Hello~ This is my first ever story on this site. In fact, it's the first story I've ever written to get past Chapter 2! Hope you like it! First few chapters are a little slow, but things will quickly heat up. Please review!
Prologue: The Rain
The sky outside was dark and heavy. The clouds were thick, bulging with rainwater even as their cargo splashed against the windowpane in a seemingly endless torrent. Looking out at the dreary world through the warped glass sat a girl of no more than 10 years. Bright ginger hair flopped into her right eye, running slightly wavy to just past her shoulders and green eyes shone from a pale, thin face. The only colours in a very grey world.
She sat curled up on a stone window seat, a worn blanket thrown over herself as some form of protection against the draft that rattled the ancient panes of glass that the Orphanage had never had replaced. Her knees were tucked up to her chin, her hands rammed into her socks in order to keep both them and her feet relatively warm. Simple clothes - navy sweatpants and a simple off-white t-shirt beneath a navy hoody, all emblazoned with the Orphanage insignia - were all that protected her from the freezing temperature present within the building all year round. The threadbare blanket she had now was just to stop the wind that whistled through the window from irritating her rather than for warmth.
The girl wiggled her fingers in her socks. Although they were black, and plain as could be, they were special to her. They had been a gift - a rare and treasured thing for the Orphanage children. Smiling as she felt the soft knitted wool, the little girl gazed out at her grey reality. She allowed her eyes to drift down the windowpane, and the smile vanished just as quickly as it had appeared.
Without a word, the bright haired ten-year-old got to her feet. She rolled up the blanket and slipped her feet into plain white gym shoes as she retreated to her dorm without a sound, glancing back often at the grey sky she had left behind.