To anyone who reads my other stories – sorry! I was about to update but the files got deleted...and I've been really busy...sorry! I'm still working on that...

Anyhow, this is a new story I felt like writing. Yeah.

Disclaimer: Everything you recognise is owned by Darren Shan.

Prologue

Hi. I'm Shadow. Well that's not my real name, but it's the one I go by. My real name stirs up bad memories of the past, the past that I am running from. Anyhow, I'm female, I'm 18, and I'm ALWAYS on the move. I have dark eyes that look like they've seen the darkest things in the world – probably because they have, long-ish black hair, a fierce look that makes you think I could and would beat you up if you annoy me, and white skin.

I'm not going to tell you much about my past, but I left home at 13 – I couldn't take it any longer, the situation I was in. I lived wild, sometimes managing to steal food from local towns, and sometimes newspapers, so I could keep up with the world. Other times, I had to kill and eat wild animals, using my trusty knife I carried around with me, and making a fire myself from the wood I could find. Good thing I used to be in the girl scouts.

There is one man I hate above all, he wears a yellow suit and green wellington boots, and has a curious heart-shaped watch (don't kill me if I got the description wrong, just tell me in your REVIEW). He has a disturbing and evil looking smile and his name – Desmond Tiny.

When I was 15 he found me, and pretended to be all nice. He helped me for a while, giving me food, clothes and money. Then his true side was revealed to me. One day, when I went to find him in our arranged meeting place – a pub that time, I saw a man beating up a little girl. It reminded me of my past – it was horrible, abusive, foul. Somehow, what I saw next disturbed me even more.

Mr. Tiny just stood there watching, that grin on his face, enjoying it. HE WAS ACTUALLY ENJOYING IT! Then I swear I heard him whisper to the man,

"save some for me afterwards." He turned around and saw me, that grin still on his face.

"I'm coming for you next!" He said, and he looked like he wanted to hurt me, abuse me, kill me, even...EAT ME? I was scared witless so I turned and ran. "You can run, but you can't hide!" Came his whispered voice through the night to me. It only made me run harder.

I was 16 then. I ran on my own for two years, preferring, like always, the shadows, my namesake. And then when I was 18, I met him – Darren Shan!

So, yeah. The prologue. Chapter one coming soon, if it's not already uploaded. REVIEW, damn it.