Dusk was just beginning to fall along the horizon in Hampton, Montana as Lily and Alex Evans were out in the pasture, finishing the last notches on the fence. They were twins, a the delicate age of 15, went to public school, played sports. There was nothing to separate them from the rest of Hampton, Montana, but still, the rumors swirled.
It was funny, how everybody knew everybody in Hampton, but even your closest friends had no idea what you were going through. There was a lot of funny things in the town.
"There.. Done" Lily stated, tightening the last little bits of barbed wire, careful not to cut her calloused hands, which were already battered enough.
"Great.." Alex said, smiling. He was a smart boy, the popular one in school, got good grades, and all the girls had there eyes out for him with his blonde hair, body tanned from the son, and chocolate brown eyes. "Now we can go home... I hear that Madason is making Chili for dinner.."
"Gross... I can't believe you eat that stuff.." Lily stated, a look of disgust on her face as she thre a wire trimmer into the back of her old, brown truck, so old that rust had become it's paint job. Madason was the woman that took care of the two, and about seven other kids at the only orphanage for miles. She was kindhearted, and an angel of a woman, but even Lily, who was the most tolerant of people, found her cooking disgusting, what ever money she earned, using it to buy beef jerky and a soda.
"It's really not that bad... As long as you take three anti-acids before you finish.." Alex smiled, hopping into the front seat, passengers side of the truck, wrinkling his nose. The old truck smelt of cow manure and alcohol, mixed in with beef jerky and cheap perfume. He wiped some dust off of his pant leg as he let out a sigh, closing his eyes. It had been a long, long day of...well, work.
Farm life kind of sucked, waking up at four, six days out of the work, feeding the horses, eating breakfast, taking a shower, off to school, coming home, taking care of those chores, dinner, more chores, then bed. Any schoolwork you have, you do at school, or on Sunday, but four of the seven kids at the care home were old enough, and went to parties on the 'Day of the Lord'
Well, until Conner Potts died.
It had been a weird, unexpected death, especially of a teenager so young. Apparently, the boy Lily had gone to school with had just- just got up from bed at two in the morning, walked downstairs, walked into the woods, and never came back. There weren't a lot of woods in Hampton. Only one, actually. Where the others came from.
Lily climbed into the drivers seat, and started the car, it stalling out for a minute, before she put it in drive. By now, it had become so dark, that millions upon millions of stars were twinkling in the sky, it looking like a hallmark card from the pasture, where the shadows of horses feeding were.
The radio immediately started playing, the soulful toons of "Love Songs with Delilah at Eleven" playing. The wisdoms of Journey, filling there ears.
"Just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin' anywhere
Just a city boy, born and raised in south Detroit
He took the midnight train goin' anywhere"
"Thank you for helping me, tonight Alex" Lily said, smiling as she looked at her brother. He was her rock, her soul and salvation; he was always there for her, solid, a constant. Whenever she needed to talk, to vent, he was there. Whenever she needed anything, her brother came through.
"A singer in a smokey room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on"
"Anytime, Lil.." Alex said, smiling at her. Truth is, he would do anything for Lily, and she was the only thing he could rely on. A shadow caught him in the corner of the eye, a figure, creeping in the woods. He looked closer, rolling down the window, which was cracked, dented, and difficult to see through.
"Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching in the night
Streetlight people, living just to find emotion
Hiding, somewhere in the night"
"What is it?" Lily asked, seeing her brother looking out the window. He was usually laid back, but she knew that the was a bit scared. She usually knew a lot of things.
"I dunno.." Alex stated, looking closely. "There" He said, he saw it again. It was hard to see, to get a good eye on. It was luminescent, as soon as you got a good view on it, it disappeared, but it was a man. At least the shape of a man.
"Working hard to get my fill,
everybody wants a thrill
Payin' anything to roll the dice,
just one more time
Some will win, some will lose
Some were born to sing the blues
Oh, the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on-"
"LILY WATCH OUT!" Alex yelled, seeing the shape disappear, and reappear on the road. It's ghostly eyes met Alex's as it let out a shriek. It was piercing, making your head want to explode, as Alex found himself yelling too, as Lily's turn was to the sharp left. So sharp, it took her a minute to relies that the truck was turning over, to registered the pain. It all went black, Except for the creature, above her brother, his chocolate brown eyes pierced in fear.
'Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching in the night
Streetlight people, living just to find emotion
Hiding, somewhere in the night"