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Mane 19 yr old
Flame 5 yr old
Wemmbu 4 yr old
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It was a rainy night, another one at that
It has been raining all week, which is normal since it was a jungle biome non the less
The problem was that flame was not used to the rain and cold weather in general,
Flame was mane younger brother, or half brother to be more honest,
Mane's mother was a tiger hybrid and his dad was a lion hybrid, when mane was born well, his mother's gens didn't even try with mane, he looks like a spitting image of his dad, he got nothing from his mum at all
The funny part is that mane doesn't remember his dad, he died when mane was young, to young to remember him
Maybe when he just turned 5?
He just remember his funeral, he remember his mum and some of his uncles and a bunch of people he doesn't know crying and or looking very depressed, hmmm looks like his dad was someone well respected by many, or have alot of friends, so when everyone was crying and trying very hard to remain calm,
mane on the other hand?
He cried for about 5 minutes before running to the food table, he remember eating a lot of sweets,cakes and cookies and what ever was on that table, hey he was only 5 and his mum wasn't paying attention to him and what he put in his mouth so it was free game
Not only that he remembers digging his mum's beloved flower garden and cutting his own hair and nobody cared or scolded him!!!!
He was having the best time of his life
Anyways after the grieving process (his mum grieving process mane couldn't care less he liked when no one was parenting him) life went on and when he was 9 his mum remarried to some blaze hybrid which the guy was nice don't get mane wrong but he didn't like the nether
It was hot and dangerous apparently cuz he was no longer allowed to get out on his own
But the good part was,
1-his step dad was a really good fighter and he had taught mane how to use EVERY weapon type,and by the time he was 15 he had mastered them all
2-when he was 14 his mum gave birth to his baby brother, Flame
Tbh mane wasn't THAT interested in flame, don't get mane wrong he loved his baby brother, but mane was 14 for crying out loud, he didn't find a baby that interesting, and he genuinely prefers hanging out with his friends or training with his step dad over babysitting
But beggers can't be chosers or whatever the saying was, when some guy named clown something became the king of the nether he wanted all non netherborn out of the nether (ironically clown isn't a netherborn) and that includes mane and his mum,
And rightfully his mum didn't want to leave her cub behind, same goes for his step dad but what happened when people went against clown? They died!!
So both his parents got killed because God forbid a family wants to stay together,
So that left mane who decided to run away to the overworld with his baby brother (at the time mane was 17 and flame was 3)
To live at his old house, which was a big tree,
And that's where they been for the past 2 years
The tree almost got burned down several times because flame couldn't control himself and almost set everything on fire when ever he had a fever, or sick/hurt in general, or if he got upset,or...way to excited about...anything,
Yeaaahhh flame was almost always on fire, pros of being a blaze hybrid
Which made mane fire profe the tree, which yes he somehow did
Anyways despite all of this life was somewhat normal now, well as normal as it can be,
Fo starter flame was 5 which isn't old by any means BUT he can talk now, so it was easier to understand him, also mane would proudly say he now knows how to take care of kids,to some extent, problem...maybe?
Oh well it's not like he wants kids, after flame? Yeah, no thanks (oh buddy) so he'll make it work until he got old enough, I mean all he had to do was make sure he is well fed and is not hurt, how hard can it be?
Thankfully with mane mastering every weapon type it wasn't hard getting a job, people always wanted someone dead, someone's base destroyed, and are ready to pay what ever to get the job done, and mane is ready to do what ever for some money, the problem was,who would watch flame,he tried taking flame with him(bad idea honestly how did he even think that it was a half a good idea)
He thought of asking someone for help, but who would wanna watch a baby that may or may not put you on fire, also mane wasn't very thrilled about his cub being in the hand of some weirdo
Who may or may not be a hunter
Ughh hunters, where can he start.
They where a bunch of assholes who are ready to do anything for money ,well to be honest he also is, BUT HE ISN'T LIKE THEM, he have morals, he would never hurt kids or just enslave someone or sell someone just because they are a rare hybrid, he believes in karma,what if he did something like that and it backfired on flame,
Anyways back to the problem that have no solution, yh he kinda just go out on motions when flame is asleep...like once every few months when he have to,
It's not his fault, he know leaving a child unattended alone was a bad idea but what other choice does he have, it's not like he have any relatives, and his old friends where stuck in the nether,he's all he got
Anyways BACK TO THE PRESINT DAY
it was a rainy night,but well mane had to work since the money from the last job he did few months ago was going to run out so he had to leave,
God he wished that it would not rain to night since flame usually is scared of thunder,(there wasn't any thunder yet,but mane would love to get home before it start thundering since he would love to be home before flame notice he's the only one home, mane didn't want his cub to be crying afraid of thunder, wanting nothing but the comfort of his older brother just to realize he's home alone and be double scared
So he was in a heary to get home, and when he was almost there...something didn't feel right,there where people here...and not just any people, people with weapons, and they where right near the tree...hybrid hunters...mane looked from where he was,3 of them...one with a sword, the other with a weakness potion, and the third with a bow, they were looking around,but what for? Definitely not flame cuz the weren't in the house,but a window was open...did he forget it?did flame sneak out side...
He moved quickly, started by killing the one with the weakness potion (it would have been a pain in the ass if he got hit with that mid fight)then he killed the one with a bow,and he dropped..63 arrows? If that one arrow hit flame he swears to god...then the third one, he was already shaking cuz how does a single person take a 1 vs 3 that easily
So mane killed that guy as well, he would have not, but what if he ran and told other hunters? What if he went a hurt another hybrid...what that other hybrid was flame? Mane would never forgive himself
After the fight(if you could even call it a fight) mane ran inside the house to check on flame
Thank the lord the kid was sound a sleep, after making sure nothing bad happened to flame, mane made his way down again to clean the mess
The last thing he wanted was to have flame see this shit at the fine age of 5
But he still wonders why was there 63 arrows only? Did that hunter try to shoot at someone?
While cleaning, he was noticed some blood lead inside the tree, which is wired considering that the fight took place out side the tree,
When he followed the blood trail, it lead form inside the tree to back out side, and it stops because the rain had washed it of, but mane was a lion so following the blood smell wasn't that hard,
And what he found shocked him to his core,
A kid, no that's gerose, a toddler no older then 3 who is also very skinny, was shoot by the missing arrow to his leg and with a weakness potion was trying to crawl away
Mane stood still, still shocked, where was his parents? Why was he alone in the middle of the night,and why was he so skinny,
After the shock, mane walked to the kid, he had passed out probably because of the pain, or maybe the weakness potion who know,
All mane knows that he can't leave him here, out in the rain, that hurt and passed out,
So he carried him inside the tree, he hadn't gotten rid the bodies yet, but he have had more important things at hand, honestly he doesn't want to burn the body's anymore, he wanted them to rot, or have a wild animal eat them, who in their right mind do such a thing to a child, so he just didn't,
he just moved them far away from the house and went back to the kid,
while the weakness potion still working he bathed the kid in some warm water to well clean him from all the mud and the blood also to hopefully warm him up a bit
also took the arrow out, which made the kid flinch in his sleep poor kid...
After the bath he wrapped the kid in a dry towel and puts him near a fireplace and in the middle of a bunch of pillows and blankets (the kid was 100% going to be sick after such a night)
Mane ran fast and got a first aid kit, and ran to flames room to get some clothes, he got a black sweater and some random pants,
While he was looking through flame clothes, flame woke up but was pretty much half asleep
"Mane...?what'r you doing..."
"Don't worry about it buddy just go back to sleep" mane said in a gentle tone,but flame knows better he knows when his brother worried about something but still wants to keep the kid in the dark
He can also smell the blood on mane...
But he was to sleepy to ask about it, so he went back to sleep
Mane was in a hurry so the second flame closed his eyes he bolts out of the room back to the living room where he left the kid in, he had to work fast,
He cleand up the leg and banged it (the wound was in his inner thigh) after that he clothed the kid in the black sweater and he hopped the pants would fit, but to no avail, this kid was way to skinny,
Speaking of which the kid started silent crying and hiccuping in his sleep, so mane went to an old cabinet that had flame's old stuff and took out a pacifier, made sure he washed it good before putting it in the kid's mouth hopping it would calm him down
The kid started sucking on it right away, but now he was having a fever (or at least mane assumed cuz he is to used to flame being on fire 24/7)
This is going to be a long night...