Recommend listen to; snow white queen by Evanescence

I was running home. I had just went past a candy store and heard a mother telling her son they had to get home for dinner and that is what reminded me I had a to be home or my parents would be very disappointed in me again.

Oh I'm sorry I forgot to introduce myself I am Natallia Eloise Omen but most people just call me by my middle name or they call me Nat(but that's only what my sister's husband or rather my Brother-in-law Kevin calls me) now that's you know my name I will tell you about myself, I am not an only child I have an older sister named Kindle but as I just said she's already married and moved to Florida. I'm still stuck in this house in Texas I wouldn't say it's a mansion but it is a rather large house because my dad is the CEO for some company I do not care for. I'm 15 years old(I will be 16 on Halloween and I think that is the best birthday EVER!) I live with both my parents and tonight we were having the Jeevas family over because well… I have a secret arranged marriage I know you're probably asking "How is it secret?" well I know my parents know and the William family knows that I am going to marry their son Mail or as he said he would like to be addressed Matt. The only catch was he had to propose to me but in every way it was an arranged marriage and I didn't like it.

I walked through a door on the side of my house and went straight into the kitchen. I looked around I saw no-one but I heard laughter coming from out living room and groaned the Jeevas we're already here. I should have expected them to be here because I was an hour late. As I thought the last word my mother walked in

"Nattalia Eloise where have you been!" she whisper yelled

"I'm sorry mother I lost time and-" I was cut off my her response

"I don't want to hear your excuses just go up to your room but on the navy blue dress I bought you and come down quickly! Mail has been waiting for you" I hung my head low and went through a hallway and sneaked across the living room and up the large staircase feeling the cold marble underneath my fingers.

I opened my bedroom door and turned on the light to see my different shades of purple walls light up. I walked over to my twin sized bed and plopped down on it seeing the blue dress laying beside me. I held it up and thought it would look okay. I stripped of my clothes and slipped the dress on, it went to my knees and had little white buttons going down my chest and stopping at my ribcage and little itty bitty white flowers as the design but you had to look up close to tell they were flowers. I slipped on some black ballet flats and went down stairs while wishing my mother knew she didn't have to buy me these clothes. I was fine as I was and if a man does not accept me for that I'm not marrying him

I was going down the stairs quietly not to draw attention to myself when I got down to the bottom I heard my mother say "Joshua(my father's name) could I please talk to you in the kitchen for a second?" I ducked behind our couch and crawled to where I was shortly before when I first came home. I leaned against the wall hearing my parents talk about something I was almost positive I wasn't supposed to hear

"I'm worried about our little Loise(yes they called me that too) she will never get a husband with all this rebellion and misbehaving" I heard my father give a soft chuckle

"the concern of a mother, caring of a woman, and most of all perfection of a wife" he held her chin to look him in the eye "if you don't let things run their course naturally nothing good will come of it" personally I was getting bored with this because I wasn't into all that lovey-dovey stuff. I got up and walked in calmly as possible

"oh mother there you are!" I smiled

"oh Eloise does it really take you that long to put on a simple dress for a dinner with family friends?" she said with her slight British accent

"I'm sorry I got distracted-"

"liked I said earlier I don't want to here and excuses now go in there with them and socialize!" she pushed my shoulders and walked in with me or rather pushed me into our living room "I'm very sorry for the wait Mail but our daughter seems just a bit late" 'Just a bit late?' I could almost hear him scoffing in his head "please forgive her" she nudged my arms and I curtsied like I knew she wanted me too and remembering to keep my back straight

"I am very sorry sir Matt" she nudged me again a little harder this time "I mean Mail, please accept my apologies" I looked up to see him a few feet in front of me

"of course I accept your apologies like a man always should with a woman this beautiful" he lifted my hand and kissed it. I could feel the excitement radiating off my mother

"well it's getting rather late the longer we sit here. Mother?" I said trying to get this embarrassing moment out of the way.

"oh yes everyone please follow me to the dining room" well the jeevas family had to but I didn't because well it is my house I know exactly where everything is. I stood by my chair and Matt standing right beside me us waiting for the adults at the table to sit down first like we were both raised to do then he pulled out my chair and allowed me to sit and finally himself sitting down.

It had been 10 minutes or so the adults talking and laughing but if you looked closely you could see the awkwardness with me and the redhead beside me. I looked down at my plate seeing the chicken and most of my food still left on my plate. I finally got up the courage to talk to Matt or rather Mail "so mat-" I cut myself of knowing my mother was listening to hear what we were talking about with her dog like hearing all the way down the huge table from us "Mail what kind of things interest you?" I smiled trying to make a normal conversation

"well I like going out to my uncle's house in the country on the weekends to shoot archery" I nodded in response both of us know he really wanted to play video games but his parents thought they were for people who's life was going no-where and they work at McDonalds, we didn't talk for the rest of dinner. Little did they know they were being closely watched by a very amused man sitting at the top of their stairs.

Finally dinner ended and my parents told to me and Mail to go sit in the living room while they finished and cleaned up but I knew they just wanted up to have "alone time"

"so how has the new all girls private school going?" I smiled at his attempt to make simple talk. This lifestyle was definitely not my personal favorite. Going to afternoon teas at women's houses, going to dinners with my father, and arranged marriages

"well it's going okay but the uniforms are not my favori-" I was cut off my a blood curling scream that I could tell came from my mother so I jumped up and ran to the dining room Matt close behind me.

"what's going on!?" I looked up to see a man with black hair and a kitchen knife starring at me. I looked down to see my father and Matt's father dead on the floor and table. A bottle of wine fell over and I couldn't tell what was wine and what was blood.

his mother was gasping for air by the man's feet with a slit neck. I couldn't help but wonder where my own mother was so I looked around and saw her laying on the stairs. Her death was the worst looking of them all.

"who are you?!" I demanded and he slowly started walking towards me and Matt I instinctively made a run for it into the kitchen to look for a weapon. Matt obviously had the same idea as me. I froze as I heard the door squeak I grabbed Matt's arm and we ran outside. I tripped in the snow that obviously had fallen while I was inside and huge flakes still falling. I felt someone grab my leg "NO!" I screamed grabbing for Matt but he was no where to be seen. I was cold and wet laying on the ground in my spaghetti strapped short dress. I was being pulled back inside with a hand over my mouth.

I was tired I was worn out and I hurt I could barely talk and there was blood all over me. I could tell the man was about to take his last slash to Matt but I interrupted with all my strength "please!" he looked back at me obviously surprised to hear me talk "spare him. Please. I will do whatever you want" I looked down and I could hear soft feet shuffling across the kitchen tile that had blood all over it now.

"I will make a deal with you little missy" I nodded at his answer "you come with me, be my little helper and I spare his life"

"deal" I squeaked out and shook his hand. It was cold. Very, very, cold but I couldn't blame him I knew my hand was very cold too

"you can go upstairs I will give you 15 minutes while I clean up a little you can grab whatever you want to take with you and let me tell you… we will be doing a lot of traveling with my… occupation" he chuckled but I found no humor in him finding himself killing people an occupation "I suggest you go up now" I got up off the floor slowly to make sure I had my balance and swiftly made it up the stairs

I grabbed a book bag and duffle bag out of my closet. I put my laptop and charger in the book bag and all my favorite book. I grabbed my clothes and all that but I also grabbed a few I guess you could say… luxury items. I was about to walk out of my room(with warmer clothes on I might add) when I remembered my most precious possession. My puppy. I ran into the bathroom(where my puppy was since he was barely housetrained and we had company over) I picked him up grabbed his leash and his food bag(it was small don't worry) and ran downstairs

"hello?" I called out wondering where the man went. Heard glass brake and wondered where he was. I walked into out dining room again trying to ignore the bodies that littered the stairs and floor(thank goodness we had 2 staircases so I didn't have to see my mother) to see the man eating strawberry jam and a broken jar of it on the floor.

"you are finished early I'm impressed" he got up "may I ask what is that?" he asked pointing to the small figure in my arms

"this is my puppy!" I said through clenched teeth. He put up his hands in defense

"let's go" I followed him out the door and he walked to a car that was a few houses down from mine. I just stared at him "well get in" I was nervous. Getting in a car with a man I don't know and who killed my parents and my parents friends. He seemed to read my mind "don't worry your friend is still alive but he's blacked out so when he waked back up he will se the phone I left beside him and call the police then they will come and I'm sure you can guess what happens next" he unlocked the car and I got in feeling some comfort from my Yorkie puppy Mello(I do have a yorkie and if I waited like a week to name it I would have named it mello because it's attitude is like mello's) "we are going to the train station" he said getting onto the highway

"why?" I asked wondering if he might get mad if I get too curious because as they say Curiosity killed the car

"we have to get out of town. I would have waited a few days to a week if this was a normal murder but taking someone with me is pushing my limits" I turned out the window to see the January snow falling once again. The snow was soothing to me like it was a natural cleanser so natural and pure. I looked down at the clock in the car and it was 11:32 has it really been that long? It surely did not seem like it. I closed my eyes and let sleep take me under

I awoke a door opening that I guessed was the man's until I felt a rush of cold air and Mello jump on my lap. I opened my eyes to see we were at a train station. I felt bad about this but I know it's what I had to do. I had to put mello in my book bag so no-one would see him. We walked up to the building and the man whispered in my ear "you're going to have to by the tickets" I felt his breath tickle down my neck

"umm mister-" "call me Beyond or B"

"oh okay Beyond where are we going?"

"just tell them 2 tickets to LA on the 12:00 o'clock train and also act as calm as possible" I took a deep breath. I had flown on a plane by myself(boring, lonely trips to my grandma's)but this one made me nervous

"Okay but I don't have any money" then he pulled out a hundred dollar bill out of his pocket. I took a deep breath and walked up to the counter because there was no one there since we were here so late

"Hello how may I help you?" a woman with grey hair and classes asked me. I could tell she was at the end of her shift how tired and exhausted. I gave my most sincere smile.

"Yes may I have 2 tickets on the 12:00 o'clock train to LA?" she sighed and I handed her the money

"Aren't you a little young to be buying tickets by yourself and who is the second one for?"

"Well you see me and my brother are going home. We we're here for business and he has been having some thought problems you know so he can't really talk right now so being a good sister and I want to go home I'm buying the tickets" she gave me a look that said she knew I was lying but she respecting my wish of not telling her the truth. She handed me the 2 tickets and money back. I sighed. That's when I knew my life was changing… for the better

End of Chapter 1