Amir's POV

"That doesn't sound good, David." I said as I ran in the direction of the scream.

When I opened the door, I saw Rose screaming like her life depended on it. I immediately went over to her and brought her in for a hug. However, she started struggling and yelling at me.

"Let me go! Let me go! Let me go!"

"Rose! Wake up! It's just a nightmare! Wake up!" I said as I shook her. When I stopped shaking her, I saw that she was awake.

"Let me go. Right now." She said as she pushed me off the bed.

"That's not nice, Rose. I was just trying to..." I stopped as I saw her shaking.

"What happened? The screaming stopped and I heard something fall." David said as he came in.

"Are you okay Rose? You were screaming in your sleep and now you're shaking." I said

"I'm fine. There's nothing to worry about."

"Nothing to worry about? You were screaming for goodness sakes and you're telling me not to worry?"

"You know what? Just shut up! Who the hell do you think you are? My family? My father? Get over yourself. You are just some stranger who decided to let a five year old into your house. Nothing more."

"I just wanted to help you."

"You want to help me? Then look in that bag for a notebook with a G on it. Look for Ginseng and mint tea. Fix a cup of that and bring it to me. You and David can have some too. Then leave me the hell alone."

"Okay. Fine." I looked through her bag and found the notebook. I took it and started walking towards the kitchen. On my way I ran into David.

"Hey, you okay Amir?" He asked me

"No, I'm not okay. I'm just trying to help her but she's pushing me away. I don't know what to do. Even though I just met her, I already think of her as my daughter. But she hates me."

"Oh Amir. You gotta give these things time. But enough of that, what are you making?"

"She said that if I really want to help her then I should make this tea and being it to her then leave her alone."

"Wait, is it Ginseng and mint tea?"

"Yeah it is. How did you know?"

"She gave me some when I was over at her house. She said that it takes care of mental stress and helps you relax."

"Well, I'm done making it so why..don't....we-" I stopped as I looked at my clothes.

"Amir? What's wrong?" David said as he turned me around and saw what I was looking at.

"What happened?" He asked me

"I don't know. All I know is that it's not my blood."

"Well of its not your blood then whose is it? It's not like you came into contact with..."

Right then, the realization came to the both of us. I was holding Rose. So if it's not my blood then its hers. Oh no. As fast as I could, I ran upstairs and into Rose's room. I saw her on her bed bandaging a bleeding wound on her leg. I just stood there not knowing what to do.

Basil's POV

I was in my room bandaging my bleeding wounds that he gave me, when I heard the door burst open. I wanted to finish with my leg before facing the shit storm so I ignored whoever was at the door.

Once I finished, I looked up and saw David and Amir just staring at me. Amir looked like he was about to pass out and David looked like he was seeing something that he couldn't believe.

"Is that my tea? Thanks for making it." I said as I got off the bed, walked over to David, took the cup out of his hands and walked back over to the bed. I took a sip of tea and started talking.

"So David, why are you looking at me like that? I'm not a unicorn or a flying pig you know. All I am is a girl who knows how to take care of her wounds." That's when Amir decided it was a good time to faint.

"I'm going to put Amir to bed. Once I'm done, we are going to have a talk  young lady." David said as he princess carried Amir to their bedroom.

Five minutes later, he came back and sat down in a chair that was by my bed.

"Who?" He asked

"Who? Why whatever do you mean? I thought adults were supposed to speak in complete sentences. Especially you since you're a police officer." I said knowing full well what he was asking me

"Who did that to you?"

"No comment."

"Why did they do it?"

"No comment."

"What did they do it with?"

"A knife. You know, you're terrible at interrogating someone. No wonder they put you on the field."

"Why didn't you tell me? I could've helped you."

I could've hurt you. A small voice in my head said

"I didn't tell you because I can take care of myself."

"You can't take care of yourself! Your just a little girl!" He yelled at me

"SHUT UP!!! I may be a little girl but don't you dare underestimate me. You get on the wrong side and I could be your worst nightmare! You don't know shit about me. You don't know me yet you have audacity to act like your my motherfucking father and give a shit. Well here's what I think. You can take all your " I'm just worried about you " shit and stuff it all up your ass! Now if you don't mind, I would like to sleep since I have to go the "pound" tomorrow. " I said

He just sat there with his mouth wide open. After a few minutes, he finally snapped out of it and walked out the door.

Was that so hard? No, it wasn't. You don't need anyone. Everyone is untrustworthy. All you need is yourself and your music. No one else. Said that annoying voice in my head. But I know its right. I search my bag for my iPod and headphones. Once I find them, I put it on shuffle and the first one to play is Moonlight Sonata-first movement by Beethoven.(listen to it. It is really good.) As I listened, I feel asleep feeling cold.

I woke up early the next day. After I had a nightmare about him and what he's done I couldn't go back to sleep. So I just sat at the kitchen table and waited for David to come downstairs. Five hours later, Amir and David came downstairs wearing nothing but shorts.

"Rose? What are you doing down here?" Amir asked when he realized that I was there.

"I'm waiting for David to hurry up and stop being a slow turtle so he can take me to wherever he plans to dump me."

"What do you mean slow? It's 10 o'clock on a Saturday morning. How long have you been up?" David asked me

"Since 5 o'clock. Now come on. I wanna leave."

"Shouldnt we take you to the hospital first? Your leg is injured pretty badly." Amir said

"I told you last night. I can take care of myself. Now, put a shirt on and let's go." I said

"Fine. Just give me a few minutes." David said as he ran back upstairs to his room.

5 minutes later, he came down with a plain red T-shirt on. He grabbed his keys and walked out the door with me following him. We get into his car and started our silent ride to the orphanage.

The orphanage was small in size and was an ugly light green. When we walked in we were greeted by this fat lady that looked like a dorito.

"Hello sir. How might I help you today?" She said

"Well, this little one-" David started

"Little one?" I said

"Sorry. This girl has just lost her only family and so we want you to find a good home for her."

"Oh, no problem. Just fill out a few papers and you'll be done. Right this way." She said as she led him into an office.

I decided to take a look around the place. I walked to the right of the entrance which led me to the cafeteria. Some kids week having lunch right now. Then, I left the kitchen, past the staircase and into the living room which had a TV and couches in it. I exited that and went up the stairs. I went by each door and saw that they were just bedrooms. I got to the end of the hall and saw an empty room. I decided to take that room so I went in, threw my bag on the floor, fell onto the bed and slept.

"WAKE THE HELL UP!!" I heard some annoying person scream.

Not expecting that ugly voice, I immediately got up from the bed and liked around. The only person I saw was that dorito lady. I'm going to call her ms.Dorito from now on.

"What do you want?" I asked her

"Follow me. I need to tell you the rules that you're going to abide by while you're here." She said as she walked out of my room and I followed.

We kept walking until we were in the basement. All of a sudden, she turns around and hits me right upside the head. As I fall to the ground the only thing I'm thinking is that she moves fast for a fat lady.

Anyway, she's straps me to this table that feels like metal and walks away. When she come back, she's holding this collar in her hands. On the inside, there's a red hot metal band. She then proceeds to press it to my neck and wrap it around until its secure while I'm screaming like those white girls that are about to be killed when they go somewhere that's obviously dangerous.

When I stop screaming, she holds up a mirror so that I can see what she did. It was a thin black collar with a ring in the front.

"You see that? That's proof that you're not a person anymore. You are a dog with a leash. When you talk to someone, you say master. You listen to every word they say. Understood?"

My throat was still burning so all I could do was shake my head in defiance.

"Are you being disobedient? Oh no, that won't work at all. Nobody wants a disobedient dog. Let's see if we can fix that." She said as she put the mirror down and went to get some crate. When she opened it, it was full of whips and other things.

"Time to train." She said as she held up the whip.

1 year later

1 year. It has been one year since I was brought here. Turns out, this orphanage actually sells the kids as servants, or dogs, to rich people. In the year that I have been here, I have gotten more scars, I have developed an I-don't-give-a-fuck attitude, I have been sold to 6 people and they have all sent me back saying I was too disobedient.

Ms.Dorito doesn't mind though since I make her money. That's all she cares about. Other than hurting us, that is. Right now, they are trying to see who I am going to next.

"Here we have the one we named Wolf. She's very defiant and disrespectful. Who will be the one to tame her? Nobody knows. We'll start at 10 grand."

"20" I heard one guy say

"25" I heard another guy

"50 grand." This super rich looking guy said

"50! Going once. Going twice. Sold!" She said.

The guy walked over to ms.Dorito, handed her the money and walked towards me. He looked me over and nodded in approval.

"Oh yes. You will do just fine." He said as he clipped my chain leash to my collar and walks me out to his car.