Prologue
A little girl with her chestnut hair in pigtails wandered around softly crying. She was wearing an expensive looking summer dress of the softest pink. Suddenly she tripped on a tree root and fell face first. She sat up and started crying loudly continuously repeating the word "Mama".
A little boy with hair the darkest shade of black was sitting underneath a tree with an even smaller girl with the same hair. They were both dressed in clothes that had seen better times. Their matching crimson eyes looked at each other when they heard the little girl crying loudly.
"Brother", the raven haired girl said, "Why don't we go see what's wrong? We might be able to help her, right?"
Fondly looking at his younger sister, the boy said, "There you go again, always wanting to help other people. If that's what you want, then let's go and see what we can do."
The little girl smiled happily up at her older brother. They got up from under the tree and slowly walked towards the girl who was still sobbing on the ground.
"Hey you. Why are you crying? Are you hurt?" asked the little boy.
"N-no. I-I can't find my house," sobbed the girl.
"Tell us what your house looks like, then we might be able to help you." the raven haired girl softly said. "We know almost all the houses around here."
The girl looked up hopefully drying her tears with the bottom of her dress, "Really? You can help me?"
"Sure, sure. Of course we can." the boy said boastfully. "We've explored every single possible place in this area... We had to... that's because we've got no where to go.", he ended off quietly.
The girl looked at the two siblings and realized that they were indeed very dirty. However, she looked at them curiously instead of being disgusted. "Do you know a house with two towers? It is made of brick and has ivy climbing up the walls. The garden has trees as big as the ones over there." she said pointing to the tree that the siblings had been sitting under just a while ago.
The sister looked at her with eyes full of wonder. "Are you really the girl that lives in that mansion?"
"Yes" she replied, "but we're moving soon. I wanted to explore outside before leaving, but I got lost."
"We know where that house is, we'll take you there." the boy said confidently.
"Thank you" the little girl said.
The brother and sister walked on either side of the little girl. They talked of how they had been orphans for a year already. The older brother had been taking care of both of them ever since he had turned 7 years old. Their parents had died in a plane accident and they didn't have any other relatives to go to. Since they didn't want to stay at an orphanage, they had run away. They might have gone on empty stomachs a few times, but it was better than being caged.
The little girl looked at the boy with admiration. She had never even tried to go out of the walls surrounding her house until now. She doesn't know why, but she suddenly put a hand into each of the sibling's hands. Now they were all linked together.
"Well, you're not alone anymore. You know me!" she said with a wide smile.
The raven haired siblings couldn't help but to smile back at her.
"Why'd we stop?" the little girl asked.
Pointing towards a young woman walking around aimlessly outside a big house surrounded by a wall, he said, "Isn't that your mom looking for you?"
The little girl ran towards the woman shouting "Mama!"
The siblings looked on sadly and the reunion of mother and daughter, they were remembering the times when their mother was still alive to greet them at their house. They began to walk back without saying goodbye, but stopped when they heard the little girl shout, "Wait!"
She ran towards them and put something in each of their hands. She said, "These are my treasures, will you keep them for me until we meet again? And I only have a little, but here. Use this money" she said handing them $50.
She hugged each of them goodbye and ran back towards her house where her mother was waiting inside the gates. She turned one more time and waved goodbye before disappearing behind the wooden gates.
The siblings waved goodbye until the gate was completely shut. Then they both looked into their hands. "What did you get brother?" asked the little girl. "Let's show them at the same time."
They each held out there hands and on their palms they held identical silver rings with sakura petals engraved in to them.