The Rallison's walked down the streets of St. Petersburg. Scarlette and Michael were a meter away from the three kids, who still cowered from them. Just one wrong move could lead to being punished at home later.
"We need strawberries for the cake" Michael was reading the five inch shopping list. "We're close to the supermarket, we can go there"
He took a sharp turn to the right, leading the family up another road. Dawn, Wynter and Kevin followed, not protesting one bit. They were bored, tired, and just wanted to go home, but they knew better than to speak their minds.
Very soon, they reached the supermarket on the street corner. The kids were about to step in when Scarlette turned around and put her hand in front of them, as a stop move.
"Kids, you wait outside. We'll be back soon"
Unwillingly, the three children walked over to the wall, and leaned on it. They were never allowed to follow the parents into supermarkets. The reason for it, they had not gotten to know. Maybe it was to let them know they had no power to control what was in the house...
Dawn kicked the gravel by her feet. Her, Wynter and Kevin had only been standing out there for five minutes, but since there was nothing to do, it felt like way more. All they could do was stand there, talk, and people-watch.
A lot of strange-looking people walked by. More than you would think. They saw a woman with rainbow colored hair, a guy with tattoos all over his face, and a girl in a feather-covered dress. That was just scratching the surface of everyone they saw.
"Look at that girl" Wynter discreetly pointed at a woman on the other side of the road.
The woman had black hair, which was put up into a weird braided hairstyle, only white clothes, and tattoos on her arms. She was doing something on her phone.
Dawn laughed quietly for herself and the Rallison kids.
"She looks both weird... and super cool. And I love that hairstyle"
"Totally" Wynter nodded.
Kevin didn't really understand what they were doing, but he laughed too.
The fun didn't last long though, and the cool looking girl walked away. All of the other people on the street looked pretty boring, and basic. Dawn looked around trying to find something, or someone, that could entertain them. Boring girls, boring boys, dogs being walked, a little cat walking down, and...
When Dawn spotted them, her mind was blown. She gasped, while her eyes teared up with joy. The two people she was looking at hadn't seem to notice her yet, but Wynter and Kevin certainly had.
"Dawn, what's going on?"
Dawn turned her head, and saw the confused Wynter. Dawn searched for her breath, she was too happy to speak, and pointed towards the people who had gotten her so overjoyed.
"You see that blonde woman, and balding man over there"
Wynter and Kevin leaned out to look down the street.
"Yeah?"
Dawn let out a tiny gasp again.
"They're my parents!"
Wynter's jaw dropped, and she smiled the biggest smile ever.
"For real? Dawn that's amazing!" She bounced a little in place. "You have to go there!"
Dawn was full on happy-crying now.
"I know. And I will"
She was just about to turn around and run over there when she remembered something.
"Wynter, Kevin, I will never forget you. And I promise that I will do something about your situation. Whatever I can possibly do, I will do"
Both Rallison siblings nodded. Wynter had tears in her eyes, but Kevin didn't really understand.
"We're gonna miss you... so much!" Wynter wiped a tear, and hugged Dawn.
They hugged for a couple of seconds, before Dawn crouched down to Kevin's level.
"Kev, I'm gonna leave now, but I promise I'll save you from your parents, and we will see each other again!"
"O... okay" Kevin sounded sad, even though he wasn't really picking up. He put his arms around Dawn, and they hugged for a few seconds.
Dawn let go, and stood in front of the siblings for a few seconds.
"You've been amazing siblings. Bye!"
She wiped a tear from her cheek as she turned around, and ran. Ran, as fast as she possibly could, all the way over to Tom and Anne.
"Mom! Dad!"
She cried out in happiness as she ran the last meters to her parents. Tom and Anne heard her voice. They gave each other a quick confused look, before turning their heads around. Dawn was running in full speed at them.
"Oh my gosh, Dawn!" Anne ran towards her, and they met in the biggest hug ever. Tom ran over to them, and made it a group hug.
"Sweetie, you have no idea how much we've worried about you"
"We've been worried sick! What happened to you guys? How has it been?"
Dawn sobbed. Both happiness, and horror filled her as she thought about the last month.
"It's been terrible! We got sent of to live in different foster families. My foster parents were horrible!"
Anne and Tom looked at her in shock.
"What!? Where are the boys?"
Dawn shook her head.
"I have no idea. I think they moved to... New York,... North or South Dakota and California"
Anne sighed, and cried out a little.
"California? That's across the country! We have no money"
Dawn shook her head, and sighed, disappointed. She quickly looked over her shoulder, and saw Scarlette and Michael outside the supermarket. They seemed to be looking for her, but Wynter and Kevin pointed around in different directions. Dawn managed to make eye contact with Wynter, who gestured to her that they get out of their sight.
"We have to move" Dawn pushed herself, Tom and Anne against the wall on the other side of the street.
"Dawn, what are you doing?"
Dawn hushed Anne.
"You saw the family by the supermarket over there?" Tom and Anne nodded. "They were my abusive foster parents"
Her parents gasped.
"Is that why you have all these bruises?" Tom moved Dawn's hair to show more of a big contusion on her neck.
Dawn nodded quickly. Anne frowned. She looked super mad.
"I'm gonna go over there, and give her a piece of my mind for hurting my baby!"
She was just about to storm away, when Dawn grabbed her torn blouse.
"You can't! I'll have to go back there, and there's no way I'm seeing those people again. Only Wynter and Kevin"
Tom and Anne gave them a quick confused glance.
"The kids. They're really nice"
They nodded, understanding. Anne had calmed herself down.
"Then, what do we do right now?"
Dawn shrugged.
"We have to get the boys", Tom said.
Both girls agreed.
"But how?" Anne sighed.
"We just need money, so we can get any way to move through the US"
"Good idea, Dawn" Tom nodded to his daughter. "Now how do we make money quickly?"
Updates have been raining in lately, and that's because I'm on spring break! And what way could I spend my break better than to write, and write, and write, and write?
Expect a loooot of updates, and probably an end to this story later this week.
Then I'll start on the next story: Quaddle of three