I loved the movie Orphan and I simply think Jimmy Bennett is really cute, so I wrote a story about it. Chapter 2 will be more into the swing of things and outside the movie.

This is my first story here, so be gentle!

Chapter 1: Things Begin To Unfold

More than a few people in my life have called me suspicious - hell, even paranoid- but that doesn't mean my suspicions about Esther weren't true. It didn't mean Esther wasn't a crazy, homicidal psychopath, or a murdering machine out to get my family, it just meant I didn't trust everyone. I'm not paranoid. Esther's really evil. Right?

-Kate Coleman

Maybe she really was just paranoid. But Kate could have sworn she saw that devil child raise the piece of cinder block over her only son's head. She could have sworn she saw Max push her down. But with the tree house burning down and Daniel's motionless body distracting her, her mind was whirling with confusion.

Kate was running up the hill, as fast as she could in the snow without slipping,almost in tears. "Oh God,oh my God! DANIEL!" She screamed as she ran over to her Danny. "Move away! Move away from the fire!" Kate shooed Esther and Max away.

"Daniel,oh God. Daniel? Mummy's right here. Can you here me?" She ever so gently brushed his face. It was ghostly pale white and blood ran out of his nose.

He let out a soft moan. Hope rose in her chest.

"Please wake up. Honey,mommy's right here. Okay? Your gonna be alright." Kate looked up to Esther with a mixed look of horror and disgust. Suspicion grew strongly in her. She just knew what Esther had done. Esther had burned down the tree house in attempt to kill Daniel.

Esther had tried to kill her son.

*~*The Hospital*~*

"I will leave tonight." Kate stated at John angrily. She just wanted her children safe. It was too late she failed to keep Daniel safe, he had been hurt by her. She wouldn't let Esther hurt Max too.

"If that's what you want,I will leave tonight! On one condition. Esther goes too!" She yelled, pointing at Esther sitting in the waiting area. She didn't care if the brat saw her. In fact, she wanted Esther to see how much she hated her.

Kate hated Esther with every fiber of her being. She was so angry at her. She was angry at John too. How could he even consider the possibility that their Danny had burned down the tree house? He had loved it! Esther had tried to kill him! She was sure. All that was left to do was to convince everyone else what Esther had done.

*~*LIMBO*~*

Daniel blinked open his eyes slowly. He found himself laying down on soft grass. He slowly sat up and found himself in no pain, surprisingly.

He looked around, confused.

It was a beautiful, empty meadow.

Air blew a gentle breeze slowly moving the flowers back and forth. The meadow was a stunning variation of vibrant colors and golden wheat that weaved spaciously in between.

Daniel blinked- and a girl appeared- from nowhere.

The girl had golden locks that matched the wheat. Her eyes were the same amber-gold as the oddly shaded, cloudless sky. Her features truly were angelic- leading one to believe she was an angel. As to prove his theory, she wore a long, silk ivory gown. As beautiful as she was, she couldn't be older than nine or ten.

"Welcolme, Daniel. I am Rowan. I am an angel sent to accompany you in your time in Limbo."

Fear jolted through Daniel. What? "L-l-limbo?" He asked shakily.

Rowan nodded sadly. "Esther had tried to kill you. When you tried to escape the burning tree house, the ceiling gave out and you slipped. You jumped on a piece of plywood nailed between the two trees. But your fingers slipped and you fell. You were gravely injured."

Fear overtook him. He remembered. All too well.

"Am I going to die?" Rowan's eyes down casted. "Esther does not want you breathing."

*~*Hospital*~*

All of a sudden, Daniel's body stiffened. He let a small, wheezed breath escape. His throat was sore. He had inhaled too much smoke. Breathing hurt too much. Most of his body stung, ached or just plain hurt.

He slowly opened his eyes. His eyes were a little teary in the corners, so his vision was slightly blurred. But he saw her clear as day.

Esther held a pillow above him. At the sight of his opened eyes, she brought it down forcefully on his face.

Daniel tried to scream for help, but the soft pillow muffled his screams. He tried to thrash, but pain shot up his left wrist, making it too agonizingly painful to move, and Esther had his other arm pinned down with her leg, rendering it useless.

The combination of the pain in his arm and his lungs about to burst, it was unbearable. With each breath unable to enter his lungs, Daniel's head spun faster and faster and he got weaker and weaker.

He was becoming unable to fight Esther off. His vision blackened. Daniel's arms dropped from as far up as they had gone as his body weakened into stiff, small movements,then nothing.

Esther felt Daniel's resistance weaken, and she gingerly lifted the pillow.

A smile crept on her sinister face when she saw how his pretty blue-grey eyes stared out blankly, lifeless.

Satisfied, she set down the pillow, placed the breathing mask back on, and pulled the finger pulse off and placed back on Daniel's finger. Esther slipped out into a separate hall than the one she entered as she heard Daniel flat line and the doctors rush in. She walked swiftly down the hall to go get her 'soda.'

She smiled the whole time.

*~*LIMBO*~*

Daniel returned to the meadow where Rowan awaited.

Tears began to slip down Daniel's cheeks as he realized what had just happened. He had died.

"Rowan,no. Please no."Rowan smiled sadly. "Fret not, Daniel. Your soul is to be saved. You are over all good natured." Her beautiful face twisted then. "Esther however is not."

"Rowan, what do you mean?" Daniel asked, confused.

Rowan walked slowly over to him, and she rested a small hand on his shoulder.

He glanced at it, and then into her golden eyes. They were serious.

"Daniel you have been unkind at moments. Its true."

He stared at his feet.

I suppose she's right. He thought. But nothing bad enough to die over.

He thought back to the time when he shot the pigeon with the paintball. It made him shiver.

"But I know of your true nature. It is kind."

He looked up at her.

"You will live. Life will be hard in times ahead, but you will live."

He hugged her, unable to with hold his happiness.

"Thank you Rowan."

Rowan smiled and gently pushed him off.

"There is no need to thank me. Its my job to make sure you live. If I let you die, what kind of guardian angel would I be?"

Daniel looked at her funny.

"But your only ten!"

Rowan smiled kindly.

"No, Danny. Actually, I'm nineteen."

In a flash of brilliant white light, Rowan grew six inches taller, her locks grew a great length and they darkened to a milky brown.

Rowan bent down so she met at eye's length with Daniel.

"Fifteen years ago my boyfriend tried to kill me in a house fire, much like Esther did to you. Then he smothered me at the hospital and I died."

Her smile was soft.

She kissed Daniel's forehead.

"You've got a long life ahead. In heaven, you're eternally the age you die. You can change your appearance to be younger, but you'll never be older. You'd be ten forever."

Daniel grinned at the idea at being ten forever.

Rowan sighed.

"It may seem cool now, but its not. Believe me its not. Its horrible. You'll never be able to fall in love. Never marry. Never have kids. Never experience the thrills of being a teenager or a parent. Does that sound fun?"

Daniel frowned.

"I guess not."

Yeah, not much of a cliffhanger....But Chapter 2's better. It skips two weeks ahead, dealing with the aftermath of Esther's rampage.