Ivan walked out of school, blending in with the other kids.

"Excuse me!" a childish voice said.

Ivan turned around and a small body ran into him.

"..."

"Sorry, " the kid mumbled.

"It's okay," Ivan whispered.

"Al! Come on!"

The kid ran off, leaving Ivan confused. Before he could walk towards the bus stop to go home, a big hand landed on his tiny shoulder.

"Where the hell have you been?"

"I-i said, I was g-going to school," Ivan said, trembling slightly.

Ivan was dragged away from the crowd of kids and was thrown against the wall.

"Don't talk aback to me."

"But you asked-"

"I don't care what I asked, just don't do it again."

Ivan cried, feeling the whole world go dark. The man left him against the wall, saying something about not going home that night. Ivan just nodded his head and stood while the man left. When he was gone, Ivan turned to go back to the school building. He sighed, walking towards to the back entrance and slipping into the building.

"What did you leave, Al?"

"My book about superheroes," the ray of sunshine said.

"Okay but hurry up."

"Yessir."

Alfred ran through the halls, heading for his classroom. Before he went in, he heard some crying. As he opened the door, he saw his book and another kid inside. He was big for a five year old but he knew who he was. Ivan was the kind of kid that other kids avoided but right now he looked sad.

"Why are crying?"Alfred asked.

Ivan stood up, clutching a plain black bag against his small chest. "Who are you?"

"I am the hero!" Alfred exclaimed.

"No one is a hero, especially a five year old," Ivan said, his voice catching in the end. "Especially a five year old," he repeated.

"Sure we can," Alfred said. "Why can't we?"

"Because we are small and the big people can hurt us!"

"But, my papa-"

"Shut up! I don't care about you or your stupid papa, he'll hurt you sooner or later!" Ivan ran out the door, leaving Alfred with tears in his blue eyes.

"Papa wouldn't hurt me, would he?" Alfred asked, grabbing his superhero book and clutching it, crying his eyes out.

Ivan stared out the window, covering his ears, crying. There was crashes and glass breaking. The big man was mad and he didn't know why. He blocked the door to his tiny room, curling further into a ball, hiding his face.

"Stupid...bastard...he'll pay..."

The big man was scary when he was mad.

"I'm the hero...sure we can..."

"Mommy, I'm scared," Ivan said, looking at a picture of his pretty mother. "Why did you leave me?"

More crashes and curses. Then the door to his room was hit. "Open this fucking door!"

"N-no!"

"What?"

"I said n-n-no."

Silence and then the door was ripped open and Ivan quickly put the picture of his pretty mommy underneath his pillow. The big man came in and took hold of Ivan's arms. Pulling hard, Ivan felt pain coursing through his arms. "Mommy!"

"You want you 'mommy', don'tcha?"

"Y-yes."

"Fine. I'll give you your 'mommy'."

Ivan was thrown across the room and hit his head on the all. Darkness crept into his vision, leaving his body limp on the floor.

A/N: Reviews make me happy. I may be a little slow updating but it will be done! Bye-bye!