As Leader entered the village, the dead body that once contained the Soul of Matty made and explosion of both redemption and sickness run through the village. When he took the body to the chalet of Seer, where he once lived, he laid him on the bed. Seer then ran his hand through the lifeless body's thick, black, and brown hair. He began to ask Leader what had happened, although Leader had already decamped from the house with tears in his eyes. Seer and Leader had begun to wander after you die where do you go. When you leave this world, do you just lay there in a coffin and decay?
He remembered how back in Kira's village they fed you to beast and that was it, but he was really began to wonder now and became more curious than ever before. He remembered in the Village if you had a question then you could ask The Giver or Council of Edifice. They probably wouldn’t even know because they haven’t died. They can’t come back like Jesus did so he will never know. Leader walked over to his book shelf and began to look through the books in the D section and remembered the book about death and after life. He began to read. For hours. And hours.
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Later that day, Leader had found his answer. You either go to heaven or you go to Hell. He dreaded the thought of that so he rose up from his edifice and went to enlightened Seer. Seer looked as if he was just shot with discouragement and fear. When Seer then remembered that they had a spiritual leader, they called Pope. He had moved into town a meager few weeks before they had isolated village. So, he hastily went to the pope for an answer on how you would get heaven and to hell. His answer was, “you must be saved and washed under the blood of Mary’s son Jesus and repent to get to heaven.” The pope went on to convey to Seer’s inquiry by saying, “To go to hell, you mustn’t be saved or believe in Christ.”
He left the pope in a haste to ask leader if Matty had been washed in the blood and had repented. But Leader replied to Seer, “I never knew Matty that well, and since the spirit of the child is gone, we shall not speak of his identity again.” Seer was shocked and did not criticize what Leader had just said.
As Seer walked back to the Chalet with shoulders and head held low, he noticed the base of the Dutch door of the chalet open with no sign of Frolic. As Seer entered, he heard the sound of a weeping women in Matty’s room. He entered to see Kira laying on the chest of Matty crying her eyes out like a child who had lost their mother and father. He walked into the room and began to lay his hand on the weeping woman and began to comfort her saying “he is not dead; his spirit still holds a place in our hearts”.
Seer heard a crowd of people go running and buzzing by the chalet making a storm of dust come into the chalet. Kira peaked out and saw a commotion going on at Ramon’s house and told Seer “If only Matty was here he could heal him.”. He heard Ramon’s mother weeping and father yelling. Seer saw Ramon being carried out of their chalet on a piece of leather by men in big brown suites leave. Ramon was looking worse than ever. His sister was too.
They were both near death. Seer then heard leader say, “Hey we should take them to the house of Seer. Then we could get rid of him and these dirty, rotten, unhealthy people, so our problems will be gone for good.” Seer was so upset that he walked out of the house with Kira behind him and hollered, “Hey what the flip do you think you are you doing Leader? YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO TRY TO PUT THEM IN THERE WITH ME TO TRY TO GET RID OF ME. How DARE YOU! Leader you’re the worst person I’ve ever seen; RULE A VILLAGE AND ROAM THE EARTH.” Seer was so exasperated and furious. This was not Leaders typical character. Leader was once a good man, but he had traded his deepest self for a young, beautiful, but vicious Peasant who begged for food on the path. She not only begged for food but she was the most formidable girl who stole everything she could get her dirty hands on. Seer and Kira were so distraught over the way village was acting and how they treated each other it made them sick. Seer and Kira didn’t understand why. Leader was nice; now he is changing to be a cruel man trying to get rid of him and now his friend was dying. Kira told Seer, “Ever since Matty has died everything has been out of control. Seer what is going to happen to us? Matty can’t save Leader and he has control of everything. If he wanted he could have us all killed except for the Peasant that he loves so much.” Seer remembered the quote “Trade for what, Trade away what.”
The day after, they brought Ramon and his sister into the chalet of Seer. The sickness of Ramon and his sister caused everyone around them, including Seer, to die. Kira couldn’t believe, her father, Matty, and Ramon were dead. Now leader was changing. What was this world coming to? Was it ending? Was the Rapture about to Happen? What was going on?
Before the burial of her father, she requested that Matty’s body be buried beside him. Ramon and his sister had been buried a couple of days before since the discovered they could still spread the disease. They had also discovered the disease was from the gruesome venom from a Snake that his parents had traded for a fur coat.
. They told everyone that if anyone was to enter their chalet without permission they were to be bit. Though Ramon was trying to get the snake out of the box, he got bit then passed it to his sister.
Before Kira’s father died, he had told her to wrap him in the piece of Tapestry that Kira had made for him. Kira wrapped her father in the tapestry with some blue and a flower from her garden. This was just as hard as when she had to leave her mom Katrina in Elsewhere.
Leader began to think about what he had done to his friend Seer and what affects this might have on Kira. As Leader walked home that night thinking about what he had done and how he killed Seer, sadness came over him. He had made a scar inside of Kira that would affect their relationship forever.
That morning, as she ate breakfast by herself, she began to look down at her short and crippled leg. She noticed the scars that would temporarily remain, but she knew that the scar that would be with her forever was inside of her. That scar was the loss of her Father and Matty who would have been her future little brother. She was very grateful that she had Frolic which was the closest thing she could get to being close to Matty. Even though Matty and Christopher were dead, they would always have a special place in her heart. Leader went to the chalet of Kira and apologized for what he had done. Even though Kira was saddened over the loss of her father and Matty, they would always be close in her heart. She forgave Leader.
Drawing closer, she knew soon Leader, others, and herself would leave the village behind. She could just feel it. She knew in her heart that she may not know the time or the day, but she just couldn’t wait. She was a little worried that the people might think she had a disease that was contagious. She knew there was someone special waiting for her there but they would just have to wait till the time was right. Since she knew that would never know when she would leave, she would just have to patiently and excitedly wait for that day to come. She slowly leaned on her stick and sat down by the fire and began to sew the future.
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