Hello everyone! Mimi again. Now, I know I just did another flashback chapter, but I think you guys need more background information on Luna. This chapter takes place when Luna was a little girl, the day both of her parents die. WARNING: this is a very sad chapter.

Luna stared at her parents, both completely unconscious. Her eyes flickered from her mother to her father. Their furs that were previously a deep brown were as white as the bed sheets that matched the pale room around them. Their breathing was awful and unsteady. The sound hurt her ears.

She looked at the doctor, who sat in a chair looking a clip board. Even though Luna was young-so young to be going through this-she knew the grim look on his face wasn't good. She looked at her reflection on the clean tile floor. Bags were under her bloodshot eyes and her hair was messy and tangled. She hadn't slept in days. Even know, her eyes threatened to close from her standing position. She bit her lip. She was scared. God, she was so scared.

The only positive thing on her mind was the hope that her parents would become well again. She remembered the last night they tucked her into bed, kissed her goodnight, and returned to the living room to read and go over their work. That night had been over a week ago. She kept telling herself that they'd be okay and would return home with her soon. But as the minutes clicked by, that hope diminished just a bit more.

She crawled rested her head on her mother's bed. She felt so exhausted. She had refused to go to school, and insisted on staying with her family. With both of her parents knocked out, they didn't have the authority to make her attend class and had to let her stay. But the stress had wrecked her, leaving her unable to resist sleep once she closed her eyes.

When she awoke, she looked at her mother and reached for her hand. She was startled when she felt how cold she was. "Mommy?" She murmured. She took a closer look. Her mother wasn't breathing. No signs of life. "Mommy!" She screamed at the top of her lungs, though only loud enough to get the attention of the nurses and doctors, not enough to wake her almost comatose father.

The doctors shoved her aside trying to save Luna's mother with Luna screaming for her the entire time to the point where the nurses had to hold her back. "Mommy!" Tears spilled from her eyes. They stung so badly. "Mommy, please don't leave! Don't leave me!"

But it was too late. Her mother was gone. She had died somewhere between midnight and three in the morning. It felt like a bullet in her heart.

Later that day, her mother's body was taken from the hospital to the morgue. Luna cried and cried, comforted only by a kind nurse that held her and let her cry into her shoulder. "Mommy, why did you leave?"

Her mother's prescence was gone. She didn't feel her warm and loving aura anymore. She wasn't going to be there to braid her hair and try her tears and tell her about boys and boyfriends before she met Daddy, or help her dress for her high school prom. She wasn't going to meet her grandchildren or Luna's future husband whoever he was out there. She was gone forever. "She's not coming back." She murmured, holding tightly onto her father's hand. "Daddy, don't leave me too." She whispered.

The next day he would do just that.

"Daddy!" The line had gone flat. There was nothing there. No heartbeat or pulse or breathing. "Daddy, don't leave me! Don't leave me like Mommy did!" She was crying. She hadn't stopped crying since her mother had died. The pain was agonizing. Luna was suffering, and nothing could ease the pain. Now, it would intensify. "Daddy, don't leave." She sobbed, gripping his hand with both of her tiny ones. "Please, don't. I promise, I'll try so hard in school. I'll clean my room. I won't marry or have kids or even get a boyfriend!" Her father had always told her that he'd come to the door with a shotgun if she ever brought a boy home. He always sounded so sad when he talked about her getting married and having children. "You'll be my number one Daddy, I promise, just please don't go!" But it was too late. Her father was gone. Now she was all alone.

With the days to come, Luna was inconsolable. She just cried and cried, her tears never stopping even in her sleep. The hospital contacted her relatives. Her grandparents simply didn't have the strength or money to take care of her. She was later informed that she'd be going to Happy Camper Orphanage. She had heard about that. It was a place where kids without parents went to. It only made the reality of the loss of her parents more painful.

She returned home. It was going to be sold and the money would be given to Luna when she came of age. This wasn't her home anymore. She packed her things and held on tightly to the stuffed bunny her parents had given to her when she was a newborn. She had the adult brown bear that was there to escort her to the orphanage go into the attic and get her suitcases. The possessions of her parents would be put into storage.

She packed her books and clothes and the few other possessions she had. The bear placed her suitcase in the trunk of his car for her and they road in silence.

She could only think of her parents, as most children did when in her position. She thought of no more Christmases with them or Halloween or Valentine's Day where they all went out for dinner together. This day would officially mark the end of it. She watched the trees whiz by in blurs of green and brown. She didn't know what her future held now, and she didn't want to know.

The orphanage was tall and Victorian-styled with blue trimmings. It was…nice. The shutters seemed to be in good condition. When she brushed up against the porch beams, she didn't get any splinters. The bear (she was too afraid to ask for his name) brought her inside and spoke to the woman at the desk.

She smiled sadly at the rabbit girl, and pointed in the direction of a room, taking her suitcase. She explained to Luna that she would be settled in later.

It was then that Luna's life would change course forever.

Wow. That was a very sad chapter. Well, thanks for reading! I hope it didn't bum anyone out too much. I need to go update my profile now. Happy Friday everyone!

Until next time!

~Mimi