Summary: Kaylen Thomas isn't your ordinary girl at Horizon, School for At-Risk Teens. First, she witnesses the horrors of her parents brutal murder... then she failed to save her younger brother from the wrath of the same man. Afterwards, Kaylen is told she is going to be sent to a foster home. No young person wants to hear that just hours after being told her parents were dead... so she ran, and she ran far. She encounters several strange things on her little "walk". One being a hallucination of her younger, happier days... and the other, meeting the man who killed her whole family yet again! She runs, after getting the mans attention and ends up passing out. Waking up later, Kaylen finds the man at her side again.. this time he knocks her out with a large flashlight and doesn't kill her. Why? That's what you all get to find out. Kaylen is sent to Mount Horizon after being found later on in the darkness of the night. What waits for young Kaylen Thomas at this new school full of emotionally troubled teenagers? Read on to find out.

Sorry for the delay all! But here you have a summary so you don't have to read it over again. :-) Review please!

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"Hey, you over there! You cant just sit all day, you HAVE to order something." The deep voice knocked James Markasin (Not to be confused with Markasian at the school, lol) out of his thought. He looked up and growled lowly at the man.

"If your that desperate, I'll have a coffee... black, no sugar or anything." James mumbled, still glaring at the waiter behind the counter of the local restaurant. It was seemingly the only place to eat in this small town.

"Okay, here at Rusty's you get what you ask for.. because it's the only place you can ask for anything" The man chuckled, merrily and walked back into the kitchen to get the coffee pot started. James just scowled and looked up at the television.

"Kaylen Thomas, a young girl of fourteen was attacked last night at her own home, just hours after her parents were brutally murdered." The reporter was standing behind the Thomas house where Police could be seen swarming the place. They were turning everything upside down, searching for the almost non existent clues. The reporter went on talking, "A man in his mid 30's, George Thomas had everything going for him. A wife and two young, beautiful children, Michael and Kaylen..." James watched the news report intently... with an almost frightened look on his face. He zoned out as the reporter went on and talked about the known facts about that night.

James slid his hands down to his pockets where his gun lay hidden.

"... no one has been suspected in this crime yet and young Kaylen, the only survivor, was sent to a school up in the mountains." The news reporter ended her segment and James smiled wickedly.

'If anyone knows where the damn tape is, she does.' He thought to himself. 'Don't worry, John.. I wont let you down, I know your innocent' James threw down a dollar on the table and ran out the door just as the waiter came back in with his coffee. A young police officer stood up, ready to go after James when the waiter spoke.

"Don't worry, Hank. He paid even though he didn't even drink his coffee... I'm sure he was just in a rush." Hank nodded and looked suspiciously up at the TV. He saw how James reacted to the news report and became suspicious... but he dropped the case when the waiter lay a plate of steaming hot breakfast on his table.

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"Here's your schedule, Kaylen" Peter handed the girl her planned out classes and she glared at him.

Over the past few days, Kaylen had gotten in a fight with David, gotten the 'look' from Shelby because of her friendship with Scott, and screamed at Auggie for trying to help her. She wasn't doing well and it seemed she was slipping into a depression.

"Are you okay?" Peter asked. "How has your day been?" Instead of answering, Kaylen gave him a 'dont-talk-to-me' look. He shrugged it off and decided to wait to try and chip at her wall. She wasn't going to give in easily and was very emotionally unstable. She could break at any moment and Peter wanted to make sure she talked to him when she did.

"Okay... looks like I wont get anywhere with you today, Kaylen. You may go now.. your first class is English, you have your classes with the rest of the Cliffhangers.. Auggie should be waiting for you outside the door. Let him help you there, you wont be able to find the classroom on your own and Kaylen-" Peter said, Kaylen stopped and turned around. "-Let him help you this time.. don't scream at him. Auggie is a good guy... he is only trying to do what's best for you" Kaylen scoffed but nodded.

"Fine" Was all she could manage to say and she walked through the door, slamming it behind her. Peter sighed and looked up at the television in his office. The news report was recapping what they had said in the last half hour. It came upon Kaylen's story and Peter rubbed his eyes.

"Why did they have to state that she was up here?! God, for all we know, the guy who hurt her parents could come back and try and get her here! Idiots!" He yelled and turned the TV off. He had a Ridge Runner class to substitute.

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