The orphanage

Zane sat there by the roadside, nibbling on a piece of bread that he had found.

It was his seventh day on Earth, and he wished that he was dead in his own planet rather than starving on Earth and striving to keep his identity as a werewolf , safe.

He hadn't had a nice meal or good food in three days.

Zane didn't know if he was gonna survive.

And old lady passing by, stopped to smile at him and handed him what looked like a sandwich.

Zane took the sandwich and muttered thanks.

"Where are your parents child?",asked the old lady. " It's not safe to be out here all alone"

Zane was really hungry so he had already started munching down the sandwich but he gulped it down and answered,"They are not alive any more"

The old lady pouted like she pitied him and said,"That is really sad kid....would like to come with me? We could clean you up and maybe you could tell me more about yourself."

Zane was tempted, really. But,he declined the offer, saying that he was fine.

The old lady shook her head in disapproval and said,"I would be much careful if I were you"

And she left.

After a few seconds when Zane looked back her, she had disappeared. She was nowhere to be seen. Zane was curious if all the Earthlings disappeared that quick.

For the past few days, Zane was impressed at how many people were interested in his life and his parents. Some of the people who asked him about his parents, also asked him which planet he was from and some even knew his name.

Zane, didn't know who they were or where they were from but he was scared.

All of them, had this aura around them that freaked out Zane. He was sure that they were not like other human beings, but they were something!

Zane got up and wandered around the streets. It was empty. Zane figured he better get some sleep.

When Zane woke up after almost an hour, he found himself in a completely different place. It was a big house and a kind looking lady was standing over him.

"Oh you are awake!",she didn't sound surprised."Come on! Come in"

Zane wanted to turn her offer down too, but she didn't seem much of a threat to him. She just looked and felt like a normal human being.

Zane followed her inside and found other children inside too, playing and shouting and it was a mess. There were many beds, and the lady took him to one of the beds and took out freshly ironed clothes and handed it to him and said,"This is your bed and you will be needed to change your clothes. Since you don't have any, we will provide everything. You just get comfortable and don't worry about anything!"

Zane was confused, one moment he was sleeping on the streets and another moment, there was a lady offering him a comfortable bed and new clothes and asking him not to worry about anything.

"What is this place?",asked Zane

"Oh this is the adoption center for young kids like you",said the lady

"How did I end up here?!",asked Zane

"Oh, someone took care of that",she said smiling

Zane frowned, it was a really unusual behaviour he was witnessing.

"Would like to elaborate on this someone?",asked Zane

"Oh no no kid",smiled the lady."Just enjoy your stay here"

Saying that, the lady left.

A girl, around Zane's age sat on the bed beside him. She didn't seem to be enjoying herself as much as the other kids were.

"Hi",said Zane, he didn't know why he was talking to that girl but he really felt like he needed to talk to her. Zane could smell her aura. It was sadness. She gave off heavy sad aura.

"Are you talking to me?",the girl asked, startled because no one seemed to give her any attention.

"Umm..yes",said Zane.

"What's your name?",she asked

"Zane",he said."What's yours?"

"I- I am...ummm-"

"Don't you know your name?",asked Zane

"Yess yes, my name is Natalie",she said, hesitantly

"Oh...nice to meet you Natalie",said Zane."So...umm..what exactly are we doing here?"

"I don't know...my parents died,so I was taken in by this orphanage",said Natalie.

"Oh....I am so sorry....what happened to them?",asked Zane

"They...died in a car crash few days ago. My brother is mental and I had to run away from home...",said Natalie."What's your story?"

"Well,my parents...umm..there was a fire accident in our home..I saw my father die, and my mother ...she made me run away from home just so that I could live..I don't know if she is alive or not",said Zane

Natalie nodded and said,"I am sorry for your loss"

In a pretty short moment they had bonded pretty good.

"How does it work around here?",asked Zane

"Umm...I don't really know, I think we get adopted here or something",said Natalie.

"Okay..but what if I don't wanna get adopted?",asked Zane

"I don't know about it",said Natalie

Just then a boy came over and shouted,"Who are you?"

Zane smiled and said,"Hello, I am Za-"

"I DID NOT ASK YOU YOUR NAME! I SAID WHO ARE YOU?!",the boy shouted and the other kids watched and laughed

"I...I am Zane..",he said, feeling scared.

"I SAID I DIDNOT ASK YOUR NAME! WHO ARE YOU?!",he shouted again. The boy's face was beefy and he looked like eating less could do him some good. His hair was wavy and he had combed it back. His tiny brown eyes were fixed on Zane and he was wearing the same tshirt and pant that the lady had given him. Infact, everyone seemed to have dressed the same way except for him and Natalie and he guessed it was because they were new there.

"Look..I am sorry but I don't really know what you are talking about?",said Zane, apologetically.

The boy laughed and pulled his hand backwards and poised as if he was gonna push Zane. But, all of a sudden Natalie held his hand.

"Don't",she said sternly

She had a firm grip and a lot of strength for a little girl.

The boy seemed incapable of loosening his hand from her grip.

"Leave my hand!",he shouted and everyone oohed

"Promise not to hurt him?"asked Natalie, pointing at Zane.

"Yes",he said. But as soon as Natalie let him go, he punched Zane, making him fall down with blood coming out of his mouth.

Natalie looked furious and she pushed the boy across the room with such a force that the energy rippled across the floor, making it tremble.

Everyone looked shocked and what Natalie did was impossible.

But just as she snapped her fingers, everyone looked dazed. They seemed to get back to normal and pretended that Natalie wasn't even there.

The lady came and stared at the boy who was groaning on the floor, and Zane who held a bruised face.

"What on Earth did you two do?!",shouted the lady

Zane started,"He punched me and then-"

"I tripped over and fell",said the boy, confusedly

"Yes",said another boy who was standing nearby."It looked really stupid...he punched the boy and suddenly he was all across the room, groaning"

"This is the third time this week Mick! You have to stop bullying!", shaking her head in disapproval and turning to Zane."I am sorry you had to go through that, kid, get up, I will get you some ice"

But in a few seconds his wound had healed. The bruises were gone, the blood was gone.

The lady frowned and said,"Oh...it seems that your wound is...fine now"

Still, no one seemed to be taking any notice of Natalie who was sitting in the corner.

"Go on",said the lady, encouraging Zane."Play with your friends"

Zane nodded and went towards Natalie.

"How did you do THAT?!",asked Zane

"I did nothing",said Natalie, modestly.

"Okay.....one second you push a guy and he is thrown so far away and another second , you snap your fingers and everyone is convinced that you DIDNOT push that guy",said Zane

"Yes well...I can do some tricks with sight..I can change what people think they saw",said Natalie

"That's so coolll",said Zane

"Yeah...",she said, nodding

Zane just kept looking at her. Even though she told Zane that she was a human. Zane was convinced that she wasn't one. She was something else that Zane was yet to find out