This is my first story on this site. So be nice...please!

I awoke with a start, feeling in a daze, but not from sleep. For the past two weeks I've had the same dream. I can never finish it. I ran my fingers through my hair, got out of bed, fell down a few times, finally stumbling my way to the bathroom. I looked in the mirror my long black hair was tangled to no end. My deep brown eyes seemed almost other worldly. I turned on the shower and got undressed. when I was getting a towel from the rack I noticed something on my back. I looked more closely and it looked like a giant tattoo in the shape of angel wings. That was not there last night. I skipped the shower went to my room and got dressed. I dressed in black flare legged jeans, a pink tank top and pink and black Nikes. I yanked a brush through my hair and put it in a pony tail. I raced down the hallway, down the stairs and out the front entrance to my grandmothers apartment.

When I got outside I stopped. As usual the streets were crowded with street venders and tourists. I started walking down towards Macarthur Park. I lived in the Pico Union in Los Angeles, and owned that neiborhood. I'm 15 years old. I've lived here my whole life. I moved with my grandmother when my mother died in a drive-bye. When I was 12 I was jumped into the 9th street gang. Within those 3 years, I've made a rep that no one could beat. When I was getting deeper into my past I bumped into someone. I looked up and saw my best friend Arabella.

"Hey whats up Tokio? I was just coming to see you." she said with a yawn.

"I was just coming to see you too. Lets go get Jade and Senna and we'll talk."

We started walking toward Fairfax. Jade and Senna were sisters, but they lived in the good part of town. Arabella started rambling about nothing again.

"Bitch!" I look back and Arabella was getting into a fight with some of the girls from 7th street. There was 2 girls. They were nothing special. When I said something they both looked up and ran away.

"Lets go." I grabbed Arabella and we kept walking.

"What did you to piss them off?" I said with a smile.

"Nothing their just wannabes!" she said laughing.

I told her about the mark on my back. We kept walking and then we were in front of a big stucco tutor house. This is where Jade and Senna lived.

"Im sure Senna will know what it is." Senna was like psychic in a way.

"I'm ready." We knocked and Senna opened the door.

"I had a feeling." she said with a sly smile.