Sunrise to Sunset

TW The following story contains mention and action of physical and mental abuse, viewer discretion advised.

Chapter one: Sunrise
''This has gone on long enough. ''I thought while watching my brothers chest rise and fall peacefully. It's time for me and you to escape.

The few cuts and numerous bruises around my body made it quite hard to move around, but I managed. I grabbed the bandages that I had hid underneath my bed and threw them into the bag that I had carefully packed over the years and finally had enough to confidently escape. I pulled a loose floor board full of stuff I had prepared the night before, gems, food, water, enough for at least a week and threw them into the bag. The bag was heavy and weighed down on my weak shoulders but it was essential, years of collecting went into this bag.

I finally secured the bag to my back and tiptoed over to my brother who lay sleeping on the ground. I gently nudged him and he looked up with the one eye that wasn't swollen. I had seen things like this a million times but it still shattered my heart.

"We're going, now." I whispered. He looked tired but I still saw hope in his eyes. I realized he wouldn't be able to walk so I instead secured the bag onto his back, and he climbed onto my shoulders. With his paws around my neck we slowly came down the long hallway just outside our room. I made it to the open doorway and snuck just around the back where my friend, Damion, and his sister were waiting for me in a car.

"You made it!" He looked relieved. I gestured for him to be quieter as I climbed into the backseat.