A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed! Here's the character that the most people requested, though I will take all your suggestions into account.
All Skye wanted to do was be alone and watch the stars. She'd snuck past a sleeping Jane and clambered onto the roof. After barely two minutes of watching the June sky she heard a noise drifting out of another of the house's open windows. Someone was crying.
Skye tried to block it out, but it was no use, the crying continued persistently until she climbed back into her bedroom and crept down the hall. Sure enough Batty was curled up into a ball in her bed clutching a small stone and whimpering.
"Batty," Skye hissed, shaking her sister's shoulder roughly. "Batty, wake up."
Batty jerked awake with a start and continued to sob. Skye sat awkwardly on the edge of the bed.
"I had a nightmare," the little girl whispered into her sister's shirt.
"Ummm…what was it about?" Skye hazarded, mentally searching for a way to stop her sister's tears.
"The monster is going to hurt me!" Batty whispered, clearly terrified.
"No its not," Skye said the first thing that came to her mind.
"Why?" Batty looked at her elder sister with hope in her eyes.
"Because I said so," said Skye, more determined now. "If it comes back I'll punch it okay?"
Batty looked at her elder sister, undoubtedly the bravest person she knew. Skye had stood up to Mrs. Tifton for Batty. She could do anything. Comforted, the little girl gripped her older sister's hand as she fell back to sleep.
A/N: I'm aware that the main reason Skye screams at Mrs. Tifton in book one is because she said rude things about their mother, not just Batty. But to a little kid, when the person sticking up for them is someone who usually ignores them, it puts that person into a different light. Now review!
