Star Child

Prologue:
My lips were numb with cold, as soft as crumbling ice, and trembling with exhaustion. I had run, run with tears on my cheek and fear in my heart, and now it was over. I had run 'till I could run no more, and the thing was still chasing me. I shivered, snow crunching in my hood. I lay on the hard earth, and I stopped caring. Who cared in the end? I didn't matter. I was just some unwanted Azeaallan girl, one that no-one would miss. I couldn't run away, couldn't move anyway, not with limbs that seemed to be made of lead.

Thump.

Thump.

Thump.

The thing was coming, its deep violet cloak trailing on the frosty ground. No dirt seemed to stain the hem, and the howling wind didn't touch its indigo hood. And a low rasping sound echoed from under it...

My stomach churned as it reached out a skeletal, peeling hand, and I rolled onto my stomach, frantically struggling to stand. Nothing, nothing could be worse than this fear, not dying of exhaustion, nothing! The thing looms behind me; I back away, heart pounding, and then...

legs lock

feet stumble

fall

fall

fall!

The thing bends over, and its hood falls back. And I scream, I scream like I've never screamed before, because I know what the thing is. I know how my story ends.

Chapter One:
Rose woke up, violet eyes wide.

To be continued.