Skylar

Chapter 1

There's that damned impala again, it constantly drives around this shitty neighborhood. But why?, there's nothing special here. Only three families live here, the McFinns, the Blooms, and my family....well what's left of my family. All's there's left is me and my dog Libby, and it's almost her time to kick the bucket. As I look out my window watching the impala drive down my street for the sixth time today, I see something in my neighbors'window. It looks like a little girl, but the Blooms said they couldn't have kids. Something weird is going on, I feel like I've seen that girl before, in my house, late at night over my bed. I look back at the window and the girl's gone, must've just been seeing things. "LIBBY!" I call for my dog, she hobbles over to me."How's my girl? Wanna go for a walk?!" She wags her tail and tries to run to the door, I smile. I honestly don't know what I'd do without her, I put her leash on her and locked the door on the way out.

~Flashback~

"Common Sky!" 'I'm coming daddy!' I run to my father in the park, he's sitting in the swing next to the old oak tree. 'GOTCHA DADDY!' He chuckles and sets me on his knee,"That you do Sky" His phone rings and he picks it up, I climb off of his lap into the grass. He has an angered look on his face and he yells into his phone, "DAMMIT JOHN! I JUST GOT HOME TO SKY! SHE NEEDS A FATHER JOHN!" John is one of daddy's good friends, they work together. I've only seen John once, but he has two kids. Sam and Dean, but they never talk to me, they are always quiet and ignore me.Daddy slams his phone shut and looks at me with a sympathetic smile."Sky baby, I'm sorry but daddy's gotta go back to work for a couple more days. I promise I'll be home in a week, so until then take care mommy. Okay?" 'I know daddy, I will. Love you' I jumped into his arms and gave him a hug. "I love you too Sky"

~End of flashback~

I hear tires squealing, bringing me out of my flashback, then I hear a yelp. I quickly turn to the noise and see Libby on the ground, body limb and blood everywhere. I run over to her and pick her up, "NO! NO! NO! LIBBY! NO! YOU'RE THE ONLY FAMILY I HAVE! DON'T LEAVE ME!" By this time I was crying and I hear two car doors slam shut. I held my dog close to me chest as I looked up, seeing a tall man with longish brown hair. 'Miss? Are you alright?' The man asked, extending his hand to help me up. I took his hand, standing up, I shook my head 'yes' but my tears said otherwise.The tall man looked behind me and mouthed some words, so I turned towards to who he was secretly talking to. I seen a tallish man with a trench coat on, he had a gun in the waistband of his pants. The man looked down at me and gave me a sympathetic smile, "Sorry ma'am, I didn't mean to hit your dog. I can see this dog meant lot to you."I just nodded my head 'yes' and dried my tears, I sniffled then spoke, 'I guess it was time for me to..to let her go....she's served her days here. It's time for me to learn to be .... alone' I looked to the ground and walked towards my house, wishing this was all just a dream.

The next day I made coffee and sat in silence, just as I put my empty cup in the sink I heard a knock on my door. I opened my door, only to be greeted by the two men from yesterday. I looked to the ground, "M-may I help you two gentlemen?" I asked. The tallest one cleared his throat and spoke,' Miss, I know we don't know each other but me and my brother really need a place to stay for the week and it seems all your neighbors have left the neighborhood. If we could please stay here for the week that'd be great. And by Monday morning we'll be gone and you'll never see us again' I thought about it and decided to let them stay, I could use some company considering that I'm gonna be alone forever now. I let both of them in and showed them the guest room, they gave me a 'Thank You' and I went back down to the kitchen. I hummed quietly, it was a song my mom used to sing to me. She used to sing it to me when I would have a nightmare and couldn't sleep.

~Flashback~

'MOMMY!!!!' I cried. My mom ran into my room and held me close, "What's wrong Sky?" My mother asked, she loved me so much. 'That girl, she's back. She came back mommy!' My mom rubbed my back and told me I'm gonna be okay. And she couldn't get me in this house, I nodded my head and calmed down as my mother sang to me. "Hush now Sky, listen to the angels fly. They are watching over you my child, they chase away the wild. Go to sleep baby girl, don't get your head in a whirl. Goodnight Skylar Mommy and Daddy love you very much" She kissed my forehead as I drifted to sleep.

~End of flashback~

I continued humming when I heard someone clear their throat, I turned around to the the shorter man with a bag in his hand. "Yes sir? May I help you?" The man sat his bag on the table and sat in the chair, 'What were you humming? It sounds beautiful, but I swear I heard it before.' I sat down in the table across from him and sighed. "It was a song my mother used to sing to me when I was little. She sang it to me when I couldn't sleep." I chuckled at the memories, how I used to beg for her to check my closet for monsters and sing me to sleep. The man looked up at me with a smile, and threw a small bag to me. I was confused, I guess he could tell so he chuckled. 'Open it. Its a gift for letting me and my brother stay here. We appreciate it.' I opened the bag and pulled out a necklace, it had a circle with a star in the center with what looked like flames around the star. I held it in my hands and began to cry, the man came over to me with a concerned look on his face. 'Is something wrong?' he asked. I shook my head 'no' and wiped away my tears, " No, nothings wrong. It's absolutely beautiful, It's just my father had this tattooed on his chest. It just brings back memories of when I was younger. I can remember like it was yesterday when he came home from work with it. I asked him what it was for, bu the just said it was nothing to worry about. Thank you, I love it" I said smiling. I put the necklace around my neck and held it between my fingers, It reminded me so much of him.

Then the taller man walked down the stairs and looked at the shorter one, the shorter one nodded and looked over to me. 'We will be back later on tonight, don't open the doors unless we knock on the door six times. If you don't hear six knocks leave the door alone.' I was confused but left it at that and nodded my head 'yes' meaning I understood what he wanted me to do. And with that both men left the house locking the door behind them,so I went into the living room and watched my television until they got back. Around three o'clock in the morning I gave in and fell asleep on my couch, wandering who those two were, and what their names were.

~PICTURE OF SKYLAR ABOVE!~