Ryoko's Life by Amber Riel (book suggestions TXT) 📖

took a breath. “Good.... You're still alive....”
“What do you want?” Zelda asked, not letting down her guard.
“Don't worry, Zelda.... I'm running away.... I can't take it at my house anymore.... I'm going to become a pirate, and well, I'm looking for a crew.... Do you want to join?”
Zelda dropped the gun and lost her anger. “Yea.... I can't do anything by myself, I'm only five.... My mom and dad are dead.”
Ryoko noticed the bodies of her aunt and uncle and tears filled her eyes. “He killed them....” She looked over at Zelda. “Keep your dad's gun and get his sword, but be careful you don't get hurt.... We have to leave before Russel gets back.”
Zelda picked the gun back up and walked over to the sword and pressed a button to where the blade vanished. Ryoko had Zelda go get whatever she wanted to get before they left. Rescued From Trouble

Ryoko had Zelda follow her into the dark woods. She carried a flash light to let them know where they were going. She wanted to find the ships, but first she wanted to sneak into the castle and find Will. She didn't want to leave him with Magma and their parents.


Russel pulled up to Ash's house. This time Leo was with him. “We need to look for Zelda,” he told Leo as he unbuckled.
“Okay.”
They both stepped out of the car and headed for the house.


Leo turned on the lights and seen the dead bodies of his brother and his sister-in-law. He noticed that the blood had dried up. He was used to seeing dead bodies and the scent of death was familiar to him.
Russel walked into the house. “The child should be around here somewhere. Leo, you check down here. I'll check upstairs.”
“Okay.”
Russel headed upstairs as Leo made his way into the living room. Leo made his way over the dead bodies as if they weren't even there.
“Zelda?” he asked, waiting for an answer. “Zelda?” He made his way into the dark kitchen. “Zelda?” He flipped the light on and looked around. There wasn't really anywhere the child could of hidden. “It's okay, Zelda. It's me, Uncle Leo. I'm not here....” He noticed a note which was laying on the counter. He picked it up and read it. Anger grew inside of him. He gridded his the teeth in anger. “Ryoko.”


Russel walked into Zelda's room, looking everywhere for the child. He looked in the closet. He checked under her bed. He even looked in the toy box. “Zelda?”
“Dad,” Leo said, running into the room, holding the note. He was furious.
“What's going on?” Russel asked.
“Zelda's not here.... I found this.”
Russel took the note and decided to read it out loud. “Bounty hunters, you all are going to lose. Pirates are going to win. I'm starting a crew all my own and Zelda's joining me. We will not let you win. Sign, Ryoko. P. S. You bounty hunters stink.... Take a bath.” He was filled with anger. “That brat is dead.”


Ryoko and Zelda were outside of the castle wall. Ryoko looked for a way to sneak in. She handed Zelda the flash light. “I need you to stay out here. I'll be back okay?”
“Okay.”
Ryoko found a hole next to the gate. Luckily, she could fit into the hole. “Remember, Zelda, stay here. I'll be right back.”


Will was sitting on his bed, crying. His sister was being mean to him again. Someone knocked on his door. “Go away.”
“Will? You need to come out here,” Magma's voice said, mad.
“NO! I'M STAYING IN HERE!”
“WILL!”
“NO! GO AWAY, MAGMA!”
“FINE!”
Everything grew quiet. That was when Will heard something tapping on his window. The little boy was afraid. He took his sheet and covered his head.
“Will?” a voice asked, coming from outside.
The child didn't answer. He didn't want to answer.
“Will? Let me in please.”
“No.”
“It's okay, Will. It's me, Ryoko. Please, let me in.”
Will was relieved. He went over to his window and opened it. He helped Ryoko climb into the room. “How did you get up here?”
“I climbed.... Look, Will, I'm getting a crew together, would you like to join my ship?”
“What?”
“I'm becoming a pirate.... Do you want to join?”
Will looked around. “I would, but I have to stay here. I'm sorry, Ryoko.”
“It's okay. I understand.... I'll miss you, cousin.”
“I'll miss you too.” Will walked over and hugged Ryoko. “Bye.”
“Bye.”

Nightmares & Rum

Zelda was sleeping against the wall. She was worn out from all of the walking which her and Ryoko had been doing since they left her house. Ryoko had made her way back over to Zelda. She nudged Zelda to try and wake her up. “Hey, Zelda,” she whispered, making sure that no one was around. “Come on. Wake up. We can't stay here.”
“I don't want to,” Zelda mumbled.
“But we can't stay here.” Ryoko had to think of something quick. “If we don't leave now, then.... Then, the bounty hunters will attack us.... Do you want that to happen?”
“No.... But I'm tired.”
“Well, we'll go camping next to that bolder that we hang out at.... It's safer.... Okay, Zelda?”
“Okay.”
“But, you have to get up so we can go.”
“Fine.” Zelda yawned. She slowly stood up and followed Ryoko into the woods, but slowly started to fall asleep, until finally, Ryoko had to hold her up from falling to the ground face first. Once they were at the bolder, Ryoko sat Zelda next to the bolder and made camp. When Ryoko was done with everything, she finally laid down and went to bed as well.


Olivia walked into the living room. She seen Cassandra sitting on the couch, crying. She didn't have any clue what was wrong. “What happened, mommy? What's wrong?” Olivia asked.
Cassandra wiped tears from her eyes. She looked over at Olivia and faked a smile. “Nothing, baby.” She lied. She didn't want to tell Olivia how the child's daddy had left her for another woman. She didn't feel right telling the child that at all.
“Where's daddy?”
The question cut Cassandra like a knife. She didn't know how to tell Olivia what had happened. She should have been glad that the abusive man was now out of her life, but she was just so sad. The thought of the man, who she had loved, just walking out, hurt her worst than any of the physical abused which she had dealt with from him. “He's not here.” She couldn't say anything else. The pain was worst, when it came to her broken heart. If she told Olivia, then there would have been more trouble.


Zelda started screaming in her sleep, waking up Ryoko. Ryoko rushed over to her young cousin, realizing that she was having a nightmare and she needed to wake her up. “Zelda, wake up. It's okay. Wake up.”
Zelda woke up, still crying.
“Zelda, it's okay. It was just a nightmare.”
“I had a dream about my parents and that grandpa killed them again,” Zelda told Ryoko.
Ryoko felt the pain from the thought, which made her anger toward Russel grow. Ash and Chealsey were good people. Her aunt and uncle had to suffer because her grandfather despised them. “It's okay, Zelda. Grandpa's not coming back. It'll be okay. Just go back to sleep. Okay.”
They both laid down and went back to sleep.


The next day, Ryoko and Zelda were walking into the town, hiding in the shadows. Ryoko noticed two bums who were loitering in front of a little store, drinking rum. They had a cooler with them which was filled with rum bottles. Ryoko snuck over and took a couple of bottles.


Ryoko and Zelda were back at the bolder. They were about to go to bed, when Ryoko remembered about the rum. “Wait, Zelda. Before you go to bed,” she said, handing a rum bottle to Zelda, “drink this.”
“I can't drink that.” Zelda knew that it was against the law for a minor to drink any thing that had alcohol in it. “I'm....”
“It'll help you to sleep without having any nightmares.... And that bounty hunter who killed your parents, wasn't grandpa. We're the only two in the family that's still alive. Everyone else is dead because of the bounty hunters,” Ryoko lied. “We're the only two in the family that was lucky. Now drink that and go to sleep. It'll keep you from having nightmares. It'll really help.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes, now drink it.”
“Okay.” Zelda had a few sips of rum and fell asleep. Ryoko laid down and slowly fell asleep herself.


A couple of years had pasted by, eight-year-old Olivia sat on the couch with Cassandra. Cassandra had told Olivia that Bobby had past away and that there was no room at the cemetery for his body so she went ahead and burnt it. They were sitting in a peaceful home, still broken, but nice and peaceful. They watched the news as Olivia noticed a man who looked just like her daddy. She realized that it was him with his new wife and a baby boy.


A few days had past and Olivia was ticked off. She was so mad that she threw a fit and started to attack Cassandra. Cassandra picked up the phone and called the police.


When the police arrived, Cassandra watched as they fought with Olivia to get her into the hand cuffs. They dragged Olivia out of the house and Cassandra watched with tears in her eyes as they took her child away.


Five more years had past, Ryoko and Zelda were finally going to get off of Blaze. They didn't steal a ship, when they were younger because they were too small. Ryoko was fourteen and Zelda was twelve. They had managed to find a little house to stay at. They would go around stealing food and clothes and other things that they needed. That was how they survived. They had become thieves, and when Zelda was still five, Ryoko told her that they were the only two in the family who were still alive and that the bounty hunter who had murdered Zelda's parents was an impersonator. She didn't want