I don't know what my expression was, but I just let my mouth hang open.
"I.. I don't know what to say." I squeeze his hand. Tears formed in my eyes. "You could love me now, but you don't know me. I'm a.."
"Tell me. Ill understand." Ender persisted.
"I'm a tenth." I say. "Since I'm a tenth, it's my fate to die in the arms of the one I love. Since I was a child, I was abused and neglected. Then, both my parents died and I was orphaned. None of my family wanted me so I had to wander the streets."
"A tenth? That's beyond-"
"Barbaric? Yes. In a way I guess you can say I'm cursed."
"Elena, you're not cursed and you're not going to die." Ender puts an arm around me. "We'll find.." Soft buzzing filled my ears.
"Find what?" I ask. The buzzing continues.
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So this is not as long as I hoped it would be but ill still work on the next chapter. :)
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Gone (an Ender's Game Fanfic) Book 1
FanfictionElena Gilbert, abandoned at a young age, finds herself along side Ender Wiggin in space. On Earth, the world is ending with the new "buggers": Flesh eating monsters. Elena and Ender get lost in space along with Petra and Bean. Not knowing what they...
