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Chapter 1:

She sat there in silence, being lost in an unknown place did that to her. Snow covered the ground, she was running away from everything she knew…her family, her friends, had changed…for the worse.

"I have to find somewhere to rest," she said to herself, "I might not make it." She stood up, and began to slowly walk into the woods away from the road, having no idea where they lead her.

She coughed, she'd been traveling for a while, when her mode of transportation left without her, she had to walk in this cold weather. The sun was setting, and soon, everything was starting to get dark.

"Okay, just a little more," she whispered, walking through an orchard with trees that were bare. Supporting herself, she took deep breaths, her breath going out as mist.

"Mommy, how could you let him say that to me?" she whispered.

-Flashback-

"YOU ARE NOTHING," her step-father yelled, "WHY DID YOUR MOTHER HAVE TO MEET A MONSTER LIKE YOUR FATHER?"

"I never done anything to you," she whispered, cowering away from the man, "my father hasn't done anything to you."

"Dad, what are you doing?" she looked at her step brother.

"I'M TELLING HER THE GOD DAMN TRUTH!" her step father screeched.

"And what truth may that be," her mother inquired, walking into the house in her winter coat on.

"THAT YOUR DAUGHTER SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN BORN!"

Those words stung her heart, as she stared at her mother with pleading eyes, to back her up.

Her mother just stood there in silence, as if in a thinking manner.

"Mom," she whispered, but the older woman ignored her.

"Mommy," she said louder, the woman looked at her, and looked away from her. This broke her heart, and this caused great pride in her step father.

"No," she said, "why?"

"Because he is right," her mother said.

-End Flashback-

She let out a small sob as she lost the will power to continue, she had to sit, and sleep…she needed it more than anything. She curled herself into a tight ball, and drifted off to sleep, under the only evergreen tree in the orchard. She wasn't aware that someone was watching her from when she first entered to orchard.

Raphael was just blowing off steam, after a small argument with Leonardo; he didn't expect to find some wondering girl walking through the orchard or that she would just fall asleep in the snow, and that made him worried. If she slept out there, she would most likely freeze to death. He groaned looking her over, she was wrapped up in basically two layers of clothing, where was she coming from, West Virginia?

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