Sorry I couldn't help myself.

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Mina was crying in her room. She had every reason in the world to. The police had just come over to her house to tell her that her parents had been shot and murdered on their way home from a play. Now they were downstairs in her house deciding what to do with her as though she was furniture or money. She heard them come up the stairs and knock on the door. "Miss?" said an officer.

"Y-yes?" she said, wiping her face.

"Do you have any closer family members that we could send you to?" they asked. Mina felt her blood boil. Why were they talking about her as if she was a thing and not a normal person? She didn't voice this aloud, but instead replied, "Yes, I have a cousin on Destiny Islands. Her name is Aerith Gainsborough. (thank you, anonymous person for telling me that!"

"Will you call her and let her know what happened?" asked a female officer. Mina did not want to but she did it anyway. "Hello, this is Aerith."

"Aerith?"

"Mina? Is that you?" asked her cousin.

"Y-yeah. Aerith something terrible happened." She said, trying to hold back her tears.

"What? Mina, are you crying?"

"Aerith, it's my parents… they're dead."

"What? No! when did that happen?"

"Just now. Listen, could I live at your place? You know, seeing as I have no one else to turn to and…"

"Of course you can!" said Aerith, who sounded shocked at the very thought. "I wouldn't turn away from my cousin!"

"Thanks, Aer."

"When are you coming?"

"Well, the police probably want me out of their hair as soon as possible, so…"

"I'm coming over there." Said Aerith with a definite voice.

"No, Aerith don't…" but she had already hung up. All Mina could do was wait, and dread the reaction that she would experience when she saw her parents' bodies on her front lawn. Yes, the bastard who had murdered them had done it right in front of her house. Mina heard a scream from outside and rushed out. Aerith was staring in horror at her parents' bodies, which were slashed and shot and beaten. Mina started to cry again, and Aerith rushed over to her. "Oh, Mina!" she said as she hugged her cousin tightly, "You can stay with us for as long as you need to!"

"T-thanks, A-Aerith." She sobbed into Aerith's shoulder.

"Is she gonna be okay, Aer?" asked a male voice from behind Aerith. Mina gasped, and looked. It was Leon, her other cousin. (Aerith and Leon are from different sides of Mina's family. Leon is from her dad's and Aerith is from her mom's. So they're not really related, they're only related to Mina.) Mina broke away from Aerith and hugged Leon very tightly. She loved her cousin. He knew exactly what it felt like to not be able to say how you feel. Leon was surprised at her sudden action, but he returned the hug. "It's gonna be okay, Mina. You're gonna stay with Aer. She'll take care of you."

"What about you?"

Leon smiled. "I'm gonna take care of you, too."

"T-Thanks, Leon."

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I was emo when I wrote this, okay? So it's gonna be kinda depressing but read and review for it anyway. PLEASE?!?!?