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Prologue
The light was dim, and all I could clearly see was a dark, ominous shadow lurking in the corner. Pain seared across my body and my limbs quickly went numb. Blood rushed to my head and the air around me filled with smoke. The smoke burned my eyes, nose and mouth. My lungs were screaming at me to get out, to get air, but I couldn't. I couldn't move. My wrists were knotted together with a rope that was tied so tight that my hands were turning blue. My fingers were tingling from the lack of circulation and I desperately tried to slide the rope off my wrists. But I was too weak to even try. My vision became splotchy and my mind started clouding with thoughts.
Thoughts of happiness, joy, love and friendship began swirling around in my mind. I thought of my music, my family and mostly, my friends. I closed my eyes. And when I closed my eyes I saw Austin. We were sitting at the piano, writing a new song. He was playing a beautiful harmony and singing along to the melody I was playing. We smiled, enjoying the moment of bliss and nothing else mattered but us and our music. Our hands brushed and I felt a warm feeling spread through my fingertips.
And just like that, the moment was gone. Reality settled back in and I opened my eyes. The first thing I saw was the red. Eternal, burning red. Then I felt the pain. I felt myself slipping from consciousness and I squinted against the flames. I saw a door on the other side of the room. My escape was so close, but yet so far. Then I saw it. Austin kicked the door open, with Trish and Dez behind him. He looked up at me and we made eye contact. He looked horrified. The shadow shot across the room, echoing the same phrase over and over again, "When evil takes it's toll in part, true love is the power that can mend the heart".
I pondered that for a second, but the rope snapped and my head crashed into the hard, marble ground. A bright white light engulfed me, reaching into the deep depths of my soul and pulling me away from Earth.
