Hi, people!! This is Alice and this is my very first Fanfic, so please be nice to me, even if it sucks. Just tell me nicely. Please?? Ok I'm going to stop begging *gets off of floor and dusts her knees* and get on with it. Ok, here goes.

WAIT, forgot something (hate these): I am NOT Stephanie Meyer for the idiots that didn't read what I just wrote up there. This is for the whole story.

JPOV

It was so cold. The hunger was eating away at my empty stomach. This morning, I'd been so proud of myself. I had run away from home. I had gotten away from my horrible father.

But now, I would take his mean words and painful actions over this hunger, easy. I'd had a warm bed and food and…

No.

I couldn't think like this now. My mother was gone and I couldn't handle him without her there.

The sun was setting. I lay my head on the cold concrete. I couldn't stop the horrible images of my father from flashing through my head. I let the maddening pictures take me and felt myself succumbing to the unconscious state that let me escape the world, even for a few hours.

I should be so lucky. The moment I fell asleep, a nightmare hit me.

I was standing on my mother's grave, looking around. Everyone was crying and holding flowers. I was at her funeral. The second saddest day of my life. The first being the day she died. I sat on her grave and cried, letting the sadness take over my brain.

Then the image changed:

I was at home, waiting for my father to come home, but dreading the moment he does. Just then he walked in the door with a loud thud. I tentatively walked out of my room and into the front room. There, I found my father, lying on the floor. He reeked of alcohol and I knew he wouldn't bother me tonight. I said a quick prayer of thanks to God. But God wasn't on my side tonight. My father suddenly opened his eyes and…

I woke up. My entire body was shaking and I was covered in a cold sweat. I got up and decided to find some food. I put my cap down face up. I hadn't wanted anyone to give me money, but a kind passerby dropped some change into my hat. I looked and saw with excitement that it was three dollar bills. Took the money and walked to the nearest store and bought myself an apple. Simple, but filling. I still had two dollars and twenty-five cents left. I decided to save the money for later. I wandered around the city aimlessly searching for a job.

I kept wandering around the city for another hour or two. Everyone who saw me turned away in disgust or look at me with sympathy in their eyes. I didn't need their sympathy. I didn't want their sympathy. When I couldn't stand the stares any more, I led myself into an ally. It was the wrong place to go. A bigger boy came out of the shadows and said, "Hey, you!"

Ignoring my impulse to stay still, I ran, ran as fast as I could into the nearest store.

"Hello, may I help you?" A voice said from behind me. I almost jumped out of my skin. An old, lady with white hair was standing behind me. I'd had a teacher before and she looked just as old as this woman. The only difference was that my teacher radiated hate and this woman looked very kindly. I decided to come out and tell her the truth. Maybe she would understand.

I quickly turned to her."I'm sorry. There was this boy and he was bigger than me. He was in an ally and he was going to hurt me. I am so scared. Can you help me?" I asked in a rush.

She smiled towards me and exclaimed, "Well aren't you the cutest thing!"Then she mumbled something that sounded suspiciously like, "You'll do nicely."

"What was that?" I asked her. Her smile grew wider as she heard something crash in the back of her store.

"Oh, nothing. Of course I'll help you, child." She said sweetly. I noticed her eyes were the most startling shade of purple.

Ok, so how do you like it?? Is it great? Good? Okay? Bad? Tell meeee!! Please? It'll make me happy if ya'll review!!! Is it too short? I don't know. Just review.