February
9, 2004
“Hi Mamma look here! Lookie
at what I found!” I turned it had turned out to be a rather warm day for winter
so I had decided to put the laundry out side to dry instead. I turned to see
what Joy was talking gout, a child green and white appeared
in out of the bushes.
“Hi
sweetheart”
“Ma’am”
“You
don’t have to call me that, you can just call me Selena.” The child nodded she beyond dirty and looked really undernourished. I looked
to my daughter, and told her to get this child something to eat, bring her as
much bread, and milk that she could bring her, and tell Darcy to put some more
food out for the child. She nodded and ran, to do as asked. I pulled the little
one to me. But she pulled away.
“What’s
your name?”
“Peace.”
“What
a pretty name I like that.”
“You
do, everyone likes to tease it. She said timidly. As she seen the food come to
her, I told her to eat as much as she wanted, and told her that she could add
the jam that was also brought out to her. .She ate like there was no tomorrow,
as well as drank.
“You
want more milk little one?” She just nodded and drank as much as she could hold
her little sides started to bugle out a bit. I asked Joy to go get me a
blanket. She just nodded and did so. I could see the child was tired and wanted
to sleep.
“Miss
Selena, I know this is weird, but can I sit in your lap?”
“Sure
sweetie. I don’t mind. In fact, you don’t have to ask you can just do it.” the
child nodded and climbed into my lap, she was there just as Joy had come back
with the blanket I wrapped the child and headed inside after seeing she had
fallen asleep.
I
headed to the communicator and contacted Ulisa and told her what Joy had found
in the bushes outside.
“What
are you a child magnet?”
“I
guess so. Why you ask that?”
“Call
it a hunch. What's she look like?”
“White
body green hair, her name’s Peace I believe she’s a Glen she was real
undernourished when I got a hold of her she’s really dirty but other than that
I see nothing wrong with her. I’ll send her to the agency to get her registered
as soon as the weather brakes longer here. “
“That’s
fine.” She told me before we disconnected, just in time too cause the little
girl woke crying a bit.
“Hi
Peace, I bet you were tired weren’t you?” She nodded as I pulled her to my lap.
“You hungry?” I asked; she nodded again I then picked her up
and carried her out to get her some more to eat.
“Peace
where are your parents?”
“I
don’t know its been along time since I seen them. I was stuck in a Gummi Slave Camp awhile ago.
But when it was raided and we were all set free I ran.” As she spoke several of
the children came in for dinner themselves.
“Peace
I’d like you to met some of my children. That’s Skyla, and that one’s Kenya,
and that’s,…’
“CYANNA! CYANNA!” the child yelled running to the girl hugging
and crying.
“This
is where you ended up.”
“Yeah
mamma took us after we were stuck in a tree for awhile. She and some others are
the ones who destroyed that camp.”
“She
is?” Cyanne nodded as she sat down and told her
friend to eat dinner.