Her eyes looked up at the sky as the gentelness of a tiny and pure snowflake caressed her bare hand with it's cold yet feathery hands. Like the sky was falling apart, it's strange veil of silverish dark colour was splattered with the continuous and increasing fall of numerous snowflakes. Pale spheres that glimmered as the dull artificial ligh rays reached the tiny surface, and they sneaked past the glass like structure, making them glitter as if the stars had decided to fall upon the earth, to grant the wishes of the many disgraced people that inquired for a miracle. Many people would have their wishes granted except the lone woman whose eyes were fixed on the raining sky, pale orbs blending in with the magickal brilliance of such event.

Kari shrugged and ignored that which had sent so much joy to her heart in previous days, memories of those times when gazing through the window at the falling snow were starting to fade from her memory. Her paces took her across the deserted streets, even the roaring of cars had vanished, "pretty Christmas gift I got" she mumbled sarcastically, tears starting to glisten in the fleshy corners of her already puffy eyes.

Kari herself was demacrated, she had grown thinner due to lack of eating, her eyes were constantly puffy as a fact of the continuous crying that affected her, and purpelish black rings were growing around them, deepening them into the vision of something unhealthy and not belonging to the world of living. She lacked sleep, waking up in the middle of the night as a consequence of horrid nightmares, her body would be soaked with cold sweat and flashes of terror could be read in the features of her face.

The young woman's eyes strayed for a brief second, the warmth of a homey light had reached her vision in an atractive dance of calid colours. The window irradiated with comfort, the whole living room reflecting inside had been decorated with dark, wooden furniture, and dark, victorian colours to increase the sensation of being at home. To accentuate such feeling, a burning flame crackled and dance sensually inside a chimney, difracting into bright, intense yellow colours, and deepening to the darkest crimson, passing through occasional sparkles of butanous blue. Kari's eyes gleamed with nostalgy at the vision of a young couple, apparently they had recently moved together. The two humans embraced into a tight hug and both lips collided and fused into a delivious yet passionate kiss, that would surely lead them into the culmination of the most sacred and wonderful act that any pair in love could reach.

With a great, strangled sob, Kari's eyes widdened with shock, not because she knew the couple, of which she had never heard anything, but because of the troops of thoughts and memories that inmediatly assaulted her.Turning around she sprinted across the streets, still feeling the anguishing pressure of fear and nostalgy mixed in a powerful venom, flowing across her veins, poisoning her heart. She collapsed on the ground, exhausted, feeling a sharp pain stabbing her chest and the enormous lack of oxigen affecting her conciousness, making her feel dizzy. She pulled her legs against her chest and tightly hugged her knees, resting her forehead against the hard bone, letting all sadness and desperation flow with the thick, glistening tears of despair, while snow acumulated all around herself, flying in a twirling motion of magick.

Clothes were thrown wildly into a large bagpack, the most important stuff, neccesary for a brief situaton of lack of economy. Kari's hands move wildly across her room, picking up only the most important and significant items she could locate. Several pictures in which her old self could be observed, with her friends, a smiling Kari long vanished from the world, from their world. She stuffed her pictures carefully in her bag and picked up her makeup, altogether with a few items such as her grades, her diplomas and other papers of interest for the life she would lead once she was out of this place. Kari sighed, "I've got one oportunity to do this, no backing away now Kari!" she whispered to herself.

Stuffing her money in her jacket's pocket, in a most unorthodox manner, Kari rushed out of her room, careful not to touch anything that might cause enough noise as to alert her sleeping parents. The young tenager tiptoed with feathery feet down the stairs, drops of nervous, cold sweat trailing down her forehead, a nervous hand pulling back a strand of sticky hair. Kari landed on feline fet at the basement, yet she didn't hesitate, nor stopped to take a last look at the untidy emptiness this house inspired her. The teenager oppened the door with a faint click, and stopped just enough time to hear an uncomfortable grunt. Her eyes widdened, her father had decided the noise was loud enough as to startle his usually dull senses, and wa now getting ready to investigate the source of a click that had been emmited by a misterious something at the door's keyhole. Kari gasped loudly, "oh no!" she exclaimed in a nervous whisper. She quickly oppened the door and rushed out, closing the door with a tender, careful move behind her, trying not to alert her family any more, and force them into a rushed exit.

Kari ran with some trouble due to the bag, a graceful leap over a frozen fence carried her away from her parent's reach, yet she never stopped, she had to get out of sight as soon as possible. Just in time her small body reached the bus stop, "WAIT!" she called making frantic moves with her arms, directing an sleepy driver that was dully placed by the wheel to stop for her. She quickly entered the bus, a calid warmth engulfed her cold body and created a drowsee sensation to reach her previously alert senses. All the tension left her as she reached the seat, yet her eyes turned to look at her home on last time. Tears threatened at the corners of her eyes, yet she didn't effort to restrain them. Their salty warmth flowed down her cheeks, trailing bright, glistening pathes down her face. She saw the action ocurring in the small chalet, all lights being turned on, and her father running torwards the garage, wearing nothing but his pijama and a pair of trainers. Kari's heart leapt upon thinking that perhaps he had noticed upon the bus and would decided to follow it as the most accurate idea, yet she would later discover that hed plan had been too perfect, and her father too desperate to notice on the retreating bus.

Dear Family

I know this may come as a shock, but please I beg you to leave me some time, I will explain the cause of my actions later on. Do not seek for me for I don't wish to be found just yet, ok? I'll be in contact with you so you'll know I'm all right. And also please, do not feel guilty, it has nothing to do with you, but with me. It's none of your fault but my own decition. I needed some time off all my life, to get away from the monotonous path it carried. But don't worry, I'll be back sooner than you think ok? Mom, please, stop crying and telling yourself what you did wrong, and Dad, don't hurt me any more saying I'm an ungrateful daughter, because I'm very grateful about what you all did for me. But also understand that I'm 18, I grew up and, unlike my lazy brother, it was my time to stretch my wings. Why I left in the middle of the night? Because I knew you would never understand, and that you still saw me like your little girl, I didn't like escaping like that either, but you would have never let me any other way. By the way, tell my brother that his girlfriend is a bitch and is cheating on him with Leonard Hermens, a guy from my class. I love you all:

Kari

To Be Continued…

AN: Well, I believe it's starting to get more interesting, isnt it? I just hope you are enjoying it, and please, keep reading, you'll understand more things as the story goes on ok? I've also got another stories, Copper Blaze is getting along pretty good too, a couple more chapters to finish that one. Well, please, review k?