Two- Rex

I stopped singing and was not expecting applause but I got one anyway.I opened my eyes and there were six kids standing in front of me, most people dropped a quarter in my box and then forgot I existed. The oldest girl looked a couple years younger then me. I smiled shyly back at them. I was always embarrassed when it came to my singing, no matter how many people told me how wonderful that I supposedly sounded.

"Hi." The littlest blonde girl waved at me.

I waved back, "Hello."

The little girl smiled up at me hugged the teddy bear that she had stuck in her belt. "You've got a really pretty voice."

I couldn't help it my face turned bright red. "Well, thank you little one." I replied sweetly despite my embarrassment.

She giggled, "I'm Ariel." She said.

"I'm Luna." I lied. I'm lying to a six-year-old. What is the world coming to? Ariel looked at me weird.

"Uh… Ariel. We should probably go now." The oldest girl said to Ariel.

"Aww, but Max, I wanna hear another song." The little girl turned back to me, "You are gonna sing another song, right?"

"Yes, I was planning on doing another song." I told her.

"Yey! Can we stay and listen Max? Can we please?"

Max sighed and rolled her eyes, "Alright, but just one more." The tall dark guy next to Max sighed also.

I thought for a moment about which song I'd sing before deciding on one that I called 'Never Dawn,' "Okay, it's kind of depressing just to warn you."

Something lost

Something saved

Something long forgotten

Where shadows flee

And light looks away

In this land where there is no dawn

Several more people had stopped by and put money in my little box. I nodded to each of them in turn. Some of them were staying and listening but I was too engrossed in my song to notice.

Only now can we see

What this land has lost

And what shall never come

Where light is forgotten

And shadows fade

In this land where there is no dawn

I opened my eyes again and was surrounded my more people then I knew this town had. Ariel and her friends were still front and center. I closed my eyes again before I lost my nerve and continued.

Everything is lost

And nothing is saved

And all long forgotten

Where angels won't dance

And demons don't dare

In this lad where there is no dawn

I opened my eyes again and looked around a bit. My eyes froze on one person standing down the road a ways. No, no it couldn't be!Okay, calm down. I told myself. He wasn't looking at me. Plus it couldn't be him. It was impossible. I closed my eyes and continued more softly.

Where angel's won't dance

And demons don't dare

In this land where there is no dawn

This land of never dawn

There was more clapping and everyone left but Ariel and her siblings.

"That was kind 'a dark and creepy but cool." The African seeming girl said, "Kind 'a like a cave. Caves are dark and creepy and cool. I've been in lot's 'a caves. Like the bat cave. The bat cave was really cool plus I learned that bats are the only flying mammals." She continued on that train of thought for a while and one of the older boys got fed up a put his hand over her mouth.

I smiled slightly. This was one of the most embarrassing moments of my life.

"Do you look as good as you sound?" The really tall boy with strawberry blonde hair asked, "Because if you do then you could be a model." Correction, now it was the most embarrassing moment of my life.

"You should see how red her face just turned." The black haired boy that had covered the African girl's mouth said.

"I have a pretty good idea." The other boy replied. Ariel and the African girl giggled.

I smiled again. I could tell that the oldest girl was kind of antsy to get out of here. I scooped up my cash box and slid it into my backpack.

I look up again after I slung my pack onto my shoulders and froze. That man that was down the street during my last song was walking this way. And the worst part was now I could tell that it was who I feared it would be.

But he didn't even seem to see me. He was looking right at Max. Why, I did not know but I knew that I shouldn't stick around to find out. But I could not bring myself to move, let alone run.

It was Rex. My worst nightmare. The only good thing that could come of this was that he still thought that I was dead.

But I'm not.

They didn't know that their broken angel had learned how to fly.

The song in this chapter and the one before are MINE just to let you all know. If I don't say who wrote it then assume that and don't steal my songs please.

Thanks for reading.

-Ebony-