Falling…

I'm falling…

The blue sky seemed to be so grey.

Where am I?

Daniel gasped heavily as he pop out of the surface of the water. He took several ragged before calming down himself. His head was a bit dizzy, but otherwise he was fine. A sudden wave hit him from behind and he turned around, pedaling the water.

I'm still alive.

But where can I go?

He swam to the shore quickly. He didn't even know what he was doing. All he knew is he was following his instincts.

Before long he reached the shadow. Fortunately no one was there. The night silently fell to the earth and the moon dimly shone in the sky. Daniel got up slowly, eyeing vaguely to the front. He hobbled forward to nowhere, just to leave this place.

Then he remembered his young age.

He sat by the side of a street, thinking and looking vacuously, wrapping his arms around his knees. The dimming light lit the cold cobble road. He shivered by the sudden wind and hugged himself tighter. The spasm of pain from several cuts on his body flashed over his slim body. Seldom cold wind would blew and chill his bones.

The soft sound of steps was coming to him. When it finally approaches, In Daniel's sight he could see the legs of a young child. Maybe it was a girl.

"Hello," the voice was soft and tentative, "Why are you sitting here?"

"Leave me alone…" he replied in a low voice without looking up. He thought the figure would go away, but it turned and came closer. "Don't come any closer! I am a MONSTER!"

It was true opinion he thought about himself, that he had always seen illusion of him in a skin of another man, that he had experienced kill and murder in the body of an arm man, that he was afraid he could lose the grasp of the reality. He hugged himself tighter, hoping whoever in front of him would go away.

The steps stopped and Daniel peeled a look up to see it was a girl about his age. She didn't look shocked or scared. "If you are really a 'monster'," Daniel looked up and saw the girl reached out a finger pointing at him, "Then why do you keep it?"

Daniel was confused at the question and checked himself, then checked the direction which the girl was pointing at. It was now Daniel realized the girl was pointing at the pocket at his right side, and something was trembling in his pocket.

He didn't even notice that.

It was a small grey genie pig that looked like a ball. It trembled slightly when he reached to catch it to have a better look. The girl smiled a little and crouched down beside him. She took the genie pig and hugged it close to herself. "It is cute." She smiled again and then looked over Daniel. "You are bleeding, let me help you."

Daniel kept silence as the girl took some bandages to conceal his cuts. Apparently she wasn't good at this and got the bandages and tissues everywhere. Suddenly something hard hit his head and she stood up. A huge pain shuddered him and he could almost sense the bruise swell. The girl looked startled and winced. Quickly picked the object up, she apologized to Daniel, "Sorry, I'm really sorry. I…I really don't good at it…"

Daniel slipped a glance at the object the girl tried to hide in her palm. "It was a Nokia." She apologized again, "I just picked it up from somewhere since nobody did. I didn't mean to…" She looked embarrassed and flushed.

Daniel looked at the girl again, but this time he saw something different. Her hair was ruffled and her cloth was a bit dirty. Obviously she was a waif. Just like me. He thought.

"Thank you." Daniel spoke up. After all, the girl helped him.

"You're welcome." She calmed down, "You look like you are new her. Feel free to ask me if you need any help." She smiled again, paused and hesitated about the next question, before "I'm Rainey. What's your name?"

"Daniel."

"So see you then, Daniel." Rainey waved and jogged away, "Now I can 'leave you alone'." And with that, she disappeared in the darkness.

Notes

Please read and review. Don't be biased. No one is born as a villain. I'm willing to hear advice from you guys.