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Introduction: Rain

Rain pounded down on the pavements of Twilight Town,the sky dark with night. In a small alleyway,a young boy ran through,soaked wet and breathing hard from running. And fear. A woman's shrill voice was heard somewhere nearby.

"come back here you little insect!!"

The boy ignored her and hid in a small corner behind a litter of trash cans and boxes. He curled into a ball and wrapped his arms around his legs, burying his face into his arms,trying to drown it all out,trying to make her go away. A woman sped by,almost tripping on her feet a few times,and she stank of alcohol. He shivered in fear,embracing himself closer,but since he was obstructed from view from all the trash,she didn't see him. Instead she passed by,yelling for the young boy in her drunken haze.

The boy sat there,and looked at his palms with his sad, emerald eyes, his soaked, dark red hair falling over his face. The rain pelted down on him,darkness all around him. He looked down at his hands in sorrow and fear,and he asked...

why?

Why him?

He continued to stare at his hands,as if trying to find some reason,some type of answer,or hope...

...but nothing came. so he just stared at his hands,for no particular reason.

and he stared...

and stared...

and stared...

..until suddenly,

a small light hit his face,and his glistened emerald eyes widened...

because right in the palm of his hands,reflecting off of his green eyes...

.....was a tiny,bright flame.