The Guardian

«The kid was always alone. His parents were working all the time to maintain the family, they weren't exactly wealthy. His 2 sisters were too little to play with him and his big bro had to take care of them.

That day he was playing alone in the woods when he discovered a passage that lead to some stairs. He was too curious to know what was at the end so he started climbing, but he was unaware that his entry awoke the guardian and he was being watched...»

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