AN: Sorry for the delay, my editor was without a computer for awhile, so I'm sorry that it took this long. I hope you enjoy this chapter and I just want you to know that the next chapter should be up next week. Thank you for your patience.

On a snow covered ledge sat a girl in pink and white furs. Her soft rose eyes watched the other children work among the stones, carrying water and tools for the miners down below. Do to her frail body, her father was wary of letting her work.

"Blossom!" she stood abruptly and turned to face her sister who was panting. "What are you doing outside? You could get sick!" Blossom twirled her sunset hair.

"Other thirteen year olds seem fine outside, so why shouldn't I?" Blossom said smoothly.

Her older sister looked into Blossom's pink eyes. "Bloss," a nick name she was often called. "Father wants you to stay inside. It's not because he hates you. He cares about you. If he saw you out here he'd have a heart attack."

"I understand. Can I stay outside a few more minutes?" Blossom pleaded. Her sister thought about it.

"Well… I guess so." Blossom went to sit down on the ledge again, but her foot hit the slick ice and she began to tumble down the cliff side. Through the sound of her clothes tearing and her flesh hitting stone, she could hear the screams of terror as she fell. This was it; she would die a big, bloody mess. And for what? A breath of cold air. She landed with a thump. The cold air felt like needles in her lungs. All went to see her fallen body in the bed of ice as she took sharp, painful breaths.

Her eyes fluttered open, she was alive! Mummers of confusion surrounded her as her father lifted her out of the snow. He stared at her with great worry on his face.

"I'm sorry dad." She mumbled "I slipped." He took her to the house where she was awakened by her father arguing.

"Why was she outside in the first place? The whole town saw what happened. She should be dead after a fall like that!" Her father fumed.

"Dad I-" Her sister tried.

"They're going to get suspicious. What happens if they get out of control?" Her father continued. It was then that Blossom finally spoke.

"Dad… you wanted me to die?" Her eyes were brimming with tears. "You don't care about my well being?" He stopped and turned to his daughter who had no damage from her fall other than a torn shirt.

"I didn't say that." His voice was stiff and cold. "I noticed when you were about four that you were different. Your eyes are an unusual color and you are stronger than most people regardless of age. I can deal with it, but other people would be afraid that you could do more than survive a nasty fall."

I can deal with it. The words rang in her head. I can deal with it. Had he been dealing with it since she had been born? Had he been just dealing with her? The way he shifted spoke louder than his explanation. He was distancing himself from her. He left the house. As soon as he left her sister began packing a bag. She pulled a red silk ribbon out of an old box. She turned toward Blossom.

"This was mom's. I think you should have it." She tied it around Blossom's hair. "Your fall wasn't an accident, it was fate. You are stronger at heart than anyone here. It is a great gift and means you are meant for a greater purpose than being hidden from the world. These people are closed minded; they will fear and try to get rid of you." She handed Blossom the bag, "You should leave before whatever they have planned comes into action. Your best bet is to head south."

Blossom turned to her sister before heading out the door. "Why are you helping me?" She was just told that everything she had known hated her.

"Because you're my sister." She said with a sad smile. "Now go." Blossom went down the mountain. In the distance she could hear the angry cry of the village. With her hair tied back with her mother's ribbon and the world she knew in tatters, there was no turning back now.

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