Hey! I'm back again with another story (even though I haven't finished any of my other ones…)! This is my first Covenant fic, and I hope y'all enjoy it!

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Prologue

Evolet couldn't turn the steering wheel fast enough to escape the war-path of the truck that sped at her from the wrong side of the road. It all happened much too quickly for her to even know what happened next. She didn't even feel the impact, but the next thing she was conscious of was the steady beep of a heart monitor and the sickeningly sterile signature smell of a hospital that invaded her senses.

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"What are we going to do with her now? She's worthless. She can't even walk, and the doctors say there's no hope of her ever playing again."

"Let's just send her to live with your parents. She can finish her schooling there, and then she'll be out of our hair."

"Such a shame. She was going to make us rich too."

The voices of her parents drifted up from the kitchen downstairs. Tears filled Evolet's mismatched eyes before she closed the door to her room and wheeled herself over to her closet. Trembling with effort, she leaned down and picked up a duffel bag and a suitcase from the back of the closet, ready to start packing for when she would be sent away.

Now that there's no chance of me making them money, they're all but disowning me, she thought venomously. And they didn't even bother trying to keep their voices down.

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Evolet wheeled her way over to the baggage claim area just as her luggage was coming around the corner. She moved a little faster to get to her bags in time to whisk them off of the conveyor belt. Almost immediately, she dropped them onto the floor with a gasp, arms trembling. With a groan of frustration, she lifted the duffel bag onto her lap and was about to reach for the suitcase once more, when it was suddenly taken by someone else.

"Excuse me!" she started, whipping her head up, only to come face-to-face with her older brother.

"Leon!" she cried happily, throwing her arms around his waist. "What are you doing here?!"

Her brother set down the suitcase and returned the hug just as happily. "Oh, you know, this and that," he teased as he ruffled her hair.

Evolet faked a growl and playfully slapped his hand away. Tears of happiness welled up in her eyes as she looked upon her older brother. He was looking down at her with the same emotion in his eyes, accompanied by sorrow and pity.

"Look at you, Baby Girl," he whispered, squatting down in front of her and cupping her cheek in his hand. The tears in Evolet's eyes turned bitter and threatened to overflow. "How are you doing?"

Evolet dashed the tears away before they could fall and replied bitterly, "as good as can be expected. You know, I'm actually sort of glad. Now they can't just use me anymore."

By 'they,' Evolet and Leon both knew she meant their parents. Leon took her hands in his own. "But Ev, you won't be..."

Evolet looked down at her legs and laughed, but it was hollow and humorless. "Yeah. Ironic, isn't it? To be free from the people I hate, I had to loose the thing I love the most."

Leon stood and looked down at his baby sister sadly.

"Come on, Baby Girl," he sighed. "Let's get you home."

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There it is! I'm sorry if it wasn't very good, but the prologue is here! Please review, my lovelies!

-Piratemuffins