Disclaimer: I don't own any of Tamora Pierce's characters. But I do own Lannie and Savi.

"I HATE YOU!" Alannah, called Lannie, by her friends, screamed at her parents. She ran to her bedroom, unknowingly to her parents, she packed her light purple jansport backpack with the things she would need to survive when she would later escape out the front or back door of their little house in Findlay, Ohio when her parents would be asleep. Alannah was short for being 16 years old. She was four foot and eleven and a quarter inches tall, her light auburn hair sank past her shoulders, her gray-green eyes showed no emotion, even though she had just fought with her parents. Her service-dog, Savior Faire, whom she nicknamed Savi, loyally stayed at her side day and night as he was trained to. In her backpack she had packed her needed medicines, clothes, her cd player with some cds and extra batteries, she also had packed enough food for herself and Savi for a week, and her pillow, blanket and her favorite stuffed animal, a baby Lupe plushie, whom she called Kalasin.

"Savi, this is it. We are running away. Back to California. When they are asleep we will sneak out the door and be on our way!" she smiled sadly at her dog. Later that night as planned Lannie and Savi snuck out the door, shutting it behind them. The girl and the dog walked into the wooded area behind the house she once lived in. As they walked deeper into the woods, both the girl and dog saw a woman. Her features were flawless; she called to the girl and dog. Her voice sounded like a pack of wolfhounds baying at a wolf. "Come here child." She beckoned Lannie and Savi. Lannie hesitated for a minute but then walked forward. "What is such a small girl like you doing out this late?" she asked Lannie. Lannie looked at the woman, she answered nervously, "My dog, Savi, and I. We are running away." The woman frowned. "I see. What is your name, My daughter?" "Alannah, but my friends call me Lannie." There was a blinding light and the woman; Lannie and Savi had vanished into the night.

A/n: Sorry for the shortness.. Got writer's block. Please R and R. I want to hear your opinions and ideas. This story remains untitled as of now. If ya all have an idea for a title or so tell me.

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