Mismatched

Finding home

I squeezed tightly in my box, as my grandma seeled me in here with tape. She poked wholes on the side with anger. I knew she hated me all along. She even told me, I killed my mom. No matter how many times she told me I didn't believe her. She said it so much that every time I went to sleep it echoed in my head. She poked the last whole with more force that her pen flew through. Without bothering to retrieve it, she slid me across the floor. I held myself tightly, hopefully wherever she would send me, it will be better than here. Someone, or two people picked me up and put me into a vhiecle. The ingine started, and there was a little light coming through the wholes. I closed my eyes as the bumps on the road rocked me to sleep. Before I knew it I was heavily sleeping. **************************
I woke up to the sound of loud thunder and swinging trees. Terrified I began to shake, I didn't want to cry. I HAD TO BE STRONG. Oh I am so scared!!! Where am I? No light shone through the wholes . It was pitch dark. I broke through easily, punching the roof of this wet cardboard box. "What the heck where am I ???" I yelled. Rain poured rapidly. I realized I stood at some place that looked like a forest. So many trees but life less ones. I was in the middle of no where. This must be a dream! I was in a viehcle, the ingine, the motor, that felt like a few minutes ago. How am I here. Maybe if I pinch myself. I pinched real hard, it hurt but I had to wake up. Nothing, just pain and a red mark. How could grandma leave me at a dead forest with no food, no water, no shelter, and no one to keep me company. I cant belive this! "Hello!?" I yelled louldly, hoping someone would hear me. My vioce echoed, staring blankly, I knew I was alone. Why am I alone, deserted? I AM ALONE, I AM GOING TO DIE!!!! NO!! NOT WHEN MOMMA WOULD HAVE WANTED ME TO LVE!! "MOM HELP ME !!! MOM PLEASE!!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. My throat hurt and my body was cold . I couldent believe this was happening to me. I knelt down, tears Rolling down my cheeks. Why? Why grandma? Do you really hate ME THIS MUCH? Did I really kill my mother? I did, no I didn't . Ughh!!!! What am I going to do? How am I going to live!!!?? My thought was all of a sudden inturupted by a male voice saying "What are you doing? You shouldn't even be here. This isn't a safe inviroment."I stoped crying, it's like I knew that vioce. It had calmed me. Afraid to look up, I said " who are you?" I waited in silence. My throat felt better, I wasnt worried. "You need to get out!"He said. I looked up, brave now. Without getting a chance to look at him he leaped on me, wrapped me around his cloak. With his hand he kept my mouth shut. I was in shock, startled, and clueless at what was happening. This was already to much for me. I didn't dare move. He got up, still holding me in his long, dark cloak. "What the heck are you doing man? C'mon we got to find ourselves a snack. You hungry arnt you?" A different man spoke playfully. "Not today." The guy holding me said. His vioce had calmed when this playful speaking man arrived. They must be friends, but what are they talking about? I didn't see any snack around here. Thier is definitely no store near, not even at grandmas. "Hey you got something hiding their dark eye. What you hiding from me? Oh wait a snack, ha! No wonder you didn't want to come." The other man said. Now I knew who was holding me, well at least his name. Dark eye. But I'm not a snack!!! I was shaking really nervouse now. "Listen Saku, I need to go back home." Dark eye said. "Ok" saku replied. He left silently. When he released me cold started to flow on me, I was so warm, even sweating a little on my forhead. I shivered. "How did you get here?" Dark eye asked. "Well I was in a cardboard box, and I woke up in this forest." I told him afraid I was still a snack . He stared at me, very in thought. I felt awkward in the silence so I decided to ask him something. "Hey uh, is your name really Dark eye?" He looked at me and said "No That is only my nickname." He stepped closer and asked "Are you Ika Musume?" I stared back. How did he know? "How do you know my name?" I asked , and added "And yes it is my name." He smiled real big, and gave me a hug. "I found you Ika Musume!!"He said in a cheerful vioce. I hugged him back, now I think he must be a wierdo. Who is this guy, first hiding me, then hugging me. But I had to admit his vioce was recognizable. "I think you maybe have mistaken me by some one else Dark eye." I said. He let go of me and said" No this is you, those eyes, that face. I know it all!!" He said with so much happiness. I didn't get this. I thought I probably didn't know this person but it seems to me I maybe have known him all my life. I mean I don't recognize the name Dark eye, but maybe how he smiled, the way he sounded. Like mom did in her pictures and when I spoke. "How come you say you know me Dark eye?"I asked, curious to know. He removed his smile. "Come with me Ika Musume." He said to me. Without question I decided just to follow. I couldn't be a snack after all he would have aten me. Where ever he was going, I had to go to. I needed to know what he was going to tell me. "Now listen Ika Musume, it's going to be Dangrouse. You need to get a nickname, just like everyone else. I think the best nick name I can give you is Ayako. Ayako, You need to change your clothes, you can't smell like human, it will give you away. Most inportantly don't give your name to anyone, no matter how trust full they look. You will always respond to your name Ayako." He told me with a serious face. I looked at him, knowing this place wasn't safe for me. But I had to know everything, especially if it meant to find more of my mother.