Transformers Prime - Hazy

Sunny

Sunny sat beside her.

Sunny: "I go to this tree lots too."

Jasmine shook slightly before gaining a hold on herself.

Jasmine: "Yeah . . . ? Seems like a good tree . . . Great personality . . ."

She patted the bark, and Sunny giggled.

Sunny: "His name is Clyde."

Jasmine forced a small smile, wanting to make the girl happy.

Jasmine: "Nice to meet you, Clyde . . ."

She sighed, opening her eyes again, extending her hand.

Jasmine: "You're Sunny, right . . . ? Did I get you that autograph . . . ? I know you asked for one, but I can't seem to recall if I filled the order . . ."

The small girl nodded.

Sunny: "You did! It's hanging in my room! Next to my picture of my mommy."

She looked down at her feet at the mention.

Sunny: "I miss her lots."

Jasmine's smile saddened thinking about a girl without her mother. It was a painful thought.

Jasmine: "I'm sorry, Kiddo . . . Becky says you came here from a bad place . . ."

She nodded and held up her arm, showing many circular burns.

Sunny: "Daddy got drunk a lot. He called me bad names. H-he kicked me 'an punched me 'an burnt me with his cigarettes . . . it really hurt. A teacher found out 'an she called the police, 'an they locked him up. I didn't like to talk to people, b'cause I was afraid they'd hurt me too."

Jasmine sighed. No child deserved that.

Jasmine: "I'm sorry, Honey . . ."

She took hold of the little girl carefully, pulling her into her lap, holding her close to her body, feeling quite protective of her.

Jasmine: "Not everyone is bad, I promise . . . There's lots of good people out there . . ."

She rubbed the girl's back gently, her other hand, sliding a few stray hairs back out of Sunny's face.

Sunny: "I know. But I was afraid. I still kinda am. But Becky told me that the animals 'an the trees would listen to me."

She giggled as Grief licked Jasmine's cheek.

Sunny: "See? He knows you're sad."

Jasmine smiled slightly.

Jasmine: "Sometimes it's just hard to be happy . . . I . . . Was taken off guard today . . . But you want to go look at the horses with me . . . ? Becky says we're going riding after dinner . . . Speaking of which, aren't you hungry?"

Sunny: "Nope."

She shook her head, then lowered her voice to a whisper.

Sunny: "I ate a few apples with Orion when nobody was looking."

The blonde girl giggled. Jasmine smiled softly, trying to keep from flinching.

Jasmine: "Orion . . . The man you were with earlier?"

Sunny nodded her confirmation.

Sunny: "He's really nice! He reminds me of my big brother! Well . . . I used 't have one. He died with mommy when I was really little. Daddy said they got into a car accident."

Jasmine nodded, standing carefully, keeping the girl in her arms.

Jasmine: "How about we go visit those horses . . . ? I'm sure they'd love some company."