[this is what i wrote one night when I was supposed to working on my other fic. Hope you like it. I'll post more soon. I have a plot for this one! yay! R&R? Please? Grazi!]

Adryan, age eight, sat up quickly in bed, sure she'd heard something downstairs, something that was not supposed to be there.

She slipped out of bed with all the care she could muster at- she threw a glance at her clock- 3:46 AM. She bypassed her panda bear slippers and tiger striped robe, and slid between the door and the wall without touching either.

The stairs, which never seemed to creak in the day, moaned as if she were murdering them as she nearly glided down into the front hall. Once there, she began a thorough search of the house.

A few tense minutes later, after finding nothing, as she headed back up the stairs, she heard footsteps in the hall above. She streaked up the stairs, much faster than on she had on her way down, careless of the noise she was making.

She burst into her parents' bedroom, hands shaking and heart pounding.

A huge, fury thing was at the window, staring out into the night, "good evening," it said with a rich deep man's voice. "Adryan, it's a pleasure to meet you again,"

"Where are my parents?" her voice was shockingly steady- steely, in fact. She felt her hands stop shaking and curl into fists. "Who are you?"

"What parents, Adryan?" the thing turned to face her. He was a beast, with small black eyes and smooth fur covering his slightly twisted and heavily scarred face.

"The ones who were sleeping right…" Adryan let her voice go quiet as she realized that the bed- her parents' bed- was empty and neatly made, as if no one had ever been there.

"Exactly, Adryan." The beast smiled, it was an ugly sight. "Time to go home." He whispered, taking a step forward and reaching for Adryans hand...

Adryan, age thirteen, jerked upright, coming from the nightmare in her mind to the nightmare in her world. Her nightmare as a weapon, as a wolf-girl, as a freak... as a nightmare.