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As I floated along the burning buildings, I heard a scream. I immediately stopped. I made my dust devil fly higher, and looked around. After 5 seconds of looking, I saw a hedgehog, female, being attacked by an Iblis Golem. She was desperately pelting it with rocks, hoping to dent it or something, however, it was a futile plan. The Golem was unfazed and started to approach her quicker, raising his rock fist.

"Not if I can help it." I said to myself. I flew to a rock and pelted the Golem with a chunk of hail, and it slapped it across its face. I usually did this just to get the target focused on me and me only. This was no different. Both the hedgehog and Golem paused to look at me. The Golem roared in anger and advanced toward me. I leaped into the air and grabbed my knife from my belt pocket, and practically decapitated the monster. Who am I kidding, I made the blade myself. But, that's a story for another time.

The hedgehog was dumbfounded by the quickness of my attack, that or she didn't expect to see another living thing right in front of her. She didn't look as bad as I did when it came to clothing. She had a black t-shirt, shorts, and a pair of tennis shoes. She was a brown colored hedgehog, and had her spines in a ponytail. Whereas I, had a white t-shirt, ripped jeans, and socks on my feet. My hair, too, is a mess. Let's just say it looked like I hadn't bathed in years (which, sadly, was true). Gashes, cuts, and bruises were everywhere. I mean EVERYWHERE.

I walked over to her and offered to help her up. She hesitantly accepted and stood up.

"Thank you. I thought I was a sitting duck for a second." She said.

I waved my hand, "It's alright. Everyone feels like that." I said bluntly. I opened my bag and brought out one slice of the cantaloupe, "Here. You need something. And that something is an edible thing," I formed a hail stone, about the size of a softball, "and some water." I finished and handed the things to her. She looked like she was about to cry, and if she did, it would be of joy.

"Oh my gosh… thank you so much!" She exclaimed then looked at me, "I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Sphinx the Hedgehog." She then extended her hand.

I shook it, "I'm Supercell the Cat." After we became acquainted, I heard a roar in the distance.

"What was that…?" Sphinx asked, her ears flattening.

"Iblis… We need to move." I said.

"Follow me!" Sphinx said, before running in the opposite direction, in which I followed.

We arrived at the opening of a skyscrapers' attic, which was camouflaged with obsidian rocks and burnt boxes. After Sphinx moved the objects, we entered into her "house".

It was one room. It had a box as a table, 4 sleeping bags (I still wonder how she managed to get them), and a soccer ball. There were no windows, and the whole room was about the size of a middle school classroom. I also saw three hedgehogs, two adults, one child, who looked around seven.

"Sphinx you're back!" One hedgehog, the mother, exclaimed.

Sphinx nodded, "Yep. Brought a new friend here too." She said, gesturing to me.

I forced a grin, "Hello there, I'm Supercell." I greeted.

The small hedgehog ran up to me, "That's a cool name!" She said, grinning, "I'm Lindsay!" she said, smiling and shook my hand.

Lindsay had a very cherubic face and voice. She looked so innocent that my lips were quivering slightly. Why are children brought to this hell? Why did this happen in the first place? I sighed, forcing another smile, I looked at Lindsay, and squatted to her level.

"How old are you, darling?" I asked, still forming a smile.

"I'm almost 7! So I'm this much!" She exclaimed, holding up six fingers.

I kept my confusion to myself. I looked at the amount of fingers she held up, and tried to decipher what number it was. To be completely honest, I've never learned math. Neither have my brothers or parents. Well my mom couldn't do it anyways because… well… she was both mute and blind. I do not wish to go further.

"Wow!" I exclaimed, "You're going to be strong, aren't you?"

Lindsay nodded, "Yeah! Then I'll take down the lava monster myself!" she finished, smiling.

I smile, "I'll help you with that." I said.

Lindsay nodded and smiled. I turned my attention back to Sphinx.

"I have to go." I said sternly. Sphinx tilted her head.

"Why? Wouldn't it be better to stay with us?" She asked. I shook my head.

"I'd rather not. I've learned to not stay in one place for too long." I said.

"How'd you learn that?" Lindsay asked, looking up at me.

I hesitated, "Well… uh… My family passed… away…" I said, putting my hands behind my back and mumbling the last word. Sphinx's family did a double take. Lindsay looked close to tears. I guess she knew what that meant. She hugged me and looked up at me, small tears ruining down her face.

"We could be your new family."

5 months. That's how long I lived with Sphinx's family. I loved them like family, and they loved me like family. Lindsay actually began to teach me to read and write. My handwriting was sloppy, but legible. And, it turns out I have Dyslexia, so that's fantastic. The small hedgehog also taught me some math. So far, I only know addition and subtraction, but it's better than nothing.

To Sphinx and Lindsay, I was like a sister to them. I also taught Sphinx how to fight and dodge efficiently, and to test her skills, we'd spar each other. She was a fantastic dodger, but lacked self confidence. Because of this, she didn't have powerful punches. I couldn't blame her. I was the same way back when my brother, Jas-… my brother would teach me to fight.

Today, we were searching for food. Sphinx and I gathered only one turkey. Apparently it was from somewhere called "Fry's".

"Sounds like potatoes." Sphinx said, chuckling. I smiled.

"I'm just surprised it's still here. Usually, stuff this good would fall in the lava." I said, putting the turkey in my bag. Sphinx shrugged and giggled.

"Let's go before the creatures find us. Don't wanna be their turkey." She said. I nodded and we walked back.

As we walked back to her house, I heard roaring and froze. Iblis.

"Crud… He found us…" I mumbled. I turned to Sphinx, "He found your home!" I yelled and started running. Sphinx yelped and followed suite.

We reached a pile of ash of what used to be Sphinx's home. I didn't see Lindsay or Sphinx's parents. All I saw was Iblis rising from a lake of lava. I froze and glared, tears forming in my eyes. He killed them. HE KILLED THEM. I formed an F1 tornado and flung it at Iblis. It tore off one of his arms, and he went in for a counter, but, not at me.

At Sphinx.

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