Broken Past

Chapter 2: The Deletion

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"Marx, honey time for breakfast." A soft voice broke through the fuzzy haze of sleep, arousing him back to wakefulness. With a small mumble and a large yawn, the bundle under a thick blanket moved. Falling back to reveal a small purple noddy, half asleep as his blue sleeping cap fell over one of his eyes. The second noddy, a larger red one, smiled at him and nuzzled him

"I know you're tired, but you need food, you're a growing boy." Her voice was kind, Marx felt himself smile and slowly hop down, waddling off after her to the kitchen. He cuddled up to her, nearly falling asleep again as they ate. She carried him back afterwards and curled up with him on the bed so they could cuddle, he felt at peace.

His m̸̧̛͍̱̈͗́͘͝Ö̴̗̝̥̺͚́̈́̏͝͠ṁ̸͓͕̹̹͛ͅ was the best.

"Marx…? What's wrong? Please, talk to me."

He couldn't sleep. His body wanted to, his mind wanted to, everything was crying for sleep, but he just couldn't. Every time he closed his eyes, it was like being tortured, trapped in nightmares, monsters hurting him and everyone else. It was making him too scared to sleep, and it showed. His fur was thinning, eyes sunken, his pupils contracted -making them much smaller than normal noddies- and yet the worst of it. The worry that he was causing his m̸͓̊ò̶̱T̸̺̼̏ḥ̸̹̈E̷̫͂R̸͖̙͆͆, eventually he couldn't take it and ran away.

"M̴̲̈́Á̷̛̺̲R̵̬̥̍͒X̶̟̀!̴̝͉͂̎"

She called for him but he didn't look back, everything turning gray around him before he collapsed. Completely lost, he weakly looked around noticing the trees, so he ended up in W̶̰̉̕h̶͍͚̉i̷͉̓̎s̷̼̲̾́p̶̨̑̓͜y̸̠͉̓̆ ̵̻̀̈Ẁ̵̫͇̃o̸̪̩͝ö̴̢͎ḋ̶̳̣͠ș̴̺̾͛. A groan escaped him, the movements causing pain to rush through him. His body wasn't made for this- it needed sleep! Why was this happening… where had his dreams gone?

"...- . . .- . . .! - - - . . ."

Wait… what had they said? The fountain of dreams… of course! The fountain could fix this, the fountain could fix everything! It could get his dreams back and make this all normal again! He got up with a weak smile and hurried off towards the fount̴̘̤̍̚a̵͎̐i̸̢͍̅̾n̶͙̖̆͐ ̶̮͒̈́ͅo̸̝͊̕f̸̖̀͘ ̶̫̇d̶̨̟͛ŗ̷̞͂̑e̸̲̅̕ȧ̶̞͙̃m̶̥̦̌̿s̸̬͚͂.

Something was wrong, the f̴̠̟͗ó̷̻͕ư̶̙͍͘ṉ̵̓͝t̸̯͖̍̀a̵̲͋͛ĭ̸̮̚n̸̘̆̚, it was- tainted-! Slowly he walked up to it, feeling an oppressing air around him. It made his breathing falter as he climbed up the side, the star rod was missing… and- everything had this dark purple tint to it. Looking down to the water, he felt himself tear up from the despair growing inside of him.

His reflection looked back at him with -nOtHINg. A bLAcK VoID wAS EAtiNg aWAy AT HIM- maybe this wouldn't work… Turning around, he got ready to jump down and head back before he heard yelling. Looking up in surprise he noticed T̶̬̋̕h̴̟̾è̸̛̲ ̸̱͌̋k̷͚̂i̸̹̝̾̿ṇ̴̳͌̒g̴̞̅͘ running at him, a panicked look as the man yelled something he couldn't understand. Facing the other his vision spotted as an overwhelming sick feeling overtook him. The world started to spin, and before he knew it, he had slipped and fallen into the f̸͈̹̽͝o̴̬̊ů̵̘n̵͕̱͌t̴͓͋ǎ̵̙͂ḯ̴͕n̴͕̆ ̴̮͑.

Something was pulling him down, a cold feeling being injected into his chest and turning him to ice. Threatening to come up making him sick, his eyes shrunk violently before going walleyed- something was changing him- his body felt wrong and it- h̷̤̚͠e̶͙͉̓l̶͎͎̉p̸̹̝͝ ̵͖̟̐ḣ̴̗͈ë̸̱̤l̵̞͇̒p̷̯̉-̴̟̾̎ ̷͎̂s̸̟̣͆ö̴̡̪͝m̵̧̃̈́ȩ̷̺̈́o̴̪͇͛̚ñ̸͈̒ę̵̒̈́ ̸͉̩͌̎s̵̠̃͌t̷̩͆o̴̯̒p̵͕͐ͅ ̴̧̛̰̔i̶̢͘t̸͖̭͑͂-̷͕͗̄ ̵̡͋i̴͍͇͒ț̶̣̅͘s̷̛̘̒ ̵͇̈͆l̷̹͗͗i̷̲̐k̵̝̂ȩ̶̃̍ ̸̥̭̍̕ỉ̵͚̀m̸̟̅̕ ̵̪̠̒͐ṱ̷̻̓̚ř̴͔̲͝a̷͕̻̚p̶̭̏p̵̡͔̈é̷̲d̸̰̬̍͆ ̸̠͐͌ì̴̱̯n̸̢̖͠ ̴̥̎͛a̸̝̬͋̽ ̵̢͒n̴̢͈̿̔I̸̪͈̕g̷̩̜̿H̵̼̐͠T̵̺͑͜͝M̵̰̐A̵̩̅R̶͎͘E̷̫̅͘

Things weren't the same after that. Something had changed him,T̷̢́h̵͎̑͝ȇ̸̙͖̊ ̵̟͉͊̽k̵͇͓̉̇i̸̬̗̾n̴̝̅̈ͅg̶̭̉ had pulled him out but the damange was done. He wasn't… right anymore. It made him aware of bad things, things about himself, about everyone else. Everyone put on faces, they were all monsters.

Or… was he the monster…?

Working at the c̶̻̘̈̓a̷͇̔͆s̵̫̽t̸̢̡͐͗l̸͕̬̍͠ë̵̠́͐ wasn't what he hoped it would be. Ḑ̴̣̕͠ê̴͇̔d̸̪͎̚e̴͎̲͆̓d̵̟̝͂̈́ę̵͔̍̃ ̵͎̳́ was an okay ruler, but he was mean, he was scary. If someone messed up, they got hurt, or if they ruined something, everyone hurt them. It wasn't fair that he got it the worst, it was because he knew what others didn't. Everyone knew about him and no one knew about him, a perfect j̴̗̟̄e̶̱̽s̷̭͜͠t̵͉̺͛ĕ̸̼̕ṟ̶̿ ̵͍̝̋ that the king loved. That wasn't hurt like the others, so they hurt him instead. Still- he had to take it, no where to go now that his m̴̗̋͜ǒ̶̑ͅṭ̶̐̀h̷͙͓̄e̷͕͛r̷͖̈́ was living with -̷̬̾̊t̵̝̑͌h̵͙͓͗a̸̹͌̉t̵͉͍͊͗ ̷̙͝d̴̪̰̎A̵̰͒̄m̷͚͂N̵̯̿ ̴̣͎̾N̸̲̊͑e̷̟͙͠W̸͇̮͌̒ ̸̟̎͠G̶̩̿U̸͈̎Y̴͕̼̌̔- he had no where to go but this place. No friends, nobody to talk to, just a room to stay in and a b̷͎̐͊ả̶̡l̵͖̈̎l̴͎̍ to play with. But he didn't let it get him down, he had a plan, a plan to help himself out of this place. To have everything.

"How can you stand it? Knowing the m̵͖̣̔o̵̜̕ő̸̖n̴̬̮͐͝ steals your light to be beautiful for them, when they can't even look at you?"

"Aren't you upset? Everyone favors the s̷̜̥̔ṵ̶͂̓͜n̴͎̔ over you while they sleep through your precious night?"

"Please I have one question I just have to know. Which is better?"

"Day or Night?"

Magolor was next to the stove, stirring a large pot as soft music played in the background. He floated down before pulling out some carrots and chopping them into cubes before adding them to the soup. Nothing helped more than a warm bowl of vegetable soup! He was sure his guest would need something warm to eat after he woke up. After all, the other looked pretty bad when he first got here.

A small clean up did make him look better, and a small scan showed that his new guest was something called a Noddy. A creature that spent most of its life asleep, very peaceful, they where usually found on warmer planets and help those with insomnia. It seemed simple, yet he couldn't find any pictures of Noddies that looked quite like his guest. The other was covered in strange markings, interesting but also infuriating that he couldn't find information on them.

Tasting the soup, Magolor let out a happy sigh humming at the flavor. "Nothing could beat hot soup after a long day." He hummed happily, making a bowl for his guest, he turned off the stove and carried it off. Opening the door to the other's room, his guest was still sleeping, though now that the sleeping gas was gone they should wake up soon. Putting the bowl down he noticed movement in the corner of his eye. Looking over he moved close to the bed as the other shuffled.

The other let out a groan in his sleep, a small grimace overtaking his face for a few moments. Perhaps a bad dream? Magolor reached over to check on the other, but pulled his hand back when their eyes snapped open.

"Ah- you're awake-" Magolor wanted to say hello, but he was quickly cut off as the other sat up and looked around in a panic "Whoa- hey it's okay." He lifted both his hands, but his ears fell back as the other quickly pushed themselves up against the headboard.

"Who- who are you?!" The others voice broke from how fast it came out, everything was blurry- but the other remembered something awful just before he woke up. Was- was it a nightmare? That felt way too real to be a nightmare…

"Whoa- whoa, take a deep breath okay?" Magolor lifted both of his hands to show the other he wasn't a threat. The other shivered and Magolor felt a pang of pity for this guy, who knew what they had been through. "My name is Magolor, you're on my ship, and you're perfectly safe."

"M-Magolor..?"

"That's me." Magolor smiled at him, motioning to the bowl on the nightstand "I made you some soup, I had a feeling you would be hungry. You were asleep for awhile there." He picked up the bowl and offered it to the other as they blinked. "Oh- right." Magolor grabbed the spoon and offered it, the other didn't exactly… have hands. The other watched the spoon before slowly moved forward and accepted the help. Blinking as the soup hit their tongue.

"That's really good." He said softly, causing Magolor's ears to flick in joy. He looked happy as he offered the other one spoonful after another. When the bowl was finished, Magolor put it down and sat on the bed. The other having calmed down after a hot meal,

"Thank you for the meal." The other said softly, Magolor chuckling at that.

"Of course, I figured you must have been starving." He put his hands on the side of him as he leaned back curious "Now, if I may… can I ask what you were doing in space?" Magolor had been wanting to know this whole time, how the other had even gotten out here. The other paused at this and looked down for a moment

"Why… I was in space." He mumbled, going quite as he tried to think of an answer to that question. Frowning when nothing came to mind, he tried to focus on the last thing he could remember.

"KIRBY̸̳̋͠-! KIRB̷̞̼͘Y̴͚̼͆̚-! KIR̷̦̆̈B̶̰̫̋̏Y̸͙̎-! KI̶͈̾̅R̷͔̙̈́͛B̷͈͈͋̓Ÿ̸͖́-! K̸̟̊Ï̵̹͌Ṛ̶̎͠B̶͖͍̏Y̴̺̋-!

It was like being splashed with cold water, he let out a hard breath, sweat forming on his face. Magolor sat up in concern at the sudden shift, the other curled up swallowing.

"I-I think… I think it was from a fight…"

"A, fight..?" That- didn't seem right. This guy- he was a noddy- he had to be a noddy! And noddies were peaceful, they never fought anybody. The only time they got aggressive was when someone deliberately kept them up. So- what was up with this… "Well, okay what's… what's your name?"

"My name? Oh, it's-" He cut himself off thinking about it, what… what was his name actually? The more he thought about it, the more he noticed that his mind was blank, his memories… were empty. "M-my name…" He felt a growing panic as he realized what was going on.

"I- I don't… I don't know."

That is the end of chapter two!

MayumiWorld- Thank you for the review! And I understand your concern, the POV at the beginning is suppose to be a surprise! Left open to the people reading to decide, and it's only in certain times I will choose a specific POV, most of the time, it will be like this chapter, the story is mainly in third person.

Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed!

~Lyn