Prologue

It was the start of November, all the multi-colored leaves were falling down from all the trees. Just another warm day, but not as cold as it should've been.

As Anari walked back home from school, she gave out a huge sigh and her calm, blue eyes started to wander. She was going to miss living here on Falls Island, and she wanted to spend her final hours left here.

She grasped her bookbag and slung it over her head and shoulders, as she dashed towards the park. It was the only place on the island where she had peace, and she needed to take the rest of it with her. She let out a dramatic sigh as she sat down on one of the park benches, and went through her bookbag; bringing out only her journal and a pencil. Her journal was her most valuable possession, and she never leaves home or school without it. Everything she wrote in here daily was just like keeping a few pieces of her memories, either good or bad she had them all.

She flipped through the pages of her journal and found a new, clean sheet to write her next entry. She started to write down her inner thoughts.

I don't want to leave.

Tonight's the night that I'm moving to Freeze City, and I really don't want to go. It's just because my step-father wanted me to finish the rest of my education there, and he's going to drop me off tonight just to redecorate my apartment. Now crazy as it seems, I'm only fourteen and the school he wanted me to attend is far away. Way too far away. I remember my step-father Jeetu say something earlier but--

Anari stopped writing for a second, she needed some time to think. She thought about them. She let out another sigh and began to write some more.

I really don't have any experience living in a huge city. So, things will be so different from now on. Just give me some time, and a little luck. I'm not doing this for my benefit, it's also for Jeetu. It sounds like I'm his mother, but I think he feels the same way about me too, so I'll just keep living on for our dream.

She closed her journal, and stuffed it back inside her bookbag. Anari turned her head slightly, as she saw the sun was about to go down. It was about time to go. She stood up, and swung her bookbag on her arm, and dashed towards home.

"Well that's the last load!!"

Jeetu wiped the sweat off his forehead. All the boxes were almost completely aligned in the back of the trunk. He heard the sounds of fast footsteps coming from behind him. Jeetu turns around to see Anari fall to her knees, panting. Her bookbag fell off her arm and hits the ground, Jeetu kneels down towards Anari and places a hand under her chin. She looked up, meeting his gaze. Sweat started to streak down her forehead.

"You okay Anarein? You seem really pale." Jeetu asked.

"I'm fine...it's just I haven't ran so much in a while..." he gave her a minute to catch her breath. Anari stood up and picked up her bookbag from the ground, she hands it to him and he puts it inside the trunk along with the boxes. "And please Dad....stop calling me Anarein. I really don't feel comfortable hearing it formally...."

"Are you still sure about moving? I mean, you could come and live with me for the weekend. I won't mind." Jeetu replied anxiously.

"And risk driving over 200 miles just to come pick me up and drop me here?" Anari replied back, "Please, don't do that just so you can see me. I'll be alright, don't worry too much about me." Anari replied.

"Okay then, now that everything's all set, let's just have one more hour to prepare and we should be on our way." Jeetu insisted.

- - - - - - -

Her midnight black hair illuminated against the moonlight.

She was very sure that she visited this place before, but at the same time, this place was also very odd. Her feet were leaving very wet tracks against the gravel, as she kept on moving.

The woman heard a whisper behind her, whatever it was, there was but two options. One, get out there and survive. Two, bleed to death. But she dared not to go back, she only wanted to leave this place.

I could've sworn I've visited this place before...but I don't know...I need to get out of here...she muttered to herself. Her pale skin was cold to the touch, as her tattered dress was worn for so many hours, losing it's color. She felt as if time was playing a trick on her. But her calm, distant blue eyes were still fired up with confidence. She kept on moving forward towards the depth of the dark road.

Then a light of started to glisten from behind her, whatever it was, there was but one answer. Hope. As curious as the woman was, half-listening to the thoughts that circled inside her head, the light was drawing her close. As if she was in a trance.

Then she placed her foot down in the water, as the light was drawing her close. She knew this was coming.

Before she met it's gaze, a pair of headlights were running up in front of her. The woman realized right away that this was her sign of hope. She knew it was too late to turn back. She fearlessly stepped in and she let the truck give it all away.

Nobody knew where she was since then. Nobody has figured out why she did it.

It was until a matter of time until the water on the ground has been stained a brilliant crimson...

- - - - - - -

"AUUGH!!"

Anari was startled when she woke up, she gave in a very breathtaking sigh. Sitting from the other side was Jeetu, with his eyes fully open.

"Wake up Anar! Did you have a bad dream again??"

"How scary!!" Anari answered back, not feeling so sure about what she saw in her nightmare, "There was a terrible flood...and a woman..."

She cut-off as she remembered the last part, right when the woman disappeared after when the truck had taken off into the rain. Just thinking about it sent chills up her spine. Anari's head started throbbing.

"Well, I'm not sure what you're talking about," Jeetu had a slight chuckle in his voice, "but I think the weather is also having a frenzy of it's own."

Anari slightly turned her head a little as she looked out the window. He wasn't joking, the rain that was pouring outside was pouring down like crazy. Like a bunch of needles falling from the sky, might take even more days to clear up even. She let out a very deep sigh and placed her hand on the dial. She turned it a few times so she could hear some music from her favorite radio station.

As she got to her favorite radio station, instead of a song the news came on instead. Jeetu cranked up the volume so he could listen to the broadcast.

...and yet, the waves are still picking up speed, continuously making rampage off the coast of Aroa Island...

"So, this is supposed to be Freeze City?" Anari asked Jeetu, with no sign of enthusiasm in her voice whatsoever. Jeetu blinked and just randomly smiled back at her, "Well, I have to admit, this place doesn't seem all amusing, but hey, at least things will ease up pretty soon until tomorrow. Who knows?"

"Tomorrow??" Anari looked at Jeetu as if he was crazy to mention something like that, "Tomorrow is my first day of school. How will that make me feel any better?"

"Okay. Then how about the day after tomorrow?" Jeetu closed his eyes and smiled widely. As if he was hiding something from her.

Anari cocked one eyebrow. She really had no answer to that at all. As a matter of fact, she has never thought about that.

- - - - - - -

Anari cringed a little bit as she looked up as they saw the small two-story house they were going to live in. While Jeetu was trying to unload the van, Anari still froze by just continuously staring at it.

"I'm going to live here?" Anari said, as she motions towards Jeetu, who was still trying to unload all the boxes from the car. Jeetu stopped as he carried two boxes in his hand, and stared back at Anari.

"Oh, sorry Anari. I didn't pay attention. Can you repeat what you just said?" He didn't watch where he was going as he tripped in one of the puddles in the rain. The boxes came crashing down. Anari turned around, with a tiny laughter that's captured inside her voice, "Never mind..."

She helped Jeetu pick up the boxes that he dropped as the two headed for the door, but they haven't realized that they are being watched.

"She detests this city, but she does make a great playmate. Don't you think so?" The slim man in an overcoat said, gazing over Anarein from the other side of the street. One of his eyes were badly scarred, probably something he earned from battle.

"Yes, yes it will be fun. So fun, that it will destroy her." A big, burly man with a huge top hat and and shades was standing next to the slim man.

They both laughed in unison.

"But my friend, let time take over. So we can plan on her destruction."

A/N: I hope you loved the prologue for the fanfiction, and to think Anari would have her own apartment at an early age...I would love that. But anyways, I'll keep writing and post up the next chapter soon, so just stay tuned!

-Twilight Anarein-