"MALKEM!" Someone yelled at the 6 year old boy

Malkem opened his eyes and rubbed them confusedly-twisting his head to see who had yelled at him. He used the tree he had been sleeping on to stabilize himself to stand up-

"Malkem..." A sweet voice lingered above him-leaves falling out of the tree

"AAAH!" Malkem yelled in suprise-his gaze meeting two green emeralds-eyes

"What?" The girl said confusedly-cocking her head confusedly.

Malkem rubbed his eyes to see what happened.He looked at a girl-upside down on a tree branch-cocking her head at him in curiousity.She had hair the colour of the darkest back and the brightest green-like emeralds-Malkem shivered-they stared into her soul.She glared at him before yelling

"IS THERE A BUG ON ME?!" She screeched-using her hands to flail out helplessly 

"No--QUIN YOU ARE GONNA FALL--" Malkin screamed at the female as she lost her grip and fell out of the tree-a big crack following it 

Malkem flinched and covered his eyes-approximately a jiffy later-he heard a blood curling wail-edged with pain and horror

"Quinn!" A voice called as a woman with black hair-a apron a worried face came running

"MOM!" Malkem wailed-not opening his eyes and shut his ears as he heard Quinns yells

Issabella came over and scooped up Quinn-who was whimpering

"Malkem?" She said "Where was Quinn?"

Malkem opened his eyes-at the concerned mother.

"On a tree...Is she going to be ok?" He squeaked-staring at the groaning pile in Isabellas hands

"She is going to be ok..." Isabella said fastly-running back to the grand orphanage

Malkem stared as she ran away-he sniffed and wiped his tear away

"She is going to be ok Malkem!" A voice said as a ginger head popped out from behind him.

The exited ball of energy had emerald oval-shaped eyes and notably thin eyebrows. Her hair is a light orange colour that is short and messy, sticking up at all angles around her head and worn parted to her right with a single longed lock curving upwards to one side from her parting, and another from the base of her neck. Like all the other children at the orphanage, Emma wore the standard uniform— a white shirt and skirt along with plain brown shoes. Her identification number, "63194", was written across her neck.

A grin was on Emma's face as she hopped to be right in front of him

Emma smiled as she ruffled Malkem's pale red hair

Malkem was always entranced at the energetic child

She always had a fun time-her face always in a happy pose

Emma had a lot of friends-Everyone liked her-Except Quinn.

For some reason-She hated Emma-with a burning passion

Malkem never understood it

But he was uncomfortable next to her-a burning ball of energy-every second-glowing brighter, Brighter and brighter-until she is a big blazing fire-enveloping everyone around her in happiness and positivity--

"Emma's power of unicorns and rainbows" Malkem heard someone say 

Malkem nodded at her-not talking 

Emma stared at him-keeping her mouth shut for once 

"Why don't you talk?" She asked calmly-her eyes piercing his 

Malkem stared at her for a second-opened his mouth to defend himself--

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"MALKEM! I AM SORRY COME BACK!" Emma was screaming as Malkem ran away-racing across the fields-panting 

Emma ran a few meters before feeling a tug on her back

She looked back before seeing a boy-with the darkest black hair-covering his eyes sometimes.

"Ray!" She squeaked as she struggled "Let me go!" 

The boy stared at her for a second then began to speak

"Has Malkem ever spoken to you?" He said-a edge of annoyance in his voice

"No..." The ginger head spoke 

"How many times have you tried?" He asked again 

"36" A voice called as an albino boy began running towards them-panting "This month" The boy added

"Thank you Norman-" Ray nodded towards the exhausted child-now heavily breathing on the floor "So-Emma-the chance of him even responding are low-18%-Talking to you makes it even harder-just leave him. He only speaks to Quinn and Mother-maybe squeaks a few words to others!" 

Emma huffed-looking pissed off 

Silence filled the trio

"Fine..." Emma said reluctantly before turning around to look at Norman-who was now getting us from the floor-his breathing more stable now "Ok.." She said-poking a finger at Norman

"BUT HE IS IT!!!" She screamed before running away

Ray and Norman stared at the giggling child-their faces confused

"Wait-Wait-we are playing tag now?" Norman asked almost timidly

"I guess-HEY WAIT!" Ray started before seeing Norman edge towards him "GIVE ME A HEAD START!" 

Ray scampered off-leaving the albino to count to ten

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Malkem was disturbed by Emma-At least her question 

"Why don't you talk?" She had asked-her face innocent 

The 5-year-old shuffled around-staring at the dense forest he had run into.

He wasn't looking around when he ran-his eyes were full of tears...

Malkem stood up timidly-at the forest-now growing darker by the minute. The way the oak trees bent over to glare at him-the eyes in the bushes...The big "CAWW!" 's of the crows overhead him

Malkem shivered in fear before a tree quivered-rustling

He flinched and stared at the tree-his eyes starting to fill up with tears

Malkem broke down-scared of what was coming

"Malkem?" A soft familiar voice called-motherly and sweet

A familiar woman edged out of the shadows-her face masked with worry 

"Malkem!" Isabella said-happily scooping him up "Don't scare me like that!" she scolded "You cant run into the forest at around this time!" 

Malkem shook his head agreeably-clutching her clothes tightly

"Oh...It's ok Malkem...It's ok..." Isabella said-stroking his hair slowly-his pale red/pink hair 

"Now... let's get you back home..."  Isabella coed-walking back to the orphanage

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As Isabella and Malkem marched out of the forest-about 20 kids were waiting 

Half of them were wailing 

"MALKEM!"

"MALKEM ARE YOU OK?"

"Is he hurt?"

"I see a scratch on him!"

"No-that was there before I think--"

Malkem stared at the children-more than half he didn't know. He blushed-they knew more about him than he knew about them!

Isabella released Malkem to the floor as he clambered off to the floor-staring at all of the children

Malkem quivered before tensing and opening his moth to say something--

"Guys! Malkem is ok!" A chirp echoed from behind the crowd-as everyone turned around to see Quinn in crutches

Malkem gasped at her-wondering how serious her pain was

"So we can all go sleep!" Quinn almost yelled "Also-You guys know Malkem doesn't like squashy crowds-Get outta here--"

"Language!" Isabella scolded Quinn before she said something 

"--You cows!" Quinn didn't listen as she continued

Some kits took mock offence as some took it literally 

Almost like clockwork-kids started yawning and rubbing their eyes sleepily 

Mom nodded towards the older kids who held /picked up the younger ones and leaded them back to the orphanage.

The only people who hadn't moved were Malkem, Quinn and Marie & Seb. 

The two older teens were whispering in shushed noises

All Malkem could hear was: "Watch....Fake...Tracker"

And: "Seb!...down...No...late"

Malkem cocked his head and assumed it wasn't important as he trudged over to Quinn-Who was staring at him-beaming 

"So--How are you?" She asked calmly 

"N-no-how are you?  The person who fell out of a tree?" He looked at her crutches

Quinn stared at him for a minute before getting it--

"Oh-This is my injury" She pointed at a scab on her knee

Malkem relaxed

"And you have the crutches why?" 

"I asked." She said-grinning

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So-Hi!
Thank u so much for reading this. I hope it exited you are you're hooked

I will be posting a new chapter every week 

Though I try my best to be neat-Life may throw god knows what at me and disrupt the schedule-

So please-bear with me!

Tank u-

Luna

Btw my brother actually used to say 'tank you' instead of 'Thank you' 

ITS PART OF MY DIALECT NOW LOL

Also-Quinn gets whatever she wants-when she wants lol