prologue
1889
December 12
A girl skates across a little river through her town. She looks around nervously as if she expected something to come and get her... Looking over her back, she did not see the tall looming shape of a boy of 17. "Oomph!" the 16 year old girl exclaimed. She immediately froze and very slowly looked up... The boy's chubby face had a sinister smile. the boy had black messy hair and a big coat on with a cap. "well, well, if it isn't the ugly duckling lydia?" he said menacingly. The girl Lydia, looked behind him at the group of snickering teens looking at her. Lydia had pale blond hair and skin which made her look like a ghost. Her dark sea-blue eyes looked up at him with terror. "H-harry.., i d-dont want any trouble," she stammered in a whispery voice. He laughed cruelly and the group of teens giggled. " What ya going to do Lidy?" He taunted. "Give me your skates? give me that stupid neckalace of yours? Run to your parents?- oh thats right- you dont have parents!" He yelled in her face grinning wideLy. Lydia cringed as she remembered; she was found in a ditch wailing by an old man. She grew up in an orphanage all her life. The children bursted out laughing when Harry said this Shouting cruel names. "Worm!" "DeadLight!" "Twinkletoes" "oh look! Its the runt!" "FISHFACE!" Lydia's eyes began to tear up and she was grabbed by the coat by Henry. She looked around desperately for a witness but it was past curfew for most. "That neckalace is kinda pretty, i think i'll have it," said henry as he reached for the aqua-blue pendant around her neck. "No!" Cried Lydia iN desperation. All of the sudden a snow-ball came out of nowhere and shot Harry in the face. Startled, henry dropped Lydia onto the thick ice. Lydia saw her chance and jumped to her feet, she could have sworn she saw something shift in thin air, as if something invisible was there. henry recovered to see Lydia skating away expertly. his face turned purplish-red and the group of teens inched away slowly, for this was not a good sign. he suddenly shouted "MAGGOT BRAINS! AFTER HER!" he said in an outraged voice. the group began running, only to fall in a heap On the slippery icy. henry growled in frustration and began running along the bank like a modern day football player.
Lydia skated as fast as she could to Crescent Moon Lake, which was shaped like a crescent moon. She knew the ice was thin, but the othe. Teens were heavier than her and could easily fall through- and they knew it-. She reached the shore of the frozenlake. She did not hear the heavy footsteps of a certain Bully. Then she heard it. Lydia spun around to see Henry only yards away from her. He emitted a battle cry as the other teens ran behind him. out of panic Lydia raced backwards to the middle of the symmetrical line of the lake. Her pale hair shimmered in the moonlight. The teens stopped dead in their tracks- except henry- he ran all the way across the ice, making dents iN the ice. lydia watched in horror as she made a leap for her; hatred in his eyes. But then an incredible thing happened. Something LIFTED henry up into the air and everyone watched in astonishment. he yelled as he was thrown all the way to the other side of the village and landed in a pile of horse poop. The teens looked at Lydia in fear and ran after their leader. Lydia was left in silence. She finally allowed her self a twitchy smile for she didnt smile much. But then came a sickening cracking sound below her feet. "NO!" Sounded a voice of a boy. She looked up and for one second. She saw a boy. A boy with electric blue eyes and snowy white hair. In that second he reached out his hand and she reached also... And missed. She plunged into ice cold water, then everything went dark.
