Chapter 5- Flashbacks:

Mia:
One month after Chika and I had our fight- I think I still had a crush on him. He seemed a bit cold sometimes, but he just hid it. It was cute. Gah, stop thinking like that. He doesn't feel the same. He can't feel the same. No one can like me- I'm too…different. I'm shy. I'm tall. I'm developed. I'm fifteen. I'm bashful. I'm not that social or talkative. I can never have a chance with Chika- or anyone for that matter.

The host club was…different. I got used to Tamaki calling me daughter- for the most part anyway. Kyoya was…not as creepy. I think I was finally warming up to him. Hunny was an adorable little brother- though technically he was a big brother. Takashi (I felt a bit odd to say Mori) was like a big brother. In fact, they were all like big brothers. Haruhi was like a big sister. Though I doubted that they felt the same.

"You alright Mia-chan," Haruhi asked concerned. I smiled faintly and nodded.

Tamaki insisted that 'his two precious daughters spend time together.' Hence why Haruhi and I were having a sleepover at her house. We would've done it at my house but to do that I would first have to have a house. Orphanages aren't exactly the best place for sleepovers. Haruhi was wearing a night gown (forced onto her by her father- who was actually pretty nice and he was fond of me) and I was wearing simple sweats and a tank top. Though Haruhi's father had tried (and failed) to get me into a nightgown. Luckily for Haruhi and I, her father had to work so we were home alone.

"I never really had a sleepover before," Haruhi confessed and I put a hand on her shoulder,
"Same here…."

Haruhi smiled slightly. I blushed,
"What do we do now," I asked quietly.

Haruhi shrugged,

"I guess we can watch a scary movie….Jeepers Creepers? I heard that was supposed to be good."

Haven't heard of that one. I shrugged.

Third Person:

The twins looked through the window with large devilish grins- they were not going to miss an opportunity to mess with their favorite new toys. No one had figured don't their plans. They weren't spying on the girls- they were just going to play a very big mean prank on them. It didn't help that the girls had just finished watching Jeepers Creepers.

Mia and Haruhi were both staring at the screen with frozen faces. Mia whimpered and was currently burrowed into Haruhi's shoulder. At the same time, she had the blanket wrapped around her- if I can't see the monsters, the monsters can't see me.

"Haruhi," Mia whispered as she looked at out the windows, "….can you please shut the blinds?"

Haruhi gulped and then nodded. A bit shaken, she closed the blinds- but not before both her and Mia spotted the scarecrow. The window wasn't the one that faced towards the front of the apartment. This was the window towards the back (in Haruhi's room) that faced the small park area behind her building. However, there was a scarecrow in the middle of the park, looking up at them. Mia squeeked and hid behind Haruhi. Haruhi, taking what courage she had, quickly closed the curtains- making it so they couldn't see out of it.
"Is it still there," Mia whispered.

Haruhi peaked out the window- she didn't believe in ghosts, but what was happening was a bit creepy. Haruhi's eyes widened. Mia peaked around Haruhi and then quickly hid again,

"It moved," Mia whimpered. Haruhi shook her head and closed the curtains again. Haruhi's face crinkled in concentration- how did it move? Someone has to be playing a trick on us. She looked to Mia- who was shivering from fear. What a mean prank. Haruhi heard her front door creak and Mia followed her as they went to the front door.

"Dad," Haruhi called out- no one's here.

There was footsteps behind them and they turned- where are they hiding?

"Whose there," Haruhi asked. There was no answer. Mia's lip was quivering and she clung to Haruhi. She jumped as the lights went out. She closed her eyes tightly. Haruhi looked at Mia a bit concerned.

"There's nothing to be scared of…it's just the dark," Haruhi pointed out. Mia's eyes were shut tightly as she remembered.

"There's nothing to be scared of," her mother's voice said to her, "it's just the dark."

Twelve-year-old Mia was hiding deep in the closet- she was scared. Her father had gone downstairs to check what the noise was. Her mother had already called the cops.

"I'm going to check on him, okay? We'll both be right back," her mother kissed her forehead, "I promise. Stay safe.."

Mia watched her mother shut the closet door- enclosed in the darkness. They never came back.

"Are you alright," Haruhi asked concerned- but Mia didn't respond. She was unaware of the world around her as memories came flooding back.

"Are you alright," a cop said as he opened the closet door and held out a hand. They had just found her parent's bodies- downstairs. The noise was crooks- thieves- trying to steal from them. But they were now just murderers. Monsters in Mia's eyes.
"They said they would come back," Mia whimpered, "…it's so dark…."

The cop winced and she hesitantly held his hand. She was crying now.

"…she doesn't know," he whispered. He was strong and picked her up. He carried her down the stairs and held her head to his chest in safety. Yet she still saw. She still saw her parents' bodies- dead- on the floor by the backdoor.

The twins noticed something was wrong with Mia.

"Is she alright?"

Haruhi jumped,
"What are you doing? Are you the ones behind this?"

The twins looked guilty,
"….we were just pranking you, we didn't know that she would react like this-"

"-We just thought… 'let's have some fun.'"

"Let's have some fun," Mia's first adoptive father said. He had a devilish grin on his face and a whip in one hand. She whimpered and he slapped her.

"Don't make any noise!"

The one thing going through her mind was- 'if he only abuses me, why did he adopt me?' Later, she found out that he had to adopt some kid to keep these guys off his case. Yet, it didn't last long. A fourteen-year-old Mia was put back into the orphanage by child services. She never got adopted again.

Finally, the twins and Haruhi were able to get through to her. Mia opened her eyes and saw the blurry forms of Haruhi and the twins. She sniffled. Haruhi hugged her,

"Are you alright?"
Mia whimpered slightly. The twins' faces were sad and they hugged Mia,
"We're sorry….we didn't mean to scare you so bad…we just wanted to have some fun."
Mia winced. Haruhi looked at her and Mia noticed Haruhi was slightly crying.
"We've been trying to get to you for the past half hour…what happened?"
Mia gulped,
"….flashbacks," she whispered. The twins winced and Haruhi looked at her sadly.