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Dexter had been in bed only minutes before he noticed the flickering of lights coming from his window. The light changed in a multitude of colours as he approached; he pulled back the light blue blinds and looked out over the vast city. Many of the rooftops of the surrounding houses were shifting in tones with the strange light. Dexter looked up to the sky from the vantage point of his 2nd story bedroom. Could it be a police helicopter or some other emergency vehicle? Whatever it was, Dexter could not see it from the back of the house, but he could hear the light screech and rumble of a window opening, he saw a girl a few houses over. She looked to be around the same age as Dexter, five, maybe six years old. Her dark pink hair swayed with the wind as she opened her window to the cold night. Her feet clipped the window as she climbed onto a tree branch out of Dexter's sight. It was just after 8 pm, Dexter knew this because it was Thursday, and on Thursday's his little sister would fall asleep watching pom-pom, a stupid show about a gorilla named pom-pom. He could hear the muffled theme song playing below him. Will my parents still be awake? He thought about it. Dexter did not know what his parents would giggle about in the night. All he knew was that he was being left out, but, he could not hear them tonight. The music from below him had faded out and the device that was playing pom-pom must have shut off. It was silent, dark but there was still that light. Dexter left his room, he moved past his parent's bedroom and down the stairs past his sister's room to the front of the house; he was careful not to make any sound as he tip-toed to the window next to the front door. The light still penetrating the window, shifting. Dexter looked out, he noticed an enormous black patch in the sky. The source of the light looked like a giant black crystal, combined with something Dexter could not describe. Tentacles protruded from its edges, hovering in the sky covering many city blocks in a dark web. 'No way... I'm dreaming?' he thought. He looked again after rubbing his eyes. The enormous object was still in the sky. Dexter noticed the pink haired girl once more moving through the tree branches trying to find a spot to get a better view of the mysterious object. It looked to be far off, looming over the industrial and low-class district of the city. Dexter could see a look of shock and fear on the girls face confirming she was seeing the creature also. A burst of light caused the girl to lose her grip, she fell from the branch. Dexter could not see where she landed. A beam of light hit Dexter's house shining on his sister's bedroom, the window exploded open. A few seconds passed then his sister climbed out the window and walked towards the ever-changing light. "Holly!" Dexter yelled, pushing open the door. He was quick to action grabbing his sister Holly and trying to drag her back inside, as he touched her arm she screamed. He noticed her eyes were a solid colour with a white pupil. The outer eye changing in colours first Red then Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet. Her eyes continuously cycling through the colours in order. "Close your eyes!" Dexter pulled up her pyjamas to cover her eyes. The pitch of her scream got higher, he tried to cover one of his ears with his arm. Dexter shook his sister's arm. "Stop it, Holly!" Dexter screamed as his sister fell to the ground "Stop it... Stop it," Dexter looked back to the abomination floating hundreds of meters in the sky, the cold grass scratching on his bare feet. Dexter could see far off in the distance objects falling from the creature, they looked to be landing in the lower class district of the city. ✧ Celia's room was an adornment of pink and yellow, the walls covered in various brightly coloured posters with the floor and bed littered with an array of toys and stuffed animals. Celia's violet hair blended in well with the toys on her other pillow, a contrast to her mother's blonde hair as her mother sat reading to her on the bed.