Chapter 1: Lost Children

Danny's POV:

My sister and I have been trying to find something to eat for the past couple of days that was in the trash. So far, the two of us have found a slice of Pizza, a thrown out order of Chinese food, and some hamburgers from the bin at Nasty Burger. That is all that we had to eat for five days. My sister and I are orphans living on the streets. Nobody wants us and nobody cares about us. We look out for one another and we take care of one another as well. My sister and I are twins, fraternal twins. One day, we were looking for some food in the trash when we came across something that we rarely had, money. My sister and I saw a $20 bill on the streets and we grabbed it without hesitation. When we had the money in our hands, we went to the nearest place that we knew was cheap to eat at, the Nasty Burger. People are able to get two hamburgers for $3.00 and the hamburgers are huge. My sister and I are not tall enough to reach the counter, so I bent down on my legs and she stepped on my shoulders. With her standing on my shoulders, she was the one that was able to order for the both of us.

"Excuse me," my sister said speaking up," can I have please have 10 hamburgers and 2 drinks to go please?"

"Sure. That is $17.50." My sister handed the cashier the 20 dollar bill and within a couple of minutes, there was three bags carrying the food that we ordered. My sister was carrying the food while I was carrying the drinks. We continued to walk until we got back to our alley. When we arrived, I set up a makeshift table and some seats for the both of us and we started to eat. Dani and I barely had any warm food at all. The both of us ate five hamburgers each and for the first time in two years, we were full. You see, my sister and I are both seven years old. We have been on our own ever since we were five years old. I still won't forget how we became homeless.

(Flashback – Two Years Ago)

Danny's POV:

I was in the living room with Dani and we were watching cartoons on the TV. We were watching our favorite show, Scooby-Doo, when we heard screaming coming from the kitchen. Dani and I looked at one another and the both of us, quietly and carefully, listened on our parent's conversation.

"Jack, you are always coming home drunk and I am starting to get tired of it. Not only do I have to feed your sorry ass, I still have to feed those two obnoxious kids out there. I still can't believe that we even have children. I never wanted children in the first place." All of a sudden, we heard a slap. Our dad, Jack, slapped our mom straight on the face.

"Be quiet, bitch. You will never talk to me like that ever again you bitch. I am the man in the family and what I saw goes. As for the children, fuck them. They can take care of themselves." Dani and I could not believe of what we just heard our dad say. Dani and I were crying when we heard our parents say that about us. The both of us stayed quiet and try to get out of the way as much as possible when one day when we returned home from our walk, we saw our dad standing over our moms' dead body. We still won't forget the words that our dad said.

"The bitch got what was coming to her." Within minutes, the both of us saw Police entering our house and arresting our dad. We noticed that he was drunk as he was trying to get out of the clutches of the police. When Dani and I saw this, we ran off. Ever since then, we have been living on the streets.

(End Flashback)

I still will never forget that, and neither will my sister. We noticed that it was getting late and we started to get ourselves prepared to go to sleep. Over the years, my sister and I have found numerous items in the garbage such as blankets, pillows, and one time, we saw someone throw away a mattress. Those were the items that we used each and every night whenever we went to sleep. As we were getting ourselves ready to go to bed, it started to rain.

"Well, sister, it is time to use the tarp again."

"Ah man. Danny, the tarp is starting to come apart."

"Don't worry Dani. We can fix it as long as we have each other." My sister smiled as I said that. As we were getting the tarp prepared to hang over the bed, we saw a shadow that was not our own. Dani and I turned around and we saw a man standing before us.

"You two must be freezing," he said looking at us. Granted, my sister and I were freezing. The clothes that we had on was torn to pieces and we had holes everywhere. We struggled to stay warm, even in the winter.

"Follow me you two. Children your age should not be by yourself on the street." We saw him extend a hand to us and we were scared of taking his hand to go with him.

"Do not be afraid children. I have been watching you two for the past two years now and I must say, you must be getting tired of being by yourself."

"We are not alone. We have each other and that is all we need. We do not need anyone else. My sister and I can handle anything."

"She is your sister?" the older gentleman asked us.

"Yeah she is, and I am her big brother. I will protect her and myself."

"How courageous young man, but stupid. Do you want to die on the streets?" When he said that, both Dani and I flinched in fear.

"I thought so. If you want to live, then I suggest that you come with me. I promise that I will take care of you." I looked at my sister and I saw that she had a face of hope. Seeing that on her face, I knew what I had to tell the older gentleman.

"Okay, sir. My sister and I will go with you for now. If you try anything at all to hurt my sister and me, we will leave. Got it?"

"I understand young man. If you are coming with me, I would like to know your names."

"My name is Daniel Fenton, and this is my sister, Danielle Fenton. I go by Danny and she goes by Dani. I know that it is confusing, but that is our names. What is your name, sir?"

"My name is Vlad Masters. Now, come along. Let's get you out of the cold." My sister and I followed Vlad to his car and he opened up the back door for the both of us. When we stepped in his car, there was a smell that was foreign to us. We saw Vlad open up the driver side door and he started to drive with the both of us in the back seat. The entire time while Vlad was driving, my sister and I started to get scared. We thought many horrible things. We thought that Vlad might be just like our parents. He just might throw us away as well. Vlad continued to drive until he stopped. My sister and I looked out the window and what we saw amazed us. It was a mansion.

'Wow, Vlad must be rich,' I thought to myself. I looked over at my sister and I saw that was awestruck.

Dani's POV:

I looked at the size of the house that Vlad had and I was shocked and awestruck. Danny and I continued to look at the size of the house failing to notice that Vlad was out of the car.

"Come on you two," Vlad said. My brother and I got out of the car and we ran towards Vlad. We saw Vlad open up the door to his house and when my brother and I stepped inside, we stood there frozen. What we saw was pictures upon pictures on the wall as well as statues. Danny and I were finally able to move and we followed Vlad throughout his house. As we were walking with Vlad, we were amazed at all of the stuff that he owned. My brother and I saw weapons hanging on the wall, we saw pictures of famous people such as Napoleon and Genghis Kahn. As we were walking, we accidentally bumped into Vlad.

"Sorry Vlad," both my brother and I said apologizing to Vlad.

"It is okay. Here is the bathroom. The two of you, get cleaned up. I will have fresh clothes brought up for the both of you." My brother and I opened up the door to the bathroom and what we saw shocked us. It was a double bathroom. There was two showers, two bathtubs, two vanity counters, and two toilets. Both my brother and I went to the showers and we could not wait to get clean. As we were getting ourselves cleaned, we heard the door swing open.

"The clothes are on the counter for the both of you. When you are done, please come to the dining room for dinner."

"Okay Vlad," both my brother and I said. We continued to get ourselves cleaned up. The both of us stepped out and we started to get ourselves dressed. We saw the clean clothes and when we put them on, we noticed how warm that they were. We even brushed our teeth with the toothbrushes that we found as well. When Danny and I were done getting dressed, we left the bathroom to go the dining room to have some food. We could not wait.