It all started on a cold dark winters night. She had learned her stature that warm bright spring, not it was time for her to learn her place.
The little grey haired girl sat at the windowsill of one of the second floor windows. Watching the snowfall, it was my second winter here, in the ‘orphanage’ as they liked to call it, but I knew better. This wasn’t necessarily my first orphanage either. I had been to man, transferring in and out of them after a few weeks. I think the longest I was at in war two months, but that was before I was known to be a half breed. I was surrounded by other kids like me now, half breeds, kids who were not wanted by the outside world. I was abandon on a night just like it was outside the window. I knew the feeling of cold and darkness, and I didn’t like it one bit.
“Sab! Hey off that windowsill! It is past curfew!” The lady in charge was making her way up the stairs when she spotted me. I huffed and hopped off the windowsill.
“No need to tell Miss.” I scoffed grabbing the blanket I had around me and started my way to the room of beds further down the hall.
“Don’t give me that attitude young lady! You wanna spend another night in the doghouse!?” She threatened.
The dog house, that’s what she liked the call the little room under the staircase. She put all the kids who she deemed troublesome there for about a day actually.
“No miss, but if you think I deserved, please.” I turned around and did a little bow as a teasing gesture.
“That is it! Get over here young miss!!” The woman scolded. I just huffed and went over to her. She grabbed me by the wrist and started leading me down the stairs. She was lecturing me, but I wasn’t listening, I glance behind me to see Sally, the youngest in the building poking her head it from the bedroom. I smile at her and wave with my free hand but continued to be dragged. We were down the stairs and she doin me around.
“No you listen young lady, you will be stuck in here until you learn to control your little attitude, being a short temper snarky halfbreed will never get you to the real world.” She finished her lecture opening the door and shoved me into the little closet.
“So what, I don’t want to go out into a world that doesn’t want me anyways.” I stick out my tongue to the woman and she scoffs slamming the door. Locking the top latch, the only one she really locked for safety reasons. It could be undone in care of emergencies but us kids knew we were never supposed to let ourselves out in any other cases.
“Typical.” I mutter, not in a dark little closet, some pillows and blankets were folded and stacked in the corner, and a few books on behavior, attitude, and half breed specific books were also stacked with a flashlight beside the other stuff.
“At least it is quiet.” I sigh beginning to make myself comfortable. I would never admit it out loud, but I liked the solitary confinement of the orphanage, but I knew it wouldn’t help me in the long run. I didn’t trust the outside world, the second my demon side began to show through I was abandoned, and ever since then I became fully away that half-breeds were not liked in the human society. The worst part was, I didn’t know what kind of demon I was, just the fact I was a demon cost me a home, I was beginning to worry that the kind of demon I was would cost me something more.
“So what, I can handle myself.” I huff to myself settling down for the nights rest.
CLANG! I awoke, sitting up quickly gripping tightly to the blanket I had around me. I lean in to peak through the crack. Nobody should be up, I knew I hadn’t been asleep long, and all I saw was an unfamiliar shadowed figure.
“Excuses me, Sir! How did you get in here?!” Miss Garder called down from most likely the top of the railing to the second floor.
“I’m sorry to bother you so late at night, but I am a bit lost, Do you happen to have a ma?” It was a man’s voice that spoke in answer. It was different than any man I had heard, but with light being shone on the shadowed figure, more details came into sight. He was green, that was the first thing I noticed through the little I could see on him.
“Excuse me, but you shouldn’t be here in the first place, what are you doing in this territory?” Miss Garder spoke again, this time reaching for something, but quite loudly, but the green man acted quirky.
BANG! THUD!
I quickly cover my mouth. He shot her, he killer her! I shut my eyes as I hear the flashlight Miss Garder was holding roll from the second story then fall the first floor with a clang.
”I really am sorry Ma’am, but it could not be helped, No survivors as I say.” The man chuckled, and broke into laughter, as I heard him stomp his way up the stairs.
I began to feel like I was running out of air, my mind was racing, trying to grasp the situation, I heard more gun fire, followed by scream.
Why, why is this man doing this? What is going on? What does he mean no survivors? What should I do? Wait… are they all going to die? What about me… Am I going to die here.
“There there. That should do it.” His voice echoed again, and footsteps overhead meant he was coming back down. I was frozen in fear, I had my hands over my mouth, and my eyes followed the sounds of his footsteps.
“That takes care of-“ He stopped talking, it all went silent.
“Hello? Anybody in here.” He voice was loud, calling out in the orphanage building. He become quiet to listen to any response.
“Odd, I could have sworn I smelt a living stench of fear.” His laugh echoed once again and everything went silent.
I remained still, fearful, and alert for a long time. The smell of blood wrecked the place before I felt like it was safe to take my hands from off of my mouth. Quiet tears were streaming down my face.
Is he gone? Has the danger passed? Is anyone out there?
I leaned to peak through the crack again, no one in sight, everything was in darkness. I slowly cracked the door open, the one lock it had kept it from opening all the way, but it opened its enough to see a shimmering magic symbol on the floor of the center room.
My eyes widened and I quickly retreated back into the closet. My legs come up to my chest, my arms wrapping around them, and I begin to cry. Quietly, but before I knew it, I was being shaken.
“Young lady, are you alright?” A man’s voice pulled me from an unconscious state.
I screamed trying to back away, ‘he was back and there to kill me’ those were my first thoughts.
“Shh- its ok, its ok, I’m not here to hurt you.” He man comforted.
I calmed down, taking a deep breath. Looking up to the man, my eyes were drawn to the police badge on his chest, and reached out to touch it.
“Yeah, that’s right. I’m a policeman.” He smiled at me.
I took another deep breath, I could still strongly smell the blood, the death, the loneliness sinking into me. I was the only survivor.
“What is your name?” The policeman asked me.
“Sab.”
“Alright Sab, I want you to stay here for me ok? I’m going to make a call.” He stood up from where he crouched in the doorway of the closet. I only nodded in answer, not moving.
He did what he said he was going to do, but as soon as he put the phone to his ear a dark shadow was cast over the entire room.
ROAAARRRRR!!!! The loud roar shook the building and everything in it. The policeman looked around, I did the same, then we both made eye contact. As he was about to turn his attention back to the person who just picked up the phone, blood began to drip from his forehead, and large tear marks across his chest appeared, his badge going flying and blood beginning to soak into his clothes.
I screamed, as she shadow formed into a large sabertooth tiger, glowing yellow eyes, and a bloody front paw.
“Officer Brant. Come in Officer Brant?!” Loud voices spoke from the phone that dropped along with the body of the officer.
I started to feel like I was hyperventilating as I watched the body drop and the shadow start to dissolve before my eyes. The phone was still on and I was once again left frozen in fear and with a racing mind. I was so unsure of what to do, time slipped by, and sooner than I knew it police lights were outside the orphanage. With the new light into the dark room, I looked down at myself, I was covered in sweat, but there was blood on me. Blood I did not remember ever getting on me.
“There is a little girl in here.”
“Yes Alive!”
“Get her out of there.”
“Stay away!” I roared. I felt my body grow heavy, it felt like it was stretching, my teeth escaped my mouth and came to rest on my lips. I huffed, my cheek burned. I stepped back into the closet. I turned around. I had a furry four legged body.
“She is a saber demon child!” A man hollered from somewhere in front of m.
That was all I really remembered from that night, but I thought nothing could get any worse, but I was wrong, very wrong.