Zofo’s Adventure

A Story by Sammy10

Zofo and his mom began their life as slaves and had to encounter they unfairness of this world

In a country away from any other countries lies five villages filled with hatred which at the same time are hated and cursed by all the other countries. All of these villages had some kinda problem due to some chemical experiments but one village that was called the royal village. The royal village didnt have a single curse or punishment which made everyone in the cursed villages hate them. In one of the cursed villages where our main protagonist lies , a young boy at only the age of eight. His name is Zofo which has been roaming around all of his village as a killer. Zofo with his sharp hateful red eyes that was looking down on everyone made everyone scared of him. His eyes could even scare any animal that lived in that village. Zofos village was full of some poisonous chemical that made everyone go bald. The specific village was named Poison village. The chemical that was in that village actually made everyone immune to poison which the makers didn't expect and instead of being a punishment it might have been a helping method for our Zofo…

Even though the village wasn't as active and happy as the royal village it was still alive. That means there were jobs, shops but sadly slavary was one of the biggest. Zofo was one of those until a fateful day came by that changed him. The story goes back to when Zofo was born into a slave family with an unknown father that left both Zofo and his mother. That always led him to hate his father while his mom always kept telling him not to. At the time the only thing that Zofo cared about was his mom and nothing else. While being a slave he and his mom would always have to work to get food and their aim was always to get enough food to survive. One day an old couple were being punished by the guards for not filling in their quota but something happened that Zofo didn't expect. His mom went in to protect the old couple and got punished in their stead but not only did it not stop there she even helped them fill in their quota for the day to get extra food. Zofo that day only thought of one thing and one thing only and that is how kind his mother actually was without him actually noticing it. After that day something special burned inside Zofo, something called kindness. After that day He began helping people all around the slavary mine, helping everyone to fill their quota. And something new began happening, smiles that got shared between everyone after seeing a little kid help wanting to help. It was a motivation, everyone in the mine got closer and closer and Zofos eyes began to brighten up and be more accepting until that night. The night that changed Zofos eyes from the happy red eyes to the eyes that scared everything around him.

The guards came in with news to the slaves that they are doing good but now need to work even harder. A lot of chatter began and complaining but the guards didn't care and just told the slaves that if the quotas are not filled they will end up being punished. But Zofo shouted with motivational words to the slaves.

We’ll just work harder than we usually do, that's what we've always been doing right?

Those words he said. To this day, Zofo still regrets saying them.

The slaves got motivated and happy again and everyone grabbed their tools and got ready to fill the big quotas for today. But something was wrong. Zofos mom was coughing blood. With Zofos worried red eyes he grabbed her, sat her down and kept asking what the problem was but the guards did not like that. Zofos mom tried comforting him, telling him it'll be fine but he knew something was wrong. The guard came closer holding his whip in his hands screaming at Zofo and his mother to go up. Zofo tried explaining that they can't and that his mom needs rest but the guard did not care for an explanation and began lifting his whip up but then the old man that Zofos mom saved came in to try and protect Zofo. The emotionless guard didn't really care who he was hurting and just kept on going until the man ended up falling on the ground beside Zofo. While the mom was still coughing blood Zofo stood up with his back against the guard ready to take his whips to defend his own mom. That action alone made her cry. But Zofo wasn't scared nor crying.. he was filled with hatred towards this guard and that's when he got his cutting eyes filled with killing aura. The guard as expected started whipping Zofo near a hundred times but he still didn't cry but only grew his hatred more and more but the slaves couldn't take it anymore. Everyone started running towards the guard and started beating him up. Zofo then fell on his knees while half open eyes full of pain. His mom hugged him with tears in his eyes and tried reassuring him. The blood from his back filled her hands as the other guards started coming with swords. They started killing slave after slave. Zofo couldn't see what was happening behind him but he heard everything and understood it was pointless and helpless to resist. He can't even stand on his own feet so what can he do? It felt warm but he didn't know what was happening. Zofo slowly opened his eyes to see his mother hugging him with a sword in her stomach and his own. He began coughing blood while his mom didn't say anything. Is she dead? No it can't be is what he thought. His brain was full of thoughts but all of hatred and for the first time he cried. He cried for his mother that tried protecting him, cried because he thought that he was the reason that made everyone overwork themselves and cried for everyone that died because of him. Zofo started screaming, screaming so hard that everyone fell into the ground holding their ears. Everyone's ears began bleeding. Be it friend or foe. Zofo began levitating into the air slowly with the sword and his mother and everything beside him was burning. His mother's body and the sword disappeared to nothing but ashes while his wound started healing. No one knew what was happening, not even him. Zofo was still crying and screaming. The more he cried the hotter it got. Slowly the walls beside him started burning away as if it was lava touching them. Zofo slowly got back in the ground with something beside him, a red bright sword with cutting edges. The sword was burning but only Zofo was fine beside it. Zofo then loses consciousness and wakes up and a few minutes later with all his wounds healed with nothing beside him. No chains, no bodies but ashes and a sword that is still burning beside him. Zofo then takes the sword surprised that he is not feeling any warmth coming from it. Is this a sign that the sword has accepted Zofo as his master..?