"Mother. Father. What is going on? Where are we?" I cried. My mind was racing. There were voices yelling, people shouting, and men armed with weapons. My parents stayed silent as they dashed through the forest. They didn't make a single noise. No branches crunching, no scraping, no breathing. They were like ghosts passing through the forest. Every now and then my little brother would whimper in Mother's arm.
After a few minutes of running, they finally slowed down. I was curious and took a close look at where we were. It was a cave, the ceiling were full of bats sleeping with their wings covering them. It looked like a big blanket covering the entire ceiling. I loved bats, the way they look with their wings giving them warmth, the way they fly during the night with gleaming, red eyes similar to mine and my brother. "We're here." Father said. I looked and saw five men with blood-red eyes. They sat around a small bonfire feasting on human parts.
"Finally," said the middle one. He stood up from his throne, that made out of bones, stone, and human parts, and took me away from Father. "Can someone get the baby here please?" A maid then came out and took my brother. He cried in her arms, screaming for Mother's warmth, but she eventually cooed him back to sleep. "Take good care of them." cried Mother.
"I will," said the man. I was very tired after the tragedy that and went right to sleep.
I opened my eyes. It was all a dream, but why do I dream about it now. I got up and yawned. It was only six o'clock in the morning, but I decided to wake up anyways. "Mai, you're up already!" said a voice from behind me.
"Yeah," I replied, "you never get up this early Ikuko."
"Never," she said, "but early bird gets the worm." I turned around and stared at her. She never ever grew up in her lifetime and looked the same everyday. She was already dress in her black and dark blue vest with a sleeveless shirt and a tie. She wore shorts with plain looking boots. Her short pixe hair ended up to her shoulders. This time she didn't put her eyepatch on and you can see her mechanic eyes going in different directions. "You should go get dress," said Ikuko, "I will wake Ikuto and Akemi up soon."
"You shouldn't wake Akemi up," I replied "She likes her beauty sleep."
"Then I will wake up Ikuto, but if she is late for school today its not my fault." mentioned Ikuko and walked away to her brother's room. "School…." I sighed. No one liked us at school. We were different as usual. No one wanted us, but we had to go anyways. Why? Why us? Why not someone else? We are different, but we are the same in any other way. I still don't understand the world yet.