Hey! This is a new story that I had just come up with. I think you'll like it.

Daniel

I shoved my hands into my pockets and looked up at the sidewalk. I was in Denver, Colorado and it was freezing. I sighed as the wind buffered me again. I looked at the many signs and frowned as a young girl ran past me. She looked really familiar and had her arms crossed as she ran.

Her waist length brown hair fell in front of her face so that it almost hid her stunning blue eyes. She had a look of pure terror on her face as she ran away. I turned just in time to see her turn a corner and disappear. I crossed my arms and sighed. She looked familiar, but yet she had a different aura of anyone that I had met.

I walked the way that she had run and turned the corner and heard a scream pierce the air. I pulled out the list and checked it carefully to find a new name on it:

Garrett Hobbes

Was this some joke? I ran towards where I had heard the scream and stopped to find the girl's bag on the ground. It was on its side and its contents spilled all over the ground. There were paints, paper, pencils, pens, a cell phone, and a package of gum. I put it all back inside of the bag and slung it over my shoulder. I had to find the girl before she was hurt, or even worse, killed.

Jeanie

I was running away from a monster, or whatever the thing was that was chasing me. I turned a corner and ran by a boy; he looked around my age and had blonde hair that looked a little shaggy. I ran past him and turned the corner to find the thing there, waiting for me. I screamed and turned to run, but it caught me and threw me against the wall. I felt dizzy, but got up and ran from the thing.

It roared and ran after me. I dashed into the woods as it was lost in the streets.

I glanced behind me and saw that it was gone. I slowed to a jog and decided to climb a tree. I climbed it fast enough before it came into the clearing.

I almost screamed as it walked right over to the tree and started banging on it.

"I will get you girl!" It yowled at me.

I whimpered as the branch started to break. Finally, with a deafening snap, the branch broke and I plummeted to my doom. I rolled mid-air and landed on my knee. I got up and took off running, hoping that it wouldn't follow me. I saw an opening and crashed through it.

I looked at the ground and saw a cliff. I turned just in time for the monster to break through the bushes and glared right at me.

"You can run, but you definitely can't hide from me child." He cackled as he approached me.

I backed away and felt some soil fall from underneath my foot. I looked down and saw that I was at the edge. I whimpered again and decided to slip up and hang on the edge. I felt the soil loosen beneath my fingers and almost cried out, but I held on and waited for it to end.

"Rain, rain, go away, come again some other day." I softly sang to myself as the monster sneered over me.

"There is no rain child. Just you and me in this cold-" He stopped short as the bushes rustled again.

I had no idea what happened next until he dropped down to his knees, dead. I screamed as I was pulled up and onto ground. I thrashed around and punched my savior/other attacker. I heard and "Ooof" and turned to find the boy that I had seen earlier. I saw my bag and almost smacked the boy.

"Who the hell are you and why do you have my bag?" I asked snatching it away from him.

He straightened himself and looked me in the eyes.

"I found it and recognized it. I'm Daniel by the way." He said holding out a hand.

I stared at it warily and shook it.

"Jeanie and thanks. My parents will probably be really worried about me now. I should go." I said and walked into the woods, clutching my bag.

I broke into a run as I heard more crashing behind me. I looked back and saw Daniel running behind me. I slowed down and glared at him.

"You scared me. Why the hell are you following me?" I asked accusingly.

He shrugged and smiled at me.

"How should I know? But you shouldn't go home. Most likely that guy had friends and they're just waiting for him to come back with you or you alone in case you go away. Your parents on the other hand are probably dead." He explained.

"No… That's not possible. You and your friends are probably trying to freak me out right now so that I run, leaving you to steal my stuff. Well I'll tell you what; there is no way in hell that I'm giving you anything." I said.

I turned and ran towards home. I had my hunting knife pulled out and in my hand as I ran. I walked slowly up the house steps. As I walked I called out to my parents.

"Mom, dad? Anybody home?"

"Why hello deer, I hope that we have a very fun time playing hunter and hunted." A raspy voice said gleefully from behind me.

I turned and thrust my knife into whatever was there and I saw the still happy face of a monster. I pulled my knife from it and ran into the house where I saw my parents lying on the floor, dead. I screamed in frustration and ran to my room, closed the door, and locked it. I pulled my duffel bag out and shoved a ton of clothes in it and zipped it shut. I looked out the window and saw Daniel running over.

I opened the window and stuck my head out.

"Daniel! Help me, please! This thing is in my house trying to kill me!" I called out.

Suddenly, I was grabbed and slung over a shoulder. I looked down and saw a burly boy with black hair holding me. He had my bag slung over his shoulder and was getting out of the house. I quickly grabbed the locket that was on my nightstand as we walked by it and stuck it in my jeans pocket. He jumped down from the roof and I closed my eyes.

The jolt that signaled our impact to the ground made me almost hurl over his shoulder. I opened my eyes and stared at him as he put me down. He gave me a smile and ran into the house. I almost ran after him, but stopped to look at the house. It had fire coming from the kitchen window and I started to cry.

"Bye mom, dad." I sobbed and turned to run when I was stopped by someone turning me around.

It was Daniel; he had blood covering his shoulder and a crooked smile on his face. Four other people stood behind him with smiles of their own plastered on their faces. I tried to smile but felt light headed and dropped to the grassy ground unconscious.

Daniel

After Jeanie promptly collapsed, most likely out of shock, Willy walked over to her and picked her up.

"We should probably find someplace to sleep Daniel. We don't have a place to stay yet." Joe said looking through Jeanie's bag.

"I don't know that you should be looking through her bag Joe…" I said and laughed as he pulled a pair of her underwear out and put it back in with a disgusted look on his face.

Dana looked at him and laughed.

"It's not real polite to look through some girls stuff when she's unconscious. Plus, I think she'll appreciate the good deed you could do for her when she wakes up." Dana said as she zipped the bag closed.

Joe nodded and picked up her bag. We walked into the woods and set up a camp. Willy put Jeanie on her bag and pulled out an extra blanket, putting it over her. I nodded and we all gathered around the campfire.

"So now what do we do Daniel? I mean, you brought this girl into this mess somehow." Emmie said with a shrug.

"I don't know, but I think she brought herself into this though. I think I've seen her before." I said unsure.

Dana, Willy, and Joe looked over at her and nodded.

"Yeah, she does. I think she was kidnapped by Seth. I saw a girl that looked similar to her on the ship when we met the younger children." Dana said truthfully.

I nodded and let them disperse. I got up and walked over to her sleeping figure and felt her forehead. She was cold and had a faint pulse to her. I pulled the blanket off of her and saw a long gash across her abdomen that was bleeding slightly. I called Emmie back and she gazed down at Jeanie.

"Okay, get me one of her old t-shirts or something. I need something to stop the bleeding." She said and started pulling Jeanie's shirt off.

I nodded and unzipped her bag to find a ratty white t-shirt at the top and tore it up. I gave the strips to Emmie as she put pressure onto the gash. After a few minutes she leaned back and pulled out a first aid kit and gently put a bandage around the gash and looked at me.

"Get her a big shirt so it won't rub anything, please." She said while I rummaged through the bag again.

I took out a large grey shirt that had a panda on it. I smiled at it and handed it to Emmie. I looked at Jeanie again and saw that she was wearing a navy blue bra and her jeans were loose on her, but they hugged her hips. I turned around and looked at the ground hoping that I wasn't blushing. Truthfully, I had never seen a girl half naked like that before.

Emmie put a hand on my shoulder and smiled as she dispersed. I turned and looked at Jeanie again. She was sound asleep and her hand was clutched around something golden. I looked closer and saw that it was a locket and it was open to show a picture of two small children and their parents. On the opposite side of the picture was the engraving:

Jason Blake 1994-2010

Who was that? I looked closer at her and she shifted a little. I smiled and put my head on my arms, waiting for sleep. As my eyes closed I saw Jeanie open her eyes and look at the locket, then me.

"Good-night Daniel, and thank you for saving my life." She said softly and put a hand on my head as I fell asleep.

Soooo, first chapter. What do you think? REVIEW!