• I held Rogers hand as we walked around the village. His mom didnt want us inside when she was cooking. A surprise meal is what she said before she shut the door on us. Humans...why do they act so different now? I shook my head, its because I look like a human, thats why.
    The sun was shining bright outside and I could hear birds chirping from far away. A little boy ran past me laughing as a grey dog chased after him. I looked around in awe.
    "your acting like you've never seen this village before" Roger smiled.
    "I haven't.." I said as I stared blankly at the dirt road.
    "really? But you were born here, you even had a house!"
    I nodded "yes but..I never went outside...and my parents wouldnt let me out"
    "oh...what about the windows?"
    "they...always kept those locked shut and covered them with thick...black cloth"
    He didnt say anything for awhile. "want me to tell you some things about this village and the buildings we pass by?"
    I looked at him then nodded.
    "okay, this village doesn't have any concrete or stone roads, its just dirt and grass. We're in the center of a forest, which I dont mind at all but its strange, dont you think? That the heart of this forest is flat. Oh oh, that building we just passed right there with the round windows..." he pointed at a small building made out of wood "thats a store. You can buy meat, milk, fruits, veggies, and sauces there" he laughed "I used to sneak out food from there and they would never notice. Oh oh! And that right there, that guy in the apron with white hair, hes the owner of that candy store hes standing in front of. Its like walking into a rainbow when you go inside that place"
    "a...rainbow?"
    He stopped and looked at me, shocked. "you dont know what a rainbow is?!"
    I shook my head.
    "oh man, You've got to go see it! Come on, lets go inside" he tightened his grip on my hand and ran, with me following beside him, but right when we got the the door frame he quickly turned around so his back faced the store, and just stood there frozen.
    "whats wrong? Why did you..stop? I thought we were...going in" I nudged his shoulders "Roger..." There was laughter inside the store and I turned around to see who it was. There were four people inside, around nine years old, and they were all boys. "Roger.." I whispered to him, not taking my eyes of them. "Roger" I tugged on his shirt. "Rog-"
    "Roger!" one of the boys with short black hair yelled out "Roger, Is that you?"
    "da da...I-I think we should be going now, Anysa" Roger took a step, then another, and broke into a run, forcing me to do the same.
    "Roger, what are... you doing?!" I was getting tired and my legs were already starting to hurt. "stop..running..!" I yelled out but he didnt stop. I looked over my shoulder and saw the boys from the candy store, they were running after us while shouting out Rogers name. We kept turning corners and jumping over rocks, then Roger screamed as he quickly stopped, but I bumped into him and we fell forward down a hill. He held me close to him as we tumbled, yelling.
    Right when the hill ended, we stopped with a splash. I clutched Rogers shirt as he helped me stand up. We were in a lake full of fallen leafs and pink flowers, the water was up to my shoulder. The boys where shouting out as they ran down the hill and before I could look over to them, Roger turned around so that his back was facing them. It was as if he was hiding me.
    "hey, are you alright?" one of them yelled out.
    "uh huh" Roger replied.
    I wanted to see them but I couldnt because he was blocking the way, and I wanted to say something but I couldnt because he was holding me real tight.
    "where have you been, Roger?" a different boy said "you've been gone for three days!"
    "uh..yah well...I was um..."
    "who's that girl you were with?"
    "oh her? Shes...um..."
    "and why are you hiding her?"
    That made Rogers heart pound little, I could feel it.
    "ooooo Rogerrr, I didnt know you liked someone" they started laughing then sang together "Roger has a girlfriend, Roger has a girlfriend!"
    I tried to move but I couldnt budge. There was a loud splash followed by more splashes. I looked to the side and saw them, they stood next to me, staring.
    "Roger, who is she? Ive never seen her before" the boy with the black hair said.
    "h-her names...An-Anysa..." Roger stuttered.
    "hmm...hey girl, how old are you?" a different boy with curly blond hair said.
    "you guys sure are...close" the black haired boy said, grinning.
    Right when he said that, Roger let go of me really quick and got out of the lake, leaving me out in the open. I looked at the boys who were eyeing me suspiciously then back at Roger. He was sitting down on the grass three feet away from me, staring blankly at the sky. Nothing happened for awhile then I reached my arm out to him "Roger...Roger!"
    He turned and looked at me with his expressionless eyes for a couple of seconds then snapped out of his weird trance "oh, im sorry, im sorry!" he got on his knees and pulled me out. The boys just stared then they got out.
    "nnn..." Roger layed down on his back.
    I sat next to him, trying to dry off my hair and my dress.
    They walked towards us and sat down too. The boy with the black hair smiled at me "hi, my names Jen! Im ten years old. People call me lightning because im super fast!"
    The boy with the curly blond hair shoved him "nobody calls you lightning, you idiot!" he turned to me "dont listen to anything he says, they're bunch of lies!" he laughed "anyway, my names Boa, like the snake! Im known to have ways with words, it really comes in handy, you know"
    "and hes nine, the youngest of us" the boy with a reddish brown hair said. "good evening, my name is Kert. I am ten years old and is the smartest and more civilized than these dopes"
    "and thats why you jumped into the lake with us, you civilized dope! Ahem, they call me Trek! I am ten years old and is-"
    "the stupidest idiot ever known" Kert, Jen, and Boa said in unison.
    "hey hey, am not!" he protest.
    I stared at them as they started play fighting. Kert and Trek.. they looked the same, exactly the same.
    "they're twins" Roger said quietly "Kert and Trek..their parents named them so that they had backwards spelling names. It works for them though, because they're total opposites" he smiled, staring at the sky. "they always get in trouble. For Kert, its experiment gone wrong, and Trek, he just has so much energy in him that he does whatever he wants despite the consequences"
    They started chasing each other.
    "Jen is really fast, thats true. Whenever something bad happens, he always gets away, leaving us behind to take the blame. Boa, hes really sneaky, sly as a fox. He can always get us out of anything with his words. A very convincing guy, you gotta be careful of that" he sighed "we're always getting in trouble, always, but no matter what happens, we'll always be friends"
    I looked over at the boys as they chased and shoved each other around, laughing.
    Friends...I wonder what having friends is like. I held Rogers hand. "are you...my friend?"
    He looked at me and smiled. "yah, of course I am!"
    I smiled at him.
    "lovey dovey dovey!" Trek yelled out.
    "awww your so lucky to have a girlfriend!" Boa laughed.
    Jen hugged himself "I wish I had one too!"
    "what does having a girlfriend feel like?" Kert asked.
    "shut up you guys!" Roger shouted out.
    "whats...a girlfriend..? I said, confused.
    Roger looked at me, but didnt say anything.
    They ran to us and got on their knees.
    "oh so young" Kert said. "a girlfriend is what a girl is called when shes going out with a boy she likes. They hold hands together and hug each other"
    The others nodded in agreement.
    "girlfriend..." I looked at Roger who looked back at me. "im...your girlfriend?"
    Rogers face turned red once I said that. The others started oooing.
    "un..no its not like that..way. Its um..." Roger looked away, embarrassed.
    "but Kert said its when your with someone you like...and they hold hands..and hug. Every time you do that...you hold me really tight"
    "wahhhh! oh my gosh Roger, tight? Really, really tight?! Whoaaaa have we thought wrong about you!" Jen started laughing.
    "oh Roger, shes so innocent. Why would you do such a thing to a child?" Kert shook his head in disappointment.
    "you guysss! Oh man..." Roger got up and walked away "im leaving! Come on, Anysa"
    I got up and followed him.
    "okay, well follow to!" Boa smiled. They stood up and started following, talking quietly behind us.
    I looked at Roger who was still beat red. I laughed.
    "wh-what, what is it?" Roger asked.
    "friends..." I replied. I stared up at the sky. But im a demon, not a human.
    A baby bird chirped alone in its nest far away.
    Bad things happen when your a demon who killed your own parents. Then I remembered something, something I never realized. When we were still in the cell, Roger said I was missing for weeks once I..killed them.
    Something rustled in the bushes far away.
    But..but where was I? What was I doing for those days when I was gone?
    Something pricked my arm.
    "ouch..." I stared at the small red dot, almost shaped like a diamond. Somethings going to happen, something bad, I can feel it.

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