Hey everyone! Rosie here! This is my first Rise of the Guardians fanfic. I'm still holding on strong to the fandom and love it to bits and pieces. I've had this idea in my mind for a while now, and I've been so excited to start it up. I've simply been doing a lot of research and planning to get everything fairly correct. On top of that I've been dealing with some issues in real life.

I plan on updating at least once a week, if not more. With school starting in two weeks, I have no clue how much time I'll have to actually write. There only time I see myself missing an update is if something bad happens in real life where I am unable to conjure up a chapter. I have most of this story planned out, and I see everything working out.

As for right now, I'm going to let you begin this chapter and I'll talk to you below in the Author's Notes. ^^

New Year's Eve. It was a time to celebrate another year of being alive. Of the progresses that were being made, a bright future for generations yet to come, being given the chance to live and thrive. Parties, drinking, friends, celebrations, and fun. Some innocence was to be kept, but some destruction too was abound. Nobody knew of what form it would take until it happened. When it happened everything would stop and change. That was something that often occurred during times of great distress. Time would slow to a pause and the damages it caused would follow those people affected for however long it would take to return them back to normal, if ever.

A light peaceful flurry fell from the cloudy sky cover from above. Something to gentle that made tonight a wonderful night to be out. To celebrate others and life. The night seemed to sparkle, the world glowing ever so elegantly. A transformation that seemed to bless the land. Everything seemed to be out of the ordinary. The stars peaking from behind their cloud cover. The moon attempting to break through. To see what was occurring despite being a new moon. The birds awoke and flew away from their homes. Explosions would start-up and the birds would need to ignore it. Ignore them. Ignore those who would be celebrating.

Those who were ignored had to be ignored for a reason. That was fate, but sometimes mistakes were made. Mistakes would be made on accident, or maybe they started out that way and transformed into something new. Something different. That was how life went. Turning a negative into a positive. That's how Sierra lived. She was the type of girl who looked on the positive. An optimist at heart. Looking for the silver lining in everything; despite there being nothing to look up at during the moment. The future held many great and amazing things. Things that fate had decided that needed to happen.

As it was, Molly, her older sister, and Sierra all had plans to head over to Niagra Falls for New Year's Eve. Sierra's parents had allowed her to join them because they trusted her. She was a light in their life, and they wanted the best for her. However, she wasn't the only light in their life, her twin brother, Tristen was the other. He had different opinions on things that she didn't quite approve of. His ideals were different. Occasionally they prevented her from doing what she wanted.

Both of them knew what the other was feeling. This time around he didn't like it at all. He never really liked his sister leaving him even overnight for something like a sleepover. His sister was popular and he was the one who got forgotten. Most of the time he accepted it like the good brother he was, but there was something. That gut instinct telling him that she should stay home and play with sparklers or something. All he wanted was for her to be happy, and he eventually decided that this would be the best for her.

She had packed up three day's worth of clothing and a few necessities. While in New York, she would spend some time looking around and having a bit of fun with Molly. While Molly's sister would be able to visit her boyfriend, William. In all honesty, Sierra didn't like the idea of Molly's sister leaving Molly and herself to go fend for themselves on the streets of New York, but she needed to grow up sometime. That sometime was now. There was no way that she would let that stop Molly from dragging her around town, showing her everything that there was to see.

It was meant to be one big adventure, and that's what she intended it to be. Taking off and going some where new. With nobody to hold her back, no parentals, no annoying brothers, or anyone. It was all herself. That was what she had planned. It would be a simple four-day, three night trip. Leaving on New Year's Eve and returning a few days before school started back up. If at anytime, she wanted to return home then she would simply need to call her mom or dad and ask them to pick her up. She didn't want that to happen. Everything would go smoothly, or so she thought until they stopped at a small suburban area in Albany, New York.

"Claire? Why're we here in Albany?" Sierra's quiet voice spoke up.

"We're here to pick up my boyfriend, duh!"

"But! We're going to be lateeee! It's almost eight already!"

Quietly, Claire rolled her eyes and looked back at Sierra through the rear-view mirror.

"Listen up here. None of us wanted to go to stupid Niagra Falls anyways. We would've never made it. All Molly and I wanted to do was come up here to hang out with William and Henri"

That was something that upset Sierra greatly. It was one thing to lie and tell her parents that they were heading somewhere, but to lie to herself. That was something she didn't like. Most of all Molly didn't even tell her about it! She simply sat there in the front seat looking off in the distance.

"...Molly? Did- Did you just use me? Did you use me to see a guy?" The air had thickened since then. Sierra was leaning forward in her seat despite the car still moving. Molly simply stared out the window, and Claire was keeping her mouth tightly shut. Not quite ready to get stuck in an argument between two teen girls. She had already gone through that situation before with Molly. She had lost friends that way before, and clearly she hadn't learned her lesson. "...I see how it is now."

"Hey! How about William takes you two girls out to eat! It'll be on me!" Claire's voice held that cheerfully sympathetic tone. For as long as she had lived Sierra and Molly were best of friends, despite how many times Molly lied to Sierra. In all honesty, she felt a tidbit of sympathy for Sierra. She was just so trusting and never thought bad of people. She only looked on the bright side of things, and there were times where she had helped Molly see that in people, but it had never really changed her. In a matter of ways it helped Claire.

For a few hours, they sat around in the car driving around, up until they arrived at William's house. Up on the porch was William holding a bouquet of flowers. A soft smile upon his lips, or so up until he saw Molly storm out of the car, slamming it shut and storming up to her room. Claire was the next to exit the car, happy to see her boyfriend, but not so happy about her sister. Quietly, she popped the trunk and started removing the various suitcases from the trunk. A mix of her own, her sister's, and Sierra's.

After grabbing her own and Molly's bags she went ahead and tapped on the partially opened backseat window to get Sierra's attention. "Hey, girlie. Don't worry 'bout it. Molly'll calm down and then you two can continue on being friends. If you really wanted to...That is. I know she's hard to deal with, but just stick with her through it okay? I'mma be in the living room if you need me" Claire gave her a soft smile before William walked beside her and grabbed Molly's bags. Letting Sierra sit in the car alone and capture all of her own thoughts.

Sierra looked out the window that Claire had been standing in front of just a few minutes ago. She didn't want to inside. She didn't want to be here at all. She wanted to visit Niagra Falls. She was looking forwards to doing something like that so much, and yet she was stuck with three people who she didn't even know. One of them being a person she had considered her lifetime friend. Quietly, Sierra got out of the car after rolling up her window. The cement under her feet feeling so unstable. She didn't care if she never saw Molly again. It was all simply a big mistake after all. Something that she told herself she would never make again. She was a fool to even think of becoming friends with her. She had seen how she treated other kids, but she wanted to change that. She wanted Molly to know that she truly cared about her, and valued their friendship. Getting Molly to see that was an entirely different story overall.

Moving to the trunk of the car, she pulled out her suitcase and bag. Making sure to close the trunk door after she was done. Looking up at the house, she was about to enter. The lights on and only three people were inside. It reminded her of her family, of how it was so small but so strong at the same time. Things happened that she wasn't proud of between her brother and her, but she was willing to put that behind her and move on forward. That's what she needed to do. Move on and forget that something of this sort even happened. She would spend her time with Molly and her family. Making sure that Molly still had a friend when she needed it, because everyone needed a friend. A friend that would be there in the darkest of times. A friend outside of the family. Sierra would be that friend for Molly. Molly might not be that friend for Sierra, but she didn't care. As long as she was helping another person. Making others smile.

The door shut itself as Sierra entered the house that she would be staying in the next few days. It smelled of sugar cookies. Whether the scent was from actual sugar cookies or from a candle. It didn't matter. The living room held a small two person brown couch. A worn old light blue recliner angled to watch the tv. A simple wooden coffee table off to the side right underneath the window which was hidden behind light blue curtains. A large entertainment center complete with Xbox 360, games, 20" flat screen tv, and pictures of family members, graduation, friends, and other parties. The walls painted a very light gray. It wasn't that bad of a place to start out with. Taking into consideration how the kitchen and living room were about the same size. Sierra, took it all in and smiled when she found that Claire was relaxing in the recliner with the tv off. Obviously, she hadn't heard the door shut.

"Hey? Claire?" Claire. eventually opened her eyes and smiled at the blond-haired girl standing in front of her view.

"Hey. How're you doing?"

"I could always be worse" Sierra flashed Claire one of her toothy smiles that was often seen. "Has Molly came out yet?"

"Nope, but Will is trying to coax her out of her room."

"Oh." Her voice had toned down to a subtle noise. "Did you really mean it about taking us out to eat in the car?"

With that, Claire busted into laughter bringing a lighter feel into the air. Obviously, she too was hungry considering the late lunch at two in the afternoon had faded. "Yeah, Will said he would go out to grab something. He's trying to figure out what Molly would want."

"I know what she would like!"

"Well, go grab Will from upstairs and he'll take you with."

Sierra gave Claire a small salute and walked up the stairs looking around for Will. Eventually, she found him sitting on the ground outside of Molly's closed-door. After telling him the game plan that she had in mind, they walked downstairs over to Claire who had moved into the kitchen.

"We're going to go get some pizza, babe." Will walked over to Claire and gave her a soft peck on the cheek. "What type would you like?"

"Taco, and make sure that you pick up the right pizzas this time." Sierra looked over at Will and laughed slightly. Remembering the time he picked up the wrong order and had to go all the way back.

"Anything else? Bread sticks? Garlic Bread? Soda?"

Clair put her pointer finger on her lips. "How about Garlic Bread, a two liter of Sierra Mist, and you drive your own truck?"

"Sounds like a plan to me. I'll be out on the truck. Come on out when you're ready" With that will made his way out to his truck, leaving Sierra and Claire to talk"

"Hey, Claire?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you think that you could make chocolate chip cookies for us?"

"I don't think we have any chocolate chips" Sierra frowned. "But, I'm sure that I can whip up some Snicker doodle cookies, or even sugar cookies. What'd'ya say 'bout that?"

"I'd say, you're the bestest!" Sierra hugged Claire, and left to go hop into Will's truck to go get the pizza.

They made their way into his truck a smile on both of their faces. The night could still be salvaged. They would be back before midnight, and they would be able to watch the ball drop on tv with all of them sitting in front of the tv while eating pizza. Afterward, they would be able to listen to music and dance around. Despite the change of plans, Sierra was destined to make the night a good one. She planned on making the next couple of days worth it. Spending time with one of her favorite friends. Nothing would go wrong.

Thank you so very much for sticking around and reading. I hope you enjoyed the first chapter of Dreamcatchers. Please review, follow, favorite. Whatever pleases you. ^^ I plan on having the next chapter up within the next 24 hours. It's better than this chapter. :3 The pace will speed up a little bit and slow back down. I hope you enjoy it. =D

I'm open for any available criticism. Good or bad. I'm strong enough to take it! :3 If you have any questions or comments about the story please don't be afraid to tell me about it in PM or review. I don't bite! Having another person's eyes is wonderful. The more the better! I hope that the length pleases you. It'll stay about this length, or shorter. A few chapter might be a touch longer but not by much. I will leave you alone now, and go work on chapter two! I'll see you then! -flutters off-