The Lost Lunas Mates

Time to go

I wasn't allowed to go anywhere alone, apart from work now that I can drive, but they made sure I had a tracker on my car. I never went to the movies or the beach like a normal teenager. I knew exactly where the tracker was placed on my car so i must remember to remove it when it was safe to. If I need to get away the last thing I needed was them tracking me.

I look outside and see how dark it is. All I can see is the stars shining and an almost full moon. It lit up the ground below in its bright light. I always thought it was most beautiful at night. Apparently the full moon is tomorrow night. (My mother kept telling me for weeks.) I didn't understand why it was so important but she would tell me once a week after my 17th birthday.

I carefully remember how far down it is from my window to the ground below. I look out of the window that I know or I think i know, im abit thrown off right now by what is happening, that if I climb to the edge of my sill I can reach the drain that goes all the way down. I have climbed up and down it many times so I dont get in trouble for being out when I shouldn't, so this shouldn't be too difficult. Thankfully I was never caught and only ever went into the gardens to watch the stars anyway and lay on a blanket until dawn. I had to be in my room when they woke up or i would get in trouble for sure. It was my happy place for me to be surrounded by nature. It is warm and dry out so at least it wont be slippery on the grass.

As I decend the pipe I hear my mom in my room screaming to someone I assume is my father. Why was she in there? Did they hear me leave? Oh crap I need to stay quiet now.

"Where is that little brat. We cant let her leave. She can never find out what or who she is. We stole her for a reason. We need her to complete the bond Arthur! We have put 18 years into that mangy mutt she cant leave now!" She screamed so loudly I think thought the neighbours would hear her.

I put my hand over my mouth to stop me from screaming and felt a tear roll down my cheek. Was she saying they were not my parents? I dont understand but I dont have time to deal with that right now. I know I need to leave here and fast.

Whoever had warned me to leave i could never thank them enough. Im still so confused who had spoken to me though.

What had I just heard? I was stolen? How can that be? So many questions whirled through my mind. As I thought about all of this I realised I still hadn't moved down the drain anymore.

My mom is the worst of my parents in my opinion. She is always telling me what I can and cant do. Even from a young age i wasnt like a normal child. I had to do as i was told and wasnt allowed friends, apart from one she paid apparently, outside of school and definitely not in the house. Eventually i even had to give up school so I could "go and get a job so me and your father dont have to look after you anymore" she would scream at me daily until I got my job. Although she was cruel I thought she loved me on her own way. She always made sure I looked good and took me to party's with her. I never understood why all the people were so interested in me. When I was as young as 4 or 5 she would make sure I always looked "beautiful for the people and wouldnt embarrass her" as she always said.

My father on the other hand was a caring and kind man but he never really showed me any fatherly affection. He was not cruel or unkind but he was never loving either. I dont remember him ever hugging me as a child but he always got me a gift for my birthday and Christmas and came to every play or recital I did, despite my mother telling him he shouldn't or couldnt. It didn't make sense that he did all of those things but could never find it in him to say he loved me or say anything to stand up for me against my so called mother.

As I reach the bottom of the drain and jump onto the lawn below, I realise they have had the sprinklers on recently so now the grass was slippery, but the voice in my head shouts at me to run so I do. I run as fast as i can and hope i dont slip over. If I had not listened before to whoever was saying all of this to me I would be in danger so I listened now. I ran towards where I parked my car. I always left it on a nearby street as my mother said it was ugly and didn't belong near the house.

We had lived in the same house my whole life. It was a big 5 bedroom house with pillars by the door and a stark white exterior against the dark green of the trees and a huge front lawn that i was never allowed to play on with so many trees surrounding all the edges of the property. If you didnt know there was a house there you would of thought it was just a forest. They always drove the newest and most expensive cars.

All my friends were jealous that I lived in such a nice home but they never knew how cruel the inside was. How there was no love. How we never sat down to eat a meal or how I had never even watched a film with my parents. They had never read to me at bedtime when I was small.

As I ran down the tree lined street I could hear someone running fast towards me. How is she so fast? She was almost superhuman in how fast she was running at me.

I got to my car, a blue volvo, that i had saved every penny for and bought for myself as soon as i passed my test and climbed in as quick as I could locking the doors behind me. I threw my bag into the passenger seat and started the car.

Just as I was about to pull away my mothers face appeared in my window. She looked red in the face but her bright blue eyes gleamed like she wanted to murder me. She looked so enraged like she wanted to physically hurt me. That was one thing they had never actually done thankfully.

"Where are you going at this time of night sweetheart? It's your birthday in just 2 minutes. Dont you want to celebrate with mom and dad?" She asked in a sickly sweet voice. The voice she used when we were in a public space. "Away from you" I screamed and put my foot on the gas and drove away into the night with no idea where I was going or what the hell was happening.

I watched her get smaller in the rear view mirror and saw her stomp back towards the house i had grown up in throwing her hands about in the air as she walked back. I saw my father come shortly after to take her home. I knew this wasn't over but it was definitely time for me to get away from them.

After about an hour I pulled into a rest stop to get gas, dump my phone, get a burner and add my only 3 friends numbers. I knew there was no one else I would want to have my number anymore.

I used some cash that i had bought with me from the envelope of my savings that i had managed to save from my job and hidden. It wasn't much but it would definitely help me until i can find a new place to settle down in.

I was heading out of my home town the place I had called home for almost 18 years but apparently it was all a lie. Was my whole life just one big lie?

Before hopping back into the car I pulled the tracker off from under the wheel arch and stomped it into the ground as hard as I could taking out some of my frustration on the inanimate object. I checked around the car for any others I may of missed. When I was satisfied there was no more on the car I got back in the driver seat.

Who am I? What did they mean they stole me? What is happening? I screamed at my steering wheel and to nobody in particular hoping maybe this mystery voice would talk to me again.

The tears flowed freely now I had a minute to take it all in. I banged my hands hard against the steering wheel in utter frustration.

"We stole her for a reason" what did that even mean i asked the voice hopeful for an answer but i got no reply. It felt like it was playing on repeat in my head now as I drove the last few miles from my home. I had no idea where i was headed but I didn't care right now.