Sorry, but this has been stuck in my head for a couple of years now, and I finally found the notebook it was encased in :D

Hope you guys enjoy this story :D

I do not own anything that is familiar to Maximum Ride; that belongs to the author. I only own the plot and the OCs.

Shadow's Whispers of Nightmares

Nightmare One

Chase

I was breathing heavily, taking in huge gulps of air just to make sure that I was alive. Let me tell you, it's not easy fighting these... things that are half-wolf, half-human, and all predator; also known as Erasers. Awful creatures that have chased me down and possibly others that escaped from the hell-hole that I was trying to leave.

That same hell-hole is the same place where I believed I was created. It's a lab dedicated to conforming poor children into unthinkable creatures and beings. Hence, the existance of Erasers. I believe one of them used to be an eight-year-old... Poor kid.

Well, the institute technically doesn't exist, or in the general terms of the public, it really doesn't. The only people who knew it's existence is the scientists, the government, and the experiments.

A howl sounded a bit behind me, making me jump a bit in the air. My breathing quickened a bit more, if that was possible, and my body started to move on its own accord. I started to run, run past the trees, run past the sounds of the night, and run past my own self.

They were growing closer, I could hear their pants and snarls as if they're breathing down my own neck. My adrenaline shot up at this thought, and despite the pain of moving, my legs went faster on their own accord.

'Run,' someone whispered into my ear. 'They're coming closer. Jump when you get to the edge.' Jump at the edge, jump at the edge... What edge? There must've been a cliff nearby if there was an 'edge.' And, sure enough, there was a cliff.

I didn't want to stop, but I didn't want to die either. But I still trusted those soft whispers, those whispers that kept me from going insane during the experiments, that covered my screams, my whimpers of pain in crucial moments.

As soon as the edge was close enough, I stopped, looking down at the precarious drop way below me. I turned, only to see that the Erasers were slowly coming out of the forest, their grins fillng up with triumph on finding their little prey.

I took a small step back, almost falling off the edge. I knew they could smell my fear; their eyes were filling with lust. What kind of lust, I didn't want to know.

I looked back again, seeing blue wispy forms, gesturing me to safety. I turned back. They were closer than before. I finally decided what I wanted to do.

I wanted to live.

With that decision, I stood up straight, looked them straight in the eye, and jumped backwards. I fell down, down into the dark with a dark moon shining down onto all that she sees in her grasp.

'You are safe now, child.' This whisper was soothing, almost like a mother comforting her scared child on a rainy night. 'Rest, and we'll take you to someone who can help you.' I wanted to thank her, I wanted to open my eyes and smile my gratitude, but the luring lullaby in my head was singing to me.

It was singing of sadness and hope, one that I wanted to hear forever. I felt my lips curl up into a smile as I felt the darkness slowly take me into it's comforting arms.

'Sleep, child, sleep...'

Do you guys like it? I know it's short, but I didn't think that adding in the gang should come in the first chapter. Please review and tell me what you think :)

Merry Christmas, by the way :D