Deadly Magic

Chapter 4: Media Frenzy

"Oh my God children are you alright?" came an unidentified voice, startling the children for a few moments of their miracle. Rin focused her attention on what had just transpired and was unaware that she was pulled into an embrace. Her eyes remained wide open and children were still held in her grasp, wide eyes staring off into the chaos. They were almost at the brink of death until a miracle happened.

The embrace around Rin tightened and it brought her back to reality. Immediately, like it was some trigger, he eyes then flooded with tears. She sobbed down and buried her head onto the person holding her. She calmed down until she felt the person embracing her tightened assuring her that'll she will be alright. "Rin…" Rin snapped back and looked down at Anika and Tyler. Both tugged at her arm and tears formed in their eyes but they refused to give into tears. She looked up to see a woman holding her, and noticed it was someone foreign. A woman about in her mid 30's was staring at her gazing her through her eyes.

She faintly smiled down at the girl and soon let her go and comforted the other children. Fear was clearly written in their eyes but somehow it wasn't just about the incident, there was more… "Children what happened?" She asked softly gazing down at them with soft eyes, as if comforting them.

"I don't know, it just happened so fast," Anika lied slowly, looking up at the woman. The woman knew she lied but didn't press the matter. 'She'll speak when she's ready' she thought as her smile grew a little bigger.

"What's your name?"

"I'm Anika, and this boy is Tyler and the person who saved us was Rin," she said pointing at her. Rin, bewilderedly, looked down and shook her head frantically. "And the other children over there," she said pointing at the other orphan children "are Marcus, Sophie, and Cassie." She stopped and ran to Rin. Slowly, Rin embraced her.

"Are you okay?" Rin asked quietly. She only received a nod and Anika buried her head.

"What happened?" The woman asked after she had calmed Tyler down who was sobbing uncontrollably.

"I don't know…" Rin replied simply, her face was simply emotionless. Too much had happened and it seems she was dead inside. She nearly had lost the most important people she had in her life not to mention her own while traumatized with the worst of memories, all she seen when she closed her eyes waiting for her death was a splash of blood and a knife.

"Are you sure you're okay?"

"Yes, I'm fine," she lied, her face still emotionless. "Take care of them for a moment." The woman nodded and picked Anika cradled her while she buried her head into her shoulder. Rin hurried towards to the washroom and before the door closed, she crouched down and cried. She sobbed and sobbed into her knees and felt her skirt dampen she switched crying on her skirt and cried into her arms. 'Why did things have to be like this…? Why did God have to put them in danger…? Why did I have to stay with Marcie…? Why did my parents die?' This only got her crying harder than before. She was too busy sobbing and didn't notice the door open as an embrace held her tightly.

"It's alright Rin, don't be upset," the woman she knew whispered. Rin looked up to see the smile she knew from the woman and she sobbed into her arms. "Don't worry about it, it's all over." She comforted her until her sobbing became into light sniffles. "Come up now, there's a surprise outside." Rin blinked away her tears and washed her tear caked face and took the woman's offered hands and stepped outside.

She was bombarded with blinding flashes of light and noisy clicking sounds which made shut her eyes completely. Loud questions rang through the air as she squinted up a little and immediately opened her eyes in shock. She was surrounded by people… the media!

"Are you okay?"

"What happened?"

"Were you scared when the rib crashed down?"

"Who did it?"

"How come you came here today?"

"What's your name?"

"Are they your siblings?"

"What's your favorite color?"

She stood there hardly believing her eyes and ears. The media… in here… is talking to her…Oh my God! "Quiet now, there is no incident here and this girl only saved the orphanage children," the woman piped up and rescued her from the mob. The police came in and hurriedly ushered them out the door but failed to get the most sly as they tried to interview Rin.

"What happened?"

"Why did you save those orphans?"

"I..." Rin tried to reply but failed. Cameras got a few pictures of her and dashed off before the police could've caught them but when they were all gone, only another surprise took place. Marcie came up and so did her mother, scowling faces appeared and it was obvious they were having the time of their lives but soon got destroyed when Rin got her 15 minutes of fame.

"Let's go home… now," Marcie's mother said forcefully and started taking Anika's and Marcus's hand rather roughly and dragged them to the front door. Before Rin could move she was intercepted by the lady.

"Can I speak to you for a second?" She looked over to the Mistress and saw her approving impatiently and the lady led Rin to another room. "Rin, who was that?"

"My Mistress and I must go before she gets agitated."

"Right, but what exactly happened? I know you and the orphans and that girl was near the T-Rex and I need to know because the ribcage disappeared!" Could it be?

"I don't know, it was happening too fast," Rin lied.

"Where do you live? I want to stop by later on." Rin gave her a look telling her she knew exactly where she lived. It was the only orphanage and it was obvious to look for her there. "Oh, right, I had forgotten. I'll be seeing you later, okay?" Rin smiled and nodded her head excitedly and briefly hugged before returning to the children. 'That girl is really special… she'll learn when the time is right.' The woman smiled briefly and got out of the room.

"Get in the car…now!" a hand roughly pushed Rin and the other children into the car. They didn't complain but kept their mouth shut until they got back. Rin's eyes drooped down and looked up to the sky, it was nearly dark. Her eyes closed for a moment after deciding she would take a short nap since she'll have to clean up the house later on in that evening .

A hand yanked her hair really hard and made her scream. She didn't notice but she was already at the orphanage. She was roughly dragged by her hair as she tripped over her skirt. She was then thrown down at the foot of the door and was ordered to walk in. She did without complaint but before she could turn around, she was hit squarely across her cheek. Again, again she was smacked in front of the children and she gave no cry of protest or pain. She simply received the blows. It wasn't long before the Mistress got bored with her and headed upstairs, muttering darkly about what a tramp Rin was who actually got fame.

Rin's face was sported red but didn't seem to care. Her eyes hid under her bangs and unshed tears threatened to fall but refused. Without a word, she went to her room. She quickly changed into her rag and shut the lights; she tucked herself into bed and stared out to window. 'A full moon… it's so quiet…' She stared absentmindedly towards the sky noting the stars in sky. It was bright but pretty. The moon cast a light toward her room and she smiled gently at how she was having a moment of silence. She continued to stare towards the sky and she quickly caught a small glimpse of a shooting star out of the corner of her eyes. Her eyes widened as she made her wish. Like her neck was forcing her to turn her head, she looked at the paper beside her. It was for her, that she knew, but from whom? She recognized it was not from InuYasha but a letter with a red wax seal, it must've been important. Before she thought more, she was covered in darkness, a dreamless sleep.