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13 - Days

Killer

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I stared up at them. Two skeletons, a male and a female. The male was tall, with a green right eyelight and a blue left one. The female was just the opposite, short with inverted eyelights. I knew them as my parents. We had been thrown out of our home for some reason, and they had to make me stay somewhere while they found a new place to stay; they said it wouldn't take long.

"Thanks for doing this, miss." The male set me on the table. 

"It's no problem, really." Another woman spoke; she was furry. "He'll be treated well, I assure you."

"Bye, sweetie." The female rubbed my skull slightly before leaving with the male.

I never saw them again. They never came back. 

"You're useless." A child, older than I stated. "Your parents probably hate you, and that's why you're still here."

"Heh, they're lucky to be rid of him, if you ask me." Another scoffed. "Too bad we're stuck with the creep."

"Like I said." The first hit me to the ground. "Useless."

I opened my eyesockets with a fright; where was I? I looked around, noticing my lava lamps..I was in my room; I wasn't in the orphanage..not anymore. The thought comforted me as I lay back in my bed. I missed my parents, sometimes; a part of me wanted to believe that they hadn't left me intentionally. Maybe they were killed; that would have been better than intentionally leaving their child, right? They never even bothered to name me..they probably did hate me..I didn't hate them; I couldn't..maybe they had just forgotten where they put me! I knew they hadn't. Why did I give my stuffed animals to Dust? He needed them more..right. I settled on the next best thing: a pillow. Dad was really nice; he had treated me better than my parents had. I loved my dad; he was so awesome! I looked at the clock next to my bed; it was an hour before I usually got up. I decided to stay in bed for a while; maybe I could get Dad and the others to play jail today! Or we could even play pirates! I liked playing games; they were really fun! I thought of fun games to play before my alarm went off, and I hopped out of bed.

I changed into my day clothes, putting my pajamas in a hamper; I had been able to change my clothes for a really long time! I hadn't been able to do that before Dad taught me, and it was fun picking what I would wear; the older kids at the orphanage usually did it, before..they always made me wear clothes that didn't fit or looked bad. When I was changed, I ran outside my room to find Dad; he was probably in the kitchen. We had slept in the high house, last night, which meant that I had a shorter walk. I sneaked down the stairs, wanting to surprise Dad; I had been working on being stealthy, and I wanted to sneak up on him! When I reached the bottom floor, I tiptoed to the kitchen, where I heard bacon sizzling; it smelled so good! I was very quiet as I sneaked into the kitchen, making no sound at all! When I got close enough to Dad, I made sure to stay in his blind spot; he couldn't see, there. I attacked from his right.

"Dad!" I jumped on him. "Did I scare you? Did I?"

"..." Dad contemplated his answer; had he seen me? "I'm going to be honest, here; you had a pretty good strategy, sneaking up on my right, but you should have taken off your shoes, first. I heard you coming."

"Aww, man!" I had failed!

"Apart from that, however, you did a very good job." Dad rubbed my skull.

"Yay!"

"Can you wake your brothers? Breakfast will be ready in ten minutes."

"Okay! Waker upper is ready!"