"Mom?!" the five year old sobbed while getting closer to the table where her mother's lifeless body was.

Tears running down her cheeks while standing tiptoe by the table, her little hands holding onto it in an attempt to stay still while observing what had happened.

Her mother's body laid over a pool of blood, a wound on her chest, she had been murdered. Her eyes were closed and her hands were beneath the wound, being able to see her pallor.

She tried to reach her mom's hands feeling how cold they were, laying her head over the table as she kept crying silently.

"What are you doing here?" her father's voice became present getting her to step away from her mom, wiping her tears quickly. "Did I give you permission to be in this room?" he asked making her shook her head, knowing what was going to happen. "So?" he kneeled down to her height, her head down with her brown hair covering her little face. "Look at me while I'm talking to you" he demanded, so she did, her bright blue eyes containing fresh tears. "Stop crying!" that scream only scared her even more.

Her father didn't doubt any more before slapping her, fresh tears forming in her eyes as she put her tiny hand over her left cheek.

He had always blamed her for being her mom's weakness, the reason why their marriage went wrong, because ever since she was born her mother had protected her in every way she could, even from him. However, that didn't mean that she had successed all the time and at that moment she knew that the abuse would be worse.

"You're so weak" she heard him comment. "You'll never be like your mother if you keep being weak" he said getting her to sob louder. "You know, maybe you two look alike more than I thought" her father looked at her straight in the eyes. "If you're mother hadn't been so coward, if she had killed her when she should... Nothing of this would have happened" he explained.

"Supergirl?" she couldn't avoid asking.

"Yes, it's her fault" her father answered. "Tomorrow we will do the ceremony, now, get out from here" he pointed to the door, so she left running down the hallway until she reached her room.

She locked herself there, tears streaming down her cheeks, her face buried in the pillow in an attempt to hide her sobs.

Since a few months ago her mom had been explaining her about Krypton, their planet, and though she was born in Earth, she was daughter of that kind, so she couldn't avoid feeling curious about it. Every day she would await impatiently the moment when her mom would open the door and would sit down with her to teach her something new. However, she knew that that wasn't going to happen again.

She had known recently about Kara Zor-El or Supergirl as humans called her. That young kryptonian was her cousin, someone who her mom had protected and loved even when they didn't share the same opinions, so she couldn't believe that because of Kara her mom was dead. Supergirl motto was hope and kindness, it couldn't have been her.

The kid closed her eyes tucking herself in the bed, maybe if she fell asleep her pain would disappear.

"Say goodbye, Halley" her father told her pointing to her mom's body.

She approached the table with her head bowed, blinking to let the tears contained in her eyes to go out of them. She held her mom's hand between hers while observing her for the last time.

"I'll be brave just as you taught me, I won't let you down" she murmured not wanting to be hear by anyone else. "I love you, mommy" she kissed her mom's cold and pale cheek before stepping away from the table, her gaze focused on her father.

"Okay, let's go" he gestured for them to take the body before kneeling to her height. "Don't you dare to follow me, understood?" he looked at her straight in the eyes, making her nod.

At the moment she was left alone she started crying without being able to avoid it, burying her face in her little hands knowing she wasn't going to see her again.

The five year old thought about following him in spite of the punishment, knowing it wasn't going to be just a slap and a talk, so she stayed still for a few seconds without knowing what she should do.

Halley ended up doing what she thought it was right even when that was the wrong thing to do, but she needed to be there for the farewell.

She stayed as far as she could so no one could see her, distinguishing Supergirl there, which attracted her curiosity for meeting her and judging her by herself.

'You have been the sun of our lifes. Our prayers will be the sun that lights your way on the journey home. We will remember you in every dawn and await the night to join you in the sky. Rao's will be done'

The words were pronounced by Kara just how the Kryptonian custom dictated, a pray that only made her start crying even more and lose track of time because she hadn't realized that her father was gone. However, she stayed there observing the young superheroe, who had bowed her head between tears.

For a few seconds their gazes crossed finding confusion in her cousin's eyes, but she ran away before Kara could get close to her.

Halley ran to her room hearing her father's footsteps down the hallway, so she laid down in the bed embracing her baby blanket.

"What are you doing?" her father asked entering into the room making her turn to look at him. "I know you've been there" he told her sitting down on the bed. "Did she see you?" he asked which made her frown.

"Who?" she asked back without being sure whom he was referring to.

"Supergirl, Did she see you?" he questioned again to what she shook her head in spite of not being true, but it had only happened for a few seconds. "You know the punishment, right?" her father grabbed her chin to obligate her to look at him straight into the eyes.

She nodded slightly. She didn't need for him to tell her that she couldn't be able to abandon her room for the next few days because doing so it would only imply that the punishment could be even worse. However, she had to admit that she had expected much more, maybe her father was being respectful with the mourning.

Those last two months had been the worst of her short years of life because with nobody who protected her it was easy for her father to do to her whatever he wanted.

Since Indigo's arrival everything was even messier because her father wanted Indigo to be her new mom, but she wasn't going to let that happened. The punishments were getting worse day after day because of her insubordination since she didn't obey Indigo which made them argue most of the time, but they had to admit that it was because that woman... No, computer had never stand her existence and much less her being so young.

All of that had made her father to start using kryptonite, which was leaving marks on her body.

At that moment her father had asked her to stay in her room and not going out no matter what happened, so she was sitting in her bed with her blanket hugged. Her mind wished for the war to be over soon, it had cost her enough, but if there was something that she was asking for was for him to be killed even though she didn't know what would happen with her after that.

The kid heard something beeping which made her stand up, the blanket still between her hands while walking down the hallway of that prision trying to find someone who could tell her what was happening, but she was alone.

Her own fear made her do the only thing that was forbidden for her, going out of the that ship. However, when she didn't know what was happening and she had the feeling her life depended on doing so... She didn't doubt about doing it.

She observed with caution her father and Indigo's bodies laying on the ground, which made her approach them to make sure they were really dead, which they were and a part of her couldn't avoid feeling relieved while the other was asking herself what was going to be happening to her.

Her body trembled with fear after feeling a hand over her shoulder, Were they going to kill her?

She was obligated to turn around while closing her eyes to contain the tears. When she opened again she found a blue eyes that observed her, the House of El symbol on her chest.

"Kara" she whispered her cousin's name with relieve not knowing how Kara was going to react, finding surprise in her face.

"Who are you?" Kara asked her while kneeling down to her height.

"We're cousins" she answered, Kara's breath agitated as such revelation. "I'm Halley" she stretched her arm to reach her cousin's hand, which the young superheroe accepted with a slight smile.

"How old are you?" Kara asked both of them gaining confidence with each other, so she showed her hand with her five fingers. "Five?" her cousin questioned making her nodded. "I need you to trust me, okay?" the hero took her tiny hand to guide her where a man was, who looked at both of them for a few seconds. "Halley, he's J'onn, a friend of mine, and J'onn, she's Halley, my cousin" Kara introduced them which made him to look even more surprised about it. "He's going to take you to a safe place"

"What about you?" she asked with fear of losing her when she had just met her.

"I have to do something first, I'll meet you there, I promise" Kara kissed her forehead being that the first affection she had received for so long.

Halley couldn't avoid crying the moment she was found in J'onn arms watching how her cousin was walking toward the Kryptonian prision, sincerely she wasn't sure if she was going to see her again.

She was afraid. She couldn't lie about it, but she didn't have any other options than going with J'onn and pray for her cousin to be safe.

Hi!

This is my new fanfic that I've been thinking about writing for a long time. Just to remind that English is not my first language so it may be some grammar mistakes.

I hope you have liked this first chapter, let me know what you think.

Thanks for reading,

Ayrin