Chapter 2:A New Day The child's life was a little brighter... but only a little.
Tomoo, the orphanage bully, continued his usual tyranny, this time he had poured milk over her school bag.
The child ignored him as best she could, she knew better than to let him know he was getting to her, it would only entice him to keep going.
She tried to walk away, but Tomoo grabbed an umbrella and tripped her, even still, she gritted her teeth and just waited for Tomoo and his friends to tire and leave when...
"TEACHER! TOMOO'S BEING MEAN AGAIN!!" Another child, a girl that the child didn't recognize, called out for the adults.
"SHIT! Come on, let's get outta here." Tomoo shouted as he and his friends fled the scene.
The child was shocked, no one had ever tried to help her before, and the girl even helped her to her feet.
"Are you okay, he didn't hurt you, did he?" The girl asked.
"N-No, I'm fine, thank you." The child replied.
The two of them cleaned the child's bag together, they never shared names, but the child didn't have a name to give anyway, so she didn't mind.
The children talked about the only thing they had to talk about...Tomoo.
"I can't believe what a jerk he is, why is he always messing with you anyway?" Even as she said it, the girl looked at the child's horns.
The child pretended not to notice and answered the question...with the real answer, not the excuse he used. "Everone here is unhappy, putting others down is just the only way they know how to cope."
That was the truth. Tomoo knew it, the child knew it, everyone knew it, but no one said it. But while the child did wish Tomoo would stop, she didn't hate him for what he did, and it wasn't nothing she couldn't handle, or anything that everyone else hadn't already done.
"Wow, I... didn't expect that answer." The girl said.
The child smiled for the first time she could remember, but an unease was about her as well, she had been going to visit her other friend when Tomoo attacked her, if she took too long, she feared he would go looking for food and may not come back, so she made a decision. "Can you keep a secret?"
She explained to her new friend what had happened a few days ago, but she didn't believe her...until she saw it.
"NO WAY! W-WHAT IS THAT THING!?" The girl shouted pointing at the large reptile.
"SHH! If you too loud, Tomoo's gonna find us, if how he treats me is an example, I don't wanna what he'd do to him." The child said as she fed the creature.
"R-right, sorry." the girl said much quieter, but still shocked at the sight of the large, flame colored reptile.
"What is it?" The girl asked, reaching out to touch it, but the creature growled warningly and she backed off.
"I-I don't know, it's some kind of lizard, that's about all I know." The child said, not wanting to ruin her first friendship by trying to convince her that a card landed on a rock and turned into a living creature.
They spent the rest their time before curfew with the creature, not a name between them, and they went to bed happy.
Author's Note I read your comment and already planned on making longer chapters later down the line, I'm just trying to get to that point.
As Lucy didn't name the pup I don't think she would've named Terry either, and the literal name of her "friend" is The Orphanage Girl. (Google it)
Tune in next time for Lucy's destined confrontation with Tomoo, featuring Terry. 3:)
