A girl of about ten years old walks out into the night sky with her little dog. She laughs and giggles as she spins around. The night was perfect and everything was perfect. She thought nothing could take this away from her. She runs inside as her mother calls her in. "What were you doing out there?"

"Nothing," the little girl replies. "Just enjoying the night air."

Her mother smiles. "Well," her father says as he walks in, "I've got great news."

"What?" the little girl asks.

"We're going to Disney World."

The little girl squeals with joy as she jumps into her father's arms. The mother laughed. The perfect ending to a great day…..

Two years later…

A fire burns everything down. The house and everything inside it. Two bodies are on the ground, bloodied and beaten. There were no survivors…

Six months later…

Detective Lilly Rush was driving home after a long day on a case. She couldn't wait to get home to her cats; it would be a relief to see them after all that had been going on lately.

Suddenly, she slammed on her brakes as a pure white horse came out of nowhere. The day was foggy, and the white horse looked like a ghost. The horse reared in front of the car- mere centimeters away from stomping down on the hood- as the car came to a squealing stop. Lilly took a calming breath as two questions popped into her head: Where the heck did that horse come from? And two, where was it's rider?

She pulled over to the side of the road, and made sure her gun was on her hip. Ever since that day in the alley, she knew she couldn't be too careful. She slowly got out of the car and walked toward the frightened creature. "Easy, there," she said slowly. The horse's ears pricked at the sound of her voice. Lilly smiled. "Where's your owner?"

Looking at the horse's face, she saw that it only had a halter on. More than likely, this was a privately owned horse; which was strange because she didn't know of any stables in the city.

The horse bobbed her head a little, and then stepped away from Lilly. She trotted toward the entrance of an alley, then stopped and looked back at Lilly.

Lilly was puzzled at this. It looked as if the horse wanted her to follow. Making sure the gun was securely fastened in its holster, she followed the horse. However, the farther they went in, the more anxious the horse got. Lilly was beginning to wonder if this was a fool's errand, when they finally came across a small tent. Behind it was a beautiful black horse that the white one walked up to. A growl came from the tent- causing Lilly to automatically reach for her gun. Before she even finished getting it out of its holster, a hoarse voice came from the side of the tent. "Heel, girl…"

The growl was replaced by a whimper as the dog came out and went to the side of the tent. Lilly followed and gasped at the sight she saw. "Oh my gosh," she said incredulously, staring down at the fragile soul.

A child of no more than thirteen or fourteen was lying on her side, slightly shivering. Lilly knelt down, and shifted her slightly to check her pulse. The girl was barely conscious as she stirred and briefly looked at Lilly, then fell back into the dream state she was in.

Lilly rushed back to her car and took out a blanket she had used on a recent stake out, while grabbing her phone. She dialed 911 as she rushed back to the girl. "911, what's your emergency?" the voice on the other line said as Lilly wrapped the child in the blanket. How can you so calm when a child might be dying? She wanted to ask them; knowing it wasn't going to do her any good though, she instead said, "This is Detective Lilly Rush of Philly Homicide. I need paramedics on 34th and 5th street. There's a very sick child; unknown identity, possible run-away, about thirteen or fourteen years old. I also need animal control. There are two horses and a dog that may belong to the child. I'm inside the alley."

While the voice said the usual about sending help, Lilly turned back to the child. She looked deathly pale, despite her slightly dark skin. "Help… me… Li…" the child's voice faded.

"Stay with me now," Lilly said. "Hold on. Help is coming. Just hold on."

A/N: Cue music :P

I'm back and in full swing! CC was my fave show, and I've had this story in my head since I was ten. Literally. Forgive the beginning though, that wasn't originally part of the story, but I needed something.