This is actually a pretty long chapter- I'll try to make it shorter next time!

(Short three: Home alone)

It was one of those days again, where Julia was off from school, but her parents had to work; However, first it's ever been under MoonJumper's watch.

"Julia, your father has already set off for work, and I'm just about ready to leave-" Julia sat at the dinning table watching her mother walkabout, getting ready. "The babysitter will be here within twenty minutes.."

Julia's mother walked around the counter of the kitchen, grabbed her purse, and turned one more time to look at Julia "and please, behave yourself. No causing trouble, alright?"

Julia nodded, and with that, she watched her mother leave. It was now just her, and MoonJumper.. wherever he was.

"So, she just leaves? Doesn't wait for the sitter?" Julia heard Moon ask

"She needed to go," Julia said, jumping off the chair she sat at "beside, I think I can do fine by myself for a bit." She smiled

"Ah, but that's we're you're wrong my dear-" MoonJumper chuckles "you are not alone."

"Sometimes I forget that, thank you for reminding me" she giggled, it seemed like a sassy remark, but Moon was unsure.

Stretching out, the small child walked on to the couch, MoonJumper groaned as she sat down "don't tell me you're going to let your brain melt while you wait; I don't see the purpose of that moving box beside it giving you wrong ideas."

Julia turned on the tv, Various cartoons played, one of her favorite ones was about two animals chasing each other.

"Mindless violence." MoonJumper said, however he to got caught watching for while. Shaking his head "Why don't we do something outside?" He asked.

"Moon, you know I'm not allowed to leave the house alone.." she said almost like a whisper "I'll get in trouble.. even if it's just the front yard.."

"Child, I will say this again- you are not alone-"

"But your always invisible here.." she said frowning, no longer in the mood for television "I know I'm not alone, but sometimes it's heard to realize that when I can't even see my friend when I'm awake.."

Moon just floated idly by, listening to her- she had a point, the children at her school think of him as an imaginary friend. When in reality he's just as real as them. But he can't put himself at risk knowing someone will be here shortly.

"Perhaps.. something indoors then?" This made Julia look around "maybe a board game?"

Julia's eyes lit up, she knew exactly what.

"Check mate!" Julia yelled, kicking her little leg under the table. She was smiling at the other end of the table, where she assumed MoonJumper was gawking at the board. The sudden noise that came from there is what gave her the idea.

"C-check mate-?!" He looked around the board, at all angles- his king was flanked by a Rook, two knights and a pawn. No mater where he moved there was trouble- his Queen was taken out earlier in the game session; but he thought not of it. "Now, how did this happen..?"

MoonJumper was at a loss, Surly it was just first game luck, maybe if he played another game he'd win.

"Grandpappy taught me..." She smiled brightly, but then dimmed "we'd always play together when I visited him-.." she seemed to mumble for while, it was sad really. Moon was unable to hear anything from this.

"Another game, then." MoonJumper announced, snapping the child out of her downed state "if you win, and prove this wasn't just luck, I will allow you to wear my coat. For awhile"

This sparked wonder in her eyes, Moon never takes his coat off- to a point where Julia just thought it was just apart of him. MoonJumper had never seen her so serious; face focused.

What had he done?

It was a shock, for the fact that MoonJumper had lost to a little girl in chess- And for the fact that he cannot catch this child with his own hands, who was now running rampant with his cloak. Giggling with glee, Julia looked back at him with a big smile.

An hour had passed since the chess game, the sitter hadn't arrived yet. Quite possible that they forgot; Julia states that this happens from time to time. She doesn't seem too worried about it. So within that same hour, MoonJumper saw no harm in showing himself. If the sitter wasn't coming within that hour, they wouldn't show at all.

"Julia! Hand back my cloak this instant!" He yelled, diving for her, however Julia just turned a corner around the table and ran for the stairs to her room "alright, enough of this.."

Before the small child could even make it past her door, red strings shot out, tangling her legs. Falling with a soft thud due to the overly large coat. She was halfway dragged down the stairs before Moon picked her up.

There was an attempt to take the large coat from her, but Julia held strong, cocooning herself with in it. "Julia, stop fooling around- hand me my cloak."

"Nuh-!" Was a muffled reply.

With a sigh, "Right, then.." With a smirk. If she wasn't tired from running yet, she will be after this- MoonJumper grabbed one of her sides and started tickling her. A loud squeal escaped the girl.

With her legs bound and cloak wrapped around her, she was tripped; the only way out would to release Moon's coat. However, Julia wasn't going to give up just yet! She wiggles and thrashed around, unable to stop laughing-

But MoonJumper held on tighter, "Oh no, my child-" he smiled "you are in my clutches now, and I will not let you go until you give me what is mine!"

Eventually her grip was lost, and with a pull, MoonJumper had his cloak returned to him-

Julia was placed on the ground, heaving for air; the strings were united and she was free. Taking in a big breath "that's not fair! You used your strings to catch me!"

"Frankly my dear, nothing in life is 'fair'." He side glanced, and smirked. Smile getting a little bigger due to Julia's pouting face. Julia tried to jump at him, but MoonJumper floated back. "Even after all that, you still have air in you?" He was surprised.

Julia being the little energetic gremlin that she was, once more tried to jump at him. Two thoughts in her mind, one of payback, and the other- 'was Moon ticklish?'.

"Payback!" She called out, her little battle cry not going unheard as MoonJumper kept dodging her.

"Is that so-?" MoonJumper questioned, understanding what she meant "then, you'll just have to find me first-!" No way was he going to fall to the mercy of a mere child. He'll just vanish for awhile until things blow over. Julia should be find until he gets back.

"...Moon..?"

Ten minutes, just ten minutes of fresh air above the residential house he was occupying- it was nice an quiet, Julia should be tired out by now. This would be the right moment to-

A sudden scream of terror was heard, wide eyed looked to the house;

"Julia!" MoonJumper yelled

It was just ten minutes!

Intangible, and invisible, Moon fazed through the roof; what he saw mad him freeze- two masked men invaded the house, one held tightly onto Julia, Covering her mouth. While the other looked around for valuables.

"Quiet squirt, were just here to take some thing's and leave." The one roughly holding onto Julia said. In his other hand a baton "Nobody has to get hurt-"

MoonJumper had made himself visible, and a horrific look on his face frightened the one holding the child "Unhand. That. Child." He growled.

The man screamed, dropping Julia, and swung at Moon, but it went right through him- he was unfazed. The scream, still screaming man, grabbed the others attention and immediately ran down the stairs.

Only to come down to see his partner cocooned in red strings, and very angry monstrosity. Before the second man could bolt, he to was grabbed and strung up- then in a moment, MoonJumper dragged them away. And all was silent once more.

Julia had hidden under the table, then a knock on the wooden surface; frightened still, the small girl looked out, it was Moon! Tears welled up in her eyes as she hurried to him.

"Julia, I leave you alone for ten-!" But stopped mid sentence; she was crying. Why did he always hate it when she cried?

"Where... were.. you?" She hiccuped "I was looking for you, and then I heard a scary noise, and then-!" She was repeating herself as she struggled with words. Each babble that left her mouth made him feel like his chest was being crushed.

"I thought you were still here-"

He held Julia in comfort, how could this much trouble happen within a short amount of time?

"You are safe now, I will not leave you.." MoonJumper whispered "not again, not ever."

What had happened to the two men? Well, they didn't escape-

and the cops never found them.