Pride and Ashes - S01 E03

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Pride and Ashes - S01 E03

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 3

She wasn't looking for a knight

She was looking for a sword

-Atticus

The alarm jolted me from my sleep. The image of father lying on the ground...

I slapped my cheeks in an attempt to regain control of the dream that I had. 3

Every night it was the same since that day. 1

At first, it use to scare me. Waking me up screaming or sweating in the middle of the night. But I got used to it. I accepted that now the dream was a part of me- the deep dark part of me that I could tell no one.

Be the sun, I chanted in my head. "Be the sun," I said out loud.

Through the window, I could see that the sun that gave me so much hope was barely starting to rise. With my alarm set to 5:00am in the morning I woke up and went to sleep in darkness.

I quickly got dressed in a blue t-shirt and jeans, finding one of my ratty sneakers under the bed and the other thrown across the room. 35

It was time to make breakfast.

The smell of sizzling bacon and rising pancakes slowly woke me up

Feeding the whole pack was hard. It was like feeding a black hole. Everything that was cooked was sucked in and yet still wanting more. 32

Lizzy and Jane soon came to the kitchen- bright-eyed and woken up by their morning chores.

"Morning Fayette," Lizzy said, grabbing the spatula from me and taking over the pancakes.

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"Lizzy, Jane," I said with a smile. They smiled back. 25

Together we silently worked on feeding our army. There were a lot of early jobs that needed to be done before the pack woke up. Most didn't even know about it and just woke up to the luxury of fresh muffins, clean bathrooms, gear that was polished, rouge prisoners that were fed, and fresh laundry.

It was hard. No one would want to go through backbreaking work every day, but someone had to. Those someones were the Omegas.

I didn't mind though. I had been an omega for so long now, that I didn't really know how to be anything else. 19

My thoughts always turned to this when I had chores that didn't keep me too occupied.

Suddenly I felt a hand pass over my eyes. I smelled the air and smiled.

"Breakfast is almost ready Alpha Bruno," I said, turning to face him and give him a morning welcome hug.

Alpha Bruno laughed and returned my hug, and then proceeded to ruffle Jane and Lizzy's hair. They didn't mind though. It was already messed up from the work and heat of the kitchen.

"I'm so hungry!" Alpha Bruno whined. He faked like he was about to pass out, before leaning his body on us.

We laughed and complained. All of us knew that the Alpha only acted like this around us. Playful and needy. For some reason he let his guard down when we were around.

I smiled as Alpha Bruno tried to steal some bacon from Jane, only to be scolded and have his hand slapped.

I had known Alpha Bruno my whole life. In a way, he was like a second father to me. He was always with me when I needed help- carrying me to my bed when mother had collapsed, and letting me cry for hours next to him when father.... 84

I slapped my cheeks again, startling everyone in the kitchen. 19

"You!" I waved my spatula at Alpha Bruno, "Get out!" I playfully teased, swatting my spatula at him. 26

"Alright Alright!" He laughed and gave us one fleeting smile. The moment he walked out of the kitchen though his face hardened and he became the Alpha.

All of us omegas knew he wanted it to be a secret. Even an Alpha had to let off some steam and be himself every once in a while. We were all honored however that he had chosen us, the lowest of the low, to be a part of such a secret.

Breakfast soon was ready and the stacks of pancakes, eggs, and bacon were quickly devoured.

Everyone dug in greedily, some starving after a long night patrol, others just because of a good night sleep.

The omegas and I huddled in the kitchen. There was no such thing as leftovers, so we had to take a cautious amount of food that wouldn't affect the pack, but enough that we could still work on.

Alpha Bruno refused to let us starve like how some packs did to their omegas. He always came after and made sure we had all eaten.

Cooking and serving breakfast made it seem like the day was already over. However, it was just beginning.

I sighed, remembering that Alpha Bruno had asked if two omegas would polish the training gear and repair it.

Of course, everyone looked at me.

I could fix almost anything. I had learned at an early age after all how to take care of myself. Plumbing, electricity, anything really I could fiddle with and work with to make work.

The training equipment broke easily due to the pack members getting over excited and not having self-control. 12

I opened the door and lead the other omega, Charles, inside. 4

Splintered wood and rusty metal sat in desolation. I groaned on the inside knowing this would take all day and night.

Be the sun, I thought. 55

I turned to Charles and smiled. "It'll be okay Charles," I said, "I'll help you if you need it and I'll do all the hard repairs. Why don't you start by polishing that spear?" 5

Woh ho first chapter done! 4

Thanks for reading!

Also, that's a picture of Fayette up at the top just to let you know!

(But please don't let my image of her ruin how you picture Fayette to be! Use your mind to come up with your own version of the characters :)))))

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In which I get reminded..

The best people possess a feeling for beauty, 200

the courage to take risks,

the discipline to tell the truth,

the capacity for sacrifice.

Ironically,

their virtues make them vulnerable; 3

They are often wounded, 1

Sometimes destroyed. 9

-Ernest Hemingway 30

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The repairs to the gear took longer than I thought.

It took three days. 1

"Charles really," I said, shaving off a piece of wood to make a new hoop for the running course. "It's fine. I can finish this on my own."

Quickly after starting our cleaning, I found out how hopeless Charles was at repairs and polishing. He kept knocking things over, apologizing profusely and then backing up to knock down another thing. Which would then lead to another string of apologies.

Even me- known for my patience- was being worn thin.

I finally had enough of him getting in my way. 1

"Charles," I said as sweetly as I could, "You are better being somewhere else. I'm pretty sure the other omegas are having a hard time without you." 22

Charles smiled at that.

"You should really go and help them," I added, just to drive home what I wanted.

Charles agreed with me, knocking down a few arrows in the midst of his vigorous nodding. 19

At the doorway though he paused and looked down at me.

"Uuuumm...Fayette?"

I looked up, wiping away sweat from my eyes.

"I'm going to bring you some food. And water." He smiled at me, leaving me with a silly grin on my face.

I was glad that Charles would think of that. I knew he would get food, but it touched my heart to know that he remembered and thought of me.

My stomach rumbled in that instance and I laughed out loud. I hadn't eaten in two days. I had only slept for about six hours, before getting up, making breakfast and then heading back to fix the gear.

I hid all this from Alpha Bruno of course.

I knew he was kind and wanted us to be okay. But the amount of work us omega's had to do left us with little time to eat or sleep.

My head perked up at the sound of footsteps approaching and then coming down the stairs.

Charles is fast when it concerns somethings, I grumbled in my mind.

STORY CONTINUES BELOW

But it wasn't Charles.

It was Anna-lee and her twin Estela.

I put it down to my natural instinct, the wolf part of me that made me stronger and faster, and let me sense when something was wrong.

And every time those girls approached me, I felt something wrong.

Anna-lee had red hair and was the youngest twin, while Estela had raven black hair. Besides their color they looked the same.

"Bruno told us you would be here," Anna-lee purred. 24

I bristled at the casual use of Alpha Bruno's name on the inside.

My outside appearance was anything but hostile though.

I smiled at the two girls, wanting to show them that I was friendly.

"Why are you always smiling?" Estela asked. She had a horrible voice that sounded nasally all the time. It hurt my ears to listen to her talk. 46

Before I could reply Anna-lee spoke saying, "She's obviously smiling because she's dumb."

"I see," Estela said, coming closer to me.

It was then that I realized, in the presence of these two groomed girls, how dirty I was. Grease covered me from head to toe and tools laid scattered around me. In the middle of my repairing, I had taken off my shirt, leaving only my sports bra on. I had used my shirt to wipe my hands.

Estela wrinkled her nose at me and confirmed my thoughts. "You smell so bad, Fayette. Like something died on you." 85

Anna-lee started to laugh. Estela smiled at her sister and turned to me, continuing her goading in hopes of getting more approval from Anna-lee.

"Look at your stomach! New fashion says to be skinny Fayette, but let's not be stick and bones here! You might be the dying source for the smell!"

Both sisters crackled up.

Wow, I sarcastically thought, that hurt so much.

I couldn't help but give a small chuckle at Estela's laughing. She sounded like she was the one who was dying.

Both sister immediately sobered up.

"Are you laughing?" Anna-lee asked quietly.

"No- I- I wasn't really - I um.." my voice died with their approaching figures.

Faster than I could see or register Estela quickly picked up one of my tools- a screwdriver- and slashed my cheek with the pointed end. Not satisfied enough she hit my head with the blunt part. Hard.

I went down, seeing spots in my vision and hearing a ringing noise.

"Estela!" I heard Anna-lee gasp.

"You heard her!" She hissed at her sister. "She was laughing at my voice! At the way I laugh! I know she was!" Estela motioned like she was going to hit me again, but was stopped by Anna-lee.

At least one of them has brains, I sluggishly thought.

"Estela you can't hit her though!" Anna-lee turned to me and her lip curled. "Even though she is an omega, she's not good enough for you to waste your time on her." 38

Estela ran out of the room, throwing the screwdriver at my hunched over back.

I heard the sound of the closing door and gave a sigh of relief. My relief was short lived though when Anna-lee's voice startled me back to reality.

"I'm sorry she did that" she whispered down at me.

I couldn't believe my ears.

I struggled but forced my head to look up at her.

She seemed to have regret in her eyes. "Maybe this will remind you of what you are."

And with that, she walked out.

Don't cry Don't cry Don't cry Don't cry I kept repeating in my head.

The door opened again and I cringed and curled up in a ball.

No, I whispered in my head. Don't come back. Please.

But a different voice filled my ears.

"Fayette!" I heard Charles shout and rush over to me. 9

His hands gently lifted me up.

I felt a breeze on my face as we left the gear building.

Charles was frantically carrying me, but I lost focus of the world before I knew where to, and my vision of grey, turned into nothing but black.

Peace - V

(The v is like the peace sign....like your holding your fingers up making the v? no? anyone?)

/////WORLDJOY/////