BOOM.

The crash of thunder shook the whole forest ground beneath Keith's bare feet. His wide violet eyes scan the area, looking for a way to escape, a way to find his way back home but he saw nothing but miles of trees and darkness.The only light he was given would be a bright flash of lightning up within the gray clouds as the storm seems to grow more and more angry by the second.

"Little Boyyyy" called a chilling voice of a woman and Keith turned around quickly. 

"No!" he thought as he gripped his head, "It was her, she was here again for him." The thunder crashed again above him, causing him to jump and then the rain began to fall down upon his cold skin. He stood perfectly still, hoping if he didn't make a sound that the witch wouldn't find him but he knew deep down that that was a lie, she always found him.

"Come here" came her voice and it was much closer now. Keith just wanted to curl in upon himself. "Why" he thought, "Why does this keep happening to me?"

All of a sudden he heard a stick break near him and he looked up, standing near him was a cloaked figure, who was reaching out for him. Keith jumped back but not fast enough, her long claws scrapped his wrist, leaving 3 bloody lines behind. Keith cradled his arm to his chest with a hiss of pain and turned and ran. He ran and ran, dodging tree after tree. The stormy night's sky kept thundering along with his quicken heart beat and fast breathing so he couldn't tell if the witch was following him.

Just then as he made a corner, a black mist appeared and there she was.

The Witch.

She lashed out at him and scratched his cheek, causing him to fall down upon the dirty forest floor. Keith kicked away from her and grabbed a nearby stick and began to swing it at her. He managed to get one good hit on her before she leapt towards him. Keith screamed, closed his eyes tightly, when just then a tingling wave washed all around him and he swore he heard a roar. 

He could feel the witch's hand upon his shirt but before anything else could happen a flash of lightning made everything go white.

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Keith shot up in his bed, breathing heavily.

"SHIRO!!"

His eyes darting all around the dark bedroom of his. He pulled his knees up to his chest and began to cry. He hated this, he hated all of this.

Keith could hear his door to his room being thrown open, he could faintly hear footsteps coming near him, but he just couldn't lift his head up from his knees, he just couldn't get his breathing under control. His whole body was trembling with fear and he was so numb, he wasn't safe.

The bed dipped before him and he could hear the muffled sound of someone's voice but he didn't know who it was, but he tried to focus on it over the ringing sound in his ears.

"-In for 7....5..out for..breath in...out for...keep going...4...in...Keith..."

"That was Shiro, his big brother" Keith thought as he raised his head up. As soon as he did he was met with a warm smile from his brother. Shiro slowly opened his arms up for Keith and Keith threw himself at his brother, holding onto him for dear life as he began to cry again.

Shiro began to rub soothing circles on his trembling back, "It's okay Keith, I got you. You're safe now'' said Shiro as Keith tighten his hold on his brother.

''I-I...I..'' Keith tried to speak but he just couldn't get anything out.

"Hush, it's okay. I know'' said Shiro as he pulled away from Keith.

He moved from Keith a bit and turned on the lap beside his bed to get a good look at his little brother. Shrio brushed a piece of dark ebony hair out of Keith's eyes and looked down at him. He sighed at seeing his teared stained face along with the dirt and the bloody scratch.

"Oh ototo. (Oh little brother)" whispered Shiro as he cupped Keith's face in his hand. Keith tilted his head in Shiro's hold and closed his eyes, he finally felt safe now.

"I'll be right back" said Shiro as he got up and headed to the bathroom to grab the first aid kit that they kept in there for stuff like this. They were used to this by now.

When it first happened, it scared Shiro and his family to death, they couldn't believe it or understand what was going on and Shiro's parents truly never really did. They thought he somehow must have hurt himself in his sleep, so Keith began to hide it but that just made things worst.

So Shiro came to him, he told him that he believed him for he was his little brother whom he loved and would never turn his back on.

Shiro spent a whole night in his room keeping watch while Keith slept. Keith was just begging for someone to see that he wasn't doing this to himself. The only person who ever believed him was his father, but he was gone now, dead. No one at the orphanage or any of the foster homes ever believed him.

So half way through the night while Keith was asleep, Shiro was on his phone, he heard Keith's breathing pick up, a sign that he was in distress, a nightmare, but Keith told him not to wake him because he had to prove it. So Shiro bit his tongue and waited. He watched for a while and before his eyes he saw a bloody scratch form upon Keith's forehead while his arms were laying on his belly. Shiro's eyes grew so wide, he felt like they were going to pop out. He wasted no time in waking Keith up then and after that, he believed everything Keith ever told him and it scared him.

For all the stuff he has heard and learned from and about Keith, it just didn't seem fair for someone to go through all of it. Keith was an innocent, kind boy with a huge heart but he had to put these walls up to protect himself, had to push others away and was always full of anger, mostly at himself. He just wanted to be loved and wanted but with how his life has been for him it seemed like everything and everyone wanted the exact opposite for him.

It seemed like the universe was against him, but was it really?