The Giver (A Fanfiction)
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Hi!! My name is Lila Black. I live in a community of sameness. So that means no color, no emotions, no real family, no choices, and no LOVE. Where I live is called a dwelling and I can't touch anyone outside my imminent family. We have no memories but our own. The memories are kept by the Receiver of Memory the most important person in the community. The Elders keep us in line and make the choices for us. We have morning injections to keep the "stirrings" away. The "stirrings" are dreams of people and that those dreams have rules are broken. I took morning injections until I found out what they were. Now time to start. Let's go back to my dwelling.
Last Updated
05/31/21
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Chapter 20
~Lila's pov.~
As Conner leaves, tears fall down my face. I should've kept my stupid mouth shut!! I lay in bed crying till 3 am. I fall asleep but wake up 3 hours later to get ready for my new job. I head downstairs and leave without talking. I get on my bike and head over. Since school got canceled today because it's a day where all 12's get to go to their job and see out it works. I head over to mine and walk-in.
"Hello," the lady at the desk says. "How may I help you??"
I stand up straight and straighten my dress. "I'm Lila Black, new Reciever of Memory."
She nods and points down the hall behind closed doors. I knock on the door and when it opens I see Conner there. My heart flutters but imminently stills when he just walks away from the door. I hold in tears. Maybe injections were the better option. I see the Reciever of Memory sitting on the bed waiting for me to close the door and take a seat.
"Now we can start." He grumbles and motions me forward. "Time to get started."
I walk over slowly. "Shouldn't you tell us about this??"
He laughs. "No questions and just do what you are told. Now lay down." I lay o my back and he puts his hands on my back. I see something and think I'm actually there. It's a...sailboat!! I'm on a sailboat in the middle of-of...Then it's gone.
"What was that??" I ask.
"I don't know. What did you see??" He asks and Conner looks at him instead of me.
"I was on a sailboat in the middle of...."
"Focus, Lila. What was it??"
'Ocean...' My mind says. "Ocean!! I was on a sailboat in the middle of the ocean!!"
"Very good. Conner your turn." Conner takes my spot and the Reciever does the same thing to him as he did to me. Conner sits up and looks at us happily.
"It was cold, and I was on this red piece of wood..."
"What was it called?? Reciever asked.
"Sled!! I was on a sled, on a hill, in the..."
"In the what Conner??" I ask this time and the Reciever gives me a look.
"Snow...Snow!! I was on a red sled, on a hill, in snow, sledding!!" Conner says.
"Very good...Now you both can leave. This is very tiring and I need sleep..." The Reciever lets us leave and we walk to our bikes in silence.
"Did you like yours??" I ask him as I get on his bike.
"I did." He starts peddling away.
"Conner wait!!" I call and catch up to him. "Are we ever going to be ok around each other again??"
He shakes his head. "I don't know, Lila...Maybe love was fake..."
"No, it wasn't!!" I say but he is already gone. I peddle home fast and grab the extra injections that are only for emergencies. Except I use 3 of mine. I put them all in and feel nothing except everything is fuzzy and it's hard to breathe and concitrate. I lean against the counter but fall to the floor. I hear footsteps run to me but I'm out before I see who it is.
~Conner's pov.~
The phone rings and I answer it. "Hello, this is Conner."
"Conner!! We need your parents now!! Please!!" Lila's mother begs.
"What happened??" I ask and get my parents.
"She fell and she isn't responding at all. Her pulse is weakening!!" She says frantically.
"Calm down. My parents are going as fast as they can to get her. Do you know why she like that??"
"Y-yes..." She says quietly I almost can't hear.
"What did she do??"
"She took 3 emergency injections..."
"What??!! That is too much!!"
"I know!! Now please hurry!!" She hangs up and I race to my bike. I speed there and see my parents already working on Lila. She is pale, unresponsive, and dead-looking. I race over to her. "Is she ok??"
"I don't know..." My mom says. "She isn't reacting to the medicine as she should..." My mom checks her pulse, she gasps. "Revive!! We need to revive her now!!" I hand her the machine and she does it to Lila. Dad nods and we know that it started again. "Conner, give CPR while we work on her. Now!! Keep her heart going!!" I do as my mom says. I give her CPR and she is barely breathing back.
I keep going and then she gasps and goes back under. "Mom!! It isn't working!!"
"Keep trying!! I'm not losing her today!! She is too young!!" And so I keep trying. I push more air into her lungs and she gasps again. She moves for a second and gets taken under. I take a flashlight and open her eyelids. I scan and see she is there but her gaze is foggy. Foggy??
"Dad, hand me the tube of injections she took." He does and I see it isn't injections. It's poison!! I grab an IV from my mom's bag and fill it up with anti-poison.
"Conner what are you doing??" Dad asks and he keeps Lila's heart going.
"She did take injections!! There was poison in one of them!!" They all gasp and Ky whimpers.
"Is she going to be ok??" Ky whispers.
"Yes. I have the right stuff in her now. She should respond to it soon." We keep her up on everything we have and soon I have to leave because we ran out of anti-poison. I race home but get hit by something. I hit the concrete hard and my bike snapped my leg. I scream and pass out from the pain in my head and leg.
As Conner leaves, tears fall down my face. I should've kept my stupid mouth shut!! I lay in bed crying till 3 am. I fall asleep but wake up 3 hours later to get ready for my new job. I head downstairs and leave without talking. I get on my bike and head over. Since school got canceled today because it's a day where all 12's get to go to their job and see out it works. I head over to mine and walk-in.
"Hello," the lady at the desk says. "How may I help you??"
I stand up straight and straighten my dress. "I'm Lila Black, new Reciever of Memory."
She nods and points down the hall behind closed doors. I knock on the door and when it opens I see Conner there. My heart flutters but imminently stills when he just walks away from the door. I hold in tears. Maybe injections were the better option. I see the Reciever of Memory sitting on the bed waiting for me to close the door and take a seat.
"Now we can start." He grumbles and motions me forward. "Time to get started."
I walk over slowly. "Shouldn't you tell us about this??"
He laughs. "No questions and just do what you are told. Now lay down." I lay o my back and he puts his hands on my back. I see something and think I'm actually there. It's a...sailboat!! I'm on a sailboat in the middle of-of...Then it's gone.
"What was that??" I ask.
"I don't know. What did you see??" He asks and Conner looks at him instead of me.
"I was on a sailboat in the middle of...."
"Focus, Lila. What was it??"
'Ocean...' My mind says. "Ocean!! I was on a sailboat in the middle of the ocean!!"
"Very good. Conner your turn." Conner takes my spot and the Reciever does the same thing to him as he did to me. Conner sits up and looks at us happily.
"It was cold, and I was on this red piece of wood..."
"What was it called?? Reciever asked.
"Sled!! I was on a sled, on a hill, in the..."
"In the what Conner??" I ask this time and the Reciever gives me a look.
"Snow...Snow!! I was on a red sled, on a hill, in snow, sledding!!" Conner says.
"Very good...Now you both can leave. This is very tiring and I need sleep..." The Reciever lets us leave and we walk to our bikes in silence.
"Did you like yours??" I ask him as I get on his bike.
"I did." He starts peddling away.
"Conner wait!!" I call and catch up to him. "Are we ever going to be ok around each other again??"
He shakes his head. "I don't know, Lila...Maybe love was fake..."
"No, it wasn't!!" I say but he is already gone. I peddle home fast and grab the extra injections that are only for emergencies. Except I use 3 of mine. I put them all in and feel nothing except everything is fuzzy and it's hard to breathe and concitrate. I lean against the counter but fall to the floor. I hear footsteps run to me but I'm out before I see who it is.
~Conner's pov.~
The phone rings and I answer it. "Hello, this is Conner."
"Conner!! We need your parents now!! Please!!" Lila's mother begs.
"What happened??" I ask and get my parents.
"She fell and she isn't responding at all. Her pulse is weakening!!" She says frantically.
"Calm down. My parents are going as fast as they can to get her. Do you know why she like that??"
"Y-yes..." She says quietly I almost can't hear.
"What did she do??"
"She took 3 emergency injections..."
"What??!! That is too much!!"
"I know!! Now please hurry!!" She hangs up and I race to my bike. I speed there and see my parents already working on Lila. She is pale, unresponsive, and dead-looking. I race over to her. "Is she ok??"
"I don't know..." My mom says. "She isn't reacting to the medicine as she should..." My mom checks her pulse, she gasps. "Revive!! We need to revive her now!!" I hand her the machine and she does it to Lila. Dad nods and we know that it started again. "Conner, give CPR while we work on her. Now!! Keep her heart going!!" I do as my mom says. I give her CPR and she is barely breathing back.
I keep going and then she gasps and goes back under. "Mom!! It isn't working!!"
"Keep trying!! I'm not losing her today!! She is too young!!" And so I keep trying. I push more air into her lungs and she gasps again. She moves for a second and gets taken under. I take a flashlight and open her eyelids. I scan and see she is there but her gaze is foggy. Foggy??
"Dad, hand me the tube of injections she took." He does and I see it isn't injections. It's poison!! I grab an IV from my mom's bag and fill it up with anti-poison.
"Conner what are you doing??" Dad asks and he keeps Lila's heart going.
"She did take injections!! There was poison in one of them!!" They all gasp and Ky whimpers.
"Is she going to be ok??" Ky whispers.
"Yes. I have the right stuff in her now. She should respond to it soon." We keep her up on everything we have and soon I have to leave because we ran out of anti-poison. I race home but get hit by something. I hit the concrete hard and my bike snapped my leg. I scream and pass out from the pain in my head and leg.
