The lost children

Chapter 1: Evelyn

        My eyes fluttered open. I couldn't see anything at all. The air was groggy and smelt like rotten fruit. The type that is gross but has a sweet undertone. Somebody whimpered to the left of me. From what I could tell the voice was higher pitched, telling me that it was a girl.

"Hey." I whispered softly, meaning to not startle her "Do you know how we got here?" I voiced the question that has been on my mind since I first woke up in the dark and gloomy place. As my eyes adjusted to the darkness of the room I could make out a table along the other end of the room, only me and the girl were in the room.

"I-I don't know. All that I remember is waking up a few hours ago, well that is what I'm guessing anyway." The girl said, I was right the girls voice was high pitched. She couldn't have been more than 7 or 8 years old.

Where are we? I asked my self. I heard it then, small soft footsteps that were barley audible. I pulled the girl down to the ground and to the wall. The door opened illuminating the room with bright light. My eyes adjusted very quickly to the brightness and saw a small boy come in with a trey. The boy quickly sat down the trey on the table and left putting us back in darkness.

I slowly stood back up cautiously stepping to the table. I could make out a match and a few candles. There was also a half a loaf of bread and two cups of water.

I lit most of the candles and spread them around the room. "My name is Evelyn, what is yours?" I asked the girl. Stepping over to where she sat down and extending half of the bread to her. The girl had tan skin, dark brown hair that was almost black going to her waist, and the most beautiful blue eyes that I have ever seen. She had a small button nose and was petite even for a 7 or 8 year old.

"Lily, but you can call me Lilith." She whispered, I could almost feel the fear wafting off of her. "Can I call you Evie?" She asked to me. I nod my head whilst she takes the bread from me. I sat down and took a drink from my cup.

About 1 hour or so passes and the door opens and in turn illuminates the room. The small boy reappears but, I can make out his features because he doesn't go strait back out again. He has messy hair and big brown puppy dog eyes. He was probably 7 or 8 years old also.

"Come with me please." He waited for us to stand up and come with him. He walked us through multiple hallways with no problems and took us to a small room. He quickly left and I heard the door lock. The room was small but cosy. There were to beds each with a set of clothes on it and one door that led us to a small bathroom.

"I'm going to take a shower." I said to Lilith. Taking a step into the bathroom and locking the door I saw myself in a mirror. I saw plain brown hair and plain brown eyes. I quickly took my shower and glanced at myself in the mirror again. My hair turned to a dirty blonde and that made my eyes look a few shades lighter. Shaking my head I got into the clothes that they left for me.

I walked out of the bathroom and gestured with my head that Lilith should take a shower. She obliged and I sink into the bed. I almost immediately fell strait to sleep.
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I woke up with Lilith pressing against my side in a deep sleep. Slowly getting out of the bed as not to wake her I go to the small desk in the corner of the room. On it there were letters and a small picture of a woman and her son with giant smiles plastered on their faces. I could tell it was long ago because the edges were slowly rising and the picture looked yellow. The letters were filled with elegant writing that intrigued me, but I couldn't look at them because the boy came into my room again.

"Good you are awake. Will you please follow me again?" He turned around and took me through the house again,

"My name is Theodore, please call me Theo." He said as he opened a door and pushed me through only to close it again. I took in my surroundings and found that there was a table of four chairs three of them there were already people sitting in them. I sat down and the girl in front of me had crazy, curly red hair and big emerald green eyes. The boy that was to the right of me had black bangs over his eyes so I couldn't tell what color his eyes were. Finally diagonal of me was a boy wearing glasses and grey eyes. His hair was a chocolate brown color.

"What's your name?" Glasses boy asks me. His look on his face serious. The girl with frizzy hair looks curiously at me.

"I will only tell you my name if you tell me yours. All of you." I retort quickly. Glasses boys eyebrows rose like that took him by surprise.

"Cole, 18. That is Lydia, 16. That brings us to the last member of the group Jason, 17." He concludes eyeing me. "Your turn, spill."

"Just because I don't know you does not mean that I'm stupid. I can see the person in the corner." I replied crossing my arms over my chest. I narrowed my eyes at him.

The person in the corner came out of the corner. What I saw was sandy blonde hair like mine and piercing blue eyes cutting into mine. What was different about Coles stares was that Coles stare was calculating whilst his was full of amazement.

"The names Eli, 19! Is that your power?" I had no idea what he was talking about but everyone let out a groan like it was supposed to be a secret.

"What powers?" I asked calmly. Jason squirmed in his seat at the tone of my voice. Lydia slumped against the table with the palm of her hand on her forehead. Cole was shooting a glare at Eli that I could never muster.

Cole looked at me and said, "We all have powers. You must be extra sensitive to your senses." I shot him a look that said that I did not believe him.

Cole sighed in defeat, "Lydia can you show her?" Cole asked her. She nodded and looked like she was about to take a drink from a cup. Instead of taking a drink she let go of the cup about one and a half feet above the table. I took in her concentrated face and knew that she had telekinetic powers.

Something outside made a heart jarring roar. Lydia lost concentration and the cup fell onto the table.

"What was that?" I asked in that to calm voice again. Other than the original shock the others seemed unaffected.

Cole looked at me again, trading glances with the other three. "It's the monsters. We haven't been left alone by them since we woke up in this fucking place. We tried fighting them but immediately came back because they are stronger than us." He concluded sitting back on the chair. I closed my eyes to think.

"You know we could use you and that little girl on our team." Cole said to me. My eyebrows raised at the comment. "Plus you don't know what's out there. Why don't we make a deal? You get us out of here and we can help you with the necessary things you need and a team?"

I thought this over. I barley know these people and they expect me to team up with them? On the other hand I have no idea where I am much less who I am.

He raised his arm up for me to shake hands with him, "deal?"

AN
How do you like it so far? I promise there will be more chapters and a better picture for it soon. Do you have any names for it yet? Thank you for at least trying my book, I greatly appreciate it! Pic of Evelyn on side! (or on top if you are reading from phone. Her real name is chole moretz!)

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