This is a new story that I felt like writing not sure why but I felt that I needed to write something that was a bit more dramatic.

It is called

'It's my Burden'

I know that the title isn't that interesting but I like it besides you don't read the title only by itself you need to read what is in the story.

Well here it is

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Disclaimer :- I don't own beyblades though I would like to, that would mean that Kai the hottie, Tala the mysterious wolf, Max the cutie and Ray the honest belong to me but unfortunately they're not mine oowww.

Chapter 1 :- The Terrible Beginning

Paige's POV

As I usually do every morning on my way down the stairs to get started on breakfast is check the answering machine since mum and dad are usually late from work. So sometimes, they ring home and tell us and other times they are out on business trips so they don't come home but they never are out more than three days max.

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"Hello you have reached the Tula household sorry we can't come to the phone right now so please leave a message after the beep thank you ...beep... Hello this is Constable Nicholas Karel Riskens, Paige Ryka Tula, we need you to come to the station today after you get your siblings to school, you don't worry about going to school today, your teachers will understand."

I was shocked that Nic would ring me for something unless it was important, and since when does he use his full name with me or mine for that matter. I shrugged and continued to pull out cereal & milk for the twins, tiger toast for Livida, rolled oats & fruit yoghurt for me and four sets of bowls. One by one my siblings started to come down for breakfast right on cue, Dayne and Wyatt, Livia with her teddy bear in one hand. They sat down in their places and started to eat what was placed before them.

"Thanks Paige." they said in unison.

"That is okay you know that I wouldn't let you guys starve or anything, but I still know you guys enough to know what you like."

"Finish up and get going okay, everyone lunches are on the sink and please take the right one cuss I don't want to be blamed as everyone has their own lunchbox. Okay the bus is going to be here soon so hurry up and get dressed." I ushered them upstairs, then after ten minutes they were ready to go.

"Look after yourselves." I gave them a hug while Livia waited for me to take her to school.

Once they were gone, I cleaned up before dropping Livia at school and going to see Nic. There was nothing that could prepare me for what I had to go to the police station for but part of me felt that something was wrong. Guess what I was right.

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Flashback

"Hi Nic how're ya doing?" Paige greeted the policeman.

"Fine thanks Kary Ryka," he replied nudging as the girl started to get annoyed.

"Must you use my nickname and middle name Nic, it's very annoying when you do that cus I can only imagine you as being serious when you're in uniform. You aren't there three year older neighbourhood boy who would throw mud at the pigeons and tease me for the birthmark on my neck," Paige remarked.

"What's so bad about me mucking around and doing my job at the same time? I am not the boy you use to know, now I'm grown up; I'm more active physically,"

"Eww too much information Nic," the girl cringed in disgust.

"I didn't really say it like a pun Paige, you just have a sick mind. Now I'm mature and smoking hot," Paige looked at him with a glare as he gave a small chuckle, "Okay, now about you coming here and missing school for today even though I believe that you would like to go back after this. Well I have important new for you so do you want the bad or the good first?" the officer said as he offered a seat to the girl.

"Better give the bad so the good can cheer me up a little if it's really that bad."

"I'm sorry to have to tell you this but we received a report from an unidentified source that Mr Alexander Rikov Tula and Mrs Sara Bella Tula have been found...," he informed but ad trouble saying the rest of the sentence.

"That's good new Nic, I don't know why you had to pull me away from school."

"Actually I didn't pull you away from anything and will you let me finish my sentence. They were found but when we cam closer they were...lifeless..."

It took Paige a while to process the new information in her mind, she was in shock. Beads of tears started to stream slowly down her cheeks. Nic pulled her into a hug," I'm sorry to be the one to tell you Constable Davies though that I was the closet to you. Are you sure that you're ok cus I'll tell you the good news. As your family are still under the age of sixteen they go to the closest relative which would be you but I'm not sure that you can look after your siblings and go to school, on top of that you may have to get a part time job so you can support yourself and your family. The only catch is that if you choose not to take custody, you all will be sent to Mr Tula's second cousin."

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As usual I had dinner and now everyone is asleep in their warm beds. It is a real burden to have them gone, all my life I have gotten use to having them around to have someone to look up to but now that they are gone, we must carry the burden ourselves. Mostly me actually to think about it, as I am the eldest it would be right that I should look after them as they are still my family but now it is only the whole world and us. Our lives from now on are going to be challenges and we must take one step at a time. I know that it will be hard but part of me wants it to be a dream, a horrible twisted dream, I pinch my arm, owww that hurt.

There I lay on the grass looking up at the stars, my brothers and sisters still sleeping while I went through my head how this could happen. It is weird how you see on TV families who are devastated over a death of a loved on but now that it has happened to us ironic really, the reasons were weird even I didn't understand the details.

I am glad that they are still asleep, at least they don't know but it is going to break their hearts when they find out... what happened. I am not sure if we will cope but if we stay together, we will get there...hopefully.

What am I going to do? Will we be split up? I hope not we must stay together even if it kills me I will protect them I must but I am not ready. They always asked me to help them around but it never occurred to me that I would have to take responsibility this fast, I am still sixteen nearly seventeen on September 27 and it is August 14 today.

Time goes fast and suddenly you realise that there is not that much time left as anything can happen to anyone. Our family for example will hopefully cope but I am afraid that we can't what I'm going to do. All we can do right now is try to get on with the normal routines and work from there.

This is how my story started; Friday morning, it was the toughest thing that I have ever had to cope with. All my life I have kind of had a feeling that something bad going to happen but I never expected it to be so soon. Is it right that I have to take responsibility this early in my life? Yes ….no …ah I don't know its so frustrating. I know that I want to look after them and protect them but how can I if I'm still a high school kid?

After yesterday I don't know what is to happen but I will fight to keep us together that is what mum and dad would had wanted, for us to stay together and be safe. But can I keep us safe? My eyes closed to block out any inference while many thoughts flowed through my mind. I hear footsteps lightly touching as my siblings woke, one bye one they entered the kitchen, "Morning guys how's everyone?"

"Morning Paige, what are we doing today?" asked a 15 year old Wyatt over his cereal.

"I'm going to the skate park after, I thought you were going with me?" said Dayne.

"Oh yeah, is that ok with you Paige?' Wyatt asked his sister.

"Whatever you two go there is nothing much to do here but I have something I really need to tell you guys." I said after taking a sip of juice.

Livia looked up at me with he little blue eyes, "Where are we going Aigy? Can we go to the park today, mum and dad always takes us to the park."

"Maybe later Livia come on eat your breakfast okay." I gave her a smile in which she giggled and went back to eating.

About twenty minutes later I cleaned up while everyone started to make their beds. Suddenly Livia came down crying, "Livia what's wrong did you loose Lifie again?"

"No there was a spider on the window," tears were running down her cheeks.

I crouched down giving her a hug "Livia look at me, I will get the bad spider and take it away okay," she smiled and nodded as I took her upstairs to her room.

"Um Aigy please don't kill it okay," Livia sounded scared but she cared for the life of others.

"Why not Livia?" I asked as we approached her room.

"Because it is wrong to take the life of someone," she replied.

"You're very smart Livia."

"I am eight Aigy," she grinned.

I opened the window and let the spider out, it scrambled across the roof into a crevasse. I could hear clapping behind me, I thought to myself, 'interesting Livia doesn't like spiders but she feels that it should live.'

"Hey Paige we're going now see you later and we'll get something for lunch ourselves."

"Okay come back for dinner and ring me if you get into trouble." I looked at Livia, "How about we go out for the day and buy stuff so I can cook tonight this afternoon. How does that sound?" the little girl jumped for joy. "Okay then get ready."

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Hope you liked this story so far I have been soooo busy lately that I wanted to try a new idea to give my other stories a bit of a rest and besides I have a little case of writer's block.

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