So, after two days of searching, I finally found it.

His house, I mean of course. It's raining out. I feel so strange. And I'm getting a weird vibe from the house. Its sort of…friendly…warm…

I step on to the stone steps. I can't help but feel nervous. Maybe I should come back when it isn't raining, when I can pretend to be selling Girl Guide cookies or something!

I steel myself.

Its now or never.

I pull up my hood, and feel the hunger roar in my stomach. I haven't eaten in two days! The door becomes fuzzy for a second or two but then comes back into focus. I have to do this. If I don't, she might die, and I can never allow that to happen.

I knock on the door.

First, softly, then louder, until I am banging my heart out.

I hear a shout from inside, "just a minute! hold your horses! Jeez! Dude!"

I stop banging, and the footsteps become closer, and closer…

The door swings open. By that time, everything is fuzzy.

I see a man. A green man. Green hair green eyes, green skin.

First, his face is confused. Then, it is horrified.

"Raven?" he whispered cautiously, as if I might disappear if he speaks too loud.

"No." I whispered back "Nightingale."

And that's when I blacked out