Night Lullaby by Char Marie Adles (best books for students to read TXT) 📕

and they all stared at me.
I walk over to where they were sitting and bowed to them.
“I would like to say I’m so very sorry for what I have done. My temper ran off with me and I beg you to believe that it doesn’t happen often. The things I said were rude to ever one. But you see I don’t remember my childhood much. Only bits and flashes from dreams.”
“Please sit Fira,” Master said, “We understand and its fine, you did nothing any normal person wouldn’t do when they don’t know what’s happening. You have nothing to apologize for.”
I sat down and smiled at him. “I remember you a little when you use to talk to mom.”
He smiled sadly and nodded.
“Fira I’ve been meaning to ask you, not to bring up painful memories, but how did Mira die?” Grandpa asked.
“A month or so ago on a rainy day I was running late for work. I left after taking care of mom because she had been sick. But I forgot my umbrella and mom notice this. She raced out after me, even though I told her to stay in bed no matter what. I was waited from the light to change so I could cross and I was covering my head with my coat. It showed I could walk so I started across. I heard someone calling my name and turned around half way across. It was mom in her wet clothes running with my umbrella in her hand calling me. But then the light changed and I heard a horn. I turned to see a huge truck coming fast and there wouldn’t be enough time to run. Mom screamed my name and ran fast towards me. She pushed me and I fell over rolling on the ground watching as the truck mowed her down. As I crawled over to where the truck had stopped, the only thing I could see of her was her arm from under the truck. In her hand was still the umbrella. And blood flowed in rivers from under the truck mixing with the water on the ground. The entire front of the truck was covered in her blood. I was even sprayed with it. The tiny scarlet drops glistening in the rain over everything. I had screamed, and people had to pull me away, because I tried to free her.” I said wiping away the tears in my eyes.
They sat stunned and then I saw tears in Grandfather’s eyes.
I continued on. “They said she was still alive under the truck, but I don’t know because I was taken away to the hospital first. I was told she called out my name and her last words were, ‘tell Fira I love her, and someone will come to take care of her’. That’s it I don’t remember anything after that. I threw my self into my work so I could pay for the funeral. It too all the savings we had saved over the years, my birthday money, and the food money for a few months. If you hadn’t sent that letter I would have been living in the streets working. Everything happened so fast and so close to my sixteenth birthday. That’s it,” I said wiping away more tears and shaking.
They were all looking stunned, pitiful, and shocked.
I closed my eyes and felt Tain left me out of my chair to sit on his lap. I pressed my face into his chest and cried. To let out the grief I had hidden inside.
When I was done I pushed away and sat back in my chair.
“I’m so sorry,” Master and Grandfather said.
I nodded and after that the talk turned to things of life here in the Monster World and the school would be going to.
I went to bed dragging myself, and I fell into the bed before I fell on the floor. I fell asleep in my clothes and I couldn’t have been more comfortable.


Chapter Five
Escort


The sun rose slowly as I sat watching it from the window. Stream, rays and splashes of gold, orange and pink the sky and made the huge dark forest below look inviting. Everything was so knew and last night hadn’t been what I thought it would be.
I sighed. I was so going to end up killing someone.
I turned away from the window and looked at the room. Is was so big, but the only thing I could think of was, this is where mom grew up.
I felt uneasy here, but it still felt like home.
Home…a place to call my own. I now have people who need me and a place to call own.
I heard the bells of afar off church and quickly dressed and ran down the stairs to the dinning room. Grandfather was ready there.
When he heard me come in he looked up and grinned.
I grinned back and sat down.
“So what are you so happy about?” he asked taking a drink of his tea.
“Well I was just thinking of how great it is to has a place to belong, you know? Even with mom it felt more like a temporary place.”
He nodded. “Yes. I know what you mean.”
He became silent for a awhile and then lit up.
“Oh you get to leave for school today! You and Mira that is. You uniforms came last night and I had then placed in your dressing room!”
He grin was blinding.
I felt my mouth drop open. “You didn’t!”
He nodded and took a drink of his coffee.
“Oh my god,” I said jumping up from the table and racing for the elevator. It took to long and I raced up the stairs two at a time. When I reached my room I threw open the doors and ran to the dressing room. I opened the door and froze, then slowly walked in.
It was the first time in three years I had gotten any new clothes.
I reached out slowly and touched the silk skirt of the school dress. It was black and had blood red lace along its edges. It was cut just above the knees and had a corset the would be placed around the middle to make the waist appear small my a girl’s chest larger, not that I needed that, thank you very much!
But I felt my eyes water and I wiped at them furiously.
I took the dress off the hanger and held it to my chest looking in the mirror and twirled. It was so pretty and I looked more like my mom I thought.
“Oh my god!” I heard Mira scream as she ran in. she ran up to the other dress and snatched it off the hanger and did what I had just been doing.
“It’s beautiful! I’ve never had anything so pretty! What about you Fira?” she asked looking me over with the dress in front of me.
I smiled wistfully. “This is the first new thing I’ve gotten in over three years.”
I touched the smooth silk.
“You mean your wearing the same clothes you have been for three years?” she gasped.
I nodded looking in the mirror. I spun around laughing.
“Can you imagine? Me a high school student?” I asked her.
I sat the dress down in a chair and took her hands pulling her with me and danced.
“What do you mean? You didn’t go to high school?”
I stopped spinning and sat down with my hands in my lap, with my head bent, staring at the floor.
“I never had the chance to go to high school, because I had to work so we could pay the bills to live.”
She sat at me feet and looked up into my face, her eyes filled with a deep sadness.
“You didn’t even go to school, so you could live with your mom?”
I shook my head. “It wasn’t like that. I graduated from school when I was twelve so I could work with mom. We need everything we could get.” I looked up and smiled. “It’s all fine now, I can go to school like a normal kid.”
She smiled. “Well I’m glad I have you here with me. I’ve never had a friend before. Because I could use my magic right I was always looked down on. You don’t seem to care even though you’re a powerful Crow Demon!”
“I have a secret to tell you. I’m half Crow Demon and half human. Oh! And I don‘t have wings,” I said with a smile.
She just stared at me with wide eyes. “No wings,” she mouthed.
I rolled onto the floor laughing. “If think this is a shock just wait tell I tell you some other things. But I guess we have to pack for school.” when I could stop laughing I got up and dusted myself off.
She hopped up to. “Nope you don’t have to worry about that. The Master had everything new packed for us last night. We just have to wait for your escort to come and pick you up.” she said brightly.
I felt my brows go up on their own accord.
“Escort?” I asked incredulously.
She grinned a cat’s sly grin. “Didn’t know about that yet did you? Not only are you from one of the most powerful families, but one of the richest. You will have a personal guard now with you all the time or watching over you. You will never be alone anymore. But they don’t count, only I do, right?” she asked.
I hugged her. “Of course. No one will closer to me then you.”
“Good. Now I have to tell you this school is only for the rich, noble, or royal families of the Monster World. Someone like me could never get in if not for you. Thank you!” she hugged me even tighter.
“Why only them?” I asked.
“You have to have a lot of money, power, or influence to get in. Or you have to be a genius.”
“Well that sucks! What happens to all those that want to go to school?”
“They go to the lower schools. It’s like in the human world. There are public schools for the poor, and private for the rich.”
“Humph,” I snorted, “What a load of crap!”
“Yup,” she agreed and then jumped up, running to the window.
“What is it?” I asked getting up and coming over.
“Don’t you hear it?” she asked excitedly.
I listened and heard nothing but the pounding of wings in the distance.
“Hear what?” I asked.