Enforcers

"Hey. What"s up?" Hero asked casually as he plopped down in the seat next to Maudite.

Currently, everyone else was either outside, for some random reason, or they were asleep down in the bas.e.m.e.nt since that was the best father Darvin had given them.

"Not a lot..." Maudite admitted as she let out a sigh. "I was just thinking..."

"About what?" Hero asked curiously as he folded his arms behind his head in a very casual and chill manner

"Well..." Maudite said as she blushed slightly from embarra.s.sment. "Just about life, and stuff I guess... I"ve lived in this village for as long as I can remember... Everyday I tried to do my very best... At first I did it because I thought it was right. That me doing good, was in return good. But over the years, everyone calling me a witch eventually got to me... Pretty soon I found that I didn"t care about them... I only helped out to get stuff in return... It was so wrong, and just bad?"

"I don"t think it is wrong? It certainly isn"t bad?" Hero said shrugging.

"What? Why not?"

"Well..." The sixteen-year-old boy said as he gave a bit of a shrug. "How do I explain it... You"re a pretty young girl since you are only twelve years old... And well, honestly I still don"t know a lot about the world myself, but what I do know is that sometimes, people will do good things for themselves... And that isn"t wrong, at least I don"t think it is? It can be hard to try and be a hero for others, but it"s easier if you are doing it for yourself. Does that make any sense?" Hero asked curiously.

"Not really..."

"Ahh well... You"re a twelve-year-old girl, and that was freaking deep..." Hero said as he reached out and messed with the girl"s hair causing her to let out a giggle at his antics. "The point I was getting at, is that you shouldn"t feel bad that you are doing good things for yourself. After all even if you"re doing it for yourself, it still helps others out right? Sometimes people just need a bad reason to do good..."

"If you say so?" Maudite said shrugging herself. "You"re very smart Mr. Hero..."

"You think so?" Hero said slightly surprised. He let out a sheepish laugh as he scratched his head. "I don"t really think so? I mean I barely know anything? I don"t even know how to really fight, and that is my job? I mean I can throw a punch but I am a total amateur..."

"I think you are very strong!" Maudite stated. "You... You protected me from that Bestia Macht after all... Thanks for that by the way..."

"That"s what an Enforcer does." Hero said nodding his head. "The truth is. Before I became an Enforcer I actually used to think that I was the absolute strongest person. Or more really the second strongest person. I trained with my grandpa every day, but he was a really bad teacher, and we had some conflicting interest..." Hero said reaching into his pocket and pulling out a coin. He began to absentmindedly play with it as he shrugged once more. "Now that I think about it... He was a pretty terrible guardian."

"Do you hate your grandfather?"

Hero took an intake of breath as he stopped playing with the coin. His silver eyes filled with several conflicting emotions as he thought of a response. "Hates a strong word... Loves a stronger word... I guess you could say I trust him?" He said vaguely.

"It must be nice..." Maudite said slowly. "Father Darvin wasn"t an ideal parental figure... Still, though, he tried his best at first... I think it was the whole town turning on me that got to him..."

"Why does the town call you a witch?" Hero asked.

"It is because of my Attribute," Maudite said in a slightly ashamed manner as she stared down at the ground. "You see my body projects an energy. This energy isn"t actually made out of anything and doesn"t actually exist. Rather it is a metaphysical source that can bend, and reshape reality to a small extent allowing me to perform feats... The problem is that it often causes chaotic feats, and since I can"t control it or turn it off I bring bad luck..." She said slowly as she stared at the ground b.u.mmed out. "That is why the village hates me... The only person who ever cared about me was father Darvin... But... But I hurt him..." She let out a sniffle as she tried not to cry.

Hero reached out placing a hand on the girl"s shoulder. "It"s okay. I"m sure you could get the hang of it, if you trained... Hey. You should join the Enforcers!"

"What! Why would I do that!"
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"For a lot of reasons!" Hero said happily. "You could train, get stronger, learn cool stuff, meet new people, get out of this village, fight awesome monsters, and you could get to be a hero!"

"A hero..." Maudite said slowly as her eyes became gla.s.sy slightly. "There was a time..." She said slowly. "You see..."

Age 1986

An eight year old Maudite marched forward as she dragged the large metal object behind her. The object stabbed into the ground behind her and dragged the show forward with her as she walked. The metallic object had a long piece of rope attached to it that she currently held using it to drag the object.

The young girl let out a gasp as she slipped forward falling into the snow. "Oww..." She groaned out.

"Maudite!" A worried elderly voice called out. The young girl turned to see Father Darvin marching towards her. The old man looked down at her before turning to look at the field. "What in the Lights gaze, are you doing?" The old man asked in a panic.

"I was plowing the snow so you could plant more vegetables..." Maudite said shyly as she shrunk away from him. "I wanted to earn my keep..."

"Earn your keep..." Father Darvin let out a sigh. "Maudite... How many times must I tell you. If you want to work, you should start off small."

"I know but I don"t like that boring stuff... You told me my father was a good man... I want to be like him."

"Your father was a great man. If not for him I wouldn"t allow you to sleep in the bas.e.m.e.nt of my chapel." Father Darvin said nodding his head. "However, he convinced me. Even a rusty tool, can be useful sometimes. With that in mind Maudite. I want you to start working some of the easier shifts. They are easier and so I get a better reason for getting mad at you when you fail them..."

"But I want to help out with the important stuff-"

"Enough." Father Darvin said in a stern voice causing the girl to flinch. The old man let out a heavy sigh as he crouched down. "Maudite... You are an outsider... By all accounts, you do not deserve to live in this village. If not for your parent"s last wish, and them helping my village I would have left you out in the snow to freeze to death when you were a baby-"

"HOLD UP!"

Age 1990

Hero held his hands up stopping the young girl from continuing. "I"m sorry... But you said, Father Darvin treated you better than the others?"

"He does."

"Oh my G.o.d, that"s depressing..." Hero said shaking his head. "What an a.s.shole..."

"Is that not how you are supposed to be treated..." Maudite asked.

"No! Well... Actually... Come to think of it, I don"t know? Does he try to perform experiments, on your body, adding onto you, in hopes of turning you into the perfect life form, even if they can result in your death?"

"Umm... No?"

"Okay. Then yeah it"s not normal."

"What?"

Hero let out a slight sigh as he shook his head. "Well... I guess its decided."

"What is?"

"I don"t have the saddest childhood anymore." Hero stated as he patted the young girl on the head. "You are very brave Maudite... To have to go through what you did for twelve years of your life, and still be able to smile... I am very proud of you... I know I"m not the same..." He said. "I think that you should start training to become an Enforcer..." Hero said trailing off. "You have an extremely powerful ability, and with some practice, you could become very powerful. Stronger than me even..."

"You really think I could be an Enforcer?"

"I know it..." Hero said nodding his head. "You could become a great hero!"

"A hero..." Maudite said again going starry-eyed. "Why did you join the Enforcers Mr. Hero?"

Hero gave a slight shrug. "A lot of really cool, and complicated stuff."

"Can you give me an actual reason..."

Hero opened his mouth to say something but quickly closed it. He went silent as he went deep into thought. "Well-" He said slowly as a memory pa.s.sed through him...

A six-year-old Hero jumped up into the air as he posed slightly. He wore two hospital gowns. One was used as his actual clothing. The second one was tied around his neck and being used as a makeshift cape.

"I"ll save you!" The child Hero announced out to a woman who sat in the chair across from him. His green eyes shined brightly.

She was an older woman in her twenties. She had long silky black hair, and tired green eyes. She also wore a hospital gown. The woman gave a tired smile. "Sorry, sweety... Not today. Mommy is too tired..."

Hero shook his head as the memory ended. "-There was someone in my life..." He said slowly as he looked down at the ground. "I failed to save them... Later on, I meet someone else..." The image of a young eight-year-old girl with silver hair, and silver eyes appear in his mind. Hero"s silver eyes seem to gleam when he thought of her. "I didn"t save them either. So I guess in a way you could say I joined the Enforcers to try and save someone?" Hero said giving a sheepish smile.

Maudite gave a sad frown as he reached out hugging Hero slightly. "You saved me... So you haven"t failed."

"I guess your right." Hero said smirking slightly. "Guess that means you are the first person I ever saved!" He announced triumphantly.

Maudite let out a slight giggle. "Thank you for saving me..."

"Thank you for letting me..."