Charlie's Pov

   I'm such a sad being. Why did l have to die? I loved him as much as l would love a cat.  Why did he betray me? I loved him as my own. I just can't believe he threw me into the water so I could drown. "Time is up, Charlie," I heard someone say. Who said that, am I going crazy?

   I saw an angel looking at me. 'Do not be afraid, little one, for I am with you.' First of all, did he just steal that line from the Bible? And second of all, I AM NOT LITTLE. Then I lost consciousness.

??? POV

   The being that I see right now seems scared. May be I should tell it how it got here. Or I could keep it forever. It does make funny expressions. I wonder how it would look like if it were crying right now. I would love to see that.

   I decided not to tell it anything but shoved its body into a portal as I whispered, "Impress me, Charlie." It yelled as its small body twisted. The portal was not meant for things with vertebrae as it contorted and twisted the many bones in a body.

   Oh, this is gonna be fun.

Charlie's Pov

   I am telling you, there is something wrong with that...thing. Whatever it was. You don't throw people inside portals! That's just plain old rude. Didn't anyone teach him manners?

   Anyways, this wormhole is very long. I have been falling for about two hours, I think. I can see the light. I think that means that l will be free soon. Then l blacked out.

 A few hours later

   It's so dark in here. It's as if they have never heard if a light bulb. I can't make much out in this darkness but that's okay it's not like I'm expecting a bomb to go off right next to me. Then, I saw a light. Really again I'm done with all this light business, l love the dark better.

   l heard something in my head. 'You're still in the womb, l thought she already gave birth to you. Since she hasn't, I will just introduce myself.' Wow, why didn't you introduce yourself earlier? ' 'So rude, my name is Ace and l am your new contracted dragon.

You can call me Ace.'

                                                                              A few day Later

 'Hey kid, l think you should stop cussing. It hurts my head listening to you.' Wow, you think I'm annoying? The god of this world is a sadist/pervert. I think you should be annoyed by him, not me. 'You met the God of this world!?'

   Why are you so surprised? It's nothing that impressive, I'd rather brag about owning a penny than talking about that guy.

   Ace stayed silent after that. And then I was born, I think.

   Well, this is awkward. Some kid is just staring at me. "Aww! Mommy, mommy, when will he grow up? I want to marry him!" What is wrong with this kid. I don't know where I am was but I'm pretty sure humans don't marry their siblings.

Edward POV

   My siblings are so cute!

   I wish we could throw the Mother away. Mother was already trying to get out of bed, while blatantly ignoring her newborn children.

   My sister is already crying. Brother is so quiet and kind, he's not crying and whining about every little thing. I guess it started hurting the maids' ears, as they started wincing at the sound. Then, Charlie smiles at their hard work, and surprisingly still working eardrums.

   Why, babies? Why are you so nice? It will make other men and women want you more than ever. That's why I have to train hard so l can protect my little siblings from these animals.

Father's POV

   That disgusting woman just gave birth. I don't want to go but I have to, it's good for my reputation. There wasn't one but two children in the cribs. She names them Charles and Alice.

    Charles was a sight to behold. He looks so kind, so innocent, that it should be considered a crime.

   Alice was a carbon copy of her brother. The same blonde hair and blue eyes and shallow dimples.

   That woman is looking at My Angels with a disgusted face. What is wrong with her? Twin gods were laying there with a smile on their faces. She looked at me with the love that was supposed to be for both of them, as if she was proud of it.

   I would try my best for Alice and Charles not to grow up spoiled by their 'Mother.' I would give them all the love I could muster, but I wished they didn't have a mother like that.

I had been growing well and it had been a full 7 years since my, I guess you could call it...reincarnation. I was almost 8 now, along with Alice, my twin sister. In Kormere, 8 was the socially-acceptable age for nobles to show off their children in a Dance of Legitimacy, where the shown-off host a party, are formally introduced by their titles and accepted as legitimate heirs to their family's fortune. Since it was for both Alice and me, it was going to be a big deal.

One fateful morning, while Alice and I were eating breakfast and discussing whether strawberry or chocolate cake was better (we decided that chocolate won by a longshot), our mother rushed in and began yelling. "You worthless, children! Why are you still eating when there is work in my room to be done?" Us twins turned to each other and quickly stuffed our faces with tasteless porridge, our breakfast. Mother was gone by the time Alice finished and she whispered to me, "You keep eating, okay, baby brother? I'll start cleaning Mom-...Mother's room." I nodded and speed ate.

With both of us working as fast as we could, we finished in no time and Mother came back, face all red, to a spotless room. "You brats missed a spot," she concluded then left.

It took us forever but we finally finished just before lunch. "Alice-Chalice, are we done now?" said Alice. She nodded and wiped her brow, and that's when I noticed her hands had horrid cuts on them, probably from scrubbing the floors hard to make sure it was clean.

"Okey-dokey, Charlie-Barley! I'm gonna go get bandages, yeah? You can go without me this time, but not far, alright?" warned my sister and best friend.

See, Alice and I did this thing where we would borrow the stableboy's old clothes and go into the town of Kormere since life at Grindstone Manor was so very dull. We only did it twice and both times we went together. We also never went too far as to not get lost. The last part was pretty useless because you just couldn't miss Grindstone Manor. It was huge!

I left Alice at the door of Mother's room and skidded into Alice and I's bedroom. It was more like a closet and pulled out the "commoner" clothes, which really weren't much different from the rags we wore, just more tattered and instead of our colorful pieces of cloth, these were brown and dirty.

After that, I went out through the servants' door and into town.

As soon as I got to the streets, I walked to an orchard. It was really pretty, full of flowers and trees, and it was the only reason Alice and I hadn't lost the taste of the fruit. Then, it hit me like I truck and I realized Oh, shoot. I look too clean to be a commoner! Even though our mother hated us, she cared a lot about what people thought about her and made us take baths every day. It would be bad for her reputation if her children were running around like pigs.

Once I realized it, I grabbed a handful of dirt and smeared it on my face.

"Why are you smearing dirt on your face, kid?" I looked up and was greeted by a light blue, almost white, haired boy maybe a little older than me, lying on a branch. "Why are you sleeping on a tree. That's not good," I replied almost immediately.

The boy sat up straight and narrowed his eyes at me. "None of your business," he told me. "Exactly," I said as I crossed my arms.

The boy, obviously annoyed by me, jumped off the tree and I winced when he landed. He held out his dirty hand and said, "I'm Evain." I shook his hand and replied, "Charlie."

'What the hell are you doing?! This kid could be a murderer!' Ace, you still there? 'No shit, you dunce. You are way too nice for your own good.'

 Evain and I hung out almost everyday for about 2 weeks. He has even met Alice and we had all become really good friends. Evain was like an escape from reality - a cruel mother and a father and brother that were never there.

   It was another one of those days were it was just Vain, as we liked to call him, and I. No rational Alice to keep us from doing stupid things.

   Today I decided to drag him into a forest. I had noticed that the little orchard where I first met Vain, also were I regularly met him, didn't just end at where the cute picket fence was - it was bigger. Way bigger.

   I grabbed my new best friend by the arm and just led him around. As I was in front of him, I didn't sense his fear, only the light shaking. The deeper we went, the more worried Vain seemed.

   At a certain point, Evain just stopped. "Evain, is there something wrong?" I asked, turning slightly to him. "Charles," He never used my full name. No one did. "Do you know where we are?" I shook my head. "This is the Forest of Sin. Most who go in here never come out," said Evain, seriously.

   I shook my head. "No way. I've already been here before." It was true. This forest was accessible from the manor and it was one of the few places Mother let Alice and I roam. Maybe she thought we would die there.

   Either way, Evain seemed surprised and warned me, "You shouldn't come in here for fun, Charlie." I shrugged it off. "Why do you care?" I asked underneath my breath. Obviously he heard it from the alarmed look on his face and I instantly felt regret. Evain looked so sad and I realized he was my only friend, apart from my sister. It wasn't worth losing him over a petty squabble.

   "Vain, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean it like that. Please don't hate me," I said, almost begging. He surprised me by laughing and continued to laugh as we both retreated back into the orchard. We spent the rest of the day with Vain teasing me about my first time insulting him and me repeatedly apologizing.

   At some point, I got stuck in a tree and asked no one in particular who I had offended to be treated this way today. Soon, Alice joined us and we had all sorts of fruits from the orchard as a sort of snack.

    When it got dark and Alice and I had to leave, I looked at my two closest friends in the entire world and said, "I hope this never ends. Our friendship, I mean. Wish it could last forever." Alice nodded in agreement and Evain just smiled.

   Later, us twins went home smiling and held hands the entire way home. This almost never happened because of 'She-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named' but we weren't asked to be born in this family. We just had to make do with what we had.