, I could look at all the paintings later when I wasn’t in danger of being caught in a place I wasn’t supposed to be at. Eventually I entered a much larger room, one with many tables and chairs and the smell of food was lovely to me and reminded me that I should eat something soon. The room was overall silent until I heard talking. There were people here who were, of course, preparing food. You can’t usually just have food make itself, so someone had to do it. I hadn’t really seen anyone else besides ‘mom’ make food, so yet again, I became curious and I just had to investigate and learn.
I got closer and closer and found a good place to hide as I watched the somewhat feline-like creatures cook. Rarely had I seen any creatures within this land that had actual arms and legs, so this was somewhat excited to me. They looked like normal cats but if you made them walk on two legs and adorably chubby. they, surprisingly, made all the food from scratch (hehe). I wasn’t really surprised at first but later on in my life, thinking back to this like I am now, I was surprised. They were pretty quick, faster than mom could cook and I was amazed and interested. This was where I began to have an interest in cooking.
Eventually my curiosity grew more and I had wanted to join in, however, my lack of arms could be a problem. Did my young childish mind think of the consequences? No of course not. When I had, so quietly and innocently, asked if I could help, immediately they began to freak out. Not many who lived in the town knew of my existence and I wasn’t a part of any kind of species, so I was pretty unique. To them, I was some really weird creature that had somehow gotten into the cafeteria and could potentially hurt them or someone else. I already knew that it wasn’t going to end well.
What resulted was one of them hitting me with a broom, which hurt, a lot. I had jumped away from the other hits and eventually up onto a stove, which was on, which also burned my feet, which made me let out a scream and had me dancing until I jumped off and right into a container of some kind of food, I don’t remember what it was anymore, it’s been a long time. After that I jumped out, covered in whatever food it was, and ran around as I dodged the brooms, hands, and feet. Eventually more people came and I had seen Reohn. Reohn joined into the chase and then things really got chaotic.
Not only did Reohn join in, but so did a few other kids, who I later learned were also some of his other friends. So now you have about 8 adults and 4 kids chasing one terrified little idiot child. I bumped into a table, knocking out its leg and making it fall, getting all of us covered in the food that were in the containers on top of the table. The floor was a slippery mess so all of us just ended up slipping and in a big pile, me and Reohn ending up next to him. We looked at each other and just began to laugh. We knew that we were gonna all be in trouble but boy was it fun.
I, Reohn, and his other friends ended up in the office. There I learned about the whole friend thing, and now the group of 4 was 5, they accepted me pretty fast, I mean, they did have a blast chasing me around in the cafeteria. We all had to go home, we were a complete mess so Reohn and the other kids continuing class probably wouldn’t work out too well. When our parents came to get us, they were pretty shock to see 5 kids completely covered in food. When me and Reohn got home we ended up both getting grounded. I still don’t think Reohn should have been grounded, I don’t really think he did anything wrong, although maybe he wasn’t supposed to try and chase me.
I had told Reohn why I had gone to the school and he seemed to understand. He told our parents about it and that ended up with me surprisingly getting enrolled in school. I often hear kids saying how much they hate school, but at the time, me being a curious child who was eager to learn all he could, it was the best thing ever. Of course, there were a lot of crazy things both me and Reohn did in school, along with our other friends, Ring, Coyal, and Smilezy. Our group became well known for some of the completely crazy things we’d do with each other. We ended up getting called ‘Feral Gang’ and that was probably a really good way to describe us.