Chapter 11: The Happiest Girl in the World
I walked down to Ruby's bedroom which had a heart shaped door (man, this girl loves hearts) and knocked on it. "It's open" Ruby called. I entered into a nice looking room with a canopy bed and a swing. Ruby and Doom were in there. Ruby was knitting something (a scarf if I had to guess) and Doom was curled up at the foot of the bed.
"Oh hey Zaí, what's up?" Ruby said.
"Hey Ruby, I just wanted to thank you for letting me stay here with you."
"Oh well you're very welcome, happy to help."
"That's it" I responded back sounding inspired.
"What's it?" she asked back, awaking Doom from her slumber.
"All my life, I've never had anyone treat me so warmly before, I mean, you hear about my situation and you made it your top priority to make sure that I could be safe. Also, I know that I may have been acting like nothing bothers me, when in reality...I'm terrified of what's to come."
"Terrified?" she answered in an almost alarmed way. "If you don't mind me asking how so?"
"Well my life started badly when I lost my nose when I was 2, and I was the middle child of my family so my parents didn't really care for me as much as my siblings. What's worse my people were sent into war when I was 7. My parents split up by my 11th birthday, and the biggest nail in my coffin came when my best friend betrayed our kind, nailing it in by literally ripping out my heart and my eye, and finally less than two weeks ago I lost my brother and sister to the witches."
Ruby was in disbelief, she looked horrified of what I had gone through.
"Oh my goodness, Zaí I am so sorry, I had no idea how long you've been in havoc." She said consoling me. Doom joined us and was visibly upset, she jumped onto my lap and snuggled my chest.
"Awww, Doom feels sad for you too" Ruby cooed.
"Awww, thank you Doom, I guess that cheers me up a little bit." Doom then brushed her nose up to where mine used to be, I loved the little kitty and how sweet she was.
"Well don't you worry Zaí, you're one of us now and we never abandon one of our own, and tomorrow we're all gonna show you."
The instant she said tomorrow I realized I hadn't been keeping track of time, looking outside to see that the clouds had left and it was now night.
"What time is it?" I asked.
"Almost 10, I don't know about you but I think Doom and I are gonna get some Z's" she responded.
"I think I'll prolly be doing the same."
"Ok, then" she said as I got off of the bed and exited through her door."
"Goodnight Zaí"
"Goodnight Ruby"
"Oh and Zaí?, Welcome to our family." she finished before closing the door.
I was in shock, I wasn't alone anymore, I'd never be lonely again, I had found my place in the world, where I fit in, where I belonged...
I headed back to my room and removed my clothes, exchanging them for a white T-shirt with a logo on it that I didn't even care about, and a pair of pink short shorts that didn't even go halfway down my thigh. I tucked myself under the warm covers and turned off my lamp. Then I looked at the picture of my old family and told them "Don't worry about me, I'm safe, because I'm where I need to be." even though they weren't with me, I could feel their presence. Like my siblings were smiling down at me from Heaven and my parents were thinking of me as they fought off the hoards of witches. I finally closed my eyes and drifted away into a peaceful slumber.