The Tales Never Stops

I ran towards the waiting car, my hair blowing along with the wind. Uncle Jonah exited his car. I didn't know he owned a personal car.

He grinned and pulled me in for a quick hug that lasted four seconds. Twice in a row.

Well, that was, uh—interesting. 

"Ready for your big day?" He asked, ruffling my hair. Trust me, I didn't like that part.

"As ready as I'll ever be," I murmured, but he caught it. He smiled knowingly at me.

"So, where are we headed?" I asked curiously. Probably off to some weird butt street with some weird name.

"Your new school of course!" He said, rolling his eyes.

"I know. Which street?"

"Town square, at the back of the school library, I couldn't show you yesterday because the library's in its view. But today, you'll get to see everything. Your mom and I both attended the school, well, that's the only school we got." He replied.

"Okay. Does the town square have some cool history, you know, like the tale you told me yesterday?" 

"Yeah, everything in Generosasis has its history. It's the same everywhere, the outside world too."

"Wait. Outside world? Where are we uncle Jonah, where are we?" I said in a panicky voice.

"Calm down, we're still on earth, but far from earth." He explained.

"Have I gone crazy now, am I hearing things?" I thought aloud.

"Don't be silly, you aren't crazy. Your reaction is perfectly normal,"

"Can I go back to the city?" 

"No, you can't." He deadpanned.

"What? Why? I'm just sixteen, I can't be trapped here forever. Uncle Jonah, please help me, please." I begged. What would happen to my dad? I'd never see him grow old, even though he did despicable things to my mom and I, of course was mad at him—but at the end of the day, he was still my father and I loved him.

"You can leave, but only after five years. That was why your mother never visited,"

"Nope, you got it all wrong uncle, my mom brought me to this town when I was eleven months, so I don't understand all these now,"

"You didn't let me finish. Your mom got through because your grandpapa laid down his life,"

"That's nasty, why would he do such a thing? I have never ever met him!" I sobbed.

Uncle Jonah wrapped his arms around me. He patted my back like a father would.

"That was the only choice left, your mother didn't want you to grow up here, you know, because of the tale. And papa sacrificed himself, he was old anyway, his words not mine."

"That's sick, Who made these stupid rules?" 

"Let's go kiddo, I'll tell you on the way. You don't wanna be late on your first day, chop chop." 

Who cared about school? I just discovered my grandfather laid down his life so that I could leave the town, and now, I was staying in that same town. What an irony!

I opened the door on the passenger side, sliding in awkwardly. The car was a little bit small, it had little or no space at all, even for a 16-year-old.

"So, I'm listening," I said as soon as we hit the road.

"You are no patient dog, I see," He scoffed.

"Well, you promised and I got my grandpa killed. I've never met him, do you know how it feels like, huh?" I yelled in annoyance. The whole move and the divorce was taking a toll on me, plus—I had to get enrolled into a new school and make friends. There was just so much I could take.

"I don't know how it feels like, but I do know the patient dog eats the fattest bone," He smirked in victory. That wasn't a cool ending.

"Number one, I am no dog, two, that wasn't a victory. Just tell me, I need to know, it's my right, don't you think?" I said, giving him my best puppy, dog eyes.

"Fine, your mama should have told me you're one inquisitive young lady," He laughed. 

"She should," I agreed and laughed along with him.

"You probably guessed, Generosasis made the rules, it was her town and we were just tenants that found our way onto her land. This happened a very long time, long before your mama or grandmama was born. A couple of tribe went hunting, they lost their way when they stepped onto The Town. Told you it was called just—The Town. Well, the vampires saw them as food, likewise werewolves. They hadn't tasted a fresh human in years, like really long years, thousands. Imagine how tasty they'd be. Because Generosasis was the Aklinshinis, she was more powerful than both werewolves and vampires combined. Everyone respected and feared her, according to history, she was a petite little thing, but a devil when angered. 

Generosasis decided she'd keep the humans—in order to stop the impending fight between the warm blooded and cold blooded. They all agreed, and that was how we became the tenants and finally, its citizens."

"That didn't explained how I am never going to set foot on the outside world," I said, morphing my brows into a frown.

"Yeah, right." He smacked his lips. "Well, she didn't want anyone to leave because that was the first time she was seeing human in flesh and blood, she'd only heard stories about them from the famous clans. However, you could call this insecurity—she devised a plan to keep them all from leaving, and that plan states that, 'any human that leaves, loses their breaths.' The elders saw her as a saviour from the other clans, they decided to stay and breed their families. After many years, people began to die as a result of the rule, unsatisfied with these deaths, the elders went forward to beg her to reduce the verdict. After much persuasion, she eventually agreed. Even though she had perished, maybe, nobody really knows what happened to her since that night, the people still uphold her rules. And we all found out that her rules are very much alive when papa died."

"Hmm," 

"Do you understand? It's a tale as old as time—you know," He responded..

"I get it now, but don't you think that's a selfish thing to do?"

"I've never really thought much about it, besides, the rules keeps the town safe, and the Groovehoods too."

"Rules, right." I muttered. Now, I was more than sure there was more to Genesis. There was more to the whole 'saviour' thing. Genesis was no innocent girl, she knew what she wanted and I was definitely going to find out just what.

"So, you've never been to New York city?" I asked, dumbfounded.

"Yea, maybe one day." He smiled.

"Maybe in five years time, I'll be your hostess," I smiled at him. Although I'd just found out I had an uncle who seemed like a grinch, but he was a cool one. Interesting and somewhat scary too. And I liked it. I liked the fact that it wasn't just me and my mom anymore.

"C'mon, it's your big day." Uncle Jonah said, pulling into the parking lot.

"School, school, school." I clicked my teeth. I collected my backpack and alighted from the car.

"Have a nice first day, kiddo!" Uncle Jonah shouted and zoomed off of the parking lot, leaving me with smoke—a danger to the ozone layer. I laughed, I really liked him.