Chapter 1: the Tertul
It was a hailing morning on the 30th of October 1955 . A gust of wing wind went by in the squares of Rome. Though it was eight o’clock the sky was still an oily colour. Nathan went faster and rubbed his hands, because of the ever-darkening sky. The weather was super gloomy at Tim’s sandal shop, the Lira place and the labour station. Now Gabrielas gifts were closed. Though the hail was fall it was like the end of the Briton war. Nathan Luthis ignored the terrible darkness. He loitered at the checkpoint waiting for his turn. He found a massive leaf to cover him a wee bit more. As the darkness rumbled he put the leaf over his head. He saw a body guard checking if people had good reasons to pass. Everybody was in a single file line, they were waiting to see him. Nathan saw a lot of them were turned away, they were really sad. The other side was perfectly clean, and every house was in tip top shape. Nathan’s home was horrible, dirty, run down and smelly. “ ‘Ome on I ain’t paid to stand ‘ere!” he grumbled really loud. He frowned as Nathan approached. “Where ‘cha want to go kid!” He said as scary as he could be. “I’m taking some gifts round to my grandparents,” He happily said. The guard sulked, “Pass.” Nathan never saw his grandparents before and it was their birthday too. As he opened the door he shook his head, stamped his foot and smiled. In the next second he could see the famous coliseum and the emperor’s palace. He looked round in amazement and saw everybody gossiping with no care in the world. There were smells of all sorts, perfume, happiness but also a bit of anger. Though this new planet amazed him, the people there looked at him like he was a monster. He ran into an alley and relatives had said so many times, ‘keep your head down and stay out of trouble.’ A man caught and pinned him down. “Gimme what ‘cha have!” he spat threatening to punch Nathan. “And any Lira you have too!” Nathan almost had a flat nose because the man almost punched him. The guy’s shadow looked over Nathan’s body. He could feel the shadow’s arms hold him. Nathan tugged. He could see the horrible behaviour in the guy’s face, coming so swiftly towards Nathan. Then Nathan kicked a load of rubbish to reveal a hole, a minute later, he was in a hole.
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