(Author's note: This is my first fanfic, so please don't flame me!)

Chapter 1: Prologue

(Vivian's PoV)

Five, long, grueling years…. That's how long it has been since I lost my two best friends who meant a lot to me and had to fend for my friend and me. We were alone, no friends, no parents, or a place to sleep.

I began to walk briskly down an alley in twilight town. When I walked out of the alley, I realized that she was not in the alley like I told her. I started to get pissed off because Selan was known for being stubborn and hard-headed. I was about to leave the alley and go find her (again), when I comprehended footsteps.

"Vivian!" a female voice cried out. I rapidly turned around to see a sixteen year old girl with ginger hair in a ponytail that came down to her shoulder blades. She was wearing a shirt that matched her emerald eyes and black cargo pants with boots. Unfortunately there were two novashadows tailing behind her and gaining.

"Selan," I yelled as I quickly sprinted towards her "Run faster!" Right as she was directly in front of me, I flipped acrobatically over her. Airborne, I unsheathed my sword with a black handle and a dark grey blade, and began hacking and slashing at the nearest heartless. The second novashadow pounced on me and sheared into the flesh in my back.

I shrieked in immense pain as I felt its claws carve into my body. With one vigorous blow, I swiftly eliminated the first one and began to feel my adrenaline wear off. I barely manage to throw the second off of my back.

The heartless then charged at Selan, who was cowering against a wall. In an instant, I slung my blade at the heartless with one quick motion. Right as it faded into nothing, Selan called out to me to look behind me. A third heartless appeared form the shadows, it was bigger than the previous and looked more powerful.

The novashadow vanished then reappeared between us, separating the Selan and me. The giant shadow tackled me; causing me to crash into a wall and have the breath knocked out of me. It then tried to go for the kill, but with perfect timing I managed to block the blow. Unfortunately, my right hand was one the blade when it struck making it bleed terribly and was now useless.

I told Selan to run but she was too terrified and stubborn to move. The shadow saw its opportunity to attack and struck at my face with one agile move. I staggered back and felt the pain and the wounds on my face. With one final effort, I embedded my sword into its head and it vanished like the other two.

I felt something wet and my hair and realized that it was raining. Also, I realized there was blood staining my clothes and was everywhere in the alley. Selan, realizing the danger was gone, quickly ran to me and asked if I was alright. The only thing I gave her was a fake smile and a face twisted with pain, and then collapsed under my own weight. She started to panicked and called for help. Eventually help arrives, but it was too late. I have already lost a superfluous amount of blood and was sensing death's dark tendrils tighten their grip on my fading life.

The last thing is I saw was my friend weeping and sobbing on my gashed, bloody chest before I was enveloped into the darkness of death.