My name is Lily Parks. I am ten years old. I have deep blue eyes and dirty blonde hair that reaches my mid back. All my life I have been on the streets. My mom was poor and my father left us when I was just born. We're always getting run out of many towns because of my arms. They are kind of like a smooth deep black color with these weird crosses on each palm. People are always trying to kill me, and call me things like "demon" or "devil's spawn." Mom and I always outrun them though.
Mom is always holding two or more jobs in each town we go to. I only try to stay out of sight so they leave us alone. The black color of my arms reaches all the way to my mid upper arm, so I can't cover it with gloves. Plus I don't own any long sleeve shirts. I only have a green tank top, red short sleeve t-shirt, and two pairs of pants. We can never get new clothes because we need the money for food. For some reason I need to eat more than regular people or I get really sick. Mom has always been there for me, and didn't leave like dad did.
One day mom and I were in town, I was hiding my arms in a blanket I had over my shoulders. It was cold out so no one gave me weird looks. Mom was talking to an old woman selling apples about the prices while I waited for her to finish. Suddenly a boy my age runs up, and asks me if I want to play tag with him and his friends. I said no and look at my mom to see if she was done yet. She wasn't so I stood there waiting. I thought the boy had left but I was wrong. I was suddenly grabbed by the arm by the kid that wanted me to play. He started pulling me to the street were a group of kids were running around. He kept trying to get me to play while I tried to get loose. While he was pulling though the blanket fell of and he saw my arms.
Screaming was all I heard after the boy let go. My mom heard and rushed over to me. She picked me up and started running to the woods. I saw all the men running and grabbing torches and guns shouting at us to get out of their village. They kept calling me the devil's spawn and a demon like always. I started crying. Why did this always happen?! I hate it! All of a sudden my mom tripped and she dropped me and fell to the ground. I was a little dazed from the fall but I didn't miss it when I saw the towns folk heading back. I was confused as to why they left us alone but glad at the same time.
I was so focused on the retreating towns people that I didn't see a man hide behind a tree and point a gun at me. Mom did though and she jumped in front of the bullet.
