-Chapter One-

Hidden beneath a black hood that dangled over her head, fighting away the light long enough for the police cars of Beacon Hills to pass, her breathing became shallow, her holding the wound on her stomach as she gripped the wall, trying to walk out of the ally, the man pushed back her shoulder, her falling against the wall until she found the ground. Landing on the ground, she felt the wound cut open an extra inch, adding a surprised gasp as she tilted her head up, a tear falling out of her eye as she watched the man pull back his arm, aiming the knife at her neck, about to swing when an arrow shot the knife, it falling to the ground as the arrow cut his palm open, him gripping his palm before running out of the ally. Feeling for her wound again, her eyes dotted to the shadow getting closer to her, the figure a foot from her as they stepped in the light, revealing a girl, probably seventeen, holding a bow in her right hand, holding out her hand for her to take and stand up.

"My name is Allison Argent," She said, watching the girl lean against the wall once she stood up, blood running over her pale fingers, making a crimson as it splashed on the ground. "Are you alright?"

Still holding Allison's hand, an image flashed in her mind, showing her Allison, probably sixteen, shooting a man, and then a teen that was probably her age. A woman was by her side by the name of Kate Argent, Allison's aunt who was more like a sister to her than an actual aunt until she found out that Kate had killed, murdered, people and has not been following the code that her family had. Just as Allison turned to look up at a burnt house, the connection was lost as she now stared into the eyes of Allison Argent who was checking to make sure her injury wasn't going to kill her.

"What did you say your name was?" Allison asked, pulling out her phone as she stared to dial an ambulance, hoping they would make it fast enough to save the girl.

"Ellie, short for Elise." Ellie whispered, her heart pounding faster as Allison told the ambulance where she was, what injury was placed, and who was injured.

"They'll be here in three minutes, maybe five if traffic catches them up. Can you wait?" Allison asked, going to place her hand on the girl's shoulder, only for her to nudge away as she barely nodded her head, hoping that Allison would see it and leave her alone.

"Good luck, Ellie." Allison replied her one last sentence before disappearing in the shadows, letting her wait for the ambulance to arrive which it did in four minutes and fifteen seconds, but whose counting?

Sitting on the hospital bed, she changed into her favorite pair of black All-Star converse that her mom had bought for her sixteenth birthday, an A Day To Remember shirt that she had since she was fifteen covered up by a simply black sweatshirt that was a size too big based on her older brother, and a pair of dark bluish skinny jeans that have been her favorite since she was fourteen. Ellie hasn't grown much since she was fourteen, as each year she wore what she had last year, which was a little raggedy, but good enough to wear. With her black straight almost-elbow-length hair braided into a messy French braid, she stood up off the hospital bed, her bandage across her stomach hidden as she took out her iPhone, her iPod being jammed into her left pocket with her earphones.

Dialing her boyfriend's number, about two rings went off before it was answered, her boyfriend, whose name was Jamie, making a deal out of answering as he said, "Welcome to the house of Splatter, what can we help you with?"

"Stop saying that every time it's me calling. Listen, there was an accident last night and now we can't see each other anymore." Her voice crackled, remembering the words that the man spoke, telling her that if she even touched Jamie again, he would murder her with his own hands, that being the same night someone had tried to mug her.

"Are you alright? How bad was the accident? Why can't we see each other anymore? Were you threatened by somebody?" His voice filled with questions, even when they were statements, the question was still surrounded in the words.

"Can we say goodbye tonight? I- I just want to make sure that we break-up properly, not because someone threatened me to. We will still see each other in school, just we can't touch each other or talk to each other or anything to interact with each other. Tonight, the middle of the woods, around midnight." Without giving him a chance to speak, she ended the call, wiping away the few tears she had with the sleeve of her sweatshirt, shoving the iPhone back into her right pocket before leaving the room.

Walking home, she managed to get an A Day To Remember skateboard for fifteen dollars as it was a sale, all go, at a store that she was passing. Before she left the store, she bought a packet of gum, shoving it in her back pocket before taking a piece out. As she pushed her left foot back, she felt the wind push against her back, the speed getting faster, her breath becoming quick, her heartbeat speeding up as she turned the corner, heading to her apartment which her aunt payed for and lived in, getting the idea to take care of Ellie. The hood covering her face, she changed direction going across the street as a red car passed by, stopping as a girl yelled Ellie's name, her skidding to a stop as she saw Allison running towards her.

"You were let out of the hospital? I was just coming to visit you and see how you were doing." Allison sounded breathless, her barely smiling as she looked at Ellie who looked behind her, staring at a figure getting out of the car.

Kicking the end of her skateboard up, she caught it with her left hand, letting it stay at her left side as the figure got closer, Allison introducing him to Ellie, saying, "Ellie, this is my dad, and dad, this is Ellie."

"She's the reason why you were late last night?" Her dad questioned, looking at Ellie up and down, almost like he was checking her out, but not completely.

"I saw a man about to kill her and I stopped it from happening. She had to got to the hospital because of a cut in her side." Allison explained as her dad, whose name was Chris, held out his hand at Ellie who went to take it, seeing a image.

Chris was the brother of Kate Argent, also a hunter like Kate and Allison, but what they hunted was not clear to Ellie. He threatened her boyfriend once, telling him to stay away from her as he didn't like him for reasons unknown. Allison used to have feelings of this boy, but she grew them from herself, which her dad knew about as they broken up last year. Her dad had them moved, after his wife and Allison's mom had died, not the whole reason why they moved, but part of it. Just as she was about to find out what they were hunting, Chris took his hand from Ellie, neither of them noticing that ice cold chill that went through Ellie.

"Do you go to school here," Allison questioned, watching her nod her head leaving Allison to finish the conversation, saying, "See you at school, then."

As they both got in the red car, Ellie thought about what the family hunted and why it was such as secret as the red car disappeared up the road from her vision.