Sorry I forgot to introduce myself my name is Alex, I don't really have a last name since I am an orphan and I live at the Faith and Hope orphanage on 5th Avenue in downtown New York with my best friend Jackie, she moved into our orphanage after the police found her lying unconscious on the street with no memory of who she was or where she was from except for the fact that her name was Jackie and she was born on the third of July 1996 which coincidentally was the same day I was born on too. Now I know what you're thinking, she must be his twin, but you see that can't be right because I'm black and she's, well Asian.
She moved here 2 month ago and I have lived here all my life, at first she was scared and wouldn't talk to anyone but after a while she became close friends with me, that's with the help of Mr. and Mrs. Stillson of course. They were this lovely old couple who took care of all the kids in the orphanage; they were really nice and always helped with our problems. Jackie and I were the oldest kids in the orphanage, each turning sixteen in a few days and we were both juniors in high school (I know what you're thinking didn't Jackie lose her memory that's what I thought at first too but she was a genius).
When the day of the visits came by we were left behind, the visits were this thing that happened every month where all the kids in our orphanage were taken to stay for a couple of days in this big center where all the families that want to adopt would come and chose one of kids. So when Jackie and I were left behind with the Stillsons we knew what that meant, (it meant that the government has given up on us being adopted, that we were just going to have to wait till we turn 18 and then leave on our own.) That wasn't very bad news for me because I always knew I'd end up alone with no family , but the news hit Jackie very hard, I walked in on her that night sitting on the ground leaning on the wall crying. I didn't know what to say, I was never the touchy feely kind of guy.
I walked next to her, leaned in and put my hand around her and said "there's no need for crying we might still get adopted" and after some thought I added "or you at least" but she replied as tears went down her face "no I won't, who would want a sixteen year old who can't even remember her last name, and the same goes for you. We are both too old and you know it, no one will ever adopt us, and then what? two years from now we get kicked out of this place and it's the only home any of us has ever known so we'll probably end up living on the streets." I thought about what she said, deep inside I agreed with her but I knew I had to be strong for her-sake and mine. "I won't let that happen, we both have high grades we could work and pay for college and we'll live together too to save money, I will never let anything bad happen to you, I promise." Now I personally thought that was a great moment but Jackie and her sarcasms couldn't just let it go "my knight in shining armor" she said sarcastically as she smiled and wiped away her tears. "Come on we have to go to bed we wouldn't want to be late for school tomorrow" she said as she got up.
We were both half way up the stairs when we heard the sound of something breaking downstairs. We ran down to see Mr stillson holding up a stick and in front of him and two streams of light one green and the other black were stopped from hitting us by what appeared to be an invisible wall, I looked up to find the where the lights were coming from and I saw two guys whom I couldn't make out there facial expression but the one making the green light was using a stick just like Mr stillson while the other man was using his hands. Then I heard Mr stillson say "get them out of here fast I can't hold them much longer" and then I saw Mrs stillson jump and take both our hands. The last thing I see before I lose conscious was Mr stillson falling and the man with the stick pointing it at Mrs stillson and saying what sounded like "Lacarnum Inflamaray" .