Engel an der Leine

What if I told you that I'm not who I seem I am?

What if...I told you I was something else?

Something not of this world...

Would you hate me?

Would you pity me?

Would it make me important to you?

Would you throw me away if you found out?

For you...I'd live a lie.

I'd live in the darkness for you...

Since my heart is already...dark...

Prologue:

A scream could be heard across the heavens, angels rushed about panicking, "He fell! He fell to Earth!"

"What do we do!?"

"We can't risk getting captured by humans!"

"I hope he remembers to hide his wings..."

"What do we do?"

"He's just a boy..."

"How will we find him?"

A boy sat up groggily, he had a long fall, he looked around, he seemed to have landed into an alley, he could smell garbage and hear rats scurrying around. Suddenly there were footsteps, he turned around and saw two large grubby men. One had a sleeveless on, he was bald and tanned, "This one looks real pretty don't you think?" The other one with black curly hair and a horrible breath replied, "Ya...he looks real tasty, he's going to get us a lot of money." The boy's violet eyes widened in horror, he could sense immense greediness from the men. "Yea...let's have some fun before we sell him." The boy's eyes widened further as the men approached him, he scooted back until his back met the wall, he was cornered and the men moved towards him. "It's okay little boy, we won't hurt you...that much." The men laughed, he could see saliva come out of their mouths.

"Ge...get away from me!"

"Look, he can talk! A nice voice he has, it'll sound nice when he's screaming."

"Look here little boy, you don't command us, we command you. Looks like we'll have to teach him lessons before we sell him hm?"

"Goody, that's going to be fun, we're going to whip you into shape and you'll be the perfect slave. We're going to rich after we sell you."

The boy now had tears flooding his vision, "Leave me alone, please!"

The men laughed, "Miss out on something like you?"

"Another command, that means another lesson!"

The men started groping the boy, ignoring the boy's cries and pleas, they were laughing when he screamed, and hitting him when he cried, slowly, they were shaping him to become a slave to sell at the black market.

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Four years later, when they got to the black market, the men held a leash which was attached to a collar which was attached to the boy, they walked up to the auction master and they bargained.

"He's a real beaut!"

"He seems awfully young..."

"People like it that way nowadays."

"Hm...how much you want for him?"

"Twelve pieces of gold."

"Ten."

"Ten and three pieces of silver."

"Fine. Get him into the cage where there rest are."

They dragged the boy into a cage filled with other soon to be slaves, "Have a nice time boy."

The terrified boy looked around there were people who were older then him, as far as he knew, he was the youngest there, even though he was sixteen. He looked unique in the crowd, he had violet hair while the rest had blonde to black, and he could see several of them crying, trying to break the bars that held them in. He dreamed of heaven and flying around with his friends, but he wasn't allowed to show his wings on Earth and he couldn't break that rule or he'd be banned from heaven if he ever got back.

There was only a few people left in the cage after awhile, they had all been sold, whether to nice new masters or bad abusive masters, they could wish for the best. It was his turn next, the horrified boy choked as he was dragged onto the stage by the leash, "Next is this rare boy, a real beauty, a once in a life time offer! Starting at 5 pieces of gold." There were plenty offers but the one was won was a cheerful lady who bid 15 pieces of gold. The boy walked to his new master and bowed, "Are...you my new master?" he whispered, the lady smiled, "No, don't worry you'll have a nice master, his name is Krad, he'll be the one to name you." Krad, Krad was his new master, Krad would be the one to name him, 'why would anyone want a slave? A slave...like me...heaven...it seems impossible to reach now, I'm starting to forget...'

He followed the lady down the street, part way they joined up with a boy with red hair, the lady hugged the redhead, "Dai-chan! Look what I got for Krad!" 'Dai-chan' looked at the older boy, "Why would Krad want a slave?" The lady winked, "It's a surprise, I paid quite a bit for him, you think Krad will like him?" 'Dai-chan' shrugged, "I'm not sure, I mean what would you do with him?" The lady looked up, "Alright I confess, I just couldn't leave the boy like that so I bought him and I think Krad would make a great master for him." 'Dai-chan' nodded and continued walking.

Soon they reached a large house and the lady opened the door, they walked in and the lady attached a piece of paper to the boy's leash, he couldn't read but he listened to the lady speak as she wrote, "Dear Krad, here's a present for you, name him, and take good care of him! Love Emiko and Daisuke." So the lady's name was Emiko and the boy was Daisuke, he got that part straightened out. Emiko walked up to the boy and asked him, "We'd better clean you up before Krad gets home."

The boy remained silent as he was trained to when people touched him, even though he didn't like it, he remained silent. The cleaned him and dressed him in black and asked him to sit on the couch until Krad came home. They left leaving the boy all alone in the house with a leash on, he had a chance to escape but he was afraid of being punished if he was caught. He couldn't help but wonder who this Krad person was, he sounded like a nice enough person. Suddenly the door opened and a person stepped in, the first words the boy heard was, "What the?"

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