This all started on a rather usual day. A small family was on a yard sale with wares from the entire neighborhood, looking for diamonds in the rough. The father, the mother and the son were all there. And it was truly a joyous day as the father had recently been promoted and now had a higher income, enough to finally let the family achieve their dream of buying their own house instead of renting an apartment.

However, some days are better than others, and this one would soon turn into a rather sad one for the whole family, one none of them would forget anytime soon. A day of great loss.

Currently the father was managing the family's own table, full of old stuff the family no longer needed or wanted. And while the father did all the boring work, the mother and son were enjoying themselves by looking around the other tables and the wares they contained. The son, Caesar was very excited this day. He had helped out at home and behaved like he always did. As a reward he had been given a little bonus to his allowance so that he could buy something that caught his eye during the yard sale. The boy was in the best of spirits as he ran around between the tables, giving his mother a hard time trying to keep an eye on her son, yet she had a smile on her face as she saw her son enjoy himself.

The reason the boy's mother was glad to see him so happy was because the boy had been really down as of late, he had been bullied for his silent behavior, something that couldn't really be explained. He just preferred not to speak. He would much rather write his thoughts down as a message or use gestures. But once he did speak he would do so as little as possible. Meaning he spoke only when absolutely necessary. Something that made him a target for bullies.

Thankfully the bullies had not bothered Caesar as of late thanks to the teacher talking to them about it. And now he was happy as a whistle. Jumping around between tables in his favorite yellow hoodie. One he loved for the fact that it was yellow, just like his favorite cartoon character, Pikachu.

After having made sure her son was staying well within sight and had finally stopped to look at the different wares the mother started doing the same, only she found something a lot more practical then the toys her son found, she was looking at clothes.

What the mother didn't notice was the fact that her son also found a table selling clothes and accessories, and he found something that would suit him perfectly: A pair of Pikachu ears in his size. He knew immediately where he would spend his money.

Caesar approached the lady sitting at the table and waved his arm a little to catch her attention. As he did, he immediately pointed towards the Pikachu ears and showed her the money he had with him.

"You wish to purchase those toy ears?" the woman asked, Caesar nodding in response.

"Alright. two dollars please." The woman said as she reached out her open hand, the other one holding the requested item.

Struggling for a moment, Caesar managed to separate two one dollar bills out of the small collection he had and handed them over to the lady. Receiving the money the lady smiled and gave him his new possession.

"Pleasure doing businesses with you Caesar." The woman said as he nodded and turned around to show off his find to his mother.

"Mom, look!" Caesar said as he spotted his mother, only now realizing something important. He never spoke to the woman, and he didn't recognize her from this neighborhood. How had she know his name?

Putting on the Pikachu ears he decided to ask her. But as he once again turned around the world flashed white and he heard a loud scream.

"Caesar!!!"

Call it coincidence, call it instinct, or call it a mothers love. The moment she heard her son call out to her with his cheerful voice, a sense of dread filled her. Something was extremely wrong! As she turned around she saw him. Just having put on a pair of Pikachu ears, the metal band keeping them from falling off concealed by the boys blonde hair. He was turning around to look behind him, where there was nothing but a house wall. But the sense of dread continued, even if there was no evident threat to the boy, she simply felt she had to be right beside him, right now.

And that's when it happened. A big lightning bolt struck down. In the middle of the day, in a cloudless sky, a lightning bolt struck. And right under the strike stood one nine year old boy. In his black shorts, Pikachu yellow hoodie and fake Pikachu ears. His hair lighting up from the sudden light, making it match the color of his attire. As the lightning descended towards the boy, the mother could only do one thing. She called out to the boy she so wanted to protect.

"Caesar!!! was all she managed to say before the deadly flow of electrons hit her more than sacred child.

As the woman was hit by the sound and and heat from the impact of the light, she barely budged. Not many things in the universe can budge a woman when it concerns her child, not even this. She was petrified, she had just seen the most horrifying thing a woman ever could, the death of her own child. Her brilliant boy, the boy who rarely spoke, her child who had breezed through school and had even jumped a few years. Her child who had just been there, in front of her, smiling.

Tears soon began to fall as the tear ducts responded to the feelings assaulting the woman. She was crushed. as she fell to her knees others around her recovered from the chock. Some went up to her to see if she was okay, others ran towards the spot where Caesar had been, only to be confused as there was no trace of the boy. All there was was the strong scent of ozone. The boy, nowhere to be seen.

Author's Notes:

Yay, I got this story rolling.

Now, let's see... Another chapter should do it. Let's see how you people react to that.

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