It started as a normal day for Lyra. Toby was in his room as usual, alone and depressed. Lyra often wondered if she should go in and talk to her brother but refrained from doing so. He had a bad temper and a lot of problems which she did not like to talk about.
It was late evening and dad had kicked off with Toby once again. Lyra went downstairs to see what the noise was about but as she got down there she saw what she would have hoped and prayed she did not see. Lyra ran down the stairs and intervened. Her Mother, Anne Rogers was shouting at dad for hitting Toby, he was on the floor looking at Lyra as if to say, do not come in here. Lyra had to ignore that as dad was about to hit mum. She jumped in between them and he smacked her round the face and she landed on the floor.
After seeing this, Toby got angry. He went out into the shed to find a weapon and he came across two hatches to which he grabbed and ran back inside. Butchering dear old dad, and grabbing Lyra and going the car with their Mother as well. They started the car but as they did so the car had blown up and straight away killed Lyra and her Mother. Toby looked at Lyra, bursting into tears then setting the house on fire and sitting down. As he was about to accept his fate, a tall strange figure appeared....
