Morning light was shining. It was so bright, it woke the blond boy laying in the ruins of an old mansion. A mansion where nightmares lie. The boy groaned before opening his uncovered eye. Above him, the sky was a perfect blue. Birds flew north, as if winter had just past. Finally realizing something, he shot up into a sitting position. He was still there? But the curse should've ended after he burned down that cursed house!

He sighed and got to his feet. Looking around, he came to the conclusion that it had been at least five years. Due to the age of the ruins. He sighed. How was he still here? After five years too. Finally, he decided to test something. He walked to the edge of the old rubble, and stood there.

"Here goes nothing.", he said to himself in a hoarse voice, before taking a step on the grass of what used to be the front yard. He took another, and another, until he stood far enough away to prove his theory. He was finally able to leave that horrid place. But why? What was happening? It couldn't be Aya, could it? No. He had made sure that everything the girls mother asked of him was done. So what then?

His thoughts were interrupted by a scream not to far away. It was girlish, and sounded entirely playful. But he decided to check it out all the same. When he had finally found the source though, his eye widened. Playing in a clearing, was a girl with short brown hair. She had light brown eyes too. She wore a red jacket, a white shirt with stars and writing, a green undershirt, and blue denim short shorts. She spun in circles with a wide smile on her face.

The boy sighed. No one was supposed to even be near the hell house. So he stood up and walked into the clearing. The girl hadn't noticed him right away, so he cleared his throat. Immediately, she stopped spinning, and looked at him with a curious look. He sighed once more.

"No one is allowed to be here.", he said clearly. The girl tilted her head.

"Why?",she asked in a quiet voice. He was taken back by this.

"Why? Just cause."

"That is not a real reason."

This girl. She was easily getting on the boys nerves. His hands were fists and his body was shaking with anger. The girl only sat there staring before she walked past him. Immediately, he froze. She was going toward the mansion. Quickly grabbing her wrist, he pulled her into his chest. She yelped. She was about to question what he was doing when he interrupted.

"Not that way. Anywhere but that way.", he whimpered. The girl relaxed. She felt sad for him. So she only nodded. When he let go, she turned around to face him. But something struck her as odd.

"What happened to your eye?"

There was no immediate answer, and the look on the boys face, she could tell that it was a touchy subject. Looking down, she whispered out an apology. Silence still ensued. So the girl decided to go home, seeing how dark it was anyway. As normally as she could she asked the boy where he lived. He sort of froze.

"I, uh, don't have a home..."

"Adelina! Come say hi to the doctor!", my mother called. I had been in my room playing with my dolls at the time. I would rather stay there though. I never did like doctors. They were very scary. And my daddy died in the company of one. But I did as I was told anyway and ran downstairs. As soon as I got down there, I saw my mother talking to a man with brown hair, a white long coat, and glasses. Beside him was a girl around my age with black hair and blue eyes.

"Hello doctor. My name is Adelina.", I introduced myself. The three people turned to me. My mother was smiling, as was the doctor. But the little girl was hiding. The doctor brought my attention back to him when he cleared my throat.

"Ah, yes. It is nice to meet you." Then he turned to the girl and whispered something in her ear. She nodded and went to stand in front of him. She looked down.

"My name is Aya. It is really nice to meet you."