Neverwas2005

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Gabriel Finch:
[narrating] For those of you who do not know, this is how it began. Zachary Small was an ordinary little boy. He lived with his ordinary father in an ordinary house in an ordinary town. What Zachary did not know - could not know - was just how unordinary he was. I had heard the stories of young Zachary and his fearlessness. I had seen with my own eyes his selfless acts of bravery and courage. And I knew deep in my heart that he would return to rescue me when I was imprisoned in the dungeon that last time. Just as the prophecy decreed, he would restore me to my rightful place. To the kingdom he had long since abandoned. But days turned into months, and months into years. And my certainty faded unto all that was left was despair. Then again, stories are living things, even at times unpredictable.