Youth 0-6
1 In The Beginning:
We are introduced to our first character; Eduardo. Eduardo is an average lab worker. His job is to specifically take cloned embryos and inject them with "life". The batch that Eduardo has been assigned to work with is giving him a strand of bad luck. Out of a handful of embryos half had died one after another except for one. Lisa the senior technician of the lab went on to reassure Eduardo that it wasn't his fault it was just a very old bunch of embryos (over one hundred years) but some of them should end up surviving. This feedback from Lisa then gave Eduardo some sense of hope. Months went by until the one special day; the day the embryos would be implanted into the brood cows. These cows weren't just any cows they were cows specifically in the lab to use for wombs of these soon to be babies/clones. Eduardo was having trouble keeping calm and had a very hard time sleeping at night. The one thing on his mind was the though of having to be sent to a place called the farms. The day final came when the one embryo had survived what was now an infant. After the infant was born Eduardo went on doing his job and like every other cloned infant it had to be injected with a certain element. Lisa abruptly tells him that this particular infant doesn't need to be "fixed" it is the one and only Matteo Alacran. "They are always left in tact." pg (4)
2 The Little House in the Poppy Fields:
In this chapter we have now switched our perspective to the current time period of Matt in his early development. We first see Matt standing in his caretakers house named Celia. Celia is leaving for work just like every other regular day. Today also like every other day Matt is giving her a hard time for leaving him alone in their house. Celia always reminds Matt that he must stay home because it is safe there and he must keep himself hidden. Matt didn't care how big of a tantrum he had to throw he hated being all alone all day. Celia kneels down and gives Matt a kiss "don't cry mi vida." pg (6) Celia is off for work at the big house where she cooks meals for a big family all day. All day Matt would switch from reading his favorite book Pedro el Conejo, to looking out the window at the glaring white fields (even though he was supposed to stay away from them), to watching people on tv. After grabbing some snacks Matt decided to go to his favorite part of the house and that was Celia's room. he played with his stuffed animals and became angry after awhile because he knew they weren't real people. He was sick and tired of being couped up in the house. Suddenly Matt is surprised to hear children's voices coming closer and closer to the house. Who could it be he thought? The children then poked there head at the window and peered in one by one. There was four of them and they were all asking Matt questions. Matt didn't know what to do he sat in the corner of the house like a petrified mouse. He had never seen anyone other than Celia and he knew that he was given specific instructions to stay away from windows and the door. The kids kept prodding him to play and come up to talk, but Matt could not move he was in shock. After little entertainment from Matt the kids decided that they would venture back home and visit Matt another time to see if he would come out of his shell. Matt felt exhilarated to know that he had met knew people, he was also nervous in an odd way. When Celia came home he would not tell her of what happened only because he knew she would be furious and find some other way to keep him locked away from people. Celia had come home later that night and actually decided to make some food. Usually Celia did not do this because she was so exhausted from work. Matt sat at the table playing with the new crayons and coloring book that Celia had brought back for him. After dinner it was time to go to bed. Matt wanted to know more about the kids that had stopped by later and knew they must have belonged to the house that Celia worked at due to the fact it was the only house around. So he asked Celia for his bedtime story the story he wanted was about the kids in the house. Celia explained thoroughly which each were like mostly Matt heard "brats". He heard about Steven and Benito the brothers they were very devilish little things, and the two sisters Emilia and Maria two very well mannered but spoiled girls. As Matt fell asleep that night the gears in his mind ticked as he created a plan that would most likely make the new children want to be friends.
3 Property of the Alacran Estate:
Just another day of Celia heading off to work except for this day Matt could not wait for her to leave so he could meet up with his friends. As soon has she had walked out of the door and out of sight Matt planted himself in front of the window. Matt started to give up hope as the sun had started to set when all of a sudden he heard their voices. He stayed planted in front of the window until they came. The kids walked up to the window and started talking to Matt once again he froze.. The little girl Maria was the most interested in Matt and she kept pleading for him to come play. When Matt would not move or speak or make any gesture for that fact the kids became annoyed. Matt immediately saw the dismay on their faces. He didn't want them to leave he had been waiting for this moment for so long. He then tried to make the kids laugh with an old cartoon that Celia had pasted on his wall. The kids laughed and Matt knew that he had their attention. Not for long however the kids started to ask Matt why he wouldn't open the door to come out. What the kids didn't know is that Celia locked them from high up above so Matt wouldn't be tempted to leave. The older kids Emilia, Steven, and Benito started walking back through the poppy fields when Matt did something drastic. He took a giant cooking pot and threw it at the window. With a big bang the glass shattered everywhere. This got the other kids attention so they came running back. Before they could warn Matt not to come out because all of the shards of glass he was out the window. Matt was severely injured with cuts every where on his feet and hands. Before he knew it he was passed out and the kids were carrying his bloody limp body through the fields.
4 Maria:
The kids have finally carried Matt all the way through Opium fields and arrived at their house.The kids started screaming for the maids until the head maid Rosa comes out in shock. She finds the bloody Matt and carries him to a safe and secret place in the house. She finds a couch to lie him down on. As she is trying to clean him Mr. Alacran comes in to find the boy he then figures out that he is a clone and orders Rosa to throw him out in the grass. Later that day while Matt lays in and out of consciousness the main doctor for the house is appalled to see they have thrown the child out on the lawn. He harshly reacts to Mr. Alacrans judgment and explains to him how important it is to keep this boy safe (it is Matteo Alacrans clone). The doctor finally properly takes care of the boys foot and sends him off for some good rest. Later in the day Matt is brought a meal from the little girl Maria. Matt seems to really like Maria she is around the same age as he is and they end up sharing a lot in common. In the night Maria sneaks into Matts room in the middle of the night to talk to him. Matt shares stories with Maria and they stay up all night talking. Until Matt tells Maria a little bit to scary story that leaves her staying in his room all night. Which once again reassures Mr. Alacrans hate for the clone.
