The Enders

Chapter 1

I sat in bed, thinking about the Enders and their powers. Then, staring at the ceiling, there was a knock at my door.

I sat up, wondering who it could be at this hour. Walking to the door, I thought that it might be my dad, but immediately let go of that as a possibility. When you are an Ender, and you get taken, I know that nobody outside of the Holding Center will ever see you again.

" Who is it?" I asked as I opened the door.

"It's me, Nikki" said a voice I automatically knew as Sao, my best friend.

I swung open the door and grabbed him in a bear hug. "I haven't seen you since, what? December? Of last year?" I squealed.

I looked up and saw his face. A look of sadness flooded my vision. Then, I noticed his eyes. They were orange.

" Sao? Wha-When did this happen? How could it happen because they normally show up at birth and you didn't have them before and-.Oh, Sao."

I looked at his face, his beautiful face and hair. His hair that shone golden in the sun and the way that the light hit the bones of his face. His eyes. His jawline. His eyes.

"Do you know what it is? Sao? Oh, please, Sao. Talk to me. Please. Oh I can't bear to see you like this. Come inside."

I led him inside, making space on the sofa by moving the dirty clothes that lay there to the floor. I patted the spot beside me while also brushing off some of the dust that made itself the permanent resident of the couch cusions.

" I woke up like this, Nikki" he said sitting next to me. " I didn't know what to do or who to trust with this so I came to you. I just " he trailed off, looking around the barren living room that was probably close to how his looks. We don't have any possessions, or anything special or semi important to show. Those kind of things are rare nowadays.

"I- I thought that I could trust you with this. I also wanted to ask a favor of you, Nikki."

"Sao, I think you know now that you can ask me about or for anything."

He paused and for the first time looked me in the eyes. His eyes then darted down." Do you have any colored contacts that you could possibly spare?" He seemed ashamed of asking, even though he knew I had some.

"Um, yes. I have some, I think. There might be some in Mothers room." I haven't been in her room since the day she was declared Missing.

"I'll go and get some. Now."

"Do you need me to come with you, Nikki? I can come if you want me to,"Sao said from his spot on the sofa.

"Um... I don't know... Yes. No... Yes." I sighed.