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The three slept longer than planned. By the time Oliver woke up, it was nearly past noon. Being the one eager to leave, he had to wake up each of his friends. Noah was already awake. In fact, he looked like he was simply waiting to leave rather than waking up early from a cat nap. Ainsley woke up fairly quickly; she did a few stretches that signaled her conscious. Olivia had to be shaken violently just so she would let out a groan, so Oliver took the opportunity for 'revenge' and kicked her. "OW! Jeez, I'm up, Mum" She said, rubbing her back area. The three kids then got up to go and left their home.

The sun was still fairly up; Oliver smiled as the light casted over his face. Noah started running around in circles. Weird kid, Oliver thought to himself. "So where exactly do we go first? This town isn't a tourist attraction y'know" Ainsley asked.

"Yeah? After all, big guy, this was your idea" Olivia hissed, clearly irked about her kick to the buttocks. Oliver kept thinking to himself on what to do, taking what felt like a long time for his allies. "Oh! I got it! If my memory serves me right, there should be a park at the end of town! I've seen many children play there when I pass by."

"Oh, so you do have a plan"

"Even though it was thought of at the last minute!" Ainsley giggled.

Oliver grabbed Noah by the hand to stop him from running in circles. He then dragged him over to the other two girls. "Well, let's get going shall we?" The girls nodded; Noah shouted "Okay~!" They each climbed up the rocks, while Noah constantly had to be assisted due to his lacking height. Olivia felt a little nervous stepping on the road. It was the first time she had done so in a while, but she did not want to appear cowardly. Thus, she took a breath and ran after the three who were quite ahead of her. The townspeople were going on with their daily business. Some of the women that consistently asked to adopt Ainsley could be seen, so the young girl hid between Oliver and Olivia. Oliver glanced around him several times, without moving his head. He could recognize many of the black markets and its sellers in the corners and alleys. How awkward it was for him, however not one returned his glance. The disguise must be doing well for him.

Olivia stared at her feet, for she didn't want to show her worrisome expression in front of her friends. "How much further do we have to go?" she asked her brother, as if she didn't want anyone outside the four to hear them. "To the park? It's not that far ahead! You still want to go right?" he responded far too casually. Is he letting his guard down, or is he just that damn good of an actor? How is he not as nervous as I am? He's the one with a far worse reputation than me after all… or maybe I'm worrying too much and over thinking it all? It is just a mere trip to the park after all. I must be acting like such a worry-wart right now.She snapped out of her stressful trance to realize the this said park was at a distance so close it could be seen." Yay~!" Noah ran ahead of the group with the rush of any youthful child. Ainsley, practically acting like a mother, ran behind telling him that he shouldn't stray from the group. The two blonde siblings weren't bothered by this and kept walking heedlessly.

In a matter of moments, the group was in the very center of the park. It was a drastic change from the somewhat filthy town they constantly ran from. This park has a much more fresh scent to it, a kind of crisp scent with the fragrance of various blossoms. The grass was greener, and there wasn't any trash to be seen. "How amazing is this? Now if only the town was in this conditio—OW!" Oliver shouted as what felt like a stone bounced off his head. "Oh! Terribly Sorry, I truly am!" a voice shouted. He turned the direction from which the stone hit him to see a boy with short brown hair and blue eyes. "Can I have my ball back?"

"You mean this thing?" Olivia held up what looked like a bunch of cloth (badly) sewn together.

"Yes, please."

"What the heck was in that?" Oliver rubbed his head.

"Oh! Mom never wanted to buy me balls. She sewn that together and I filled it with small rocks."

"Small rocks? I feel like my skull has a crack in it know!" The 12-year-old complained.

"I am sorry!" The short haired boy repeated.

"Hey! What's taking you so long?" A girl's voice shouted. While the two kids in front of him chatted, Oliver noticed how different their accents were. "So what are your names?" he asked. The girl with medium-length blonde hair responded first. "My Name is Lily!"

"And my name is Kyo" The boy followed.

"Key-oh?" Olivia tried to pronounce.

"No, it's pronounced 'Kyo'. Try to say it like one syllable." Lily said.

"Why is your name weird?" Noah asked.

The brown-haired boy hid his irritation. "Well, my family emigrated from Japan, which is another country. Lily's family did too, but her mother married an English man. That's why her name 'sounds normal', however she's still half-Japanese like me."

"Okay, so what game are you playing?" Ainsley asked.

"It was at first catch, but Lily turned it into a death match with her monster strength-!"

"What did you say?" the girl said threateningly as he held the boy in a strangle hold.

"I was kidding-!" the kid managed to force out of his throat.

"Is there any other people with you?"

"Of course! I just threw the ball too far away, so it came here, where there isn't anyone except you four."

Lily let go of Kyo, who then took a very deep breath as if he would have died otherwise. "Follow me!" She ran toward a group of bushes. Upon opening them, a bunch of kids of various ages could be seen. "See? There are plenty of people to play with. Wanna play catch with us too?" Lily smiled. A sort of warm feeling went through the hearts of the outcasts. What is this? They each thought.

"YES PLEASE~!" Noah answered for the entire group. The unanimous action was to participate in the game. Noah ran towards the few kids that appeared his age, while Olivia finally appeared calm enough to stray from her brother and Ainsley. Oliver positioned himself where he could avoid being hit in the head again. Ainsley just stayed put after entering the game.

"We got some new kids!" Lily began. "Let's not be mean! Do you four want to introduce yourselves?"

"My name's Oliver"

"Olivia"

"My name is Ainsley"

Noah was laughing and speaking some words that could not be understood from an older kid's perspective. After a few more seconds of him ignoring the etiquette, Ainsley told the kids Noah's name. "Okay then, let's play!" She must be the kid in charge or something Olivia thought. As time flew by, Oliver became very popular, very quickly. Almost every kid knew him, or at least heard of him by the end of the first game. Everyone would pass to him at least once; he was very content with this environment. Olivia grew twice as aggressive after a certain point. Sibling rivalry never ceases with these two, when given the opportunity. Her throws feeling like punches if you caught them, in fact, it was more painful to catch them than to have the ball hit your hand. Ainsley caught on to this and purposely situated into a new spot blocking Oliver from Olivia's view. Noah didn't appear to be playing their game at all. He was carelessly attempting to play hide and seek with the younger children, who were hiding in places so obvious it was laughable. The only thing more laughable was that Noah struggled to find them.

Moments later, Olivia was getting very sweaty, so she decided to take a seat on the far off grass. A girl she didn't know, an older one with brown hair, sat next to her. "You gettin' tired too?" she asked.

"Yeah, competing with my idiot of a brother can be very tiresome." She replied with a sigh.

"Ha-ha! I can guess that much! You two looked ready to fight on the spot! Since you're new, I can guess you don't know Ms. Greene."

"Who is she?"

"She's a fairly young woman. I doubt she'll be single for long. Oh, um, she gives us refreshments when we've been playing really long."

"Where is she normally?"

"If you go to the end of this street, she is typically waiting for a kid to come by. This became a routine after a while, but I remain one of the few to actually thank her."

"I guess I can be added to that once I get there!" Olivia got up quickly at the thought of free refreshments, after having that habit developed over years. She was very relieved that the whole 'break-from-hermit-hood' idea appeared to go flawlessly. "I'll be back! If my brother asks, tell him I'm at Ms. Greene's place! Same thing if Ainsley or Noah asks." She headed down the street. As she walked, she realized the sun was not too far from setting completely. Wow kids are just left out here late, huh? I better get these refreshments quickly, or else everybody will be gone when I'm back! Olivia began to run.

She noticed a figure was coming out of the corner nearby her, but was unable to slow down on time. The man was too large to be knocked down by the force of her relatively small body, while she practically bounced off of him. Her hat came off, her hair spread slightly out, revealing her bandages that covered her missing eye. "Oww…" she rubbed the parts of her that hit the ground. "I'm sorry Mis—" Without even finishing the statement, Olivia stared at the man, eyes widening each second she scanned his face: A small amount of facial hair, the uneven tan, yellow eyes, and several scattered gold teeth. Her face had turned completely pale.

"I-I'M SORRY!" Olivia sprinted, simultaneously grabbing her cap that had fallen off. How terrifying it was for her to see him: The man that had taken her right eye.

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