A blast of warm light interrupted us. It was so bright that when the light dimmed down I felt dizzy. There stood before us stood Chronox. He had a dark light behind him. It formed a sword and Chronox grabbed it. By now everyone was screaming in panic and terror. My mum and I stood still in shock. He seemed to be walking towards us, dragging his big sword behind him.
The time it took for Chronox to reach us was agonizingly slow. While then thoughts rushed through my head. Is he coming towards us? Will he kill my mum? Will he kill me? Can I run away with my mum? He reached us and his sword touched my mum with no force at all. She screamed as the darkness from within her came out. She slumped to the floor, lifeless. The sword glowed as if it was happy to have killed something at last. Next he turned towards me, lifted the sword as he did with my mum, and slowly moved the tip towards my chest. Suddenly my instincts kicked in, I lifted up my hands, blasted light out of one and shot fire balls out of the other. It seemed to surprise Chronox but didn't knock him down. I took the chance to run. I kept running and running and running. After a while I was completely knackered. I sat down and thought about what had happened.
The Dark Ones leader had personally came to kill someone. Was it to just feel happy or to fill his dark needs, to gain power or just for fun. Maybe he came for me specially... No way!. What if... no that's crazy.
I woke up confused sitting against a tree. The memories of last night flooded back into my mind and I gasped. That's right my mum was dead and I was all alone. Not knowing what I was going to do, I stood up and tried to figure out where I was. "Lawrence Street", said a sign. I knew where that was.
It was where the amazing donut shop was. My mum used to bring me here. Just thinking about mum sent a fresh new stream of tears down my cheeks. My stomach rumbled. I realized I was starving with hunger. I had no money on me but my house was a ten minute walk and I was sure I could find some money lying around there.
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