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Nazaan
The wind stirred. Braoin gripped the wilted roses in his frail hands. He dropped to his hands and knees. Tears flowed from his eyes. The gaping whole in his heart had become unbearable. He picked himself up and placed the roses next to the stone.

I opened the door and held my breath, being in second grade I wasn’t the nicest kid around.

“When was the last time you took a shower?” A few weeks had gone by, my left eye was still purple and a bit swollen. My mother let the girl come and take a shower whenever she needed to.

Nazaan didn’t speak to me till seventh grade. On the first day of seventh grade Nazaan had come to school dripping wet. The other kids snickered as she walked down the hall. The Principal came immediately to …show more content…

We knew that her family was poor. My mother never had the guts to ask if she could even meet her parents or ask where she lived.

One day I asked her. Nazaan made herself comfortable on the couch “It was a crisp winter morning,” like always she dodged my question and went into her usual stories. “Joy was in the air…”

“The Shawnie kids were practicing their size shifting, while I was stuck doing chores. The men in our village were out hunting. My older brother Nanak was being punished for defying the elders. Mother was very disappointed with him. My brother was a bad example to me. My father never returned from the hunt, My brother was outraged. The next morning he disappeared. A woman in our village screamed.” A tear fell from her eye, Nazaan started shaking.

“He killed them,”
“He killed them all,”
“The elders …show more content…

The thick stench of blood made me cringe. I asked for Nazaan but was accused of kidnapping her. I couldn’t help but sob. I ran through the long grass next to the river for hours. I had lost track of the bridge, the only passage for me to return to my original size.

Another wolf howl.

I ran towards the sound. As I approached an open spot of mush wet grass. My boots became stuck in the mud.

There she was, far in the distance.

A crow flew down, Nazaan let her arrows fly. The bird transformed into a large dark man with glowing yellow eyes. He had a headdress made of wolf pelts and crow feathers. Nazaan continued her attack. The man caught her arrow, snapping it into two instantly. “Nazaan, Please stop running from me.” Blood dripped from the man’s mouth as he grinned. Nazaan had a massive gash in her leg. She screamed “Nanak, If you're going to kill me do it now!” I threw rocks at the shady figure. The man laughed, he raised his hand and pointed it at Nazaan. Terror in her eyes “Braoin?!”

Bang

The man had disappeared. Nazaans lifeless body remained still in the cold mud.
I returned to the village with Nazaan in my arms. The chief took me to a nearby cemetery to bury

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