Just as I said that he had a time limit to meet me to our meeting (date?) he rushed out to the inn. I changed into my black long sleeved warm blouse and some black jeans and combed my messy hair. It was starting to get late so I went to the mountain. When I got there I looked at the time.

"Only five more minutes? Man, time in this town goes on flying! Well I guess I should wait." I thought. While I waited there, I saw a shooting star. I closed my eyes and thought of what to wish for.

"I wish that Cliff and me would be together forever." The words came out of my mouth, even though I didn't thought of them. "Weird…" I thought.

Just as I opened my eyes I heard some steps. There was a black figure behind me. I thought that it was Cliff so I gestured him to sit next to me by hitting the ground beside me but he didn't respond; he just stood there. Suddenly everything got black. The moon, the stars, everything was gone. I felt someone grabbing my leg and dragging me to the lake. My head bumped into the rocks on the ground as I yelled for help, but being so far away from the village the odds are one to a hundred.

(Cliff's POV)

After I left Lei to change I rushed to my room to change. When I got to the inn, the door was looked.

"Ann! Open up, I'm soaking wet and I'm freezing!"

(No answer)

"Oh shit, it looks like I'm going to jump through the window!" I thought as I looked for a way in.

I climbed a tree and jumped dripping water all over the floor. The lights in the inn were off but upstairs they were on. I could see the tables and the counter even though it was hard and I had to force my eyes. When I went up the stairs (after knocking some of the chairs down) I saw Ann sitting down at the bed on my bedroom. It looks like she had something to say to me.

"Why didn't you opened up?" I yelled a little louder than I wanted.

"Opps, sorry Cliff I was just thinking about something… I got something really important to tell you..." She said blushing.

"What is it Ann, I'm kind of in a hurry." I said as I opened a drawer.

"Where are you going?" She cocked her head and crossed her arms.

I sighed deeply. "To the mountain top to stargaze."

"All by your self?" She asked beaming.

"No, with Leilanie." I sighed, I was tired of this interrogation already, what did she want?

"Well, I guess I can tell you some other time since you're too much in a hurry to listen to me." She yelled angrily.

I shrugged. "Ok, see ya'."

She frowned and crossed her arms, and then she got up and looked at me with an angry face. After a while of staring at me, she and ran to her room with watery eyes yelling "why are boys so stupid!" or something like that. Ann can be so strange sometimes, oh well I better hurry, only ten minutes left! I got dressed into something warm, grabbed my jacket and went off. When I got down the stairs I could hear sobbing through the door leading to Doug's and Ann's rooms.

"Perfect time to know what's wrong" I thought as I got as close as my face could get without braking the door with my face.

"Don't worry baby, maybe he's just as clueless as I was at his age…" I could hear Doug chuckle.

I heard a sniff and then a yell. "Dad! That's not helping me feel any better!"

"Yup! Something's wrong with her alright! I wonder who there talking about, who could they be calling cluless" I thought outloud.

"I think there's someone at the door dad, maybe it's him! Oh no, did he heard us?" I heard her panic

It was Ann and she sounded mad. It was bad to be around her while she was mad, she was sort of a tomboy and was really strong for a girl in my opinion, so I decided to make a run for it. As I went out, I made sure the door was open. I walked passed the winery and down the road leading to the mountain. I went through Leily's farm and just as I went pass the chicken coop everything went black.

(Back to Leilanie's POV)

I wasn't able to see who it was but he sure was strong! We got to the lake and there I felt some more steps. I got worried, more trouble. I was always told that I was stronger than a normal girl, kind of like Ann, except that I wasn't a tomboy, I just had a strong temper. When it comes to kicks I'm on control so when I was able to get off of his hands I kicked his stomach and grabbed a branch that was near by and hit him on the head. (It felt kind of good!) He fell on the floor making a loud "thump".

Just as he fell I heard the steps getting closer. I wasn't ready for another attack, I was very tired and scared so I ran behind a tree and waited for something to happen. I felt really dizzy and my leg was bleeding. The light of the stars and the moon came back just as I fell on the ground with a great headache. I can't remember what happened next that night.

(Cliff's POV)

Good thing I found a flashlight beside the chicken coop. I went to the mountain top as fast as I could. When I got there I saw Leilanie kicking someone and then hitting him with a stick and running behind a tree. I ran toward them and I tried to figure out who it was. When I was going to see him with the flashlight, the batteries died. I threw him on the lake and went to see Leilanie. The light came back and I saw her in the ground fainted.

"Are you ok Leilanie?" I shouted, she didn't heard me so I brought her back to the farm and tucked her in.

I sat down on the floor making sure she was ok ant that whoever it was didn't come and attack her again. The next morning I got up early feeling kind of strange, I haven't slept in the floor since I lived in the city when someone stole my furniture. I hurried to the kitchen quietly to make some breakfast even though I wasn't really good at it I would try my best for Leilanie. I don't know why, but I felt different about her than for any other girl. She was special, she was unic, and she was sweet (sometimes temperamental) but to me she was… perfect.

"Snap out of it! She's your best friend!" My conscious seemed to scream at me, but I couldn't help it. She always seem to get into my mind even though it wasn't anything related to her.

"What's wrong with me?" I asked to myself as I placed the breakfast on the table and went to clean up the kitchen's mess. I heard Leilanie growl so I guessed she woke up.

(Leilanie's POV)

I woke up with a headache and a bit confused. I saw a pillow on the floor, and it smelled like burned cakes. I saw Cliff in the kitchen washing the dishes and a plate of lightly burned out pancakes on the table. I guess he isn't a really good cook, or he was too busy cleaning the house because it is spotless! I didn't mind of course, but I still had questions.

"What happened? What are you doing here?"

"Oh nothing, you collapsed on the lake and I brought you home." He said as if nothing had happened, "How do you feel?"

"I feel dizzy, and my leg hurts."

"Don't worry, lets eat breakfast and I'll take you to the clinic." He said as he smiled.

"Ok then... I wonder why the sky went black yesterday, and who was the one that dragged me to the lake?"

"I don't know…" He said shrugging. "It sure was strange."

"We should tell the police guy, you know Harris?"

"The mayor's son? Well, I guess it couldn't hurt to tell someone that's afraid of his own shadow." He laughed.

"Oh Cliff stop it. Just because he's not strong, brave, muscular, and he's afraid of going to go and check if everything is ok in the bar when Karen's there doesn't mean he's a chicken."

"You're right; a chicken is way braver than anything he ever hoped to be!" He said through laughs.

I frowned at him. I hated when people talked like that about others, but I couldn't resist, it was true so we laughed until I almost collapsed for not being able to breathe. We ate the burned breakfast and when we where going to the clinic but there was a little problem.

"My leg hurts, it hurts a lot! (And my stomach but I couldn't tell him that!)"

He smiled strangely and walked closer. "Don't worry, well figure out a way to get you there, if you want I could carry you there…"

"No, no… don't bother; I'll try to walk by myself AHHHH! (I tried but I fell on the ground)"

"No! Your leg is hurt so I'll carry you. You're just going to make it worse!" He said as he struggled to pick me up.

"Can you just shut up!? God! I can do it, it's just AHH! a scratch!"

He raised an incredulous eyebrow and smiled. "Yeah, a scratch that's bleeding and is causing you to scream so hard that even the Goddess could hear you!"

"Will you just let me do things my way!? I know what I'm- Ahh!"

He picked me up and told me that we could stay and chat, but that he wasn't going to clean my poodle of blood. This was very unnecessary since I wasn't even bleeding enough to make a drop. I tried to kick him with my good leg but he only ran faster. In less than five minutes of running and screaming we got to the clinic to the clinic and so did some of the villagers to see what happened, especially Manna. She followed him into the clinic. When he slammed the door open, Elli the nurse called the doctor and he came almost out of breath to check my leg.

"Don't worry about the bleeding, it was just a scratch. Drink these pills and you'll need to rest for today. You also told me your stomach hurts, is the pain really intense?" He said taking deep breaths.

"It does hurt, but it was just today's breakfast: "Cliff's pancakes." I didn't ate anything yesterday so I guess that eating some burned cakes really doesn't help now, does it?"

"Oh, hehe...ok then! You're going to have to stay here for a few days but don't worry, I'm sure someone will take care of the farm until then. By the way, Cliff's here and he said he had to tell you something." He said sighing at the end.

"Fine, tell him to come, I've still got more screaming and yelling to do!"

The doctor smiled and nodded calling for Cliff. Cliff came in and sat on a chair beside my bed gently, aparently not to hurt me. The doctor went to tell the villagers (Manna, Sasha and Anna) that I was ok, that there was no need to worry. I could hear them getting out of the clinic and then everything was very quiet, even for a hospital. I looked at Cliff in a fake frown and he closed his eyes. He seemed to be holding back tears.