I sat on a log, and I was all alone now. For the first time in my entire life, I was all alone. I recalled the events that took place before I got here. All the crying, running, I felt like I was on the verge of going insane. While I was running, I scraped my foot on a branch and I fell, which caused me to sprain my ankle. I screamed out in pain, but I had to keep going. What choice did I really have? So now, instead of running, I was crawling. I crawled as fast as I could until I ended up here on this very log all alone, no one to help me, no one to save me; I was completely and utterly alone. I thought about going back, but I was too dangerous. I had no idea what I would do or what it would make me do. Right now, I have to stay out here, I'm a danger to everybody, including myself. I needed to keep moving, so I stood up and cried out in pain, sitting back down onto the log. I smiled, being reminded of a memory with Leo. There was this one day that we were in the orphanage when we were seven, they had given us a special treat, allowing us to go to the park. Leo and I were so excited. They never brought us here, so this was the time of our lives.
That day, Leo and I swung on the swings, we went down the slide, and everything you could possibly imagine us doing at a park. I decided to climb the rock wall next. I started to climb the rock wall as happily as I could've been when I scraped my knee against a rock, which caused me to fall down. I screamed in pain, crying. The caretakers walked over to me, but they didn't help; they just yelled at me for being reckless. However, Leo ran to me. Leo bent down beside me, asking if I were ok. That day he was wearing his favorite and only good shirt but he ripped it wrapping it around my knee for me! "It's not the best, but it will work." I laughed. That day I gave him the biggest hug. That was the first time I realized Leo would always choose me, even if it meant giving up his own comfort. I didn't have time to think right now, though, I had to keep going. I had a feeling Orion was looking for, me and I couldn't allow him to find me, so I started to crawl because I couldn't walk. Crawling was definitely a stupid idea because now, instead of just having a twisted ankle now I was getting bruises, scrapes, and blood everywhere.
I felt woozy from the blood loss, but again, I had to keep going, whatever it took, to keep everybody that I loved safe, from me. I leaned against a tree to rest for a minute. I couldn't keep going at this pace. That's when the strangest thing happened: time just stopped. I don't mean this metaphorically; everything around me just froze. The trees stopped waving, there was no breeze, the birds stopped chirping, and it was completely silent. I blinked a few times, and everything went back to normal. The trees waved, birds chirped, and the breeze was back. I figured it was probably the blood loss and started to move again. After a few hours of crawling, I stopped. I looked around me, confused. What was I doing again? I was unsure why I was crawling. I tried to stand up but fell back down. That's why. I thought and continued going. I was so deep into the forest that I had lost all concept of time, and I didn't know where I was. I decided to take another break; I was sure nobody would find me out here. I once again thought about Leo, and I remembered one night during a thunderstorm, I was so scared.
All the other kids were sleeping, and I was hiding under my covers, praying that it would go away. When I felt a hand lifting my covers up, I flinched. "Luna, chill, it's just me!" Leo whispered. "Oh! You scared me!" He laughed. "You sounded scared, I needed to make sure you were ok!" He slid into my bed. "I'm ok now, would you stay with me?" I asked. "I'd love to, Luna." Even back then, we both knew we were different but we didn't realize how much, I guess. "One day, when we leave this place, we're going to be legends, Luna! Just the two of us." Now, all alone in this forest, I wondered what it was that we've become. It was as if the harder I tried to focus on that memory, the faster it vanished into thin air until there was nothing left.
Again, I was confused as to what I was doing. That's when I felt something, or not something but someone. I felt a rush of calm but also numbness go through me. I wasn't alone; there was somebody else here in the forest with me. My powers were like an early warning system. I scooted myself over, trying to hide myself to the best of my abilities. When I heard rustles coming from the trees. "Luna, I know you're here." I heard a man say as he walked. Some branches on the floor cracked. How did he know who I was? I didn't recognize this man's voice at all. I leaned over, trying to get a look at this man. He stepped out of the trees. The man was tall, lean, and cloaked in a long earth colored coat that brushed the leaves. He wasn't old yet, he wasn't exactly young, I would say he was mid 30s, he had a trimmed beard that darkened his draw and his eyes were this deep brown. He had longer hair, hair that went down to his shoulders. "STAY BACK!' I yelled. "Luna, do you remember me?" He asked. I truly didn't. He chuckled.
"It's alright, I haven't seen you since you were just a little girl." I wondered if this man had powers. "Yes, Luna, I have abilities. I think you can tell what they are by now." Wait, could he read my mind? I thought. "Yes, Luna, I can read your mind." He touched my shoulder from behind me, and I jumped. "I'm Darkin Caelith. From the psychic bloodline," He extended out his hand. "You're all grown up now. I remember seeing you at the orphanage when you were a little girl. I wanted so badly to adopt you, but I couldn't do that to my brother. Not when he has no idea…" He paused. "Well, nevermind." He smiled. I faintly recalled meeting him once at the orphanage.
"I think I've met you." He grabbed my arm, lifting me up. "Yes, Luna, I understand why you can barely remember. Even I have trouble reading your mind; it's so jumbled. I wish I could just." He tried to put his hands on my head. "No," He turned away. "You mentioned your brother." He snapped. "Ah, yes, my brother, my unfortunate brother. Married a woman way too good for him." He laughed. "Your mother was a beauty." I squinted my eyes. "Wait, your brother married my mother, so does that mean…" He finished my sentence. "Yes, Luna, I'm your uncle." He placed me down onto a rock. "So, then you know where my father is or if he's even alive?" I asked. He squatted down in front of me. "Of course I do, that's a story for another day. I'm not here to talk about your father but about you." His expression became serious. "Luna, you are in serious danger, and I don't mean from the Eclipse Order. The orb, it's taking away your memories, and it's bleeding your time together. Soon, you'll be lost through time, and I won't be able to save you." Darkin said.