Blaze awoke soon after to the sound of a cacophony of birds. "Blaze, get out here. Now!" His mother screamed, her voice wavering slightly. He moaned as he swung himself onto the ground, he exited his room and slowly traveled down the stairs to see his mother red-faced. Oh boy, she was angry.

"Yes Mum?" He mumbled nonchalantly.

His mother's eyes bulged, "What the hell, Blaze? What is this?" She yelled, now her voice was wavering.  She pointed to the ground at the shattered vase.

"How'd that happen?" Blaze said, trying to sound surprised.

"Don't play dumb, kid." A voice said from behind. It was his dad. Blaze moaned, instantly giving it away that he did it. His father approached him, something clacking in his hands. Blaze shook his head, noticing what he held.

"No. No! Please. Dad!" He cried, his knees buckling. He held his hands in front of his face, cowering into a nearby corner. His Dad chuckled, a horrible, evil chuckle, revealing what he had in his hand... a belt.

He striked into his son viciously, roaring with anger which had built up all morning. Blow after blow, Blaze yelped and cried.

"Desmon, you're taking it too far!" His mother screeched, "Desmon!" She attempted to take the belt away but the man pushed her away. He snarled, giving Blaze one last vicious blow before storming out the door. Blaze's Mum followed, leaving the kid on the floor, wincing with pain everytime he moved.

After minutes of laying there, he used a nearby bookcase for support, getting to his feet, he just had to get to school. He hobbled back to his room, yelping as pain shot all around him.

Bubbles woke next morning.. got ready for school.. made some toast and than left for school.. she decide to go via the park it was kinda a shortcut for her..as she was walking throught the park she saw someone.. It was Mac.. she ran over to him and rolled him over
"Mac .. are you okay?.. mac wake up" she said sounding very anxious

Blaze pulled on his school clothing, still wincing, soft bruises opening up over his body. He heard is mother yell something out outside. He wasn't sure what was happening but it sounded bad. He slipped on his shoes and flung his bag over his shoulder. He wouldn't take the front door, his parents were there arguing about something.

Blaze headed to the kitchen window, slipping out into the backyard. He turned and ran away from the house and towards school.

Macintosh woke up, with Charlotte over him. "Huh?" he mumbled. "What time is it?" he said, holding his hands in his face. "Are we late for school?" he asked her. "Orrghh" he moaned. He got up, walked off, and started walking to school.

"No not yet.. are you sure you okay to go to school" she said standing up and picking her bag up.

"Yeah, I'm fine" he mumbled. Across the school-yard, he saw someone limping towards the school. Someone who seemed to be in great pain for some reason. He gasped as he saw who it was. Blaze.

Blaze sprinted as fast as he could until his legs started burning with pain. He had forgot about the belting, his parents... the vase. All he cared about now was getting away from all of it.

"blaze are you okay.. what happend?" she said very concerned

Macintosh ran after Blaze again. "What happened?" he asked, grabbing him by the shoulders, and stopping him.

"let go sit down" and pointed to the patch of grass we sat at yesterday

Blaze looked at both of them for a while before struggling free and entering the school ground in a flash. He was too embarrassed to even look at them for more than five seconds.

"blaze" she called after him.. but than decide to let him go..
"macc i am worried about him"

Macintosh didn't answer. He was too busy thinking about the red welts over his body. It looked like he had been beaten. He should know, he was beaten as a child sometimes. HE felt sorry for him. He walked into the grounds with one objective. Find Blaze and talk to him.

Blaze took a seat on a patch of grass in the school grounds. Beads of sweat dripped from his head and pain jolted through every part of his body.

Bubbles.. followed.. she knew there was something definatly wrong going on at home .. she should now

Macintosh turned around to see Charlotte following him. "Please just stay here. Let me talk to him. Please. Just listen to me. Please, just let me talk to him, alone. If it goes well, I'll let you come over. But please, for the sake of Gorlog, just let me talk to him, alone, first.

'okay".. and stayed right were she was

The bell rung to single the beginning of form class. Something Blaze didn't mind, all it involved was sitting around, listening to notices. He stood, slightly limping and headed to his form class.

Bubbles head off to her form class aswell.. she wanted to help blaze but didn't know what was wrong

Macintosh went to form, and sat at the back, and started sleeping, waiting for lunch so he could talk to Blaze, and finally find out what was wrong.

Charlotte sat in form.. trying to think of what she had next... She had english

Form ended and the bell for Period 1 rang. Blaze stood, the pain had decreased but it was still there and he headed to English.

Bubbles walked sielently to english. Than she took her seat at the back of the room

((I thought you were Charlotte lol ))

Macintosh took his seat next to Blaze. "What is happening?" he asked. "Please tell me. It looks like you've been beaten. Tell me, what is going on?" he asked, concern and worry in his voice.

"Bubbles sat that quietly listening to mac ask questions to blaze