Click!

Click!

Clunk!

The door locks were unlocked. I quickly stood up from the floor.

"Well well well, isn't the troublemaker of the group."

"I guess so. I don't know why I'm down here. I was in my room at nine."

"Don't back talk me!" Her eyes started to turn black. She took deep breaths and her eyes where back to a brown color.

I stare at her. "How did you do that?"

She's already right in front of me, and it doesn't take long till a slap came across my face. A red hand print is there.

I cover my face with my hands. She's going to beat me. Nobody can stop her.

"I don't have to answer myself to you!" A punch goes in my gut. I feel like throwing up. Tears fall from my eyes, but no sound goes down.

I've been hit by Madam Devil many times in my room, but this area makes it hurt so much more.

She grabs me by the hair and throws me into the wall. Blood. I feel blood trickling down the side of my face.

Her phone goes off and she answers it. I know better than to scream. She'll hit me again and nobody will believe me. She's a so called angel to the public. She'll just till everyone I fell down the stairs. There's no punishment for her actions.

"I'll be up in a minute..." She looks at me like I'm her prey. Her smile slowly fades. "I'll deal with you later. You can stay here and think about what you have done." She exits the room and the locks make noise that echoes through the room.

I feel blood dripping down my arm and onto the ground. I take my shirt off and press it to the side of my head. I sit there in a sports bra and pants.

It's a weird feeling. I'm literally stuffing my t-shirt to the inside of my head. If that's even possible.

Black dots slowly block my vision and I know it's from blood lost. I look up to the ceiling and see stars.

I look around myself and in surrounded by tress. I see a star fall. Crumbling into dust.

Same little star, same. There's no way I'm going to find a family. I've been here all my life. What's the point in even waiting anymore? I should have ran once I turned eighteen.

The dust of the star slowly circled around till it formed a beautiful wolf. She doesn't move to attack me or anything. She sits down and looks me in the eyes. I see myself. Walking around the house. Around the town. Nobody is grabbing me and taking me back to this place.

I feel free in the eyes of the wolf. She nods her head. She does it again. And again. Again. Again. Again. Again. Till she transforms back into star dust that flies towards me.

I close my eyes again. The next time I opened it I'm in Room D1. I place my hand to the side of my face and... My wound is healed. I feel nothing, but my hair, skin, and skull.

How did I do this?

The door opens again and the devil has arrived. She clearly looks pissed off. She marches over to me and pulls me out of the room.

"I did nothing to you, understand?" She said in a yelling whisper.

I raised my eyebrow.

"If you mess with me your pathetic life will only get worst." Her eye changed colors again. I nodded my head. What the hell? She's not normal!

She pulls me back into her other office. The one she talks to adults. We are at the door and she looks at me.

"Where the hell is your shirt?"

I'm in my sports bra walking around. I quickly run to my floor and grab a jacket. I threw it on and speeded up and down stairs.

Madam Devil was waiting for me. She open the door and walks in with me at her tail. I see a married couple and two kids. I timidly walked over to the chair I was supposed to sit in. Madam Devil nod her head and I sat down.

"Mr. and Mrs. Coug, this is Cassandra. She was the girl you somehow wanted to adopt."

I stare at anything, but them. I stared at the wall, the floor, the window, the door, the desk, anything.

God. I never been in a situation like this. Most people didn't want to adopt me.

"Hello Cassandra. I'm Annabel Coug. This my husband Nick. That's Jerrold and Diana."

I look up to see her hand reached out towards me. I shake it like a normal person.

Yes! Point one to Cassandra. Look! I'm being the perfect adopted child. Get me out of here!

Our hands fall. Madam Devil drones on about adopting stuff that didn't concern me. I just sat there until Diana. I think that's her name... Right?

Anyways, she came up to me and started to play with my hazel blond hair. I kinda just sat there. There hasn't been anybody in a long time to touch my hair gently.

She pulled her fingers down it and pulled her hand out. Blood.

"MOMMY!"

Annabel looked over and grabbed her daughter's hand analyzing it. Her face soon turned to a confused one.

"This isn't your blood."

She makes contact with me and Madam Devil started to growl.

I mean growl. Like a animal. Annabel walked over to me. Is she going to hit me? Madam Devil would. I made a mess.

Her hand gently came onto my head and down my hair. Her hand was covered in blood.

"My my my, Cassandra. What were you doing when I found you?"

I quickly moved my eyes to the floor.

"It's ok," Nick's deep voice filled the room,"We should probably clean the blood off, then we can finish this meeting. Jerrold take Cassandra to the bathroom."

Jerrold get up from his seat, and pulls me up mine. We walked to my floor. I'm not going to use other people's bathrooms.

"Sit on the counter."

I do so. He comes back with a wet rag. He starts to separate my hair looking for the wound.

"It's already heal." I stated.

"What?"

"The wound. It's heal. I don't know how though."

He looked at me like I was crazy first, then it went to understanding.

"I guess your just a tough cookie." He started to clean my hair. I just nodded.

"Madam Devil seems nice." I attempted to hold back a laugh.

"What?"

"The name says it all..." I turn my head to help him reach other parts of my hair.

"She seems perfectly nice."

"That's what she wants you to think. If she acts like a bitch then she's going to get fired."

The cloth stops going through my hair. He gently grabs my face and I wince. His hands are hard just like hers.

"Cassandra. Did she do this?"

Our eyes were staring into each other. I didn't answer. I only bit my lip. He pulled me into a hug. I haven't been hugged in a while.

It took a couple seconds to hug him back. When I did, I swear I heard a purr.