My name's Alfred Phoenix a 25 year old singer born to an above-average family composed of office workers and cooks when I was a child my dream was to one day step on that bright stage in front of the entire world and show them my love and passion for music cheesy huh? Of course like all things reality isn't the same as your dreams instead of becoming a star I ended up as a college drop out who could barley get a job that pays my bills I was always told in high school that if you believed and tried hard enough you could succeed at anything but look at what all that hard-work got me a loner who's only passion in life is clinging to his former dreams of becoming a star pathetic isn't it?

But enough of that I should start off by saying that telling you this I'm not looking for pity truthfully I only wanted to share this information with someone my family is too busy with their own lives to give any attention towards their drop out of a son who was naive enough to believe he could succeed in what millions of others failed at.

Besides that at least I have one enjoyment in life and that's music even if I can't become a star it doesn't mean that I can't help others in pursuing their dream therefore I decided that I would help the younger generation shine as bright as they can before I die I'll have no regrets.

I said this to myself as I was heading towards the Children's Hospital where my cousin who I paid little attention to as I in my high school years pursued my desires to become a star and ignored everything else irony isn't it I who ignored my sick cousin in her time of need am now ignored by my very own parents truly a dramatic story.

In my sights I could see a modern sized building with the big logo Johnson's Children's Hospital I walked towards the lady as I introduced myself.

“Hello, I'm Alfred Phoenix I'm here to see my Cousin Alice Phoenix.”

The brown haired lady looked at me in surprise as she looked down the list when she saw the name it was as if seeing a ghost.

“Ah! You'll have to see Dr. Michaels before you can see her unfortunately her condition has gotten worse as of late and the only one who could property tell you the situation would be him.”

Hearing this I sighed in my mind to think that I was so focused with my own life I didn't even know their might be a chance she could die.

“Dr. Michaels is currently on a lunch break he should be back in 10 min..”

As she was speaking suddenly a white haired man with a bit of hair on his chin could be seen walking outside of one of the patient rooms rubbing his neck.

“Oh you're in luck, Dr. Michaels Alice Phoenix cousin has come to see her.”

“Is that so? Send him to my office he'll need a bit of time to intake this.”

I pulled my guitar around my shoulder as I entered into his office.

“Take a seat Mr. Phoenix this shouldn't take long.”

I slightly blushed my scarlet hair out of my eyes as I asked the question that was on my mind for a while now.

“Could you tell me what's wrong with Alice?”

He had an expression on his face that just shouted pity and said.

“Your cousin has throat cancer if not swiftly dealt with she may be unable to speak again or worse die.”

Hearing this my face twisted into pain to think that fate wouldn't just curse me to a life of failure but that smiling girl who I thought could carry on my dream is fated to die or not be able to speak again either way is a terrible outcome.

“I..see is there anything I can do?”

The doctor only fixed his glasses as he said.

“For now just spend as much time as possible with her.”

And with that we're back to this current moment of time as I look at that sleeping child with her flowing brownish-red hair.

I remember when we first met she wouldn't even respond with a nod of her neck if I were to talk to her only into I tried singing did she show a reaction then it started to become like this a routine of me singing to her so that she could fall asleep as she would move around when facing nightmares seeing this I truly pity her I thought my life was terrible but hers is even worse to be abandoned by all family expect a high school drop out is a truly terrible thing.

Rattle

Seeing her move around in her sleep again I started to sing a song.

Oh darling Alice,

My sleeping princess,

Light shall shine, and when it does you'll wake, with that same precious and bright smile as usually, do you hear that it's the birds coming down to play sing with me as they fly.

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Oh Darling Alice,

My Sleeping princess,

There is nothing to fear,

As your knight is here to protect you now,

So feel free to fly in the sky sweet little butterfly,

With your protector here now.

As my eyes started to close and I finally let myself fall asleep I could hear footsteps as a loud buzzing sound ringed out in my ear, it was the monitor her heart rate was dropping.

This took me by surprise as tears started to fall they said even if she fell the surgery she would have at least one more week and yet this short time we spent together felt like a decade even though she was unable to say a word her eyes by themselves converted her emotion to me through our shared love of music.

Instantly nurses surrounded her as they bought her to the emergency room and with that Dr. Michaels with them after what seemed like seconds Dr. Michaels came out of the room with a bitterly expression on his face.

“W...what happened to her will she survive?”

“No...I'm afraid not if she doesn't get neck surgery soon even if we do begin we'll need organs to replace the ones that were taken by the tumor which we removed the only thing that's keeping her alive right now is her will power alone.”

He cast his eyes down as he said.

“Do you know any family members who could get here in the next 5 minutes and that would be willing to offering some of their organs to replace the ones lost?”

“No all of her other family members are too caught up in their own troubles to get here let alone care enough to donate some of their organs to her.”

“I see...”

I started to think what have I done with my life other than produce failure I'm a highschool drop out failure of a singer and I don't even know if I'll be able to afford next month's rent many may call me a coward for seeking the easy way out but at least I'll be able to save someone who can still succeed where I failed therefore...therefore.

“I'll donate the organs myself Doctor..just please save Alice.”

He had an expression of shock covering his face as he said.

“Mr. Phoenix are you sure about this? There's no guarantee that either of you two will live through this.”

With determination covering my eyes I spoke.

“Even so if there's a chance for her to live then that's enough for me, you must understand that my original purpose for coming here was to teach her all I know about music and if I can succeed with this then I'll die without any regrets at least someone will remember my name it's scary you know having no one give a damn about you even if you were to pass away that's how I feel everyday, and I think that Alice feels the same therefore I made a promise to myself and if it were to come to it I'd die for her.”

Hearing this Dr. Michaels spared no effort into getting me to the operation room as fast as possible as he put me to sleep with gas.

As I started to embrace the darkness I could hear a little girls voice singing to me it sounded like the voice of an angel no it wasn't the voice of an angel it was...Alice!

“This one's for you Alfred!”

“You opened my eyes to the good of this world without you I wouldn't have been able to release my pain and fly into the sky to sing this song to all these people.”

“I was a bird trapped in a cage but just thinking of those short weeks we spent in that hospital together reminds me of your brave face as you had surgery to give me a new life and released me from my cage to spread my wings free as I had a new path to walk on.”

Hearing this I started to cry to think that she realized my dream and became a star who singed in front of millions upon millions of people that grand stage that I had put all my effort in was finally seen with my own eyes.

'Wait if I'm dead then how am I crying?'

Only then did I realize that my life had just begun as I looked towards those blue windows that I had been ignoring.

Skill Gained! Shape Shifting [Beginner]

Title Gained! Puca Hatchling

'Puca What?!'

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