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Today had been overly eventful for Daniel. Perhaps, too eventful. He woke up the same way he always had. On the couch in the basement he called home. Something about today seemed different though. There was a lot more shooting and scream in the air. Daniel peeked out the floor window that led to his home. He couldn't see anything from there. As his luck would have it, he needed to go check it out for himself. The boy exited the safety of his home and climbed out of the basement window to go explore, maybe even find some food.

Once in the city, Daniel could see why there was so much noise in there air. People were shooting each other and biting their flesh. It was a terrifying sight for Daniel. The lanky teenager ran for his life, avoiding everyone around. The boy took cover in an antiquity shop, hoping to find some temporary relief. Unbeknownst to him, the shop keeper had become a victim of the on going chaos. Daniel was about to be assault, but grabbed the nearest object next to him to defend himself with. That object was a brass oil lamp. The boy hit the undead shopkeeper, stunning him and allowing Daniel to flee.

At this point, Danial had no idea of what to do. He could think of his hunger. His instinct told him to find safety. The only place Daniel could think that was even close to safe was home. The scared teenager made a mad dash for home, sliding through the basement window when he got there. Daniel didn't even realize he was still holding the lamp from the antiquity store. The scared teenager simply locked the window and hid on his couch wrapped up in his musty old dirty blankest with his stuffed animal.

Daniel was huddled underneath the covers of his thick dirty blanket cowering in fear when a voice to him. Who was it? The boy was already scared out of his mind. Mustering what little courage he had, Daniel peeked out of the covers to see a beautiful young girl with long flowing hair and dark skin standing before him. She was gorgeous. Was she an elf? No. She was genie, just as she had said. A genie! What luck. Daniel slowly crept out of his dirty cloth shell. He could see the genie from the light coming from the basement window. Using some cantrip he knew almost by heart, Danny cast a small orb of floating light. Now he could really see the genie. She was so scantily clad. The lonely teen could feel his heart beating so fast, it might have actually been making an audible noise.

As the two sat in the dim magical candlelight, Daniel stared in complete wonderment. A genie was actually standing in front of him. Another being. Someone who might stay. The boy was at a loss for words. All he could do was stare the genie. And stare he did. He stared until it became until it became uncomfortable...It wasn't until an old familiar gurgling sound and pang in his stomach did he come back to reality. The boy hadn't even eat yet and he was starving. "I wish I had some breakfast." Daniel said to himself, completely forgetting his was sitting in front a genie ready to grant any wish he wanted.

Daniel slowly looked at the table the sat before him. It was filled with all kind of food. Delicious hot food, ready to be eaten, just for him. The boy looked up at the genie. Did she do this? She must have. All this food was just for Daniel. He never felt so happy in his whole life. "Thank you!" He exclaimed with bright and honest smile. The teenager took a seat and began to scarf down as much food as quickly as he could, as if it were going to disappear any second. It was all too good to be true. The sliced ham and bacon were juicy and delicious. Even though they were steaming hot, or frigid cold, Daniel didn't make a fuss. He was just so happy to be eating real wholesome food. The boy so happy, that midway through eating, he actually broke down in tears. "I've..nevooor been sfooOOoo...Haapppeeee!" He cried trying to stuff more food in his mouth as tears cascaded down his cheeks. It had been so long Daniel had ever had any kind of companion. Much less comfort. Dajin was more than a genie to the boy. She was his savior and messiah. He didn't want her to ever go away. He wanted her to be with him forever.

It appeared that Daniel was enamored by tears that he was unable to even eat. He was just too happy. Eventually his tears did turn to sadness as he recall just how miserable his life had been ever since he had been kicked out the family coven. Dajin was here to make everything better, right? Was this the act of some kind deity smiling on the poor boy? Daniel did remember tales of old powerful beings who would sometime intervene in mortals' lives to help them. Was this one of them?

Dajin stood at Daniel's side asking if he needed anything else. Otherwise she was going back into the lamp until he called upon her again. In a fit of instinctual emotion, Daniel flung himself from his chair and clumsily fell to his knees while latching onto Dajin. "Don't leave!" Danny cried. His face was dirty mess of food bits and tears. His eyes burned and his head pounded from congestion, yet he still cried. The boy was on his knees, holding onto Dajin. "Please...don't leave me...I'm soo loneleeeee!" It was truly a pitiful sight. Danny was groveling on knees for the genie not to leave. Though, he was right. He was lonely. Painfully so. "I'll give you anything you want." Daniel sobbed. "Just please...stay with me."

At this point Daniel was heaving and breathing heavily as his head pounded and tears streamed down his face. Dajin meanwhile remained calm in the embarrassing and pitiful situation. She was awfully mature and composed. She probably needed to be for Daniel's sake. The boy wrapped his arms around the genie when she tried to console him with kind reassuring words and a hug. Her warm touch and kindness only made the teenager cry more, but at least she was helping. These were emotions that had been pent up for so long. They needed to be relieved and Dajin was just the right person to help.

Having Dajin tell Daniel she wasn't going to leave him were some of the most comforting words he had ever heard in his life. Sadly, it was just making him worse, but it was still very nice to hear. Dajin seemed so motherly. Even more nurturing than Daniel's actual mother. It wasn't until the genie herself wished that Daniel would be that he seemed to calm down, if only a little bit. The boy leaned back with his hands on his dirty raggedy pants. He tried hard to stop crying, but every now and then he would bubble up and stammer a few tears. All this time of being alone. Emotions were just pouring from the poor boy. Eventually, Daniel did calm down and wipe away the tears and gunk from his face using the dirty shirt he wore.

"Thank you." He said, when the tears finally stopped. "What is your name again?" Daniel asked. When Dajin had first appeared before him, he was too focus his fear of what was going on outside that he didn't exactly hear her.

Daniel was stunned when he became surrounded by floating fire that circled around him. For a second, Daniel panicked, by quickly realized the fire wasn't searing or burning his flesh. He couldn't even feel any kind of heat from the flames. Before he knew it, the boy's clothes felt clean and soft. His face and skin was completely void of tears and dirt. For once, Daniel was clean. The teenager looked at his hands and could have sworn he saw them sparkle. Dajin then spoke up again, reminding Daniel of her name. This time, he understood. "Dajin? Oh. I'm Daniel!" He introduced himself cheerfully.

The genie then explain how it was her job to grant whatever wish Danny desired and be his loyal servant. At this point, Daniel head was spinning with possibilities. What's more is that he one hundred percent believed her. Dajin was Danny's savior and light of hope in the dark basement he lived in. "Yeah. I think I'll be alright. So long as you don't leave." It was so nice to have company, the teen even forgot about the whole zombie apocalypse going on outside.

When Dajin told Daniel that she wasn't leaving him, he smiled as brightly as he ever could. Even hugging her. "Oh thank you!" He squealed happily before letting her again. The magical orb of light above Danny's head flickered in and out before finally dissipating and leaving the two to sit in the candlelight. Danny was sadly used to his magical light going on him, but having the candles was a very nice change. He rarely found candles when he went out to scavenge. When he did, it was so nice. The little flames from the candles felt like friends.

When the genie commented about Daniel's living standards, the boy frowned. "I know it's not the best. But it was this or live on the streets. This place was abandoned. I got really lucky finding it. When I came to this city, I had nothing. I'm actually surprised no one has torn it down yet or found me living here." Daniel absentmindedly knocked several time on the wooden dinner table next to him. "I do wish it could be better, but I'm afraid that if went anywhere outside of this basement, people notice me, and then they would call the police and kick me out." Daniel hung his head, staring down at his feet with a sad expression like he was about to cry again. But just then Dajin brought up the noises outside.

"No no!" Danny getting up and frantically waving his hands. "It's the monsters! Zombies! The whole city has zombies walking around. It's terrifying out there...They scare me."