…Present time: Cabin in the forest…

I wake up with fresh tears on my face. I'm surprised. I remember everything that happened so clearly. My father, the slaughter, that son of a bitch that killed him. The vow I made to my father, to kill the demon without hesitation.

After the death of my father, I decided to move to a cabin in the forest, since I had nowhere else to go. I help the people of a nearby village during the day, hunting down suspicious beings, and hunt those demon bastards at night, in search of that one demon that killed my father.

I live with a group of other demon slayers; Anna, Sessy , Andre, and the oh so mighty, asshole of a leader, Dustin. Anna and Dustin are a couple which, in my opinion, are a great match, due to their snobby personalities, but when you put them in a room full of demons, you better not get in their way or else they'll kill you along with the demons.

Sessy and Andre are siblings. They're almost always together, Andre found me wandering around in the forest looking for a place to hide, back when I was a weak, lost little kid. he trained me and taught me all I know about demon hunting. Sessy helped me learn how to survive in the wilderness. How to find food and hunt. I am in debt with them for helping me survive.

As I get out of bed, still thinking about the dream, or should I say nightmare, I brush my short, straight, white hair, remembering my father. I'm not crying anymore and begin to wonder if I was ever going to find the demon. Back when I was still

a kid, I thought it would be a piece of cake to find it in this small world of ours, but to my

disappointment, I haven't even found a single trail or clue as to where it may be.

I look down the stairs and notice everyone is up. It's ten p.m and everyone has been waiting for me so that we could leave and go kill some demons.

"Hey Lydsi! How'd ya sleep?" asks Sessy.

"Fine." I say, not wanting to remember the dream.

"Really? Sounded like you where under attack, or something. Ha! You're still such a little kid! I don't get what these two see in you!" says Anna, gesturing at Sessy and Andre. she always gets on my nerves but for some reason she seems to be even worst today.

"Hey, if you're gonna start crap like that again, then you'd better prepare to die right here." I warn her. She's really getting on my nerves now. One more word and-

"Oh really? You think you can beat me? You're so damn weak! You couldn't even kill a damn Screecher! No wonder your father died! I bet he was just as weak as you are. Maybe even worst!" she said with a smirk on her face. Now she did it!

I hate people calling me a weakling! that's the worst thing to do when I wake up from one of the nightmares. But when they say things about my father! They're dead! I've trained a lot! And I hate it when people say stupid insulting things like that! I feel the anger and my hatred growing rapidly. I hate her! And her stupid little boyfriend! I want to kill her!

I jump off the top of the stairs and punch her right on her pretty little face. I hear a crack and assume I broke her jaw. Good! Serves her right for saying that and being a bitch. She falls back a few feet and then stands up. She comes back at me with a low kick and hits my left leg. I fall down a few feet away from the front door, get up quickly, and grab her right leg and throw her on the glass table. It shatters into millions of tiny pieces. She bleeds from her left arm and stays on the ground. She tries to get up, but I put my foot on her chest. She screams for Dustin to do something but he doesn't do anything. He clearly wants to see my next move. I glare at her as she just stares back wide eyed.

"Hey, Lydia. Calm down. It's okay." said Andre. coming up from behind.

I look around and everyone is shocked. Anna and I usually just get into arguments and try to ignore each other. But today was the first time that we've ever gotten into a physical fight.

"if you ever say anything bad about my father or anyone else, I swear, to your 'father', that I will kill you. And I wont hesitate to do so." I threaten her with a menacing voice. A voice that, not even I, have heard before.

I start to turn away when I hear her begin to sob. I'm too angry to even look at the others. I notice Andre next to me and Seesy behind him. Dustin stares at me smiles and then walks to Anna.

"Can we go now?" I ask not wanting to hear her cry.

"Yeah. Ready when you are." says Andre opening the front door.

"I was ready long before she started this mess." I say.

We walk out into the dark woods, leaving Dustin and Anna behind. The anger stirs inside of me and I begin to shiver.

We walk in the forest for a few seconds in complete darkness with an eerie silence. I hear someone scream and instantly know is a demon attacking. We run to the direction and see that there's a clearing. A young woman is being ripped in half right in front of a little girl.

Once seen that, I jump right in front of a demon, that's about to go for the little girl and slice her with its claws. I block it with my sword, Phoenix, and then cut of the demons arms. The demon stares at me surprised but then it goes away and looks at me with what seems to be a grin. I stand back and watch new arms grow right back.

"Oh, great, Garselois!" I mutter.

These type of demons are hard to kill, they tend to grow their parts right back just as quick as you cut them up. They have a slimy green body, huge splinters cover every inch on it, and their saliva is piousness.

I had a rough time killing them back when I was a rookie demon hunter, and I still kind of do. But I know a much quicker way to kill them now. You burn them down!

The demon comes at me with a swipe of its new claw, I dodge it and try to burn it with Phoenix's fire move. And sure enough it strikes and burns right in front of the other demons, letting them know I mean business.

"You guys want some to?" I say with a grin.

I do a quick count, not feeling as confident as before. There are at least ten of them surrounding the area by the time I got to the one that was about to kill the little girl, plus twenty of them that are in the field with us. This is going to be harder than I thought.

"Sessy, take the girl to the cabin and try to contact her father. Lydia, take care of the

demons that are in the perimeter and-"

"No! you take care of them! I'll take care of these guys!" I say, cutting Andre off, grinning and pointing at the demons in the field.

"Damn it! Lydia, why do you always have to make things more complicated?"

"Hey! Shut the hell up! I think you have a better chance at escorting your sister than I do." I yell with an annoyed look on my face.

Andre shakes his head and hesitantly says: "Fine. Be careful"

"Don't worry about me. Take care of Sessy and the girl." He nods and goes off to the chaos that's about to break loose.

I go on my own to face my worst nightmare. The inevitable dream that has come back to haunt me. Seeing that girl reminded me of how weak and lonely I used to be. I wont let that happen to her, or anyone else.

Chapter 2 …Deadly…

The demons are everywhere. They stare at me with furious eyes for killing their companion. They watch my every step. I do the same. If they attack then I'll charge at them to, and like wise.

I take out Phoenix and Inferno, my gun. As I prepare to strike at the demon that's closest, there's a loud roar from behind them and they begin to part to the sides making room for what's coming.

There's a high pitch screech followed by a gust of wind. I slide back a few feet but keep my posture ready for an attack. And sure enough, the whole group of demons comes. The Garselios come first followed by five Screechers, the ones that made the gust of wind appear, along with the high pitch screeches. They can fly and make you temporarily deaf, and can use invisibility for a short period of time.

"Great, just what I needed, more demons." I mutter.

Five Garselios attack me from all directions. I grab Phoenix, swipe them with the fiery blue blade and burn them to bits. As soon as they burn to the ground, more of them take their place. I keep slicing and burning them, but its not enough. I start to panic and freeze. The horrible memories slowly begin to creep up.

I'm back in the forest again, crying, all alone, hearing the demons come to finish me off. I have no weapons, nothing to protect me. I cry even more, wishing that it were a fast painless death. They come closer and closer. Delighted that I have no escape. I scream as one of the demons is about to strike.