Chapter One: Avian

Prologue

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They have finally come for her......

‘ Do you remember the tunnel your Father and I showed you in the basement? I want you to go through it, and then run very far away, as fast as you can. Don’t come back, no matter what, DON’T COME BACK. We’ll come for you. I promise. Do you understand?’

She told her daughter, close to tears.

We thought they had given up, we let our guard down.That was our mistake and now we're paying for it.

Her daughter shakily nodded then asked her mother

‘Who are they? Why are those people here? Where did Daddy go?’

My little girl, she doesn't desverve this.

‘Just go to the basement, everything will be fine.’ The lady said nervously, glancing behind her back every few seconds.

She doesn't know it's her they are after, neither does she know why.

‘But, why!? I want to stay with you!’

She cried with tears running down her cheek.

But....

The lady looked at her daughter with pain, the sweet little girl who had big brown eyes, soft wavy hair, smooth chocolate skin, and the brightest smile that she loved so much, but knew would probably never see again.

As long as she is safe....

The Lady unclipped a round pendant necklace from her neck and thrust it into her daughter’s hands.

I do not care of what happens to me.

‘You see this necklace? It’s magic. Real magic. It will protect you while we are gone. All you have to do is believe in it.’

She smiled sadly and wiped the tears off her daughter's cheek.

It helped me with my gifts, it will help her too.

‘Remeber, with this I will always be with you.’

She bent down to hug her for one last time, and quietly whispered in her ears

‘Oh baby, I’m so sorry…..Please forgive me….’

Not just for leaving you, but for what you are bound to find out about me, your father, and yourself.

‘Sorry for what? What’s happening? Whatever it is I forgive you! Please, just let me stay! I can help!’

I have already lost one daughter, I'm not losing her too.

Hearing her daughter say that stabbed her in the heart and immediately brought out the tears. She hugged her daughter harder.

It is not fair, the craziness she's been born into, it should not be her problem.

At that moment, fire was thrown through the window of the house, and as the little girl screamed, the lady grabbed her daughter and threw her into the basement

But now......

‘I love you!’ Were the last words her daughter heard from her mother before she closed the door and locked it.

It is.

The lady turned to face the enemy.

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Chapter One:

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I saw a little girl run up stairs.

Please be open! She thought, crying.

I knew the door was locked, but I couldn’t do anything about it.

She tried and tried, but it wouldn’t open.

She locked it! She locked it! I don’t wanna go! I want Mommy and Daddy!

There was a boom, a high scream, and a thump.….

She gasped, and then suddenly stood up clutching a strangely familiar pendant in her hands.

No wonder! It looks like mine.

Mommy! I don’t want to go! Mommy! Are those…Footsteps! They’re coming this way!

She frantically looked around for something, until she pushed back an old-fashioned chest in the corner to reveal….A tunnel???

Mommy said to go through here and run as fast as I can.

A dark figure opened the door, who is that??? The girl looked behind her, saw the figure, and quickly climbed into the tunnel.

I CAN’T SEE WHERE I’M GOING! I CAN HEAR IT COMING! I HAVE TO HURRY!

Oh damn, that dude found the tunnel! He turned back around and headed out the basement. Even though I couldn’t see his face, somehow I know he’s smirking. I hope she’ll be ok…..

I see moonlight from here! I’m almost out, I’ll be ok! But, Will Mommy and Daddy be ok too? Are they really going to come get me? Of course they will…I think.

I saw her exit the tunnel into a big, snow-covered meadow.

She thinks she is safe.

She’s not.

I can feel it.

I’m out of the scary tunnel! I’m going to make it, and then Mommy and Daddy will too! We’re all going to be-

‘Safe? Ha! Sorry kid, I don’t think so.’ The gloomy figure said, grabbing her by the hair.

‘BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!’

I screamed and instinctively clutched the pendant around my neck.

It was just that dream again.

The beeping awakened me.

Where is that stupid beeping coming from anyway?

‘Duh!’

It’s just my watch.

‘What the hell does it mean?’ I always ask myself, every time I have that dreadful dream.

I’ve never seen those people before in my life!

How does it make any sense???

Wait…..

I leaned up from the tree I fell asleep against.

Did I just say my watch I going off!?!?

OH CRAP!

MY WATCH IS GOING OFF!

I instantly jumped up and took off.

Running through the trees and bushes with my long, ridiculously wavy brownish black hair trailing behind me, I headed towards the city streets,

Then I went down to the bus stop.

The damn bus was leaving!

‘HEY! NO! YOU CAN’T LEAVE YET! WAIT! STOP!’ I yelled at the city bus as it went down the street, leaving me in a cloud of black exhaust.

Coughing, I sat down on the bus-stop bench.

I wanted angrily scream at the sky, saying

‘DAMN YOU BUS! WHY COULDN’T YOU WAIT!?!?! YOU’RE MAKING THINGS HARD FOR ME!!!!!!!’

But of course I didn’t.

That would attract too much attention.

I would have loved to though.

I glanced around.

A few cars zoomed by, but that was about it.

In a few hours I need to be out of here.

Ugh! I hear footsteps coming this way.

I looked down.

A young couple walked past me.

I couldn’t let them see my eyes.

I hate this.

Most people don’t notice at first, which is a nice advantage, and since it is the city nobody will bother to look at me that closely anyway.

People are too much of in a rush.

Who would care to look at me?

I’m just a 13 years old teenager.

At least that is what they think........

I sighed.

What am I going to do?

Stupid, stupid watch.

Maybe I will get there another way, maybe,

I hope.