AN: I'm back, and with an all-new story too! Oh, and this will take me a while longer to update because I'm trying to write to the best of my abilities! So this will go through a lot of editing and stuff =]]. I love reviews, and if you review, I will love you forever!
PS – this whole chapter/prologue is supposed to be in italics. Don't think that my whole story is in italics, because I know that it bothers me if somebody's story is all bold or all italics! The next chapter will be regular font.
PPS – This chapter is supposed to be kind of strange, but it will all be clear what it was in the next one!

During the black of night, the brilliantly lit moon casted beams of light on a lonely pond, reflecting sparkling rays of illumination that gleamed across the scenery. A delicate breeze fluttered through the air, twirling around aimlessly as it rustled the cattails ever so slightly. The crickets hummed an unrecognizable tune as the fireflies danced in the air, emitting a small yellow glow every few seconds. There was the occasional movement from the pond, due to the fact that fish were swimming up to scoop food from the top of the shallow water. The fish would then go back under, leaving small ripples to weave through the water.

Up on an isolated hilltop next to the pond, was a boy and a girl. They were sitting on the grass, which was thickly coated with dewdrops, but they didn't care. The girl reached out to stroke the boy's hand, and he shivered at her touch. She gave him a questioning look, wondering if what she was doing was okay, but the boy just smiled warmly, signaling that she should continue.

The girl didn't know what love was; it was alien to her. Sure, she had had boyfriends, but none of them ever felt right. In all of the fairytale love stories, the people always knew that they were in love. They could feel it in the pit of their stomachs. The girl had never understood the silly, unrealistic relationships, but now she did. As her eyes bored into his, with a feeling so deep, so strong that she might cry, it was obvious that he was the one.

She traced the patterns of the boy's skin, wanting to remember it, wanting to always know what it felt like to be touching him. He was the one living soul in the world that had changed her life, altered her existence. He gave her a reason to be alive. This, she knew he did not know, but wished with all of her heart that he did.

A gentle breeze made her golden locks swirl around her face, tickling her cheeks. The boy slowly, hesitantly, removed his hand from under her light grip to push her hair out of her face, and then started to run his fingers through it. She smiled timidly, experiencing with her newfound love. It was almost confusing: The odd, but pleasant sensation that enveloped all of her stomach, the warmth of his skin against hers, the way his eyes said 'I love you' and actually meant it, not just another pair of hungry ones that were searching for sex.

As if on cue, the boy's eyes sparkled through his sets of thick eyelashes, and he used the hand that was still stroking the girl's hair to cup her face.

He lowered his head so that he was level with hers, and began to lean in. Slowly, taking his time, he leaned toward her until he could feel her breath on his lips. The girl had already closed her eyes, waiting patiently for the sweet moment to come.

"Don't ever leave me," the boy whispered.

The girl's eyes snapped open, not expecting his voice, but his lips. She then noticed the complete and utter seriousness of his expression, yet how it was still so soft and gentle.

"I won't," she breathed, completely meaning it.

The boy gazed at her intently, measuring her expression before he told her the three most important words in the world.

"I love you."

The words caught the girl off guard; her eyes widened, but then they calmed down and love spilled into them.

"I love you, too."

The adoring smile stayed prominent across the boy's face, but something strange started to happen to him. Little droplets of water appeared on his forehead.

The girl looked up, but saw no rain coming down. Was he sweating? The droplets continued on down his face and splashed on his blue jeans… but the drop on the jeans wasn't the clear water color. It was pale: the exact same pale of his skin. More colored driblets began creep down his face. The boy didn't seem to notice at all, and reached out toward the girl. She scooted back, away from his hand.

His expression faltered, and then he frowned.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

His whole self began to drip down, and the girl was clearly repulsed.

He didn't turn paler, no, the color was completely draining from everything: his hair, his hat, his clothes, his eyes, his skin, and completely disappeared the part of him where there was no more color. He kept oozing, and the shades splashed out onto the grass, turning it wild colors.

"Wha…what?" the girl stuttered, standing up and beginning to move backwards. When her foot collided with the ground, it made a splashing noise. She looked down and her still-intact shoe had splashed into a puddle of muck.

The boy got up and followed her as if nothing was happening, but did not speak. The paint-like substance trickled down his body, smearing together and turning brown. His sketchy body started to dissolve, evaporating into the sky.

The girl just stood at the edge of the hill with her hands over her mouth. Her eyes were wide with terror while her expression was absolutely horrified. The whole world around her started to melt, looking as if it was a painting and all of the pastels were dripping down, leaving it as the white parchment it began like. The grass and leaves bled green, the sky dripped blue. Everything mixed together, making the world a ghastly mud puddle.

The girl kept backing up and then tripped over a lone root jutting up from the ground. She fell backwards, but didn't stop falling. As she fell, everything faded into nothingness, and she continued to fall, falling, falling, down, down…

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Mkay, so I know this was WICKED weird, but everything will make sense in the first sentence of the next chapter! I don't know how long it will take me to write it, but I'll try to do it soon enough! Yes, I know that I didn't reveal either of the people's names, so don't bother me about it! You'll find out soon enough. Please review!