Here's the first chapter of the re-written story... Dun dun dun DUN. Forbidden Love or A Little Twist?! Okay, you guys were and are probably wondering why the title is like in two or called that... Its because I couldn't choose either so I just put them together! Yep, I'm horrible at making titles. I'm blabbering now, but so what? Its not like anyone is going to read this hahha! Lets get back to the story! Enjoy!

~Star

A perfectly normal family.

One that fights.

One that solves problems together.

One that loves.

One thats boring.

I wanted that kind of family.

I buried myself in my poorly thin blanket as I tried to block out the yelling and the loud pounding outside my door. Tears streamed down my face, whispering false comforts to calm my stormy mind.

"Its going to be okay."

"They're going to stop soon... Daddy wouldn't kill mommy..."

"Everything will be okay by tomorrow..."

Even as a 7-year-old, I knew that this was just wishful thinking. A loud crack echoed from the door and my eyes quickly snapped close. My breath hitched and heaved every so often. No other sound came from the door and I tried to relax my thumping heart. My small fists clenched tightly to my chest, my eyes still closed shut in fear.

I waited.

And waited.

And waited.

Then I heaved a sigh of relief at the sound of footsteps; one was pounding the creaky wooden floor and another soft and dejected. I flinched when a loud slam echoed throughout the house. It shook the walls and my cracked mirror on the desk.

I smiled bitterly and finally relaxed into the comforts of my thin mattress, but my fists still clenched my blanket tightly.

Everything will be okay by tomorrow.

"Maria..." A soft, melodic voice whispered softly in my ear and my shoulder was tapped softly. "Maria, it's time to wake up." I groaned and pouted. My eyes squinted, still tired, and looked at mommy. A smile lit up on my face, but it quickly disappeared as my stomach churned uncomfortably. Mommy was smiling happily, but I saw the tears threatening to pour out of her eyes. Her nose was covered by a bandage and her eye was swollen. It looked painful.

"Mommy, are you okay?" I asked, reaching out to wipe away her tears. A flash of sadness flickered in her eyes, but she hid it by laughing.

"Oh, darling. Of course, I'm fine... It's time to get up, you have some reading to do." I pouted again and she laughs at me.

My house wasn't that fancy like the other people. It only had one floor, two small bedrooms, one bathroom, and a living room. The kitchen was connected to the living room. The size of the living room was that of a normal bedroom.

I colored daddy's old newspapers with my crayons, only consisting red, blue, and yellow. But it was fine because I get to color over weird pictures. I tilted my head at the weird looking old guy with huge ears on the paper. I looked at the bold letters above, but it made my head hurt so I just colored the funny looking guy, chuckling at my new picture.

Mommy was at work; she was a waitress with a, she told me, very generous boss who gave her lots of money. It was how we were able to have a roof over our heads.

"We just received news that the newly-formed criminal group who call themselves the Phantom Troupe are at large. They have already stolen over 1 billion blah and killed the heiress of Briefs Corporation. Their last known whereabouts were in Ubec City, Liliphines. Citizens who live in or near Ubec City, please lock your doors and windows and-" My ear flinched as the television whirred loudly.

"Dang it! That stupid woman hasn't paid the cable yet!" Daddy cussed loudly and a loud smash followed soon after. I ignored daddy as I got up from the floor and walked to the kitchen to grab the dustpan and broom.

Ever since daddy stopped working a few months ago, he became really fat. Fatty fat. My nose scrunched at the big green stain staininglllll9l the shirt he wore for the past 7 days. His blood shot eyes darted to me, a scowl on his face. I looked down at my feet as I swept the broken glass w the wooden floor.

It was silent except the scraping glass against the wood. I kept feeling his glare on me even when my back turned on him.

Before I could hurry to the kitchen, I found myself on the ground. A loud ringing buzzed in my head. My head all the way down to my lower back was pulsing in pain.

Sticky

Sticky

Hehehe, everything's swirly.

Weeeeeeeee

Down the red swirly swirly.

Drip

Drip

Drip

Sticky red...

Squish

Darker than my crayon...

Squishy

Squishy

So squishy

My head hurts...

I want my mommy...

Did I fall on daddy's food? Its sticky.

Sticky...

I looked down at my hands.

Red

Red stained from my fingertips all the way up to my elbow.

My head tilts as my brows furrow in concentrated confusion.

It wasn't just my arms that were dyed red; the pinkish red water pooled on the floor around me.

What was I doing before this?

My head and eyes pulsed painfully when I tried to remember.

Remember what exactly?

An ear splitting scream broke through the pain and concentration. I looked up to see mommy. I smiled, happy to see her. She even bought groceries for this week's food!

"Ms. Jayson, is everything al-" My smile dropped once a man I've never seen before stand beside mommy. "-right...?" Both wore the same horrified expression on their face.

"M-Maria, what happened?" Mommy pointed at a pinkish pile of glob. It spread on daddy's chair and some trailed down to the red wooden floor. There were also pieces of cloth sticking on them. I pursed my lips staring at it.

"Uuuuhhhmmm..." I shrugged my shoulders. "Dunno... Daddy hit me then boom-" I showed my red-stained arms. "-red paint everywhere!"

I sat there looking back to mommy then to the pink globby pile. For a few seconds, she stood there then her pale face turned green and she ran out the door. I blinked. The stranger looked green as well, but he didn't run outside like mommy, instead he reached out his arms towards me.

"H-Hey, kid... How 'bout you come over here, okay?" I stared suspiciously at him.

"Who are you?"

"I'm Ms. Jay-I mean, your mommy's boss..." My eyes lit up and I quickly stood up to go towards him. He's the nice boss that's been helping mommy! As soon as my feet left the reddish water, mommy's boss immediately picked me up and ran out of the house.

I saw mommy outside talking to a yellow box in her hand.

"I don't know! I just got home to see my baby in a pool of blood...no she isn't hurt... I'm calling because someone brought a dead body into my living room and left my 7-year-old daughter beside it!...I don't where that good for nothing of a husband is! I can't believe he... Yes, yes, please hurry..." I frowned at the sight of tears streaming down mommy's cheeks. After putting the yellow box away from her ear, she took me out of the mister's arms and hugged me tightly.

For some reason, I was really tired. My head bobbed along with mommy's words of comfort as I leaned on her neck.

Loud, annoying sounds echoed in the distance, but my mind shut down before I could think about it.

When I woke up, I was lying on a soft bed inside a car...a big car with a fluffy blanket wrapped around me. The red stuff was gone and my clothes were changed. Mommy was outside talking with a lady in blue. There were lots of people outside too...flashy flashy lights as well.

"She's awake!" I jumped when both mommy's and the lady's head snapped towards me, but it was mommy who quickly got to my side.

"Mommy, why are the blue people here again?"

"Again?" I frowned at the lady's accusing tone and stuck my tongue out at her.

"They come when mommy doesn't pay those yellow papers!" Her eyes widened. "Besides, I wasn't talking to you!" Mommy shushes me and tells me that they were here for the red stuff in the living room. And they wanted me to tell them what happened.

I looked at the lady and frowned. Its not like I was angry at her; it was just that remembering hurt my head.

"Uuhhhmmm...well, daddy broke another bowl so I cleaned it up... And...and...he hit me here-" I point to my back. "-then everything poofed black! When I woke up, sticky red was everywhere." I lied about the part that everything went black because I didn't want mommy to get worried again. Nope. The lady nodded and sighed. She motioned for mommy to follow her.

"Baby, stay here okay and don't talk to strangers except those blue people." I nodded and giggled when mommy kissed me on the cheek.

Then I was alone once more.

It wasn't even a minute when a man wearing a black cap entered the vehicle.

Don't talk to strangers except the blue people.

He was wearing a blue shirt though... Does that count?

Sure that he was one of the blue people, I smiled wide at him and chirped, "Hi!" The man smiled back as well and took off the cap hiding his face, showing his black hair and greenish-brown eyes. I wasn't sure with the color of his eyes... I've never seen them before.

"Hello, what's your name?"

"Maria. What are you blue people doing here?" His mouth twitched before smiling fully.

"Something happened in your house and we're looking into it."

I tilt my head. "What happened?" The man chuckled and I pouted. What was funny?

"That's a story for another time." He looked outside the car and I followed him, seeing mommy and the lady coming back. I looked back at him to ask why, but he was gone.

That's a story for another time. That means he's coming back, right?

After talking a little bit more with mommy, the lady let us into a black and white care and dropped us into a nice looking building.

I wanted to explore, but mommy said it was time to sleep because it was very dark already. So I begrudgingly got tucked into a big bed (bigger than the bathroom!) and closed my eyes grumpily.

I didn't tell mommy about the blue man. I didn't think it was that important. I mean, it's unfair if I told her about the blue man and she didn't tell me about the blue lady.

This was fair.

Its not like the blue man is anyone important, right?

After that incident, I didn't see daddy anymore, mommy's boss visited us frequently and gave me lots of gifts, and mommy and I lived in the nice house.

Everything was fine until mommy decided I had to go to school.

Welp, that's the first chapter! Thank you for taking your time to read this and I hope you enjoyed it! Thank you again and God bless. Until the next chapter.

~Star