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His parents were going to kill him.

"What on Earth have you done to your sister?" his mother screamed at him.

He looked around wildly and yelled, "Ellen? Ellen? Ellie!"

"Jacob! Jacob! Jake… it's dark!" he heard his sister cry.

A boy with misty blue eyes looked around for his sister. His dark black hair hung in his face, his skin pale as a bed-sheet. He closed his eyes and allowed himself to be engulfed in darkness. He opened his eyes and looked around. He saw her! His eight year old sister was curled up in a ball.

"Jakey! Jakey please help me!" she cried.

He ran over to her and wrapped his arms around her. He closed his eyes and tried to find the light. He went towards the light, making sure to keep a tight hold on Ellen. They both crashed on the living room carpet. Ellen clutched her brother's shirt, refusing to let go. Their mother tried to pull Ellen away, but she stuck close to him.

"GET AWAY FROM HER YOU MONSTER!" his mother yelled.

Ellen shrieked and kicked as her father pulled her away.

"Run! RUN JACOB RUN!" Ellen screamed.

Jacob took one last look at his sister Ellen. His eyes were filled with tears.

"I'm so sorry Ellie! I'm sorry!" he cried running out of the house.

Their father followed him with a shotgun. He looked back in terror, and was engulfed once more by darkness.

He opened his eyes and looked around. He was on a sidewalk. He couldn't hear his mother screaming or his father's shotgun anymore. He looked for a bullet hole, and found none. He sighed, feeling sick to his stomach.

Jacob Darin was an unusual boy. As a small child, he never feared the dark, not like his kid sister Ellen. Jake liked the dark, embraced it. He was fond of going into dark places, because you never knew what was in it. Most people say that's the reason to fear it, but it was the reason Jacob liked it. He never understood people's irrational fear of the dark.

The boy was lost in his thoughts until a woman's shrieks broke through.

"Lilly, NO! COME BACK HERE!" the woman shrieked at a little girl.

Jacob watched the little girl toddle out into the street. A car turned around the corner. Jacob panicked thinking, "I need to get over there and fast!"

He was swallowed by darkness and reappeared at the corner. The little girl was there, standing like a deer in the headlights. Jacob ran out and grabbed her. He bolted as fast as he could to the other side of the street. He tossed the little girl onto the curb and jumped up. The car smacked into him and he rolled over the roof. He landed on his front.

"MY BABY!" the woman cried hugging her little girl.

The child's father came over to Jacob. He helped the boy up and asked, "Are you hurt? Does it hurt to breathe? Can you focus? Can you hear me?"

"No, No, Yes, Yes," Jacob said. "I'm just a little shaken and bruised. Is the little girl all right?"

"Yes she's fine. Thank you…thank you so much boy," the man said hugging Jacob.

Jake smiled, even though he was bruised and scratched up. His shoulder hurt, and so did his leg, but he could make it. The boy was greeted warmly by the other people. Maybe his mother was wrong….maybe he wasn't cursed by the devil….maybe he was blessed by angels.

He hugged the little girl and bid her family a farewell. He needed to go and find somewhere to stay for the night. He continued down the street, looking around at all the lights. The world was big and wide. It was bright, and Jacob didn't really like that. He was used to it though, so it was bearable.

His misty blue eyes searched around for something. He spotted something after walking a couple blocks. It was a cardboard box….but something was snoring in that cardboard box. He cautiously went over to it. It was Ellen!

"Ellie?"

"Jakey! I found you!"

"Ellen Eliza Darin! What are you doing out here?"

Ellen looked up at him.

"I got scared Jacob. Mommy and Daddy said they don't want any freaks in their house," Ellen said.

"But Ellie you're not strange!" Jacob protested.

"Yes I am Jacob," Ellen said closing her eyes. "I'm…well…kinda like a witch."

Ellen opened her eyes and Jacob gasped. Ellen's eyes were two separate colors! One eye was green and the other was brown. Jacob stood there and asked, "But how'd you hide it? From Mom and Dad I mean."

"I don't really know Jake. I just remember waking up one night and they were like this," Ellen said. "Maybe it's something new…?"

"Maybe you're a mutant….just like me," Jake said.

"I managed to find you," Ellen said. "Now can we go home?"

"Ellen…we can't go back," he said. "You said that they'd not tolerate us. We can't change who we are Ellen."

Ellen buried her head into her brother's leg. He bent over and hugged little Ellen.

"It'll be okay El," he said. "We'll get through this."

The sixteen year old boy picked up his eight year old sister. He hugged her to his chest and carried her along. He continued to walk until he reached a park. He settled down under a tree and hugged Ellen towards his chest. He patted her back and the two eventually fell asleep, unaware someone was watching them.