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What has the world done to You
Chapter 1 Light in your Life
Lighting flashed over head and babies cries echoed though the dark night. Shadowed figures dashed into homes before the rain claimed them. Doors shut and locked, windows closed, only leaving glows from the lights within to dance through the murky night.
A lone figure stood overlooking everyone and everything. Lighting flashed again, giving a glimpse of rusty red hair peaking though the hood covering the pale face of a young man.
'…I'm sick of waiting for someone to understand what I'm going though. I need a new life, a new home. I'll dye my hair, change my name; I want just one person to see the me I could be. Not the monster trapped within the face they see.' The cloaked figure held out one hand to the sky, catching a few drops of rain.
Another cloaked figure appeared. "Gaara…Let's go." Gaara glared at his older brother but obeyed.
Gaara lit a cigarette as his sister and brother opened the front door. He walked up the stairs to his dark bedroom and blew a puff of smoke into the glass and stared at his reflection in the window. Dark circles surrounded his teal eyes, pasty pale complexion, and a cigarette was hanging out the side of his mouth.
'What is it that keeps a person living? One light in your life, just one light, could keep you off the edge…but what if you just don't have that one light in you life? What if you're clinging to the edge and no one's there to hold you back? What if…what if…what if…what if…your life has no meaning…'
Lightning and thunder bounded though the night.
3:00 am struck the grandfather clock and Gaara jumped though his window.
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