Knives

Chapter 1

Okay, so this is my first story, so sorry if its not that great! It doesn't seem that interesting now, but I promise, as the story goes on it will get a lot better! Also, as you probably know, if the sentence(s) is in quotations, the person is speaking. But, if it is italics, it is what the person is thinking, just thought I would let you know!:) Also, PLEASE REVIEW! I accept any type of review, and if your willing to help me out with the story that would be great! I hope you enjoy!:D

~Blok (Nerdypunk4)

She was wondering around the streets of Italy lost with no place to go. This 16 year old girl from Texas didn't belong here. She shouldn't have run away from home. If she hadn't have ran away, she would have never got on the plane to Italy, she would never have got ditched by her so called "friends", and she would have never got lost in this Italian village. Her life would have never been drastically changed by Silvertongue and all the people that surround him. This is the story of how Dakota's life got changed as she disappeared into the book of Inkheart.

"Finally, here is a Drug store, maybe I can get a map!" Dakota walked into the drug store hoping the clerk spoke some English.

"Excuse me? Do you happen to know where I can find a map?"

The clerk shook his head no. "I doubt he even understood me"

"Oh… well thank you for your time anyways" She walked out of the store with disappointment.

"I'm starting to regret every decision I have made since that fight with my mother. I don't know what to do now, the only people I know in Italy left me and I'm not even in America anymore to get help from my family. All I can do now is find a place to stay…"

2 hours later…

"I have been wondering around for hours with no luck at all… The only other thing I can do is travel to the next village to find a place to stay. From hearing talk around town and the signs around town, it seems the village on the other side of the woods is bigger and has much more places to lodge. I'm not sure if traveling by myself is safe, but I have no other choice…"

Watching the sunset through the tall trees was a beautiful sight. The pink orange hue of the sky during sunset with the birds singing and sweet animals roaming was amazing scenery. "Maybe this isn't as unsafe as I thought it would be." It felt like a dream to her, with the wind blowing through her hair while in the extraordinary scenery, she felt invincible. Joy took over as she started skipping along singing a sweet tune with her beautiful voice. It felt amazing, she felt like herself. No one thought of her that way. She had short shaggy reddish hair in a way that it covered part of her face. She also had a petite frame, at 16 she was only 4'10" with a skinny figure. Her different style intimidated people; she was dark but always with a flash of color. She always was doing something different than most people. Due to judgmental people, they always thought of her as a dark violent person, and she did act that way, until you broke through her tough girl wall. She always acted tough; it seemed that is what got her through life. For a girl as small as her, she was intimidating. Although, that wasn't how she always was and that wasn't who she completely was. But for once, she was finally something different, and it felt good.

She finally stopped skipping and stopped to take a breath of fresh air and to take in the scenery, it was definitely different than Texas. It was all so surreal.

"Were those footsteps I just heard? I'm probably just imagining things…"

Then she heard it, those few words that sent chills down her spine, spoke in a raspy cat like voice.

"Well… what do we have here?"