They came at night, from the shadow world they appeared.

As big as a car, and as black as Death’s robes.

Everyone knew how terrifying they were, how big their teeth were, and how their howls could shake their houses even from far away.

No one but one knew how soft their fur could be, how kind these monster like dogs truly were, and how they’d protect you if you just gave them some rotten fruit.

A lone kid befriended them, he had no house, no family, no one - treated with disgust, or ignored completely by the people surrounding him. Not by them though, they were kind, and loved him as if he belonged.

A child that lived amongst monsters in the morning, but at night could be at peace amongst dark angels.

They are killers, they whispered.

No!

Disgusting monsters, they yelled.

They aren’t.

They need to be eradicated, they said, before death rained upon them.

They’re my family, the lone child cried to a bloodied room - as his powers settled beneath his electrified skin.