In another universe,there is a tree.a big Giant fucking tree.from top to bottom coloured gold. everyday people come to ask the tree. the tree Grant every wishes. except those who have green blood. and they will only ever get brown blood.

and so the story begins.

In this world, in an ordinary place named Story Falls. on an ordinary day. Grant was born, in that exact moment his life changed for good.

his life had been like this from very early on. he has been a normal child. He has been a boy with long black hair, green eyes and small but muscular build. He has been friends with other children his age. he had never thought about anything else then having a family of his own. he was happy.

Grant’s father died during the last months of his life. He never got sick or tired.

so he ask the tree,could the tree Grant his wish to revive his father?

the tree answer with a yes.

and so Grant wished and prayed.

Grant always prays. He makes sure to say everything he says out loud.

everyday Grant would wake up, eat breakfast and walk to school. Everyday he would sit by a window. Today however was different.today Grant didn’t go to school. Today Grant sat at the table, staring outside his window. There were no clouds in the sky today. Just a white cloudless sky. A nice change from the rain last night. Grant looked outside the window. he watched as cars drove past him, heading towards work, going to their next destination and back home again. suddenly he is in the car. the tree awake and run. and kill the driver. and Grant watches as the car crashes into trees, cars, houses. Grant runs away as fast as he can. the sound of the cars crashing down around him. Grant runs across the lawn, into a forest. The trees here are tall, tall enough for Grant to stand under. It feels safe here. Grant walks into a clearing,and sees all sorts of things. In one corner a huge spider webs, covering the entire wall. In another corner there was a dead frog. Grant smiles at it and picks it up. He holds it up above his head. Then he hears a roar. He turns around and sees what is behind him, it’s massive dog. Its teeth are sharp. It is huge. It walks towards him slowly.

Grant doesn't know where to go. He has never seen something like this before. So he decides to take the biggest path he has found until he reaches a road. He continues down the road. It’s a long journey. But he likes the silence. It gives him time to think. To reflect. And think he does. The dog keeps walking after him. It’s still following him. He stops and looks at it. He is surrounded by wolves. They have red eyes. Their ears are pointed like the dog’s. They growl when they see the dog. Grant shivers. The dogs look at each other,they have the same idea,Grant thinks as they charge at him. His heart leaps out of his chest. He screams. They come straight at him. They are faster. He falls back against a bush,as the dogs leap over him. and elephant crushing from the sky. the elephant Scream. Grant closes his eyes. The dogs jump onto the elephant. They fight,but they are losing.The dogs are falling. The other wolves are taking their place. The elephants fall. The dogs fall. The dogs are dying. Grant is crying. He can hear them screaming and crying as they die. The elephants are crying as well. and the tree is coming with golden sword in it's hand. And then suddenly it's all gone. Grant opens his eyes. He is standing in front of the Tree. The dog is still standing. Grant stares at it for a while. Then it runs off into the woods.

Grant runs through the woods. He runs through thick grasses.He sees the house from far away. He runs faster. He is almost there, he can just make it! He jumps over the fence. He is inside.

Grant runs up stairs. He knocks on the door. He hears footsteps behind it. Someone opens the door. A little girl stands in front of it,she has short dark brown hair tied up into pigtails and blue eyes.She wears a pair of jeans and a plain white t shirt. She has bare feet and she doesn't have shoes on.She looks scared.

Grant smiles.

"Hi," He says."I'm sorry to bother you. Do you live here?"He asks.The girl nods."Yes. I'm Sophie. Why do you want me to help you?"She says"Can you help me find my friend? She was kidnapped by wolves."Grant tells her."Okay.Follow me."Sophie follows him. She grabs a bag,and throws some clothes into it.Then she takes a couple more.

They enter a room.There is a crib and a bassinet."Here is your brother. My name is Sarah.What should we call you?"Grant replies""David.""Sarah smiles at Grant."That's a nice name."Grant responds."You're welcome."Sophie says."Why don't you put David down?"Sarah puts the baby into Grant hands.

Grant sits down in the rocking chair.David stares right at him. David starts to cry. Grant tries to calm him.But David won't stop crying."David why are you crying?"Grant asks gently"Are you hungry? What's your name?"David stops crying and stares at Grant."David."he whispers."Is that your name?"David nods.

"That's a cool name."Grant laughs.

Grant takes David upstairs.Sophie is waiting downstairs."You can stay with us if you want."Sophie says"Or you can go home alone. Either way you can sleep in our bed. If that okay with you."Grant agrees.

"Thanks Sophie!" Grant says.

They start to climb a ladder,and Grant helps Sophia move some furniture. David starts to get fussy,but not as much.

"We have to go now."Sophie says.

"Okay,bye"David waves"Bye Sophie."He waves again."Bye Sophie"Grant waves bye."bye Emma."Sophie waves bye."bye Sarah. Goodbye Emily. Bye Sophie. See you tomorrow".The adults wave bye"bye"Sophie says."See you tomorrow".The adults turn out the lights. As Grant closes his door he can hear voices from outside."Come on. You know we can' t let her leave."Sophie complains."We've got to."Emily answers"I'll watch him while you do whatever you need to. But promise me you'll be back before tomorrow morning."Emily says"Ok fine."Sophie sighs"Goodnight Emily"She says."Goodnight Sophie."Emily whispers."Night Emily. silently Sophie call Emily and Emily reply,with green blood coming from her mouth. and shophie die.

Grant wakes up. He feels someone next to him. He opens his eyes and sees it is Emma. Her curly dark brown hair covers most of her face. She smells like chocolate milk and fresh strawberries.

Grant smiles.

"Mommy said you can stay with us. Is that okay?"Emma mumbles quietly"My names Emma,nice to meet you."Grant replies.He kisses Emma's cheek. Emma grins.

She is very cute. Grant thinks.

They stay in that bed for the whole night. Grant sleeps. He doesn't dream. Not even once. He sleeps like he hasn't slept in years. Not even once. When David woke up he started to cry. That night they didn't feed David. They couldn't bring themselves too.

The next day Emma was already sitting in the tree when Grant opened his eyes. Grant looked around for a bit and saw a man in front of his door. "Hello?"Grant asked."Hey kid. How are you feeling? Better huh?"The man asked smiling.

"Um…I guess?"Grant said unsurely. The man smiled."Your parents have already gone to work,you know. But I can take you if you'd like."The man said."Yeah thanks."Grant said."My name is Greg."Greg says"Nice to meet you Grant."

After that Grant and Greg spent the afternoon together. They played with David. Grant showed Greg his drawings. Greg taught him a few tricks in his garden. Greg and Grant talked a lot about everything. They talked about how they felt, their families,their schools,and their futures. They talked about the future and their kids,and what their lives will be like if they manage to keep their heads. And Grant also told Greg about his father. Greg listened to him carefully,and tried his hardest to make Grant feel better about his situation.

When evening came, Greg and Grant decided to eat dinner together. but Emily come and Greg kisses Emily. Grant smiles. Emily walks away.Grant and Greg sit down to dinner.They eat a lot. Grant loves Greg's cooking. It's delicious,like everyones.

After they eat,they go play with David in the garden. They run away from David who gets chased around the garden. Greg laughs as he laughs. Greg calls David. and David called Emily. and Emily kiss him back. she hug him.

Grant smiles.

Emma comes back in. They have cleaned their dishes. They sit at the table,and talk.

"You know my dad works for a company called The Company."He says"But he's not actually a doctor... He's a scientist"Grant says."Oh,that's really interesting"Emily says"How is he?"Grant says"He's alright. I mean he's busy,and he's really tired,but otherwise he's good. We always play soccer on Sunday. He makes the best sandwiches. I love my parents."Emma asks"What do you do?"Grant says"I'm a musician."Emma asks:"A music player?"Grant says"No,well kind of. I'm an architect. And I design the houses that people buy."She smiles,and nods."So how did you guys meet?"Grant asks"We met when my family went to this party. Your sister invited us. Well,we've been invite a pack of wolfes. We didn't know what it was. So we just went. That was three months ago."She shrugs.

Emily goes back upstairs."Do you think I could meet the others sometime?"She asks.

"Sure. There are only four of us. And I think there's another one somewhere. They might stay with us."Grant explains."Oh. Well then maybe I could stay here with you?"She offers."Yeah. Maybe you could. But don't expect things to happen immediately. It will probably take time." Grant smiles.She smiles and nods.

Later that evening Grant is walking towards David. David is playing with some toys.He looks at Grant. "Hi."Grant says"Hi David." David shouts"Grant!"He yells happily and hugs Grant."Let's go inside,it's cold out here."Grant says."Wait I want to play with the toys."David says. He climbs into Grant's lap. "David no." Grant laughs"Why?"David asks."Because I don' t want you to hurt yourself."He says. David nods. He starts to push the cars on the ground. His mom taught him how to drive and fix a car,but this is something different than fixing a car. David pushes them slowly."Wow. You're pretty smart."Grant says."Thank you."David beams." and Grant kill every man in his car."He screams."And then kill all the women in the cars,so they can't get to the babies."he says."And kill the little boys so they don't grow up to be men."

Grant laughs."That's amazing David. That is definitely a skill you have."Grant says."It's ok. You'l be able to kill those big monsters,too!"David says excitedly."Well if anyone could do it,it would be you."Grant says."Thank you."David says."Don' t thank me. Just remember that I am your protector. No one touches you unless I say so."Grant says."I promise I won't."David says"Good boy."Grant pats David's head."Now let's see if you can fix these cars."Grant says."Yes Sir!"David exclaims."Good boy"Grant says"You know David. One day your powers will awaken. Then you'll have the power of healing,which you've already had."Grant explains".and Grant kill David..suddenly Emma and Emily choke ."What did you say?!"they scream."Emma I thought you were gonna kill me!"David exclaims."Sorry..."Emma coughs"Anyway. Where were we?"Grant asks calmly."Um..." Emma said"David can you fix these cars?"she ask"I can help,but you need to teach me everything you know!"

"I understand."Grant says."But only today."Emily agrees.They spend the rest of the day working. Grant teaches David how to do things like making coffee,cooking,washing clothes and cleaning stuff.

"What do you wanna drink Grant? Water? coffee?"Emma asks. Grant nodded."No water please. and Grant kill David easily with just a single poke. He is weak afterall. It took Grant hours and hours to kill everyone."

Chapter 14

Grant walks home after school. He's thinking about David's abilities. David is a special child. Not because he has powers,but because he never talks about his past or anything bad ever. Grant understands why he wouldn't tell them. Who would want to tell their life story? It sounds like a bunch of nonsense to Grant,who's never experienced real life. But at the same time,Grant knows about the world beyond the forest. He knew all kinds of things. Things his friend didn't.

As soon as he walks into their apartment he hears crying. He frowns. The baby has been crying since morning. Emma told her son he was going to live with his grandparents. David isn't very fond of Emma's decision,to leave him alone with his grandparents. They still haven't decided who should adopt him yet.

Grant runs to the bedroom. David is lying on the floor. On top of him lies their son,Henry,his blue eyes staring sadly at David. Henry has stopped screaming. And David looks so helpless right now. He's holding his stomach with his hands,covering it up completely. As if that could protect him from the pain.

"Hey buddy. what is on your head?". and the golden tree come from his head,Henry is dead!