Hey guys! Thanks to Sgt. Katze Of The Otaku Army for giving me suggestions and inspiration! I will use some of your ideas, but not all, cause, you know, I need to add my plotline in somewhere, right? There will be no School in this story, very sorry, think like Divergent, the book. A community separated from the others, but still in contact.. in a way. Sorry for all the confusion!

I'm starting Grade 9 in September, nervous but excited! Anyone have any tips for High School?

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When the doctor announced that it was a little girl, my heart must have been like the Grinch, because, in that moment, my heart felt like it would burst out of my chest with happiness, several sizes too large. I turned to Pepper, who was looking exhausted but the happiest I'd ever seen her.

" What will you name her, Mr. and Mrs. Stark?" The doctor asked, preparing to write it on the birth certificate, " Certainly she will have a.. unique name?"

Pepper looked to me and I nodded. We'd decided, early on, that Pepper would name a boy and I would name a girl.

" Her name is Kathryn Maria Stark." We'd decided my mother should be honored with the middle name, and Pepper's great-grandmother Kathryn was chosen for the first. We didn't know why, but we thought a member from each of our families should be a part of our daughter's name. Kathryn was the best choice, really. All the other relatives of Pepper's had horrid names: Hortensia-something and Edith-whatever.

People had said that there was something wrong with Kathryn Potts. In the summer of 1937, she had disappeared at the age of 13. No note, no explanation, nothing. When she came back at the age of 27, she claimed all sorts of things. Said that she'd had a child, for example. Married. Talked about little creatures, walking everywhere. Hearing things no one else could hear. Mentally insane, they'd said. Hallucinations. Dreams. They thought it was temporary, from finally being home. But after almost 3 years they began to lose hope. She was locked in an insane asylum, and 5 years later, died.

Kathryn's eyes opened in that moment. They were a beautiful light blue, exactly the same as Pepper's. With pale porcelain skin and a tuft of chocolate brown hair, she was an even mix of Pepper and me. Perfection. In that moment, I vowed to protect her from anything that might harm her.

But then the nurse came to take her away.

" Just for a moment," She promised. " Then she'll be put to bed."

There was a clear plastic "crib" with a cream mattress and a little pink blanket, with "Kathryn Stark" printed on a piece of paper taped onto the crib. Kathryn was laid in there, and she fell asleep almost immediately. I looked to the nurse, concerned, but she merely shrugged and said,

" Birth may be tiring for the mothers, Mr. Stark, but it is also tiring for the infants as well, being introduced to a whole new world. I suggest you get some sleep, because you will both be leaving in the morning."

" Why in the morning? Is there something wrong with-"

" Oh, no, no, of course not! It's just standard precaution."

So, with that, I settled on the cot next to Pepper and fell asleep.

No one noticed a person, swathed in a black cloak, appear in the room. There were no alarms, only silence. He grinned. His plan would work out, eventually. He knew where to leave her. In a frosty forest, he thought, no one will even think of looking for her there. Somewhere so far, only one kind of people can find her. And with a wicked grin, sharp teeth curving into a grotesque shape, he grabbed the child, and melted into the shadows.

When I woke up the next morning, I knew something was wrong. It was too...silent. I shook Pepper, and she quickly started sobbing. She grasped my arm.

" Tony, look!" She screamed.

I followed her gaze to the crib. Empty. Nothing. As Pepper started to cry again, I tried to think but I couldn't.

Our little girl. Our Kathryn. Gone.

Sorry if this chapter is a little short. Who is the cloaked figure? Is it Loki? Who should it be? And where did he take Kathryn?

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