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'You're a very special Skyla, and one day you'll find the door to your destined future.'

'Mommy! Daddy! Please don't leave me too!' a little girl cried out reaching towards the fading figures in front of her. She fell to her knees crying, begging for them to come back.

Suddenly a soft, gentle light appeared in front of her, two different voices calling to her to catch up. Getting to her feet she ran to the light where she saw twin like boys smiling and waiting for her, but she couldn't see their faces.

'Who are…?'

Skyla was suddenly jarred awake by the sound of her alarm on her phone pulling her from the vivid dream; with a soft groan, she shut off the device and sat up stretching. Her layered, brunette hair fell around her shoulders in a slight tangled mess as she brushed her bangs from her ocean blue eyes. Glancing to her left, she pulled back the curtains of her window to reveal the dawning sun from the east, breaching over the horizon of the sea. Moving to a kneeling position, she laid her arms against the window sill watching the bright star begin to rise up, bringing shades of color to life in the world from its nightly sleep. The breeze danced across her tan skin as she opened the window, the soft chill waking her up even more.

"I wish you guys could see this," she spoke softly looking to a framed photo on the small shelf next to her window, "it's just as beautiful as you told me every day."

The photo was of a young couple, possibly in their early twenties, and both smiling at the camera happily with tears in their eyes. The woman was of average height with onyx colored hair, dark brown eyes and caramel skin wearing a pale purple sun dress; the man had pale blonde hair with a beige skin color and green eyes wearing a grey slacks and an off white dress shirt. In the woman's arms was a small pink blanket, partially revealing a baby girl with tufts of brown hair and tan skin who seemed to be asleep. Engraved into the bottom of the frame read: Skyla's 'gotcha' day!

Even from a young age she knew she was adopted, but she never cared; she loved her parents as much as they loved her. They were a happy, perfect family…until the accident happened; about 3yrs ago when Skyla was 13, her parents were coming home from an out-of-town business trip and driving across a bride that stood over the river border between the city and the port towns. Traffic was heavy…unfortunately too heavy; the bridge was originally scheduled to be closed off for repairs but no one could have guessed that the set date was too late. The bridged collapsed from the strained metal pillars and killed nearly 100 people, including Skyla's mother and father. She was in school at the time, and she was stunned to see her aunt had come to pull her out of class and down to the city's mortuary; when she had been told what happened and had seen their bodies, she broke down into a panicked and screaming mess.

Following the funeral, she didn't come out of her room for nearly a week as family members came to mourn and settle affairs of the estates. Skyla's aunt Mabel was the first to step up and fight for guardianship of the young girl; she truly loved the teen and had spent more time with her and her parents than any other family members. It was a long three months but her aunt won the case and she had been living with her since; Aunt Mabel was a successful clothing designer and always tried to stay in one place as to not stress her niece/daughter with changing schools and towns. Finally, two months ago Skyla and her aunt finally found a permanent home on a small island town called Destiny Islands; Aunt Mabel still designed clothes but now worked from home so she could spend more time with her and also home school her.

Getting up from her bed she walked into her personal bathroom, took a quick shower, got dressed and headed downstairs for breakfast. Her aunt was already sitting at the table with a cup of coffee and her sketch pad open with a few summer designs already laid out. Most people wouldn't guess that Skyla was her niece since they had similar hair and eyes, but it never bothered them.

"Morning Aunty, pulling the early shifts again," she teased hugging the older woman who chuckled.

"I wish sweetie, but one of my new apprentices accidently misprinted my original copies," Mabel replied as her niece sat down, "they're still young and learning so I'm not upset, but it means I can't help you put up your job fliers in town today."

"It's okay aunty, this'll be my chance to slowly become independent," Skyla smiling understandingly, "but you better be ready for our nightly beach walk or I'm hiding your candy stash again."

"You sly child, my brother influenced you too much when you were little," Mabel smirked, "but you have got a deal."

Skyla giggled and grabbed a muffin from the counter before heading out with her bag and supplies and stepped out into the warm sea-side air. The water danced like a vast sky of jewels to reflect the mid-morning heavens; unlocking her bike from the porch she set off for town.

Around 4 o'clock Skyla finally finished putting up her job fliers which read:

Babysitter for hire. Has two years experience with ages ranging

From newborn to middle school. Well trained in first aid and behavior control.

Available for extended periods or even a couple hours.

Please contact at: xxx-xxxx

Nodding in approval, she got back on her bike thanking the shop keeper for allowing her to put a couple up and headed back to her house. About five minutes later, a man with spiked blonde hair picked up the same flyer; after reading the contents he took a copy home to discuss with his husband.

apologies for the first upload. hopefully this comes through okay.