Chapter 1: The Mysterious Man
I ran and ran, my whole body aching. I wanted to stop, so badly, but I knew I shouldn't. I had to get away.
I was carrying 3 year old Cynthia, who was a little on the light side, and I had to keep looking down to make sure she was still in my arms, because I was becoming numb. I felt like I was going to black out. But, I knew that was bad, and I couldn't leave my sister.
It was a little cold outside, which was weird for Texas. Before I left I'd wrapped Cynthia up in a blanket, so she wouldn't get cold, and put on my heavy coat, just in case.
I looked down at Cynthia, she was asleep. I hoped she was having good dreams, not nightmares like me.
My legs were getting even number, and so were my arms. I was starting to feel nauseous.
I looked down at Cynthia once more and ran into something hard. Very hard.
I thought it was a wall, and started panicking. 'Is Cynthia OK?' I thought. I looked down again, she was still asleep, so I guessed she hadn't felt anything.
I looked bak up and saw the most beautiful person.
He was tall, very tall. His nose was perfectly straight, his lips were full, his jaw strong. He had wavy golden hair that fell into his eyes and covered most of his ears. But his eyes scared me. They were a deep shade of red. But he was still beautiful.
Was he what I ran into? Well, he was like a statue!
"You okay?" he asked me.
I nodded. I couldn't trust my voice yet. "Are you?" I asked.
"I'm fine, but why are you out here all alone?"
I couldn't answer for a few seconds. Then, finally, I said "I'm running away."
His deep red eyes widened, darkened, then narrowed. "How old are you?" he asked, and raised an eyebrow.
"I can't tell you. You're a stranger." 'Then why did you tell him that you were running away?' I thought.
"Hmm, that's right. Well, bye."
I blinked. He was leaving me? "Bye." I said.
He took off running through the woods.
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