Levina, Ash, Johnny, and company are mine.
Levina had spent a few months out on the streets; she was learning the way to live without parents, the way to live with no one providing for her. She was dirty and her clothes were torn a little bit.
Levina stood in her foster parents' backyard. There was something she had to do. The ten year old went to the side of the house and started climbing the ivy on the side of the house.
She climbed until she reached a window on the second story of the third story house. There she hung like a monkey by the ivy. Her hair tied back by a torn bandana, her coat around her waist, the little girl could have been a jail break and you would not have known the difference.
Levina knocked on the window and a small five year old opened the window for her. "Levi!" Her little brother whispered once he saw her. Then he covered his nose, stepping back. "You stink."
"Yeah…there isn't any free bath service out there." The little girl climbed through the window and picked up her little brother. "Come on…bed time squirt."
Johnny didn't like being so close to his sister when she hadn't bathed in months but he was happy she was there. "How was your birthday?"
Levina sighed and put her brother in his bed. "Cold." Levina had been born December 15th, and she spent her birthday in a jungle gym.
Johnny sat on his bed and took off his shoes. "We still have your Christmas presents for you if you want to open them before you leave again." He asked, hoping his sister would want to and stay for just a bit longer before she left.
"Sorry bud." She put his covers on him. "I'm a wanted criminal now. I can't."
Johnny wasn't surprised when she told him this. He knew she was having problems with these things after her. Not to mention the police were always looking for her. "Maybe I can come with you."
Levina perked up suddenly. "No Johnny." Her blue eyes sparked and looked at her little brother.
"Why not Levina?" Johnny asked, messing up the covers.
Levina sighed and tucked her brother back in. "It isn't a play ground out there Johnny, plus if anything happened to you…I could never forgive myself for it."
John pouted and crossed his arms. "I can take care of myself."
Levina scoffed and pushed her brother down onto his bed and his head onto the pillow. "Only when I'm dead are you going to take care of yourself." She rubbed his head and sighed. "Go to bed Johnny."
Johnny sat back up and looked at his sister. "I can do it! I know I can!"
Levina smiled and her eyes twinkled a little, giving Johnny a sense of nostalgia. "I know you can." She pushed her brother gently back down. "You just stay here and take care of Mom and Dad for me. I'll be back to stay soon okay?"
Johnny pouted and looked at his sister. "Can you sing me that song again? The one you think Mommy sang for us?"
Levina nodded and started to sing the song quietly. "Promise that we'll stay for the sunset, and when the moon shines through the darkness, We can find the path that leads us home, And on the way you'll... ...maybe... ...sing me a song.
"Promise that you always will be there, Hold my hand if ever I'm real scared, Help me stand up tall if I fall down,
"Make me laugh away all my bluest days!
"How could you promise you always would be there?
"Why'd you have to go away somewhere?
"Every morning into every night,
"Do you watch over me like the sun in the sky?
"Am I all alone, or standing in your light?
"I wish that I could...
"...maybe...
"...sing you a song...
"...tonight.
"You promised me we'd stay for the sunset..." When Levina looked at her little brother again the little boy had fallen asleep. She smiled and kissed his forehead. "Night little brother." She whispered.
Levina then ran to the window and climbed out, closing it as she grabbed the ivy and pulled herself out the window.
Foot steps were coming up the stairs to Johnny's room. Levina froze as she still practicaly sat in the window.
A fiery red head in pajama bottoms quietly came into Johnny's room and saw Levina. "Wait!" He said quietly.
But Levina didn't wait, she swung herself out the window and onto the side of the house. She quickly slid down the ivy before Ash got to the window to see the ten year old girl run and disappear into the darkness of the night.
Levina stood and watched the sun rise from her spot in the park, standing on the jungle gym. The small girl sighed and her eyes shimmered in the early sunlight. The silver streaks in her ebony hair shone a little under her bandana.
The ten year old just sat and started to kick her feet. "Another day…time to get started." She jumped off the jungle gym, a clear 20 feet up from the ground. She winced and grabbed her ankle, quickly dismissing it and walked off from her temporary home with a limp.
That reminds me. Happy 25th Birthday Levina!
There a few questions concerning Levina and why she was taking from her mother because of a snake. It wasn't really the snake's fault. Ami gave up her children just so they could be safe.
