The next three days were a nightmare for her. Everyone blamed her for what happened the day all the potential families came so the abuse was even worse than normal. Things were thrown at her, her hair was pulled, her possessions were stolen and hidden. By the third day, she barely even came down to eat. One of the carers knocked gently on her door. "Emiko?" She called. She opened the door and saw her looking at two drawings. "What have you drawn?" She asked as she placed the tray of food on the desk and sat beside her. One image showed a girl who was crying as shadowy figures surrounded her and laughed and pointed and jeered at the girl. The carer grimaced slightly and shook her head before turning to look at the drawing in the young girl's hands.

This drawing showed the same girl who had been upset in the first image smiling and sitting beside a large dragon with a crown upon its head. Words on the top of the drawing said "my protector". The carer looked at Emiko who continued to stare at the sketch. "Is that what you want Emiko? Someone to protect you? Like a daddy? The carer asked her. The glare she got made her cringe.

"I have a father. I just don't know where he is right now." Emiko said coldly. She stood and looked at the tray of food. "I'm not hungry either so you can take that away." She said. The carer sighed and collected the tray before turning and leaving. "Can I come down now?" Emiko asked suddenly. The carer turned and nodded before leaving. Emiko turned to the little creature who had sat on the edge of her bed the entire time. "Are you coming to?" She asked it. It nodded and hopped down before following her down the stairs. As she reached the bottom of the stairs, she saw the others orphans crowding around a new child. They all clamoured to introduce themselves.

It was then she heard the child crying. "I...I want my mummy!" The child sobbed. The other children tried to calm the child.

"Your mummy will be back for you. But until then, she wants another family to enjoy raising you." They all said. Emiko scoffed from her place on the stairs, causing all the children to look at her.

"Yeah, your mum loved you so much she dumped you in this place and left without saying goodbye." She said as she walked down the rest of the stairs and stood before them. The other kids stared whilst the new kid looked at her, still sniffing.

"Wha...what do you mean?" She asked her. Emiko placed her hands on her hips.

"Your mum dumped you here. You're just like the rest of us. Not wanted. No one wants an orphan." She said. Another child stepped forward.

"You mean no one wants you freak." He snapped.

"Then where's your oh so precious family if someone wants you huh?" She asked. When none of them responded she walked forward then got right in the girl's face. "You were dumped here because your mother doesn't want you. And when a mother doesn't want a child, it's because they don't love that child." The girl's eyes widened in horror. Emiko stepped back and walked back before turning. "I'm here because I lost my mother. But you lot are all here for the same reason. You were dumped by your mothers."

She growled when the girl began to cry again. "No! I want my mummy! I want her back!" The girl wailed. That was the final straw and Emiko's fist clenched. She ran forward and smacked the girl across the face, knocking her down to the ground.

"SHE'S NOT COMING BACK! SHE HATES YOU! SHE NEVER LOVED YOU!" She screamed at the girl. Silence ruled as everyone stared in dumb shock.

"Emiko!" She turned when she heard her name being shouted and saw the head carer and several others storming towards her. "This is the last straw Emiko!" He snapped. "You have had more than enough chances to prove you can behave but striking another resident for no reason is too far." He walked forward and stood before her. "You're going to the quiet room and will remain there for the rest of the week." Emiko looked up at him in pure anger. "Did you not hear me? Quiet room now!" He yelled at her.

The creature beside her growled and Emiko felt something burning in her heart. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath then with all her strength punched the head carer in the stomach. He hunched over, winded, when she punched him again. There was a sickening crunch as his nose broke and blood spurted out from behind her fist. The man fell back whilst the children screamed. Emiko leapt on him, not caring for the consequences anymore, and began scratching him and biting him. It took three other members of staff to pull her off, but she managed to take a chunk out of his cheek with her which she chewed on and swallowed. He held a hand to his cheek and stared in horror at her. She looked so demonic. "That's it! Take her to the other building! She'll stay there from now on!" He snapped.

She screamed and yelled as she was dragged through the main building and out towards an old, abandoned building that sat just behind the orphanage. Two of them continued to hold her as best they could whilst a third opened the door. They threw her in and slammed the door before locking it when she tried to open it. She yelled and threw herself at the door, scratching and clawing it as well as kicking it and pulling it. The door rattled against its frame but did not budge. Finally, exhausted from it all, she fell to her knees. Her chest heaved as she panted and she realised with horror how she was now all alone. She turned and looked at the emptiness that surrounded her.

Wind howled through the upper levels, startling her when it echoed through the silence. The entire building creaked and groaned in protest. She started to giggle, her left eye twitching as she looked around the entrance hall. "They...They can't leave me here. They wouldn't." She giggled again, the edges of her sanity starting to wear thin. "I mean...if they left me here and it collapsed, they'd get in trouble right?" She spun wildly. "Right?" Her unanswered question echoed through the building along with her giggling. As the echoes began to die down, the giggling was replaced by frantic breathing. "They can't have left me!" The sound of movement made her look to the right. She laughed nervously.

"I...I knew they wouldn't leave me." She scrambled through to the next room. But it wasn't a person, it was another weird creature. She stared at it and it stared back. She started to giggle and walked towards the creature, holding her hand out for it to sniff. "Ok, you may not be human...but at least you're company." She said as it started to nuzzle her hand. She turned back to the empty building. "May as well explore my new home." She murmured whilst gathering the odd creature in her arms. She walked through to the main hall and decided to try the upper levels. She slowly began to climb the stairs and reached the first floor.

"Not much to look at is it?" She asked, looking down at the creature. It moved as if to shake its head. She turned and tried to go up to the second level when she heard a loud creaking and groaning. She looked up just in time to see a beam crashing into the third floor staircase. Pieces of broken staircase came crashing down. She opened her mouth to scream when the pieces were torn apart by the very air itself. She stared as the now tiny pieces fell around her. The creature in her arms chirped. She looked at it then back. "I guess the third floor is out of bounds then. " She murmured. She looked at the pieces surrounding her. "What is wrong with me?" She looked back to the creature. "Or is something wrong with everyone else?" She murmured as she headed back down the stairs. "Am I normal, and everyone else is weird?" Somewhere, in the back of her mind, she felt like this was right. She was normal, she wasn't the freak. Everyone else was. That had to be it.

She looked down at the creature in her arms. "That's it right? I am normal, you're normal. Everyone else is a freak because they can't see you. That's it! I'm just stuck in a place with a bunch of freaks!" She laughed and hugged the creature closer. "I'm normal, right? I'm normal." She said. The creature shook its head. "Not normal? So...a freak?" It shook its head again.

She tilted her head to one side. "You mean...special?" It nodded and chirped at her. "I'm special?" She grinned and nodded. "Yeah! I mean, I'm the only one like this I've seen so I must be special!" She danced around with the odd little creature whilst singing "I'm special". Outside a demon watched her as she danced around.

"You most certainly are special my princess. But you are not yet old enough to know the truth yet. However, do not fear for I will soon show you how special you are."

Alot of my characters seem to be "special".

Astarte: I HEARD THAT!

Why the hell are you here?!

Astarte: Nothing better to do. Thought I'd come see what you're up to.

Yeah well, go sit over there and stay quiet. Anyway, hope you lot enjoyed the quick update. Please leave reviews as they are my fuel.

Astarte: And she gets a big head from the positive feedback.

*Throws book at her head* I said quiet! Where was I? Oh yeah, so enjoy and also go and check out "Dark Angel" by Dougall Dragon. It's really good. So, until the next chapter, this is sayonara from the psychotic author