8 yr old Michelle (POV)

The morning started fairly well. The best part of the day though is when I went to school and played with my best friend Kai. I met him when we were 5 years old at the playground and since then we have become inseparable. 

He had the curliest black hair I have ever seen in all of my eight years of living and the most mesmerizing blue eyes someone could possess.

I can be such a poet when I talk about Kai's eyes.

My dad picked up Kai and I from school and drove us home. I said bye to Kai and headed into my house. As soon as my dad dropped us off he headed for work since he had a late shift tonight.

That was when things took a turn for the worse.

Just 4 hours after I bathed, finished eating my dinner and was ready for bed I heard some gunshots. At first, I thought it was those lousy bikes passing through the neighbourhood being obnoxiously loud, but scarily no.

After the shots I heard screaming. Lots and lots of screaming.

My ears nearly bled from how loud everything around me was. My senses reached new heights due to the fear in my body.

My door flew open and I just started to bawl, thinking that I was about to get hurt, just then I saw my mom with taser guns grasped in each hand.

She came up to me and hugged me tight.

"Mommy I hear gunshots" I whispered to my mom. She looked at me terrified and covered my ears to protect them from the harsh noises from outside. This was extremely nauseating. I felt sick.

"Yes, those are gunshots, lock your door and go underneath your bed." she ordered, "do not come from underneath there until I say so" she said sternly.

"Okay" I whispered obediently.

I hid underneath my bed while tears streamed down my face. I heard screams outside on the front lawn as more shots followed.

My whole body trembled out of fear, wondering if I'm going to be next.

I heard three taps at my balcony door, as I started to slide on my stomach to respond to the familiar sound, I quickly remembered the instructions so I froze in my spot. My heart and mind was at war "No! Mommy said not to come from underneath my bed' but the taps just continued and continued until I decided to go to the door.

As expected, it was my best friend, Kai, and he looked just as terrified as me with tears streaming down his face. I opened the door and he came running in. I hurriedly locked the door and pulled the curtains.

"Kai! Are you okay?" I questioned as I dragged him to my hiding spot.

I felt scared but relieved that Kai was safe. Time crept by slowly as we held each other's hands tightly. We barely spoke, but knew what each other was thinking.

I saw blue light dancing on the porcelain white floor tiles and the sound of sirens.

"Elle!" I heard my parents at the door. I rushed to the door still feeling traumatized. They hugged me tight and I broke in their arms.

I turned around and saw Kai curling on my bed sobbing softly.

Two tall policemen came up to my bedroom door. My father turned to have a conversation with the policemen. His forehead wrinkled and he closed his eyes, turning back to us and the policemen moving towards my bed.

"No Elle, my parents" Kai started to sob "They-they shot them " then he came up to me and wrapped me in his arms and I embraced him in a hug. "I think they're dead Elle what am I going to do without parents"

My parents held me, trying to keep me calm.

I just could not understand why Kai had to go.

"Elle! Elle!" Kai screamed, as the policemen carried him away.

Of course I did not accept this, so I screamed and did some ninja kicks to free Kai from the supposed 'good people' who wanted to take him away from me.

"Elle!" He yelled a last time before they put him in a car and drove him away. I saw him scramble to the back of the car looking through the back window.

'I'll come back to you" he mouthed and then he was gone.

My parents quickly pulled me back and questioned my decision to harm good people.

'Good people my foot!', the thought raced across my mind.

"They were taking my best friend away". I sobbed uncontrollably.

Once the cops were gone and everything died down I saw some movement at the side of my eye. I turned to see a big man with a bald head in his late 20s. He stood beside a boy my age with blonde hair and the most beautiful green eyes.

Our eyes connected and he was staring at me with his piercing eyes.

The big man stretched out his hairy arms and grabbed the little boy's arm, dragging him away with a scowl and started to curse under his breath.

That was weird...

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Hiii thanks for clicking on this story. Since this is just chapter one it might take a while for chapter 2 to come out since there's gonna be a lot of thinking for the upcoming chapters but once chap 2 is out there more than likely gonna be a schedule for regular updates