A hooded figure ran through the woods.
Twigs and leaves crunch loudly beneath their feet.
Their heart was pounding so loud they could hear in their ears.
They tried not to look back only straight forward feet pumping hard to escape whoever was chasing them.
"Fuck, fuck, fuck.." they said.
Suddenly they heard something wisk past them from the right
"AHH!"
They fell on their back and hurried back.
"NO NO PLEASE!"
The unknown figure slowly walked towards them weapon in hand.
"No stop let me go you don't have to do this," they said.
The unknown person just tilted their head and then lifted their arms up.
"NOOOO!" Amani woke breathing hard sweat glistening on her forehead.
She groaned head pounding "Ughhh" she said laying back down.
She's been having these nightmares for months now all about the same thing all ending the same way.
The nightmares only started happening after she left home.
Or what was her home she has a new home now
With her new foster family
She moved in with them in Gotham three months ago when child services took her away from her "family". Her new temporary family was…nice.
They weren't bad people and treated her well they didn't treat her like their daughter but they also didn't treat her like a stranger which was good enough for Amani.
They were warm and welcoming and made Amani feel comfortable despite her unwelcoming demeanor and attitude.
It wasn't that Amani didn't want to be welcoming she just didn't know how.
She didn't grow up "normally"
She didn't know how to act regularly around other people.
However, she's been trying really hard to learn how to be a normal girl.
She's been doing a lot of research and has been going to therapy.
Amani just wanted to forget about her old life and a start new one.
The first step was getting ready to start at her new high school.
Gotham Academy