Unfamiliar Faces

Part One, Morale Boost

This story is about a young boy around the age of 14, his name was Orion. He was a cheerful young lad who grew up with his mother, father and his older sister in France where he lived his life, he had short black hair, with beautiful, shining ocean blue eyes as well as a perfect set of teeth to match his perfect smile, he never failes to put smiles on people's faces and making the whole of his small town seem so much brighter than it was before he was introduced into it.

Orion, was not a very bright student nor was he a dumb student, he was average but he didn't mind that as long as he was happy and everyone around him was happy, he was happy and content with the life he was living, there wasn't anyone who didn't like him! Everyday his routine was the same, Wake up, kiss his parents and sister on the forehead, get ready for school then proceed to greet everybody on his way to school and at school as well, he had to be the happiest young boy on the planet! He always had a smile on his face, a smile that would never be forgotten for centuries to come, a smile that would brighten the saddest person's day up, he cared dearly for everyone and broke up fights in a peaceful manner.

During his school year, he was never bullied, not even once. His sister cared for him way more than anybody else could, she would be the only one who truly loved her baby brother more than any older sister could love their own brother, Her name was Amalie, she was 18 with straight black and silver hair which she wore in a plait pony tail, she had had hazel eyes which tend to sparkle in the sunlight, she had already began working to support her family and her younger brother. She worked as a Barista at a local car that her parents would visit from time to time and have breakfast there. Of course Orion always came to visit Amalie whenever he could, after school, before school and on the weekends as well as any days off he had.

Their parents were quite old but still had the spark of life to keep them going a little longer, seeing their two beautiful children all grown up and smiling, laughing, playing and enjoying their lives was enough for them to be happy with their lives as well as being happy to raise them and watch them grow and develop. Their mother's name was Pauline and she was 72, Their Father's name  was Francis and he was 74. Pauline used to have Straight blonde hair in her youth, but still retains her sparkling green eyes as well as a loving mothers heart. Francis used to have Brown hair which he later dyed to black with silver highlights in his youth, he still retains his cean blue eyes, which have been passed onto his son. They are both healthy and happy but still old and had trouble doing certain activities but they were happy and that's all that mattered.

A couple of years passed, Orion was in his senior years of highschool, his sister working as a doctor which saddended her because it meant less time with her brother and parents but she still got to see them which she was happy about, their parents however had become older and with age their health deteriorated which worried their two kids, they tried their best to stay fit and eat well and sleep well but, couldn't escape the everlasting game of life in which each turn you aged more and more until finally you lose.

So the time came, Orion had graduated highschool with an average GPA and was happy with it because his parents got to see him all grown up and graduated and that was both of their final wishes. His sister was still working as a doctor, unaware of her parents health conditions.. They passed away later on in the year due to old age, This was a dark time in Amalie and Orion's life, for the first time since he was a baby, Orion was not smiling, nor was he laughing, standing by their coffin in which they shared as they were lowered into the grave, Orion could not have been anymore sadder then he was at the point, the two people who he looked up to, who he cared for deeply and who made him happy, were now gone. His sister as just as sad as he was, but she made an effort to stay strong and comfort her little brother who was nowhere near the happy little boy he was years ago, he knelt beside their grave, being held by his sister, crying into her shoulder as she comforted him.