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Week 48: The stars

Prompt: Write a story that begins and ends with someone looking up at the stars.

A/N: The Invisibles are back! Brady and Hana backstory here. I couldn't remember the timeline perfectly... I looked over the other stories that I already wrote about the Invisibles but... I'm really bad at keeping track of time, both in the real world and in my stories so... yeah... I will have to have this all sorted out if I want to write an actual story about them one day!

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Brady POV

Brady was sitting on the rooftop of his parents house, slowly brushing his little sister's hair with his eyes on the sparkling lights in the sky. The two siblings would often climb up there whenever they would hear screams or the sound of breaking objects in the house. Their parents never physically hurt them, but still, this wasn't a life for young children... Or anyone actually. Brady would often tell his sister stories about how he would take her away from here someday. How they would both go on amazing adventures together and never hear from their stupid parents anymore... If only he had the courage to do that earlier...

Hana POV

Hana were sitting on the top of the main mast, right above the crow's nest where one of their bestfriend was watching the horizon while Hana were looking at the stars, trying to figure out where they were and how long they still had to travel to reach their destination. Their friend would always tease them about how reckless they were, always perched at the top of the mast without anything to hold them if they slipped.Hana didn't care, they knew how strong and skillful they were. They might seemed careless, but they would always look for a way out of trouble. That's why they would always climb the main mast, where there was lots of cables to grab and even the crow's nest to catch them in case of falling. They always dreamed of leading this crew someday, to take over their parent's place and become one of the most feared pirate of all the seas! Turned out the fate had different plans for them...

Brady POV

The years went by and they all looked the same for the two siblings. Brady would take care of his sister while their parents were doing who knows what. He was now old enoughto find a job in town and be able to live on his own and that was his plan. Find a job, any job, find a small apartment, even a room would be enough and he would take his sister aways from them and finally give them both the chance in life they both deserved!

And he was about to achieve his goal, he had this big interview the next day, but of course, his parents would throw a fight in the kitchen again. As always, the siblings would climb on the rooftop to get some peace of mind and sleep. Over the years they managed to build a small comfy nest up there so they could spend the night there even if it was raining outside. Raining like tonight. It was a really big and strong storm tonight. Brady was never afraid during storms, but something about this one made him really unconfortable. He tried to not let it show since his sister was terrified of storm and thunder. He was trying to comfort her when a gigantic lightning struck the top of their little nest, they both screamed in fear and pained and passed out.

Brady woke up the next morning to his parents shouting their names. He was in pain and so confused. He couldn't remember anything until he saw his sister. She was in really bad shape because of the lightning. He freaked out, picked her up and ran to the nearest clinic. He ran and ran as fast as he could and the long road to town only seemed like a few minutes instead of the half hour it usually takes. He was out of breath but finally at the clinic where his sister spent a few days... Only to not make it out alive. His parents never came to her side during the whole hospitalisation and that made him realise how useless they were. He took care of everything for the really small funeral, watched his parents pretend to be heart broken and then he left. He went back to his room one last time, filling his bag with some clothes and food and his sister's favorite plushie and he ran...He ran and ran until everything around him was all blurry. He finally collapse, out of breath and energy. He looked around and realised he was in a completly other town... How did he manage to come all the way here? He looked down at his feet only to see his shoes completly worned out. Too many things were happening at once and it was way too much for him, so he did the only thing his body would tell him to do.. He ran...