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Drabble #8 Wish

"Hello?" The girl called out with her hands cupped around her mouth. "Is anyone in here?"

Here…ere…re…

The word echoed around her causing her to shift uneasily and wrap her arms around herself. It was cold. In fact, it was so chilly that she could see her breath coming out in small, white puffs. She frowned, it hadn't been this cold earlier when she had come.

"Hello?" She called out again, shuffling her feet forward causing the rotten, wooden floorboards to creak under her weight.

She sighed, maybe it had just been her imagination. There wasn't any people here so how could she have heard two people talking in low voices?

She continued shuffling forward even when her hairs were raised on end and her arms were filled with goosebumps.

Slam.

"Ah!" She jumped in shock. It hadn't been her imagination, there was somebody here. She cocked her head slightly.

There was a creaking sound. It sounded as though it was coming from right below her. The girl whipped her head to the floor glancing at the wooden floor, trying to pick up on more sounds. Something flashed in the corner of her eye and she moved to face it only to stumble back in fear. When she got herself under control she whispered, "Calm down, Lenalee. It's just your reflection in a mirror. Not somebody else. Calm down…"

She took a deep breath before letting it out shakily. Lenalee took a couple more before feeling her racing her heartbeat slow. She could do this.

No. She had to do this. She had to do this for her beloved brother if nothing else.

With that thought circulating in her mind, she took a steady step forward. It was then that the loudest creak made itself known.

It was also when the weak floorboard decided to give way under her feet.

"Ah!" Her shriek pierced the thick, cold air.

She fell on the ground floor with a crash and felt a couple nails from the fallen wooden ceiling scratch her arms and legs. When it finally quieted down, she sighed and relaxed her tense body.

The girl laid splayed out till the cold seeped in the marrow of her bones. She had to move or else she might die of hypothermia, she hadn't worn the warmest clothes. But she felt so tired.

She had just wanted to be happy with her brother, had that too much to ask for? Lenalee thought as she closed her eyes extinguishing the amethyst colored orbs.

"Lenalee!" She groaned and shifted.

I don't ever want to leave this place even if it is a dream. I want to stay with Komui forever, Lenalee thought as she smiled brightly.

The eight year old's hair slid in front of her face when her brother ruffled it playfully with a smile of his own. "It's getting cold so I'm going to go light the fire. Would you like to help me?" He asked knowing she would nodded her head eagerly.

"Lenalee! Wake up!"

No, she didn't want to leave. She didn't want to face reality just yet. So she followed her brother to the living room to watch him create a spark of warmth from nothing. She wished she could do that. She wished she wasn't a burden.

She wished a lot of things. She wished her parents hadn't left them. She wished she didn't get teased by the children.

But most of all…

"You can't leave me Lenalee! You can't leave me all alone! I don't care if you see mom and dad, tell them you're not ready to leave me! They'll understand!"

Her eyes widened when she recognized the voice as her brother's, and the vision of the roaring fire and bright smiles soon vanished as she returned to her cruel reality. Despite this, she still whispered, "I want to stay in this warm place… even if it means I leave you alone, brother."

She opened her eyes with a gasp, "brother!"

"I'm right here, Lenalee. I'm right here." He repeated soothingly, immediately calming her panic as she remember her fall. "Don't worry, you're fine. There will only be bruises and a couple scrapes."

"Oh, okay." She said, relaxing into the fuzzy bed and frowning when she felt her eyelids get heavy. She didn't want to fall asleep just yet.

Her brother smiled and tucked a strand of her blue hair behind her ears, "you can fall asleep now. Your bother isn't going to leave you."

She wasn't given the chance to respond as her head fell limply on the pillow with her eyes closed peacefully.

…she wished she wasn't a witch.

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