A/N - Here's another short chapter. Hope you like it. Thank you to Parodychick for reviewing again. :)
August 25th 1864:
Elena couldn't stand it anymore. She couldn't help but hear the sounds of people running for their lives and the gunshots of those chasing them. Her friend Anna was out there, fighting for her life and all Elena was doing was sitting there, listening to it happen.
Finally, she got up and ran outside, searching for her friend. She ran toward the shop that Anna's mother owned and rushed inside to find it empty. She looked around for clues to where the pair had gone, but found nothing. She rushed back outside and started running through the forest. She had to find her friend.
The night was dark and the trees looked like shadows as she flew past them. There was a loud crack in the distance and she felt a sharp pain in her chest. She had been shot. She would never know who had shot her, or if it was just a misfire, but that was the shot that would forever change Elena's life.
She felt herself fall to the ground and she blacked out.