On the outskirts of London resided a building called Kindred Spirits Orphanage. Inside one of the many bedrooms of the orphanage was a child that was seven years old sitting on his bed.
The seven-year-old was tall and slim for his age, though he was slightly underweight from the lack of food at the orphanage. He had long, spiky silver hair that was like the color of moon that went down to his shoulders, and his skin was fair white. His face was oval-shaped with aristocratic features developing. His eyes were crimson red in colour and seemed to glow with power every now and then. The boy was also quiet and reserved most of the time.
Resting on the index finger of his right hand was a silver ring. The ring was peculiar as it had the markings of waxing and waning crescents surrounding the full moon on it going around the ring.
The matron of the orphanage, a stern old woman named Margaret, had come across the child during one of her many walks. Margaret was going for a stroll through the woods when she heard a baby crying. Wondering what a baby was doing out in the woods Margaret went to the source of the crying and found a baby, in a cave that was full of crystals resting in a basket with no one in sight.
The only objects found in the basket were a silver ring attached to a chain around the baby's neck that Margaret presumed to be left by the baby's parents, and a blanket with the name Haruto inscribed on it. Not willing to leave a baby in such a place she took him with her back to the orphanage to be raised. She could only presume Haruto's parents had abandoned him when the police couldn't find any trace of his parents.
Haruto had a difficult time growing up in the orphanage as he was constantly bullied by the other children there. They often did this because of the weird things that would happen around Haruto while he was growing up, and for his abnormal eye colour. They would pretend to be his friend only to then play a cruel prank on him, like knocking him down when none of the adults was looking and steal his belongings. These actions resulted in Haruto gaining a deep distrust of people in general.
The ringleaders of Haruto's cruel treatment were two older boys called Billy and Brock. Both of them were large boys making them physically stronger than Haruto, meaning he would have to run away from them as he stood no chance against them in a fight. The two boys constantly bullied Haruto because they were jealous of his ring, as they had nothing to remember their parents by. When Haruto became four years old he would spend most of his time in a nearby grove he had discovered, to get away from the cruel treatment by the other children.
It's here where Haruto discovered his ability to speak to animals in a fashion. If Haruto focused hard enough on a type of animal he could get a general feeling of what they were saying. The animals that inhabited the grove didn't have much to say and weren't very intelligent, but Haruto enjoyed their company over the other children at the orphanage. Plus he had always enjoyed the feeling of nature. Therefore he didn't mind spending time by himself in the grove.
For the next year Haruto would spend most of his time in the grove enjoying the company of the animals, and the feeling of nature he got resting there. One day when Haruto was six years old everything changed for him. As Paul and Brock had managed to track down Haruto to the grove, and grabbed him before he could escape.
"Hold the freak still," Paul ordered, preparing to beat up Haruto.
"I've got him, he's not going anywhere," Brock said, holding Haruto's arms behind his back, who was struggling to break free.
Just as Paul was about to land the first blow he caught a glimpse of a chain under Haruto's top. Smirking cruelly, Paul reached inside Haruto's top and yanked on the ring, breaking the chain and freeing the ring. Paul then held up the ring in the sunlight to get a better look at it, and to show off what he now had to the freak.
"Give that back," Haruto exclaimed angrily, trying to break free of Brock's grip.
"I don't think so freak, it's mine now," Paul said harshly, studying the ring closely.
"Does the ring look valuable?" Brock asked, trying to get a look at it while holding the struggling Haruto in place.
"It doesn't look like much," Paul replied before looking at Haruto with a cruel look in his eyes. "But we might get a bit of money from a pawn shop for it."
This caused Haruto to thrash around even more since he didn't want to lose the only thing he had of his parents.
"No you can't, it's mine," Haruto said trying to desperately break free. Fed up with Haruto's complaining, Paul punched him in the stomach causing Haruto to wheeze in pain.
"Come on Brock, let's go and see how much money we can make by selling this pathetic thing," Paul said walking away.
"See you later freak," Brock said, letting Haruto drop to the ground, and jogging to catch up with Paul.
Haruto was on his hands and knees wheezing in pain watching Paul and Brock walk away with the only thing he had left of his parents to remember them by.
No I won't let them walk away with my ring, Haruto thought, trying to stand up and failing. Watching them leave with something so precious of his caused Haruto to feel an unknown power flow throughout his body. He instinctually raised his right hand towards the bullies without him even realizing it.
It's mine, Haruto said in his mind with all of his strength. This caused the ring to suddenly fly out of Paul's hand and into Haruto's. All three of them had a surprised look on their faces from what just happened. Recovering quickly Haruto slipped the ring onto his index finger of his right hand to keep it safe, and to make it harder to steal. Recovering from his shock, Paul's face changed into one that of pure anger.
"I don't know what freakishness you just did, but nothing will stop me from taking that ring," Paul said angrily walking towards Haruto with Brock following behind him looking angry as well, though with a slight nervousness in his eyes that he couldn't fully hide.
With the pain having gone Haruto stood up to face the bullies and looked at them with a cold expression on his face, which froze the two of them in their tracks because of the fear they felt.
"No you won't, in fact, you'll never bother me again," Haruto stated icily with a look in his eyes that promised pain to any who crossed him. Being spoken to like this only angered the bullies more.
"You'll be saying something much different when we're done with you," Paul replied walking towards Haruto while cracking his knuckles to appear intimidating. Haruto, seeing Paul approaching him, raised his right hand.
"If you think your freakishness will protect you from me then think again," Paul bellowed. Before he could throw a punch at Haruto, Paul was suddenly thrown backwards by an invisible force and skidded across the grass. Brock gained a look of absolute fear on his face when he saw Haruto perform his freakishness on Paul.
"What was that?" Paul asked with a terrified expression on his face.
Haruto simply ignored him and calmly stared at Brock. Feeling fear swell up inside of him from those cold red eyes staring at him Brock went to make a run for it, but only made it a few feet when he was sent flying into a nearby tree face first. The force of the collision ended up breaking his nose.
Paul now looked positively frightened when he saw Haruto was calmly walking towards him. Wanting to make as much space between him and the freak as possible, Paul crawled backwards in fear but it was for nought. As Haruto had caught up with him and was looking down at him with piercing cold eyes.
"You will never bother me again do you understand?" Haruto asked with a tone that promised pain if he didn't agree. Paul nodded his head so fast it looked like he would get whiplash, terrified of the person in front of him and what would happen to him if he disagreed.
"I'm glad we could come to an arrangement between us. Now take your friend and leave before I change my mind," Haruto said darkly, causing Paul to move as fast as he possibly could towards Brock. Once Paul had gotten Brock to his feet the two of them left the grove as quickly as possible, afraid of what would happen if they stayed too long.
When Haruto could no longer see or hear them he collapsed to the ground, exhausted from using so much of his newfound power.
I don't know what this power is but I'm very grateful for it, Haruto thought, trying to regain his strength. The only problem is it's very tiring to use, if they were here any longer they would have seen me collapse, and I can't let them see that I have any weaknesses or they'll try and take advantage of it.
Once Haruto had regained some of his strength he headed back to his room to practice with his newfound abilities. That way he will never be at another's person's mercy ever again.