Again, sorry for the short chapter. When I first wrote this back in July, I was up at 10:00 pm working between this and something for my driving class, so I wasn't really thinking straight. The chapters will start to get longer after this, so just be patient with me.

Chapter 2: Savior

The slow moving river lay far below me, and gravity was pulling me there. My careless mistake of tripping over a root, and there was nothing to stop what was about to come, nothing to catch me.

Why me? There were so many things I needed to do. I can't die, no, not like this. It's hopeless, there's no escaping this fate.

This is the last time.

I felt something then latch around my waist and took my shoulder. I was frozen in place, and it was strange. Right now, I should be falling, right? Opening my eyes, I saw my hair dangling in front of me. I looked down and saw the edge of the hill and the ground below it, but I wasn't falling.

Something had saved me.

Whatever had hold of me pulled me upwards, further from the edge, and I soon stood upright again, revealing my savoir.

He was a boy about my age, dressed in some sort of fancy white shirt, black pants, and an old oversized jacket, all of which were torn. His long black hair was messy and covered most of his face concealing his eyes, which really didn't matter because he was wearing glasses. I then noticed that he was now holding my hand, which I figured he hastily took after pulling me up to steady me, but his hand felt cold.

"You should be more careful," He said in a quiet and raspy voice, a small smile on his lips. His whole body was shaking and through his smile I could tell something was up as he seemed to sway to one side. "miss..."

That was the last thing he uttered before his hand slipped from mine and he collapsed onto the ground.

My eyes stared at him as he lay there, unmoving. I couldn't make a move at all, like I was stuck in a single place. I just kept looking at him. A slight breeze blew past us, blowing my hair into my face, as if trying to block my view of the boy.

Something in my mind seemed to click, and my first reaction was closing my eyes and shaking my head back and forth. This made me focus and brought me back to reality. I kneeled down next to him and started to remove his jacket, but I stopped when I turned him on his back. There were red stains on his shirt.

'Blood.' I took off his jacket and saw more on the sleeves of his shirt. Anxiously, I unbuttoned his shirt. When I did, I could see multiple cuts on him. A few looked deep, blood seeping from them.

"He's hurt." Bruises were starting to form on his torso, and I could see that his face was very pale, from loss of blood maybe. God, I can't believe I didn't notice before! How could I be so blind to this?

No, I have to do something. Whoever this boy is, he saved me, now I have to save him.

His body trembled as I put a hand on his face. "Don't worry, I'll help you."

Again, sorry it's so short. Next chapter will be longer for sure!