THE HIDDEN TALENT

BIG NEWS

KENAN

I wake up very early in the morning as usual, I tiptoe out of the room so I won't wake my brother or any other person in the house but the creaking noise of the wood in the stairs was enough to do that for me. Surprisingly I make it down the stairs and start with my chores. I start from cleaning the bathroom, to the living room. By the time I was done with that the old man was awake. He staggers into the bathroom not even sparing me a glance and I ignore him. I continue with my chores as he gets dressed and head out the house slamming the door behind him.

I finish all the chores and start on making breakfast for the whole house. If there is one thing I'm very good at it is cooking and baking, my grandma taught me a lot and I was very good. I hear mum enter the bathroom to take her bath. The rich aroma of my pancakes wafts round the room and shortly after I could hear my siblings running down the stairs and they head atraight for the kitchen. They start bringing plates out of the cupboard, I c**k an eyebrow and they drop it back.

"And have you brush those teeth of yours" I ask and they shake their head.

"And what did I tell you" I ask and they start shuffling their feet.

"No food without brushing" they reply slowly in a low voice.

"Now get up there and brush before coming to eat" I say and they run back up the stairs brushing past mom as she heads towards me.

"Now what's happening here" she asks and I smile.

"Just making breakfast in which they want to eat without brushing their teeth" I reply and she mouths an o in understanding. I see her face and I admire the woman in front of me. My mom was a beautiful light skinned black woman with long dark brown hair and beautiful light golden brown eyes. She was tall almost the same height as my dad with a killer body. She had a pretty face but it was a little spoilt today due to the bruises but what I love about her is the fact that her healing factor is fast. If she had been given a chance to take the trials she would be a shifter or undead. I can see the bruises start to clear. By evening it will be completely gone.

She takes her seat and I serve her breakfast. I leap a little due to a cut in my leg from the beating and when she notices her demeanor changes. She had a look of pity and hurt on her face and I knew the words I said yesterday night hurt. Good

"What happened yesterday was not just an abuse but an assault on me. I could sue if we were rich and don't look like you feel my pain cause you don't, if you did you won't keep putting me through this. Enjoy the food mom" I reply to her look of questioning and walk out the kitchen heading to my bedroom. I pick up my book and start writing, it helps take me out of this world and I loved it. I was still writing when I heard the front door being shut meaning she had gone to work. I write for a while after serving my siblings breakfast and they headed to school.

Late into the morning I head downstairs to the shed. I work on cleaning all the fruits I have picked and arranging them into different bags. They ranged from strawberries, blueberries, grapes, apples, oranges, pineapples and even other exotic fruits. They were fresh so I clean them well for sale. I put all my hides and head out locking the doors behind me. Since I started to train from a young age I did runs in the wood to build my agility and endurance. There I learnt of all the different fruits in the forest and how they grow. I started harvesting them and selling them. I have been saving the money from the produce for over 9 years not spending a dime.

I also hunted and sold the hides, furs, horns and even antlers at the main market. I pack all the already stored ones too. I walk the little way from my house to the main road and settlement. We lived on our farm property just on the outskirt of the townvery close to the woods. It belonged to my grandparents and that was the only thing passed down to my father. A few cars passed beside me as I continue my trek to the market. Our village as I call it was one of the little settlements in our world. Clatus is the main city while our village was only a localty under their government. Let me catch you guys up a little.

In our world we have two classes of people. The Aristocrats and the Norms. The Aristocrats are the rich and powerful while the Norms are the working class citizens. We are ruled by Kings and royals and the means of production and every single business in the world was owned and controlled by Aristocrat. Yeah a crazy capitalist world right. So as we speak no norm can own a business but we all work for the Aristocrats. If you haven't guessed I'm a norm. I walked into the main village square and a car almost hit me when I was trying to cross the road to the other side. I walk up to the market and before I get anywhere I was almost tackled which I avoided and the person landed on the ground.

Someone starts laughing behind me "always catches you, this never gets old" she says as I look down to see one of my best friends and start laughing also. Leila and Simeon are cousins and we have been friends since I could walk. My mom and Simeon's dad work for the same Aristocrat and are very close. My dad even beat her up one day out of jealousy when he saw her laughing and chatting with Mr Edmund. So we got close and later on I helped Leila during one of her worst periods. At a time she hated us calling us below her class but when her dad lost her job she had to reduce her spending and we helped her fit into the new life. Since then we have been the indivisible trio.

We did everything together and told ourselves everything. They helped me get through most of my abuses and we have faced everything life has thrown at us together. I look at him and smile.

"What were you trying to do Simeon" I asked as he stands and dust his clothes.

"Trying to give you a friendly tackle, you know" he said raising his hands in the air "but I see you have not changed a bit, never letting your guard down." he continues and glares at a still laughing Leila.

"If that was friendly then your landing won't have been so fatal" I reply mocking him and his face reddens making Leila and I burst into another feat of laughter that goes on for a while because the more we looked at him get angry the more funny it became. When we finally stop they take a few of my stuffs and we begin walking together.

"Headed to sell another set of goods right?" Simeon ask and I shake my head.

"No, headed for a pool party" I reply sarcastically and Leila laughs as he frowns.

"I was just asking" he says and rolls his eye. We keep walking as they tell me all about their day. Surprisingly they saw me from Leila's mum store and thought to ambush me but it didn't work, obviously. I told them about the last night occurrence and they both comfort me. We arrive at the first store I was going to.

"Mrs Willow good day ma" I greet and she replies with a warm smile.

"Oh Good day darling, you have new stock" she asks and I nod. She sells fruit for her Aristocrat and I sell all my fruits to her. That way she makes extra income. I nod and show her all I brought. She was suprised I had that much and paid me quickly before anyone sees us. I bid her goodbye and as usual she replies with a cheerful smile. We walk deeper into the market before getting to the next shop I was heading. The moment Jonas saw me, he opens his door hastily and we walk in. Typical Jonas with his paranoia.

"What do you have for me boy" he asks in a stern voice trying to intimidate me but it surely wasn't working. I bring out all I had and list it for him, he looked impressed and smiles "these are nice wares but I will only be able to afford 300 dollars. He says and I snap my neck to face him with enormous speed.

"No I'm not going to take this from you. This goods are worth 1000 dollars and you are offering me 300. That's fraud" I reply and he scoffs.

"Well then maybe you should find another buyer then" he replies and I chuckle.

"That i would because there are lot of people who need this kind of opportunity but not before I inform your Aristocrat. What is that name of his?" I say scratching my head like I was thinking, his face looses all colour and he begins to Jitter. Leila catches my plan and replies

"Lord Almos" she says and he finally goes white

"Lord Almos yeah, that shouldn't be a problem. I might even get him to hire me as your replacement." I say mockingly and he begins to shake his head

"Fine fine I will pay you just bring the goods" he says fearfully and quickly counts the cash for me as I drop.the goods for him.

"It was really nice doing business with you" I throw at him as we walk out the door and he glares me down. We all burst into laughter and keep walking. We were discussing our next training when the town bell sounds.

"Did you just hear that" Simeon ask and we both smack him.

"Of course we did and this hasn't sounded in years" I say and they all nod in acknowledgement.

"Must be big news let's head there and see for ourselves then" Leila said and we burst into a run. Leila starts a competition to pick out the fastest of us all and I reach the place more than a minute before they do. We arrive at the place panting, as usual crowds have gathered there. We squeeze our way to the front and that is when we saw them.

This must be really Big News