Why did I have to be adopted. I mean I appreciate what the Kamiya's are doing for me, but I don't want to be adopted out of pity! I feel like they don't care for me either, that I'm just the unwanted, adopted child.

They sent me to camp with Tai, thinking I would maybe open up more to people. In their dreams. Trusting will not happen after what has been done to me. Especially with the fact that it's because my own mother and father didn't even want me to begin with.

I may be eight years old, but I know a lot more than an average eight year old should. Like the fact that my biological brothers are here at this camp. I saw them yesterday when I was sitting in a tree. It's so hard not to recognize them because they look exactly like me. Will I ever try to meet them? No, I don't have a place in their lives, so why bother?

"Sam, come outside it's snowing!" My adoptive brother Tai hollers at me from the doorway. He wears a light blue shirt with yellow star designs, circular goggles, dark blue rim, cerulean frames, and a black strap, with a dark red headband, white gloves, a black armband from the wrist to the mid forearm on his right arm, and brown khakis shorts with black tennis shoes.

"And just how do I know you're telling the truth Taichi!" I don't feel like dealing with his games right now. I mean it's the middle of July, why would it be snowing?

'But don't you feel the chill of the cabin. The cabins have no air conditioning, so why else would it be cool inside?' The rational side of my head states. While I consider the possibility; I can't see past the side of reality.

The door opens, bringing a gust of cold wind with it. I raise my head from my bed and look towards the door. Taichi walks in the door with an exasperated look.

He walks towards my bed and reaches for my arm. "Come on Sam, it's something that has never happened, and should not have happened to begin with. Get your butt outside before I pick you up, and carry you bridal style," Taichi states sternly with a hard yet slightly puppyish look in his eyes

I give him a similar look, but make my way off the bed. "Taichi, I will remind you now that if I don't want to do something I won't. This is the last time I do anything like this. I do not take orders from anybody, and I'm certainly not going to start socializing anytime soon!"

I give him one last hard look before walking out the door. My steel toed shoes crunch on the soft snow. I make my way to my favorite tree, and lean on it with my arms crossed.

I watch as the other kids in my cabin play around in the snow; especially the other boy my age with the blond hair. He's having the time of his life with the other kids. Taichi walks out of the cabin, and runs over to the blond little boy. He drops a handful of snow over the boy's head, and runs off quickly towards where I am standing.

'Why do I have to deal with this? My adoptive parents expect me to be able to find things funny, but how can I do that when I've never felt that emotion before? Like with Taichi dumping snow down that boy my ages' back. I'm sure that if anyone had seen that; then they would've laughed their asses off, like the other kids are. Why am I expected to be able to heal in the blink of an eye? After eight years of hell, and I'm just supposed to ignore what happened to me?'

"Sam!"

The dark brunette jumps and looks at the older boy in shock. She flinched as he brought his hand up to put on her shoulder.

She hated these moments. They were moments of weakness where the others saw through her mask.

"Tai, I uh…"

"Sam please don't Tai me. I'm here for you and always will be," he states softly before pulling the distraught girl into a tight embrace.

Sam was stiff at first before wrapping her arms around Tai and burrowing her head in the crook of his neck.

She took a few deep breaths. Just inhaling his scent. The scent of sweat and soap mixed together. It's better than the smell she was used to before being found by Mr. Holland. A horrid smell that will have her panicking the next time she smells it.

Tai pulls back to look at her. When he's satisfied he nods and stands up. He pulls Sam up with him.

Instead of it just being Tai there, Yamato is now there checking how she's doing. Matt doesn't show many emotions for others, but when they went to the digital world that first time he payed attention to Sam. He saw that she was acting just like him, and that brought him to look more into befriending her and getting past her mask. She gave in by the time Devimon was defeated because of, in a way, how similar they were.

Matt and Sam exchange a few words before she sighs and shakes her head.

"Yama, you know I hate talking about the flashbacks. I'm sorry I just can't. It's too painful."

"I'm sorry Sam," he says quietly with his arm around her shoulders in a protective and comforting embrace. Sam leans into the contact with a look of relief. Takuya's team look's onto this with slight confusion, not realising that this was a brotherly sister type exchange.

"Thanks you guys," Sam says as she pulls out of Matt's embrace. He looks at her skeptically. "I'm fine, really. If it makes you feel any better, it was the day we got taken to the Digital World. More specifically, when it was snowing at camp. Oh god, I was not thrilled to be there and I made sure Tai knew it too."

Tai and Matt look at each other with the same smile and shake their heads. "You gave Tai hell all through that adventure, until after you were almost killed by Myotismon. After that, you seemed to accept the fact that he might actually care about you. Which he did, as if you were his sister by blood, and I think you've finally accepted that."

She looked at Tai with a smile, "Yeah, I have." Tai smiled back at her.

A/N: I've noticed that no one wants to give me their opinions. Well, resulting in the no responses I will be making this a Yamatai or Taito for those who prefer that name. Onto the next segment to get on with this, I apologize for the latish update but I couldn't figure out what I wanted to put in this chapter. It's also a bit shorter than the others which I apologize for, but I feel I got this correct. Please R&R.

My pen name has been changed to Darkness To Lies for anyone who knew my other pen name.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything in this besides my OCs and the story line or plot.