Author: C. Kerwood
Summary: Claudia is five years old has an imaginary friend, he doesn't let anyone else see him. But her parents worry, especially when her 'friend' resembles the most wanted man the galaxy.
Note: If you guys don't like this or think its stupid I can take it off the network, this is just a little thing I wrote when I was in school in a study hall.
Claudia sat in her backyard, her red gold ringlets glowing in the sunlight. She was making a wreath out of dandelions, putting a small clover in between each bloom. A man in black sat next to her on the ground and she looked up at him, her face breaking into a large innocent smile.
"Hiya!" she said and the man smiled at her.
"Hi Claudia. What're you making?"
"A crown."
"Its pretty, are you making it for yourself?"
"No silly, I'm making it for you." She said giggling.
"Oh." He said and she laughed. Finishing it, she stood and placed it on his bald head.
"You look pretty now."
"Thank you Claudia for making me pretty." Riddick said.
"You're welcome." She sat back down on the grass and picked up a stick, starting to draw on the ground with it. Riddick kept the thing on his head for her sake, thanking God that no one could see him, especially Jack, she would torture him if she found out. "Why didn't you come and read me a story last night?" she asked looking up at him again.
"I had things to do Claudia, I can't be with you every day." In truth he was killing someone that had a contract on their head, but he couldn't tell a five-year-old that, it'd give her nightmares.
"You're forgiven." She said and he snorted, he got the biggest kick out of this kid. A sound from behind him alerted his attention and he left silently, putting the wreath on the ground next to her as her mother came outside.
"Claudia who are you talking to?" she asked and Claudia turned around to look at her.
"My friend." She said and her mother nodded, a smile coming over her face.
"Did you have fun with your imaginary friend?"
"Yes, I made him a crown out of dandelions and clovers."
"Is he here now? I would like to meet him." She said and Claudia looked around, seeing the wreath lying on the ground next to her.
"No, he left. He heard you coming." She said and her mother nodded again.
"Claudia, how old is your friend? Is he your age?"
"No, he's older."
"How old? Is he six, seven, eight?"
"He told me not to tell."
"What does he look like?"
"He told me not to tell." Claudia said forcefully.
"Why did he tell you not to tell?"
"I don't know." Claudia said shrugging and stood, brushing dirt off her overalls. "I'm tired mommy."
"Okay, lets go inside and you can take a nap."
"Okay." Claudia went to her mother and took her hand, letting her lead her into the house. Just as they were going inside she looked around the back yard and saw a figure darker than the shadow of the tree it was hiding in, raising her hand she waved and saw its hand raise and wave back.
Riddick got back to his ship and went inside, closing and locking the hatch behind him.
"That was quick." Jack said leaning against the ladder to the higher levels with her arms folded. Riddick just shrugged and removed his black coat. "I should meet this Claudia sometime, the woman has to be something special if you go to see her every day and every night." He just shrugged again and went past her up the ladder. She went over to his coat and something green on the collar caught her attention. She plucked it off and held it to the light. "A clover?" she asked herself and shrugged. She went up to her room and flopped down on her bed, putting her headphones on and starting to listen to her Rammstein CD.