((this is when the Noah inside Bret "woke up" and inhabited him I guess...he was around 12/13. It's from his point of view sometime later))
I was a pretty average kid for the most part. Did well in school, had some great friends, good family life and whatnot. My parents didn't fight or anything, my life was a normal one, until the Noah came in.
Now I'm the Memories of the Noah, so I have every single memory of them in my head. Some are old and faded but they're still there. It gets overwhelming at times but I've learned to cope. The Earl says that most Memories have gone insane. I know that, but it's not the nicest thing to think about.
Back in middle school I had this one great friend, he stuck with me through everything that I went through and didn't seem to care that the other kids thought I was crazy. His name was Shawn.
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The memories came to me in a span of about three weeks. The first day was when I was walking to school, I just collapsed on the sidewalk holding my head. It was like someone pouring all the feelings and sensations they had had throughout their entire life into my head. It...hurt, a lot.
Luckily enough for me a woman was walking her dog along the street and came over to me. Her dog seemed frightened of me but the woman offered her hand and led me back to my house. My mother hadn't left for work yet and was distressed over my condition. She insisted on taking me to the hospital at once.
While there the doctors and nurses asked me so many questions...but of course they couldn't figure out what was wrong with me. One did propose having me stay overnight to make sure someone trained would be there should my condition worsen, but my mother refused. She took me back home and put me in my room, saying to call her should I need anything.
The next few days the stream of memories only strengthened. I couldn't sleep, my head always felt about to explode, and I couldn't stop the images. My mom sort of broke when one day she came into my room to me huddled up in a corner looking like I was going to be killed and repeating "make it stop" under my breath.
That was when she decided to bring me to a mental institute(joy).
The people there also asked me lots of questions, most of which I didn't answer. But when they asked me how I was feeling, and I find this funny now, I replied, "I haven't slept in two weeks....things I've never seen or heard of or felt are invading my head....and it's only getting worse....how do you think I feel?" They seemed shocked, started talking in the hushed tone they use that they don't think anyone else can hear(big surprise: other people can hear them talking!) and lead me to this room with a bed and a side table, like any little hospital room, but the bed had restraints on it.
Naturally, when they invited my to lie down I said, "Like hell you're going to strap me to that." which prompted them to have to find an alternative. The alternative ended up being me sitting in the corner of the room on the floor, which I found somewhat comforting...
A full week went by at in that corner for me, it seemed like longer though. Some of the worst things that have ever happened on Earth to humanity were forced into my head by the Memories. I felt all the pains, and heard the screams, and smelled the blood. Wars went on as well. It wasn't until the Earl came that they let up. He just popped out of nowhere into my little white room and offered his hand to me, just the the woman on the first day.
"I think you've had enough now, son" was all he said.
I slowly stretched out my hand to his and he grasped it, pulling me up like I didn't weigh anything. The images in my head slowed when he touched my hand, a few of them stuck in my mind, images of this man reaching out his hand to other people who looked just as scared as I must have looked. Those reassured me, and I didn't resist when he led me through a door that had appeared in place of the normal door of the room.
It opened into a dimly lit place with lots of small pictures on the walls of people, all of which I recognized and could name. A girl came out of the shadow of a hidden hallway and looked at me. Her pale pink eyes seemed to see through me, I automatically knew who she was. She smiled, saying "I have been looking forward to this, Bret. You have a lot in store for you in your futures." Her voice was soft and knowing, and for a moment she held my gaze, then turned and walked off into the hall she had come from.
I looked up at the man who had brought me there, his glasses shone above his permanent grin, "Welcome to the Noah, Memories."
((that took a while to finish >.>; but it's done, Kekeshi is the girl, she can see all the futures there could be. Hope you all liked!! :D))
