EARTH AU
The boy sat at the mouth of the alleyway, shivering. The small overhang he crouched under did not help much against the pouring rain and the lashing wind. He pulled the small raincoat around him tighter. He wondered where he would find refuge for the night. If the police saw him, they would definitely bother him; he had to avoid them. They scared him.
He wondered what day it was. He knew it was at the end of November somewhere. Next would be December, and then a new year, and he would be seven next year some time. He did not know his birthday, and hence just changed his age with the year; in a sense, he had made his birthday January 1st.
He shivered again, and his stomach growled. He winced as the wind blew the rain in a different direction; right into his face.
He flinched and closed his eyes, turning away from the onslaught. The cold seeped into his limbs, slowly turning them numb.
Suddenly the rain stopped.
No, it did not stop, it was still raining.
So why was it not beating against him, soaking him?
He glanced up to see a small girl his own age standing there, head slightly tilted. She was carrying an umbrella that seemed too large for her; it looked like the large umbrella adults used. The umbrella held the rain away; the rain barely touched him. She had rather short scarlet hair; the only bright thing among the gray of rain.
"you're getting wet" she told him.
He blinked, unsure of how to respond.
"Where's your mommy?" she asked, and the question made him feel sour.
"I don't have one" he muttered, looking away again. He felt bitter, bracing himself for the sympathy.
He was stunned when she smiled brilliantly instead, and the rain seemed to lesson.
"really?" she said sweetly. "I don't have one either" She held out her hand to him, head slightly tilted. "come with me, then. I know where you can go"
He stared into her soft brown eyes and drowned in their depths. Her warmth- her light- seemed to reach out to him, from the shadows.
He obligingly took her hand, and then the scarlet haired girl pulled him out of the shadows and into her light.
HI MINNA~
first published work! No reason I picked this one to go first-
jks I lied ^.^ I wanna know if you think I should continue this? As in, make it a series of scenes throughout Jellal and Erza- as orphans- lives. let me know in reviews!