A Decision to Make [1x1 w/ Apprenticed]

Jessebelle McLellan - WIP (played by Zephyrezz)

It was a dark evening, the shadows descending upon the small city of Unova rapidly with each passing second. A young figure darted from shadow to shadow, heading to the large building on the end of the block. The orphanage In the figures hand there was a basket no bigger than a regular sized sink, another sleeping figure in the basket. Watching the road with growing anxiety, the figure darted up the steps to the front of the orphanage, setting the basket on the topmost one. The figure pushed back it's hood to reveal a younger woman of about her mid-twenties, midnight black hair and blue eyes. "I will always love you my little princess." She whispered over the sleeping baby, tears sparkling in her eyes. Then with a swift movement she laid a note on the basket and rang the bell to the orphanage, disappearing on the spot less than a second later.

*15 years later*

The sun blazed down on the same city it had fifteen years ago, the only difference was the advancing technology in the area. The only building that had not changed during the renovations was the orphanage at the end of the block off main street, it's imposing figure creating a shadow that spread down half the street. A young girl sat in the shadows next to the steps, a black jacket over a dark purple dress and black and purple leggings. She sat oblivious to the outside world, white earbuds in each ear and her hood drawn against the harmful summer sun. The girl had sat in this exact spot for most of the summer, getting shunned from the other kids in the orphanage because of her eye color and her paleness.

So absorbed in her music, she didn't notice a couple boys approaching her until they stood almost atop her. The oldest boy was no more than 16 and the youngest was around 14, each of the other three boys somewhere in that range. They each held a stick on their shoulders, peering down at the girl until she looked up at them.

"Hey look! Jessebelle is sitting in the shade like a vampire!!" The oldest boy laughed, swinging his stick in an arc and hitting the girl, Jessebelle on the hand and leaving a red welt. Tears in her eyes from the pain, Jessebelle stood up and pushed back her hood, slipping her ipod into her pocket as well. "Now ickle little Jessebelle is crying!" The boy laughed again, motioning for the other boys to hit her. Before she could get her hands up to defend herself they were upon her, hitting every inch of exposed skin they could. When they finally stopped, they only did so because the dinner bell had rung.

Leaving Jessebelle barely conscious on the ground, the boys went inside to eat. If Jessebelle were to tell anybody this happened, they wouldn't believe her. All the adults in the orphanage thought she was the mischievous child always causing trouble when in fact she wasn't, most of the time. They always blamed her when weird things happened around the orphanage, like the time when a smaller boy was stealing her things, Jessebelle had somehow strung him from the rafters by his feet. He had been barely conscious when they got him down finally.

Watching the sun dip below the horizon, Jessebelle allowed herself to drift into unconsciousness laying curled up on the grass beside the steps of the orphanage.