Prologue
It was dark and cold. Even the moon hid behind the shelter of the clouds. The thunder blared and the lightning sliced through the darkness like a dagger through flesh. The leafless trees provided little shelter from the icy drops of rain. The woods were filled with terror. She ran through it her hair in her eyes and her sneakers pounding there way along the ground. Splashing the cold, wet mud on her legs chilling them to the bone. All the strength she had was hardly enough to keep her moving. She tumbled to the ground lifelessly not feeling the cold wetness that soaked through her clothes. She looked back. The flames were still visible in the darkness. Turning away quickly, she lied back down. Her tears disappearing in the rain and mud below her.