Sunlight somehow was able to peek it's way around the buildings and fall onto Maddilyn's hair. She walked down James Avenue expecting to get home and see her neighbor getting the mail; her dad would be at work and his stupid fiancé would try to get all buddy-buddy with Maddilyn. Just another day in misery.
Ever sense her dad had decided she needed a mother figure things had been going down hill. It seemed like even the shadows wanted to grab her and strangle her. Maddilyn kicked a rock down an ally way and stopped in her tracks. From the ally she heard a faint groan.
"Hello?" She started walking into the ally "Any one there?"
Another groan came. Maddilyn saw the shape of a little girl in one of the discarded boxes. Maddilyn ran over and picked the girl up. Running, she passed her neighbor and went into her house. Placing the little girl on her bed, Maddilyn saw the little angel was hurt. She went into the kitchen and grabbed some tweezers. Grabbing the stick she pulled.
"OW!" The little girl shrieked "STOP PULLING MY TAIL!"
"Tail?" Maddilyn looked at the 'stick'
"Mhm." The little girl rubbed her bottom and yawned "I'm Luna. Who are you?"
"Maddilyn."
"Okay." Luna looked at Maddilyn "Why have you brought me here young half-witch?"
"Half-witch? What the heck?"
"Well only witches and miesters can see nature spirits and you have one death eye so you have to be a half-witch." Luna was smiling
"Aren't witches evil?" Maddilyn was confused
"No. Not all of them. My mommy was a white witch. So was yours."
"How do you know that? Did you meet my mom?"
"No but you have a death eye; not a demon eye. So she had to be a white witch." Luna looked around "Where's Shadow?"
"Who?"
"My big brother. He's always here when I wake up."
"Well it's night time so I think we should wait till morning-"
"No, no, no, no. Shadow only comes out at night. We should go now. Plus, tonight is the new moon!"
"Okay, okay. Just let me change."
Maddilyn started to change out of her school uniform and into some of her casual clothes. After she had taken her blouse off Luna saw the birthmark on Maddilyn's back.
"What's that dove doing on your back?"
"Huh?" Maddilyn turned to face Luna "What? Oh you mean my birthmark."
"Can we look for Shadow now?" Luna looked at Maddilyn with pleading eyes.
She sighed and put her sweater on "Yes."
"Yay!" Lunar ran right into the door. "Ow!"
Luna was crying now. Maddilyn ran over and picked the little spirit up. Trying to comfort her Maddilyn grabbed one of her old stuffed animals and gave it to Luna. She hugged the pig close to her like the older girl had when she was four.
"You have to turn the knob, open the door and then walk out of the room." Maddilyn tried not to laugh.
"Oh"-sniffle-"That makes sense."
"come on, let's go look for your brother."
The little girl grabbed Maddilyn's hand and they headed out into the night.