The light of a burning home.

Marcus hid up in the trees, his legs swinging gleefully. "She'll never find me up here." He snickered lowly. "She never does." He looked up at the dark sky, it didn't help Marcy that they had to play at night. After all, how would she see him in the dark while he was in a dense tree? He thought about coming down for a moment, but decided against it. He wanted to break his record. All the other times he lost his patience and simply came down to scare his sister. But he felt he could wait a while for this one. He looked down at his sister and smiled to himself. "If only pop where home to see this. He'd probably have a fit of laughter." He smiled wider, enjoying his private joke.

Marcus nearly fell out of the tree laughing when his sister looked right at him. He stopped himself from laughing too loud. Suppressing the noise. He stood there until Marcy started to wander a little farther off. He was going to get down when she did. But he saw a flicker of light through the trees. Thinking his parents were home. He hopped from tree to tree until he got to the edge of the estate. The rustling would most likely be seen as the wind by his sister. Since today was especially windy. So he didn't mind going relatively fast. He even broke a branch on accident. Nearly tumbling out of one tree about one hundred feet from his sister. But he regained his composure and kept leaping through the trees.

Marcus shoved his ways through the trees. Finally making it to the edge of the grove his house was in. He looked out, preparing to jump out of the tree to meet his parents on the way back to the house. When he heard a voice that didn't belong to his mom or dad. Several voices actually. They sounded angry. And he had only one idea of what it could be. The villagers. He hid back into the leaves. Sure enough there were several villagers. He knew he could scare them away if he wanted too. So he waited. The group expanded as he waited. It wasn't looking good. He might not be able to take them all on at this rate. He waited for just a little longer. When he saw the most horrible thing in his life. His parents on spikes. Being carried naked towards his house. He froze in fear there in the tree.

Marcus looked at the scene. Terrified for his own life. And for that of his sister. He felt like he stared for hours. But it was only seconds. He took in every cut upon his parents bodies. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. He had to run. He had to save his sister. He ran back through the trees. Nearly falling dozens of times. Before descending and running at full sprint to the house. "MARCY WE HAVE TO GO. NOW!" He screamed at the top of his lungs for his sister. With tears in his eyes.