Okay, hey everyone. This is my first fic and I hope everyone likes is. If I don't get a lot of reviews for the next two chapters, then I will prolly stop 'cause that would mean that my story sucks. The rating is pg-13 for language, violence/gore, and ROMANCE (maybe). Hopefully that's the plan. Okay on with the story.

What Stays Hidden in the Dark

A young girl was running through the forest in blind fear. With the moon light her only source of light, she saw a clearing up ahead. "Please don't! Papa!" cried the girl as she reached the clearing. The girl turned in circles trying to it, but with no success. As roar and a scream sounded through the whole forest, a man sat crying.

Next Day

"Orphen!! Get back here!" yelled Cleo running from the hotel they had checked into.

A man with dark brown hair ran down the street with a smirk on his face. "Come on Brat! You must getting fat if you're having trouble keeping up," called Orphen turning long enough to see Cleo fume in anger. 'This is going to be interesting.'

Cleo growled and ran as fast as she could after him. 'I'm going to get that pain in the ass sorcerer. Good thing I decided to wear pants or this would be even more difficult,' thought Cleo running into the forest that Orphen had. "Now where is he?"

Cleo slowed her running down to walking as she slowly made her way through the forest. As Cleo looked around, she noticed that there were no animals making noise. No birds or anything. "This is strange," thought Cleo. "Its not suppose to be this quiet." Cleo kept on walking until she saw a clearing in the forest. 'Hmmm.... I can just sit over there and enjoy the peace and quite.'

Cleo screamed as she saw a bloody girl lying on the ground. Cleo placed a hand over her mouth and backed up until she was against a tree. Tears started to fall as Cleo slid down the tree and looked at the girls soulless eyes look at her. Cleo couldn't do anything but sit there and look at the poor girl.

Now to Orphen

Orphen jumped as her heard a scream. "That sounded like Cleo," said Orphen. He took off running through the forest trying to find Cleo. By the time Orphen found the clearing, the sun had already begun to set.

Orphen walked into the clearing and looked around. He saw the girl's body and then saw Cleo. Orphen sighed and slowly walked over to Cleo. "Hey, come on its getting late and we have to tell the town about this," said Orphen quietly. When Cleo didn't move, Orphen resulted to name calling, but when Cleo didn't respond to being called 'Brat' or 'Dumb blond', Orphen began to worry. He knelt in front of her and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Cleo, look at me." Cleo slowly looked Orphen in the eye. A couple of tears were still left on her face. Orphen gently whipped them away. "Never knew such a brat could have such a heart."

Cleo let out a slight snort and looked back over at the body. "Don't look," said Orphen moving so he blocked he view. "Besides, did you just snort?"

Cleo laughed a little at that. "What happened? That doesn't look like a normal attack," said Cleo nodding her head towards the body.

"Don't worry about that. Right now the only thing you need to worry about is getting yourself warmed up. Its cold out here," said Orphen. He mumbled a little spell and his cloak appeared in his hands. He wrapped it around Cleo's shoulders gently and held out his arms to help her up. "Come on we have to report this."

Cleo nodded and took his hand gratefully. As the two walked out of the clearing, Orphen looked at the dead girl and said a small spell to protect form the animals until someone could get it. 'I sure hope this isn't what I think it is,' thought Orphen as he walked beside a quiet. 'I hope Cleo will alright.'

The two didn't notice a dark figure watching in the shadows. An evil chuckle was heard as the shadow too, left.