Hello! Oookay, so I know I said I'd start updating more…and that I haven't. My excuse? Biology SUCKS, and my computer is a dork. SO, anyway, I thought I'd try to write a GaaraXHinata, because I think that they are amazing together. So yeah, here it is. :3 This is the prologue…so, sorry it's a little short.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto, if I did, well my computer wouldn't be so crappy.

And Then There was Light

Gaara POV

A flash of red.

Blood red.

As though the very light in front of me were bleeding.

I screamed.

It was a terrible noise, full of pain, yes, but worse yet. The voice wasn't mine. It was that of a monster. A terrible, horrible monster. A sob worked its way into my throat and I swallowed.

Every image in front of me flashed, rapidly moving in and out of my vision.

I was vaguely aware that I was running.

Sprinting.

It was purely instinctual, no conscious will on my part kept me going. It was fear. Fear of the darkness.

I didn't want to be pulled back into it. Back into that blackness that held no hope. And yet, I knew there was no choice. I was a demon. A monster. I was horrible. There was no way out for a person like me.

And so I ran, without thought, without rhyme or reason. I ran, simply ran. My legs were exhausted, and yet, I still moved forward. Because if I stopped, there really was no hope.

I knew in my head, this wouldn't help. That running away wasn't an option, and doing so physically certainly wouldn't help. Yet, still I ran. Ran fast, so maybe I would be okay.

Maybe, when all was said and done, I would finally be okay.

But your body can only take so much, and soon, I collapsed from exhaustion.

I could hear nothing but panting.

My panting.

I could see nothing, my vision was too blurred, but I didn't know why.

My cheeks were wet, but I didn't know why.

I couldn't peace anything together, my mind was jumbled in mixed up words and emotion.

My body was numb, but I didn't know if that was because I was lying in the cold snow, or because I'd been running for what seemed like an eternity.

Eventually, the exhaustion got the best of me, and my body pulled my conscious toward the black abyss of the unconscious.

The unknown.

One fleeting thought flashed through my head before I fell deep into slumber, and that gave me hope.

From the darkness, there must come a light.

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