RAVEN (rough draft)

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Im super poor so I have two outfits; one is a dark blue (not Navy blue) shirt, regular jeans, and purple converses. My other outfit is one I put together with things I found on the streets (eww I know) I only wear it when I am washing my other clothes. It consists of a pink top that has a :) on it (it is that kind not a real smile face), ripped jeans, and pink flip flops. I keep my clothes, my money, my single pillow, and my extras (tooth brush, hairbrush, chapstick, ect.) in one back pack. I am 16 now, and still working for the blacksmith.

 Today I go straight to work as usual, Larry is my boss's name and he is a pretty well known blacksmith. I go and sit at my desk, its a mess, but I know where everything is. Its mostly contracts that state: if the buyer were to hurt themselves in any way with the items, they can not sue. Even though I do paperwork I am not the person who handles phones and the people waiting. This is probably because I am not much of a people person.

  Today at work there are 2 people that come in; the first is about 18 with brown hair and gray eyes he is in a solders uniform, he orders a new sword so he must be a new recut. The other person who comes in is a girl with brown hair and green eyes, she orders a pin that she has a drawing of. This is a pretty busy work day I get $5 for ever customer so I don't have any money to buy anything besides the essentials.

  I get off work at 6 so I get dinner when I get off work. There is one cheap diner that I go to every day. It is 5 blocks away from the shop and its in the rough part of town so there are plenty of places for me to get in a fight or worse.  As I round the last corner and see the dinner i noticed 3 people on the wall. I can tell they're looking for a fight by the look in their eyes. I dont want any trouble and I hope they get the message, as I walk by they start walking over to me but stop when I give them a glare.

  I continue on my way to the diner and sit down at the bar. Im the only one who ever sits at the bar. The waitress is a girl about 17, she has strawberry blonde hair, with blue eyes, and is barely 5 ft tall. She is wearing a plain blue dress that goes down to her knees and 3 inch blue heals. I order a 4 dollar meal that has a burger mayonnaise only, fries, and a coke.

  As the waitress brings my food a guy walkes in. He is at least 6 ft tall with Swedish blonde hair and ice blue eyes. He is wearing an expensive gray shirt, with jeans,  and black boots. The reason he caught my eye was because no rich person in there right mind would come to this side of town much less this dinner. He walkes in and sits next me, great just great.

 He orders the same thing as me but instead of mayonnaise he gets ketchup and pickles on his burger. After the waitress walls away he turns to me with an annoying smile on his face, and asks something that almost makes me spit out my coke I was taking a sip of.  

 "I know about your parents and its all a lie. My parents were murdered the same way. You want to help me find out what happened to them?" he whispers.

  Murdered! No thats not possible I saw their death with my own eyes. I remember that I was outside playing when asteroid struck the house.   

"My parents were killed by an asteroid, they were not murdered." I hissed.

  As I finsh my meal I pay and about to exist when the guy appears next to me.

"If you change your mind come by the old theater hotel and ask for room 6." he whispered.

  He then goes back to his meal. If I was sane I would have dismissed the idea of going to a strangers hotel room immediately, but the thing is I lost my sanity when my parents died so I cant help but wonder what he knows about my parents. Or more importantly me, he could now about. No I can't even think about that, can't risk an accident.                   

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  It's around 8 and I am standing outside the old theater hotel deciding if I want to go in. The building is very beautiful it is mostly white and has a gold outline and there are all kinds of carvings on it. I realize I've been standing here for at least 5 minutes and I need to make a decision.

  I'm already regretting walking in, I am out of place here, this place is full of rich people and I don't exactly look fancy. I go up to the desk and ask for access to room 6. One of his eyebrow goes up but he let's me pass.

  The inside of the theater is magnificent, the walls are gold with purple swirls almost like, no stop that. I ball my fist up so my nails dig in to my skin. I am almost glad to see door 6, I knock loudly on the wooden door. The door open a few seconds after and the guy ushers me in.

"Before you say anything I want to know your name." I demand with a mixture of confidence, control, and just a touch of fear.  

" Tyler" he says.

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