A/N: Hello, everyone! Kawaii here, with the very first chapter of Tales of Infinity. I hope you are excited about this one as I am. I'm sorry if this chapter is a little slow, it picks up in the next one, promise. I'm very excited to get into this one. Here I get to really get into things like Marbles' and Ada's relationship. Also, I get to add some more vampire/werewolf scenes! OMG I am so excited for that. It's going to be EPIC. I hope you enjoy my work as much as I enjoy writing it. :3

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Tales of Infinity

Kawaii Stella

Chapter One

On the Run

It had been several months since she'd been home. Even with school, she traveled a lot or stayed with other relatives or friends, her 'band of brothers', she'd call them; even though girls were included. There was rarely a slow day in her life; or so it had seemed these past few months. That was why she needed to spend this part of her summer vacation at home where she could lead a less stressful life.

As dirt and gravel crunched beneath her feet the nostalgia of her childhood came rushing to the front of her mind. There was a light haze around, caused by the humidity. The temperatures would be hot today, probably in the upper eighties. The humidity didn't keep the sun from rising in the east. The sun turned the sky from a lilac reminiscent purple o a welcoming pink to orange hue. Before long the sky would be a crisp blue, spotted only by the occasional fluffy white cloud.

Here in the quiet countryside, everything is so serene, so peaceful. Everything goes at its own pace, including the few people who resided in the area. A feathery light breeze ruffled the girl's sun bleached blonde hair along with the green foxtails along the field's edge next to the gravel road. The breeze removed the last traces of the previous haze, leaving the air clean and clear.

As the girl reached the top of the old gravel road, she could see the house that had always been a refuge for her. A little, cozy, white two story home with a large garden in the front yard, separated from the main yard by three trees and a wild rose bush nearest to the road. She looked to the back yard, seeing the two massive trees, one with the handmade wooden swing every grandchild had played on. The old barn and sheds, every wonderful memory of being a kid rushed back. It filled her with a rush of excitement, causing her to sprint to the familiar house.

The weight of the duffle bag on her shoulder didn't hinder her speed as she flung open the screen porch door of her grandparent's house. She slowed down only to enter the house, to be warmly greeted by her loving grandparents. They wished to know everything about their granddaughter's travels, over breakfast, of course.

It was amazing to be home. Obvious now was how homesick she had been while she'd been away. After breakfast, plans were created for the three of them to work together in the garden, to harvest the vegetables ready to be picked. However, things never go as planned. As they went to go outside, a huge clamor arose.

It was a terrifying group of people, no doubt vampires, certainly not the good kind. Screams erupted, alerting them to that they weren't the only house being attacked. Almost every house around belonged to a relative. The girl readied herself to fight, bringing a small handgun from her duffle bag. However, her grandmother stopped her.

"Honey, this isn't a fight you can win. You have to get out of here and save yourself." Her grandma said.

She hated to admit it, but her grandma was right. To save herself was to one day be able to return and save her family from those horrid beasts. The girl slung her bag over her shoulder and ran out the back door. She opened a portal and leapt into it, never looking back. Not realizing that she'd soon have no recollection of any of this.

She meant to go to her cousin's house but she never made it there. By law of portal travel, there always stood a one-in-a-billion chance of her portal colliding with another. It was that one in a billion kind of day. In the improbable, yet oh so real collision, everything went fuzzy; her past disappeared. She landed with a thud onto a dense forest floor. The girl hadn't a clue where she was' she barely knew who she was for that matter. She did, however, know that something really bad was about to happen. He gut told her so. She walked through the forest, hoping to find civilization, while trying to figure out what her name was. She knew it started with an 'A', but she didn't know about the rest of the letters. The girl thought about the name Amanda, but it didn't feel right. It was unbelievably scary not being able to remember anything.

'This forest is pretty scary too,' the girl thought as she looked around.

Silently behind her a man approached as the girl mumbled to herself. "Is my name Alek? No, that's not right…"

The man placed a hand of her shoulder, causing the girl to whip around to see her attacker. The look in his eyes was cruel, bearing absolutely no goodwill. The girl tried to run, but it was futile; escape ungraspable. The man grinned menacingly as he tripped the girl, causing her to fall onto the ground. There he pulled a device from his cloak; it looked like a gun from some sort of fantasy movie. With a burst of light, the device was fired. It pulled a pale stream of a coppery-yellow light from the girl's mouth, capturing the light in a little jar like container.

The whole ordeal took less than a minute, but for the girl it seemed to go in slow motion. One everything was done, the man left as quickly as he had appeared. As he left, the girl's, who still couldn't grasp her name, throat began to hurt. It was peculiar; the girl hadn't screamed once, and she had only spoken a few words since her arrival. The girl tried to speak but no sound passed through her lips. She tried again but still there was no sound. Perhaps it was her hearing. The girl snapped her fingers and heard the snap. She rustled the leaves on the lowest branch of a nearby tree and again heard the noises. If it wasn't her hearing that was impaired then…

The girl screamed silently at the top of her lungs. She was terrified now. How could she call for help if she was mute? Especially in a place that was totally alien to her. Not knowing what else to do, the girl found a large tree, one with a wide trunk that would serve as a safe little nook for her to hide. Nothing had really sunk in yet; everything was happening so fast. The girl knew it would help if she knew who she was. Was her name Amy? No, but it sounded really close. She sat there thinking, trying to make sense of everything. The girl came up with five points to summarize her situation.

She still didn't know who she was.

Her past was a blank space.

There was no telling where she was.

She was now mute

There wasn't anyone around to help her. Meaning: she was totally alone.

Adding everything together created a helpless atmosphere for the poor girl. She curled up in a ball and started to cry, not knowing what else to do. Something mixed with the tears, causing her eyes to burn. Rubbing at her eyes caused a blackish substance to rub off onto the skin of her fingers. She studied the substance, remembering then that the substance was mascara.

'I'm wearing makeup; that's right.' She thought.

She tried to fix the smudges, hoping that it wouldn't look that terrible.

'But why should I care?' she thought sourly. 'No one else is around.'

A new fit of tears came and she curled back up into her ball, letting silent sobs crash through her body. Little did she know that her life was about to change even more.