Six Years Old

The paper looked like something out of a horror scene, cursing the person to die. The handwriting was quite creepy and there were ink splatters here and there which made it even more horrific

If someone else got this letter they would've been scared but I was actually impressed with the amount of work put it to it. Whoever made it was quite talented and has a good chance in becoming a prop maker for movies

Although I was taking it quite positively, Rena on the other hand was shocked after seeing the letter and looked petrified

I guess it's the first time she's seeing something like this. Well that should also be my reaction but I've already had my experience with these types of letters before so I'm used to it

As she was staring at me in a dazed state, I waved my hands in front of her and said

"Rena, you okay? You look like you saw a ghost"

"E-Eh? N-No, I'm alright. I was just a little surprised to see this letter. I never expected to see something like this in your locker. Just what is it?" She said with a anxious look on her face

"It's a hate letter" I quicky replied

"Hate letter?"

"You know, those letters or messages people send to the people they hate which is full of threats and negative stuff like 'Die' or 'Why are you even living?' and all that stuff'"

"No I know that, what I'm asking is why they sent it to you?!"

Why indeed? It's only my second day in school and I'm already getting this many threats. There's no way I could make this many people hate me in a single day. Just why am I getting this many?

"Who knows? Even I'm puzzled about that. The only people who would send these type of letters are our classmates after witnessing what I did yesterday but even if all of them did it, it still wouldn't be enough as there are way more letters here. Well it doesn't really matter since it's just a bunch of papers with some scribblings on it. We can just throw it the trash and forget about it"

"Forget about it?!" Exclaimed Rena as if I said something wrong and continued to say with a concerned look on her face "How can you forget about such a big matter?! These aren't just simple pranks people do for fun but actual death threats! How can you just ignore this matter so easily!? You're acting as if your used to getting these type of letters!"

"But I am used to getting them" I casually replied to which Rena gave a look of surprise and said

"Huh?…You're used to it? What are you talking about?"

"What I'm saying is, this isn't the first time something like this has happened to me and it won't be the last time either. And I know for sure that nothing will happen if I just think about, so it's best to just ignore it"

"Wait-Wait-Wait! So you're telling me that you've gotten these type of letters before?!" She exclaimed as she took a step closer to me

"Didn't I make it clear earlier?"

"You did but the way your saying it like it's nothing makes it seem like a joke and hard for me to believe"

"A joke huh…Well even I would be happy if what I'm saying is all just a joke but sadly it isn't and is the truth"

"So you've actually gotten letters like this before…I didn't know that" She sighed with a look of worry in her eyes. "But with what you told it seems like you've gotten letters like this since long back. When was the first time you got one? Middle school? Highschool?"

"I don't really think that's really important right now. Let's just forget this happened and-"

"Don't try to dodge the question! Tell me!" Interrupted Rena with a determined look to know the truth

*Sigh* I guess there's no escaping it now. I replied saying

"Ummm…Since I was six I guess"

"Six? You mean sixth grade? That means when you were in middle school?"

"No, I'm saying when I was six years old"

"Oh, six years old. Then that's when you were-....W-W-WAIT, WHAT! SIX YEARS OLD!?!?" Shouted Rena with a bewildered expression as her jaws dropped in shock. "Y-Y-Y-Your kidding right?"

"Nope. It's the truth"

"What!? There's no way that's true!" She exclaimed in disbelief. "A 6 year old getting hate letters like these is just impossible! It's preposterous to even think off!"

"Then I guess I've achieved the impossible"

"No-No-No-No-No…" Said Rena as she held her forehead in confusion and incredulity and continued to say in a more calmer manner "You're telling me that when you were in primary school you got letters like this? I mean letters with negative stuff like this!"

"Yes I did"

No, actually the letters I got back then were far worse then these. Those letters were filled with actual hate and despise towards me that came from the bottom of their heart. At that time I could actually feel how much they loathed and wanted to get rid of me when I read those letters. Compared to those these are nothing

But to be fair those were written by full grown adults so they had more impact to them then the ones written by teenagers. But the things they said to me when I was just a six year old still astonish me about how others can turn against anyone in a matter of seconds. They treated me like a criminal back then...God I don't want to remember that hellish time

"But that's impossible! You were only a child back then! How can they write stuff like that to a child?" Exclaimed Rena still trying to reason me

I chuckled at her ignorant way of thinking and replied saying

"Rena first let me get this through you. The world isn't as loving and caring as you think it is. It's a ridiculously cruel place where you'll be left to die if you aren't careful with what you do and that means everyone including me and you and everyone in this world. Even if a child or even a baby does something that should not be morally or ethically done, be it by mistake, accident or due to circumstances, the world will not forgive and accept you for what you did. It will only drive you to the edge and try to get rid of you, fearing that you'll do the same thing again and that is through any means necessary…Even if it means to threaten to kill a child who hasn't even learned what is 'death' yet"

Rena was quite shook with what I said and was clenching her hands in shock. She was staring at me like she was looking at a completely different person from who she met yesterday. She then took a big gulp and said

"Just what did you do when you were just 6 years old that caused that much of backlash? There isn't even much a child can do to actually bring that much hate towards his way. Heck, there isn't even much an adult can do gather all that hate other then doing something illegal...W-Wait you didn't do anything illegal right? I mean you were just a child at that time. There's no way you can something like that"

Illegal huh...Well if you consider brutally beating and killing 26 men with an old rusty iron pipe to the point where their faces got so disfigured that no one could identify them and bones so mangled that they were sticking out of their body as illegal, then yes…I did do something illegal back then