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It's been almost a week now since Luna ran away. She's been spending nights hanging with Neil since that's when the city was empty, and during the day, she sleeps, while Neil went back to his family. She found herself thinking about her parents more than she wanted to, but when she started missing her old life, she would remind herself how her parents lied to her and that they planned to leave her with people she didn't know, even if they were her grandparents.

Now, she sat in her hideout, watching the sun set. Neil would be here soon. But as she waited, the full moon climbed higher in the sky, and when she was beginning to think he wouldn't show up, he appeared from the darkness. Walking up, he attempted to look cool, but Luna could tell that he was exhausted.

He tossed a lock of hair out of his face with a self-assured flick of his hand and a cocky smile. He sat down on the floor in a sloppy yet very intentional way that looked like he just sort of fell into a cross legged position.

"Sorry, I'm late," he said in a calm and confident manner. "I had to wrangle my brothers into bed. It takes a while when there are so many kids in one house. But I'm kind of an expert," he added, trying to make it sound like this daily process had started to seem easy to him but as he continued to talk her through this evening's many troubles, his voice began to show that he really was still a young boy trying to care for a large group of smaller children. It was hard on him, even though he tried so hard to hide it.

Luna walked across the room and sat down beside him. "Why do you have to do everything?" she ventured. "Why can't your parents do it?"

Neil sighed. "They work at night and sleep during the day, while my brothers are in school."

"What about you?" Luna asked. "Don't you go to school?"

Shaking his head, Neil explained," While my parents are asleep and my brothers are at school, I stay home and do chores around the house."

"So when do you have fun?" Luna questioned, curious.

"That's why I come out at night," Neil responded. "It's the only time I can get any peace and quiet. Don't get me wrong, I love my little brothers and they need me, but…" He sighed deeply.

Luna rested her hand on his shoulder. "But you're just a kid," she finished his sentence for him. "You can't be expected to take care of everything at your age. Don't your parents do anything?"

His reply was only a shake of his head.

Luna hesitated and then decided to confide in her new friend. "I was an only child, but my parents still didn't have time for me. They worked all the time, and I guess they got tired of me altogether because they were sending me to live with my grandparents. But they lied to me and said we were only going for a visit, so I ran away."

"If it weren't for my brothers, I'd run away, too," Neil murmured.

For a moment the two kids sat in silence, caught up in their own misery. Then Luna got to her feet and held out her hand for Neil to take. Once he was standing too, she pulled him out of the abandoned house and into the night.

"Let's do something fun, then," Luna suggested," before you have to return to your brothers."

"Like what?" Neil asked, doubtful that they would find something to do. For as long as he could remember, he's been sneaking out of his house at night and so far has only been able to find peace and quiet, but nothing fun to do.

Luna thought, then gave a huge smile. "What about hide and seek?" she suggested.

"Hide and seek," Neil echoed, considering it. After a moment or two, he nodded in agreement.

"You hide first," Luna said. "I'll count."

"Okay." Neil ran into the night, and when he was out of sight, Luna covered her eyes.

"One… two… three…" She continued to count up to ten, and when she was done, she called out," Ready or not, here I come!"

First, she searched around the abandoned house and the nearby woods, but she didn't find him. Maybe he's hiding somewhere in town, she guessed, heading down a path that led to the center of the city. Suddenly there was a bright light above, and Luna looked up just in time to see something falling out of the sky.

She stared up for several moments. Did she really just see that? Or… no, she really just saw that.

Snapping out of it, she pushed her way through the woods, coming to an open clearing. In the middle of it was a huge rock that was glowing. She cautiously walked over there, shielding her eyes from the brightness. Carefully, she reached out, but even before she touched it, the rock split in half.

The inside was even brighter. But a moment later, it faded out. What she saw in it made her mouth drop open.

Squeaking startled her, but she relaxed when she realized it was only her moth friends.

"Look at this," she whispered, completely in awe. She reached down and picked up the items. She studied them, then looked at the rock again. One of her moths spoke in her ear. "You think… these things came from… outer space?" It made sense. "Wow! Some kind of… Luna Board? And… what's this? A magnet? A Luna Magnet! So cool!"

She was about to test out her new stuff when she heard rustling in the bushes behind her, followed by someone calling out.

"Quick, hide these," she said to her moths, throwing the objects to them. She watched them fly away with the items. Then she turned just as Neil pushed his way out of the woods and stepped into the clearing.

"Luna?" he questioned. "What are you doing out here?"

"Nothing." Luna tried her best to block the space rock from Neil's view, but he still saw it. He walked over to it, eyes wide. In silent shock, he studied the rock.

Luna tried to act nonchalantly, like she didn't find anything inside the rock. "I just found this," she told him. "It fell out of the sky." At least he doesn't know about my magnet and board.

Neil reached out to touch it. "A… space rock?" he stammered.

"That's what I think it is," Luna said. "But other than that, I don't think it's very special. There wasn't anything inside it." She tried to remain calm when she said that, but she was really nervous that he'd see that she was lying.

She wanted to tell him the truth, but she didn't want to share her new things. As an only child, sharing wasn't her strong suit.

Wanting to distract him, she quickly said," Come on, there's nothing to see here. Let's finish our game."

Neil hesitated, seeming to want to argue. But finally, he sighed and nodded. "Okay," he agreed.

With a long glance at the space rock, Neil followed Luna out of the clearing and back through the woods. When the abandoned building where Luna had been staying came into view, Luna immediately spotted her moths with the objects she found, hiding out in the house. Before Neil had time to notice, Luna turned him around.

"Whoa!" Neil exclaimed, looking dizzy from being spun around so fast. He stumbled a little, but after a moment, he straightened up. "What's the deal?" he demanded.

Luna thought fast, stretching her jaws into a massive yawn. "Oh! Look at the time! It's getting late, and I'm getting tired. We should probably call it a night, doncha think?"

Neil blinked. "But it's not sunrise yet," he objected.

"Well, tonight was fun," she hurriedly said, ignoring him. "See you tomorrow night?"

"What about our game?"

Luna started pushing Neil down the path toward the city. "We can finish it tomorrow," she insisted. "Okay, bye!"

He stood there, eyeing her for a long moment, before finally shrugging and walking off. She waved goodbye to him until he was out of sight. Then she ran back to her hideout, letting out a sigh of relief.

"That was close!" she breathed.

Her moths flew to her and dropped her new Luna Magnet and Luna Board in front of her.

"Careful!" she snapped, bending down to pick them up. She made sure they weren't damaged. Then she hopped onto her board. She was unsteady on it as it suddenly went up. The board wobbled under her and a moment later, it wasn't there anymore. She found herself falling to the ground, screaming. But right before she crash landed, she was caught by her moths.

"Thanks," she panted. "This is gonna take more work than I thought." Her moths agreed with her. "But I can do this!" Luna declared, jumping on her Luna Board again.

She fell off again and again, but she never gave up.

Unknowing to her or her moths, someone was spying on them, watching closely.

"Luna," the anonymous watcher whispered softly," I knew you were hiding something."

Once the unseen person has witnessed enough, they went away without a sound, and Luna never knew they were there.

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