Living in the Past

*The next morning*

Jesse was, yet again, pacing around in the living room. He just couldn't think straight, he had a very bad feeling about that day for some reason. He tried to think about why he had this bad feeling, but he couldn't think of anything. He huffed in annoyance with himself.

"Gahh, what's wrong with me!?" Jesse asked himself."Maybe you're crazy." Magnus said coming out of seemingly nowhere, scaring Jesse half to death."Holy crap!" Jesse screamed, stumbling backwards and falling on his butt."Hahaha, baby!" Magnus teased. Soren came out from behind him, standing quietly and looking at the ground."Oh shut up jerk." Jesse said angrily."What did you just say small fry!?" Magnus challenged. Jesse wasn't in the mood to get into it that early in the morning, so he tried to retreat."...nothing..." Jesse said wanting to leave it at that, but Magnus teased onwards, not caring one bit."A little louder shortly, afraid I can't hear you from all the way down there!" Magnus teased, a mischievous grin spread across his face."..." Jesse really wasn't in the mood for his crap, so he turned to leave but was stopped when Magnus stepped infront of him. "I said, a little louder Jesse, oh and while you're at it you can also apologize to me, baby!" Magnus said laughing, he just wanted to pick on him a little, but Jesse was not in the mood to take it. And before Jesse knew it, he raised his hand back and whipped it straight across Magnus's face, the sound of skin contacting skin echoed throughout the halls. Magnus, being caught off guard, fell to the ground cradling his abused cheek. He and Jesse stared at each other for what seemed like an eternity. Soren stood there, not sure what to do, but before he could think to say anything Jesse walked out of the room.

*Later that morning*

"Magnus, why is your cheek swollen?" Ellegaard asked upon seeing the dark red print on his face. Magnus said nothing, and now everyone was curious.'Ellie, why did you have to say that?!" Magnus thought angrily."Well?" Ivor said looking amused."...I fell." Magnus lied trying to get out of the situation."Jesse smacked him." Soren said. Magnus glared daggers at him, "What the heck Soren!?"Magnus yelled getting embarrassed."Aww, did the brat get in trouble?" Ellegaard laughed, she loved how ironic it was."..." Magnus was too embarrassed to think of any comebacks, which made Ellegaard keep going."What did you do to make him finally give you what you deserved?" She teased. Magnus wanted to insult her back so he would at least be defending himself, at least he wouldn't just be sitting there, but he still couldn't bring himself to say anything."Are you okay Magnus?" Olivia asked, she had seen Jesse leave bruises on people before and she wanted to see how bad it really was.Magnus still didn't speak, but he got up and walked out the front door. Magnus walked far into the forest towards nowhere. He kept thinking of what had happened, replaying it over and over in his head. Magnus knew he wasn't the smartest person in the world, but if he happened to forget, you could bet all you owned that Ellie would remind him. Magnus remembered how it used to be when they were just kids. He remembered how it all was when they all first met.

*FLASHBACK*

In a forest called Blackburn, a little boy sits on a log waiting for his parents. He had been waiting there for most of the day, and he couldn't remember which direction they had walked in when they left, so he sat and waited.

"Hey, who are you?" A little orange haired boy asked, coming out of nowhere. A whole group of children came out of the forest behind the orange haired boy."...Magnus." He answered reluctantly."Oh I'm Soren," said the little boy with a smile, "this is Gabriel *points to a boy with a wooden sword*, this is Ellie * points to the only girl in the group*, and this is Ivor *pointing to the boy reading a book.""Um, hi..." Magnus said unsure of himself."Why are you out here? It's going to get dark soon." Soren said."I'm waiting for them to come back..." Magnus said, he wondered why they hadn't gotten him yet."Waiting for who?" The girl, Ellie, asked."...my parents..." Magnus said looking down."Oh...um..." Soren muttered. All of the kids were staring at Magnus, to be honest, it scared him."Magnus, I, um, don't think they're coming back..." Soren explained sadly. Magnus knew his parents didn't want him, but he didn't think they would just abandon him."I know." Magnus whispered, too soft to be heard."Hey, you could come with us, we have an awesome bunker and it has plenty of space, then we could try to find your parents." Gabriel suggested."...sure, but they aren't coming back..." Magnus said. "Hey, maybe they will, you don't know!" Ellie tried to convince."My parents haven't wanted me for a long time, they aren't coming back." Magnus explained sadly."Oh...Well, in that case you can stay with us!" Soren said trying to lighten the mood."You'll get tired of me too...I'm too much trouble." Magnus said, remembering what his parents said."We all are." Said the quiet boy, Ivor."...Okay..."

They all left the area, and went to a big house that was only a little while from where they were. Magnus was showed a room inside the house which they said was now his. They sat down in the living room having small conversations, but Magnus was checking out everyone's appearance silently.The girl, Ellie, was pale-ish and had Brown curly hair tied up in buns on the sides of her face. She was wearing a faded red sweater and brown pant, with black shoes. Gabriel was light skinned with black hair. He was wearing a t-shirt with a plaid blue short sleeved flannel over it, and faded jeans and brown shoes. Ivor was very pale, with short jet-black hair. He wore a white long-sleeve under faded blue overalls, with black shoes. The last one, Soren, had pale-ish tan skin with orange hair. He wore a gray, short sleeved collared shirt with a white sweater vest and black shoes. Magnus himself had pale skin and black unkempt hair. He wore a dark green flannel with faded jeans and black shoes.

"-nus? Magnus!" Soren shouted, trying to get his attention."W-what..." Magnus stuttered, finally coming back to reality."Head in the clouds, my friend?" Soren asked with a smile."Um, yeah a little.." Magnus said looking down, he was a bit embarrassed."What were you thinking about?" Ellie asked, curiosity getting the better of her.Magnus felt his face heating up as everyone looked at him. He didn't want to tell them he was trying to figure them out in his head."Um..." was all Magnus could manage to say."Are you okay? Your face is red!" Ellie said. With that everything went dark. Magnus woke up in the room he was given that morning with a major headache.'What happened?' He thought."Good morning sleeping beauty." Soren greeted him."Um, good morning." He said back, not really caring about the 'sleeping beauty part."Would you like to come down and have breakfast?" Soren asked politely."...sure." Magnus said.They walked down to the kitchen area and sat down to eat with everyone else."Magnus were you okay last night, you past out." Gabriel said."Um, yeah..." Magnus replied, not sure what else to say."Hmm, I know! We should go on an adventure!" Soren said, catching the attention of everyone."To where?" Gabriel asked intrigued."How about the farlands?" Ivor suggested looking up from his book."Yes, a fantastic idea!" Soren said excitedly."Does he always talk that funny?" Magnus whispered to Ellie."Yeah, you get used to it." She said with a smile."Oh, okay."

With that, they started packing up supplies and building materials. They set off on horses towards the farlands, not exactly sure where to go, but they said if they went straight for a very long time they would find it.It's took them five days but they finally made it to the farlands. They were silenced with amazement, before them stood the most beautiful disaster. It was an amazing sight.They entered and explored like their lives depended on it. Oh the beauty of it all! They even saw a stone waterfall! They mined and built and laughed.

It was their first adventure, but certainly not their last.

*FLASHBACK OVER*

Magnus wished it could go back to being like that, when Ellie liked him, when Ivor was just a shy little bookworm.He wanted everything to be like that again, when every one of their adventures wasn't cheated, when they only had each other and it was all they needed.'Why can't it all just go back to how it used to be?' He thought sadly.That was when Magnus stopped and took a look at his surrounding. While Magnus was busy with daydreaming he had managed to lose track if where he was, and how long he had been walking."Oh crap."

*Back at the Temple*

"What do you mean you don't know where Magnus is?!" Petra shouted angrily."He took off after Jesse smacked him." Ellegaard said shrugging."Jesse smacked him?" Petra asked confused."Yeah, I talked to Jesse and found out what actually happened," Olivia began, "apparently Magnus wouldn't stop teasing him and calling him names and Jesse snapped.""Wow." Petra said legitimately suprised. "I feel bad for Magnus."Everyone looked at her like she sprouted another head."Why do you feel bad for that idiot, he deserved it." Ellegaard asked."When Jesse's angry he can hit as hard as an iron golem, and its been proven by his doctors." Petra explained. "That hit probably left a bruise." She finished.Everyone got really nervous, now they felt bad for Magnus. Ellegaard felt bad for teasing him about it, he was probably in a lot of pain."We should probably go find him." Gabriel finally said.Everyone ran out of the house, except for Soren and Jesse.

*Back to Magnus*

'Crapcrapcrap.' Magnus thought, he was running around the forest trying to find his way back to the temple."MAGNUS!" someone called his name. He ran towards the voice knowing full well who it belonged to. With that Magnus ran straight to Ellegaard. Once she saw him the guilt of teasing him came up. Just like Petra said, the slap left a big swollen purple bruise on his cheek. The contrast of the color to his pale complexion made it stand out immensely."Magnus, are you okay?" She asked actually concerned for him. Magnus said nothing and stared at the ground, still not wanting to talk."Okay, I get it, it's okay." Ellegaard said with a nonchalant smile.They went back to the temple where they found everyone else waiting. Magnus tried to leave for his room but was stopped by Jesse."Magnus can I talk to you for a minute, please?" Jesse asked sincerely."...Yeah..." was the only thing he got back. They walked back to Jesse's room, shutting the door behind them."Okay, I shouldn't have hit you. It wasn't right, so you can hit me back, okay?" Jesse said."Wait what?" Magnus asked confused."I hit you, so to make us even you can hit me back as hard as you can. I don't want you to be angry at me for the rest of the time we live together." Jesse explained. "So go ahead.""Are you sure?" Magnus asked smiling."Yep." Jesse said putting his hands behind his back. With that said Magnus pulled back his hand and launched it forward like a bat, hitting Jesse on target. He fell to the ground, getting up with a groan."So, are we good?" Jesse asked unsure."Yeah, we're good." Magnus said with a smile.