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Zhalia was alone on the street. Just like when she was a child. It was cold, dark and raining. She shivered. She was freezing and the fact that her clothes were wet didn't help, at all. People around weren't paying attention to her. They were hurrying to get out of the rain to their houses…families. Zhalia looked at young girl who was trying to keep up with her mother. Dark haired woman sighed…this child was o lucky….unlike her. She was alone, with no house to return to. With no one to wait for her. She was alone and it felt horrible. She turned into one of smaller streets when she noticed four men, all around twenty-three or four. She didn't like them, didn't like them at all.

"hey baby" they called after her. She didn't answer life thought her to ignore such comments. She passed them and went on, shivering from time to time. Suddenly she started to have this feeling that she's being followed. In a corner of he eye she noticed two of those men she just passed following her. She sped up but just a bit. Those two still followed her…she had a very bad feeling about it because they were walking very slowly, they didn't sped up when she did…she sped up even more, trying to get rid of the feeling of fright. She turned into another street and paused. It was dead end.

"Hey pretty, we bump into each other again" she heard and noticed the other two men she passed earlier. When she turned around she was cut off by the two that followed her. She was surrounded. She made a few steps back and got into her fighting position.

"Don't come near or you'll regret it" she warned

"wooooo" said one of them "though girl…I like that type"

Suddenly two arms wrapped around her from the back…damn…she tired to free herself from that grip but this man was stronger than her, much stronger.

"Let go of me!" she yelled, as she tried to kick him, but that caused only laughter from their side.

"Now, now kitty" he murmured into her ear "there is no point in getting angry we just want to have fun"

She tried even harder, but all her efforts were pointless…

'someone, please help me' she though franticly 'anyone…'

"Zhalia" she heard a voice and everything around started to shake and blur "Zhalia!"

"Zhalia!" She blinked and opened her eyes, only to see Dante, staring at her worriedly. She threw her arms around his neck. After few seconds of shock he pulled his arms around her

"stay with me" she murmured "please…"

"I'm not going anywhere" he promised "you're never going to be alone again…I'll protect you I promise"

She relaxed a bit closing her eyes again. As long as he was with her, she had nothing to be afraid of, and she didn't have anymore bad dream that night.