CHAPTER 1: A NEW FRIEND
The matron closed the door after bringing her fever down, she could hear them arguing over who should care for "it", they always called her "it" or thing, or freak, monster, demon, never her name, it had been so long since she heard her name that she couldn't even remember it herself.
The arguing continued, what about the matrons who have to care for a thing no one wants, what about the other children who find it disturbing, they went on and on until the head matron pulled rank and ordered someone to do it as though she were giving a prison sentence.
The girl grimaced knowing whoever it was would take their frustration out on her.
In spite of her sickness, the need to escape, even if briefly, drove her out her bedroom window to roam freely in the empty night, with no one to judge her for her horns.
She wondered aimlessly, until she heard barking. She traced the sound to a stray pup, it was trying to be fearsome, but it seemed to be barking at nothing.
She moved closer, but suddenly, it ran away yowling in fear.
Disappointed that the pup ran away, the girl was also curious what had frightened it away, and turned her into the direction the pup had been barking.
Her curiosity was replaced with shock. There was hole in the sky, with lightning shooting out of it, and then suddenly, a flying machine came forth from it.
The machine flew as though it were out of control, it was silent, not like a plane or a helicopter, the girl doubted she would have known about it if she had been inside.
The noiseless machine flies overhead and out of sight, the girl was still staring in awe when a rustling in the tree next to her made her jump out of her skin.Branch after branch, something fell down the length of the tree until crashing to the ground, it was a rock of some kind.
The girl moved closer, then something caught her eye, a playing card of some kind was soaring in the wind, floating freely, until it landed... on the stone that fell from the tree.
A red flash light forced the child to look away for a moment, and when she looked again, an animal unlike anything she had ever seen was surveying it's surroundings, as though it were surprised to be standing there.
It was a reptile, with bright red and yellow scales and beautiful emerald green eyes, eyes that spotted the girl and began looking her over as she looked over.
"Are you alone too?" The child asked the creature, moving closer as she did.
The animal moved forward as well, smelling the air as it did, to see if the girl was friend or foe.
"It's alright..." The child said. "I won't hurt you." as she said this, the young child reached out her hand.
The reptilian creature sniffed at her hand, taking in her scent, and when determined that she was not a threat, he placed his snout in her out stretched hand.
She felt a wave of joy course through her as she, at long last, found a friend.
Author's note And that's how our story begins, will the child follow the same path that leads to become the murderous avenger named Lucy, or will Tomoo think twice before using a flower vase to assault a T-rex, and what of the Alpha Gang and the D-team, which side will the child choose? These questions and more... as the story continues.