The sun was shining through the half closed curtains causing my night of peaceful sleep to be cut short. I slowly sat up and realised one of two things, The first been I should of never put a mirror directly opposite my bed as I can see how much of a mess I look - My medium length wavy brown hair reminded me of a rats nest, A complete state - The second been I was not alone in my bed - Not a common occurence but I do sometimes wake up that way - Laying next to me, Still fast asleep was my best friend - Also my room mate but I prefer to call her my best friend - Paige. Anytime I wake up next to Paige it means one thing, Nightmares replaced her dreams and she felt a little scared so she climbed into my bed while I was asleep - Don't really mind it if I am honest, I like the company sometimes - Oh well best wake her up, We have class in half an hour.

*Wake up* I said as I softly shook her

*What time is it* She asked trying to go back to sleep

*Little after half past* I replied as I slipped out of bed

*Seven* She said as she sat bolt up right

I Just nodded my head as I made my way towards the bathroom, She quickly followed and as usual it became pretty hectic as we both tryed to get ready for the day we had ahead of us.

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You could say my day started out pretty uneventful but that would be a complete lie. I awoke to the most trouble I had ever had in my whole life - Not that I have lived much of a life, I am only fifteen - At the foot of my bed stood something you would only see in your darkest nightmares, A figure so dark the shadows seemed to radiate from him, I would say I was terrified when I saw him but that wouldn't be a suffice enough word, Imagine seeing your darkest nightmare come to life - I want to say I was brave but I really wasn't, As soon as I noticed him staring at me I hid under my covers hoping that I was just dreaming - It was honestly the most terrifying thing I had ever seen and I swear I nearly wet myself - That was nothing though compared to when I heard him speak

*Such a lovely girl* He said in my mind, His voice was cold, Evil, Wrong, It sent shivers down my spine *Shame your time to die has come*

Okay not the best birthday present in the world - Never really had any since I don't really have a family - But seriously, A shadow of a guy telling me it's my time to die, That sucks.

*I think..* I started to say as I peaked out from under the covers, I realised one thing was seriously wrong though - Yes I know that some guy in my room could be classed as seriously wrong - The guy was gone. I guess I was just visualising things, Maybe the guy hadn't been there at all, Shame I know it was as the voice was all too real - Although I knew the voice was real I had to convince myself I was imagining it, I mean I am fifteen, I shouldn't have to deal with anything like that, If I didn't I would of probably spent the rest of the day hiding under my covers, I couldn't though, I had other things to do. Although I was a nervous wreck I slowly threw the cover off of myself and slowly but surely climbed out of bed.

I would like to say my day got much better from then but that would be a lie - I am sorry but there is one thing I despise and that is liars - From the moment I got out of bed till the moment I made it down the stairs to the kitchen - I live in a foster home - Everything went wrong, As if someone had hit the bad luck switch on my life. I tried to get dressed only to have that go seriously wrong for me - I managed to put my top on backwards, My jeans got caught on something I could not see and tore a hole in the left leg, I couldn't even find a pair of socks, You know the only thing that went right was managing to put on my black denim jacket without anything going wrong.

Things didn't exactly go perfect from there, I made it to the bathroom okay but one look in the mirror had me silently cursing in my mind - I only do that when I don't want people to hear me curse - I looked a mess, My green eye's stood out like a sore thumb due to the bags under my eye's, My hair looked like I had been dragged through a bush backwards - Now I know it looks like that every morning but this morning I didn't have time for a shower to sort it out - My face looked un-naturally pale, All in all I didn't look myself. A few minutes was all I spent in the bathroom getting washed, Brushing my teeth and trying to tame my hair to no avail, It looked better than when I had woke up but all in all it still looked a rats nest - I should know as I have seen a few of them over the years.

Okay so far I have managed to get dressed and washed without anything major going wrong - Unless you count all those little problems - Guess I should head down stairs and grab some breakfast before I am late for school - I was usually late but I am determined to make it there on time one day - I made it to the top of the stairs before the next part of my day went wrong, I took one step before tumbling all the way down - Guess in all fairness it is the quickest way down, Even if I did end up with a few bruises on my body - It hurt like there was no tommorow but I was atleast thankful there was no serious damage done, Although with the morning I was having I wouldn't of been surprised if I had broken every bone in my body.

I made it all the way to the kitchen before something really bad dawned on me, The house was eerily quiet, From the three years I have lived here there has never been a moment where the house has been this quiet, Never once have I been able to get up and sorted out without some form of interruption, At very least you think someone would of rushed out to help me when I took the tumble. This wasn't right, It's as if there is nobody here - Wait from going from my bedroom to the bathroom, From the bathroom to the kitchen I haven't seen a single person - That is never good, There is always someone in this house, There has to be as to keep an eye on all us kids - I haven't seen any of the other kids this morning either - Where is everyone.

Well I still haven't seen anyone and I am in the kitchen - Personally would never let me in a kitchen without supervision - Really do wonder where they are. Well toast is ready, A little over done but I guess with the day I am having what can you expect, Just need to find some butter - Might be a smart idea to check the fridge - Right there it is, Well I better go get my shoes on and make my way to school before the inevitible happens. Okay so got my shoes on, Got my bag packed, Got my breakfast - Wait no I haven't, I left it in the kitchen - Well I had my breakfast, Best go grab it and then really need to make a mad dash. I don't believe that present was on the kitchen table when I was last in here - If it was then I am really losing my mind - Let's just see who it is for - One guess as we all know it is my birthday - Yep it is for me and look there's a card aswell, I could wait till I get home from school but I don't think I want to, One little peek won't hurt and would be nice to see who it is from. Well let's just open the card - Well thats odd, It's blank - Okay that's a little strange, Let's just take a look at the present - Now that is even more strange - Sitting in the box are two crescent shaped knives, One looks like gold and the other silver, Makes no sense - Best re-check the card, See if there is any clue as to who gave me this - What the - Now that makes no sense - There is a single word written in the card now - I know there wasn't like two seconds ago - It say's *Run*.

Guess this is one of those jokes, Probably one of the other kids playing a prank on me - Wouldn't surprise me in the least.

*This is no prank* A voice came from out of knowhere *Run* Like I would listen to a voice..Yeah I think I might just go ahead and run - I can't tell you what I have just seen in my kitchen as I really don't know what it is but I can tell you what it looks like. A shadow of a human with black wings and claws - A terrifying looking creature is right there - I think if it wasn't for the creature this morning I would probably be screaming by now - Kind of looks trapped though, As if some invisible force is stopping it from moving. You know I don't think I wan't to hang around long enough to find out what is going on, I am out of here.

*The daggers* That same voice *Take them* You know I don't usually listen to strange voices I probably am hearing in my head but I think I will just this once. I quickly grabbed the daggers as the voice called them and did as the card told me to do, I ran.

Now I can only imagine how the other students felt as I entered my school - Yes of all the places I could of gone I did choose school as it seemed the most logical choice due to the vast amount of students and faculty - My twin daggers seemingly glued to my hands - Honestly had forgot about them until I noticed how terrified people seemed when I approached them - The fear students showed as I approached them due to fear of me taking their lives.

*I won't hurt any of you* I tryed to calm people down as not to cause any problems but my efforts seemed futile *I was given these as a gift before I left this morning, Forgot I was carrying them* I hide them in my bag in an effort to keep the people calm, Lest they call the police and make things more complicated than I have already done..Too late, Looks like more than one person has involved the authorities, Guess that means I should run unless I want to explain my whole morning to a bunch of police who would probably lock me away in a mental institution.

Well I haven't made it far but I can tell the police have arrived at the school. I heard the wails of sirens long before I managed to escape the school itself and find somewhere safe to hide - Doubt anywhere is safe for me to hide at this moment - It wasn't easy escaping the school, As soon as people realised I was unarmed they saw me as an easy target to deal with until the police arrived and dealt with me properly - Shame they never knew about my true strengths. Living in a foster home you learn to fend for yourself a lot and learn basic attributes like speed and strength. Mainly speed in my case - Before hardly anyone had a chance to make a grab for me I was on the run heading for the main entrance. I was out that door before anyone had a chance to stop me or do the more obvious thing and lock the doors - Probably figured I would fight my way out if necessary - Honestly glad they didn't lock them as it would of made running a whole lot harder, Just happy to be out of there though before the authorities arrived, Hope I can find somewhere safe now.

I have been walking for little over an hour and I can honestly say I am hoplessly lost - Might of wandered into a forest in hopes nobody would think to look for me in here - I guess the only good thing is that since I left my home I haven't seen a single - I don't really know what you would call them, The thing I saw in the kitchen only hours ago - Shadow human with wings - Guess the name is as good as any - Probably was a one off, That one in the kitchen could of been one of a kind for all I know - Got to try to atleast think positive even though deep down I know I will probably meet more.

I don't honestly know anymore how long I have been walking through this forest, All's I can say is it is beggining to drop dark and I am still hopelessly lost - Nothing new there but still I could do with some help - You think that retracing my steps would of helped but that just made it worse - Probably would say I was trapped in a maze if I didn't know any better - Just a few steps into my retrace I tripped and ended up rolling down some sort of slant into a ditch - Took me some time to work my way out of there - Think that was around the time I realised that I was in trouble. Lost in a forest with no maps, No help and no clue where I was, Life couldn't be much better, Wait of course it could, I could be celebrating my birthday back at the foster home with atleast one person - Not that a birthday was a big deal but I knew one person there would atleast celebrate with me - I just had to have rotten luck, Who else wakes up one morning to find a guy stood in their bedroom just waiting to inform them that there time to die has come. Who else walks into the kitchen to find two daggers as a present followed by that still unknown creature and that voice - That voice that I have not heard since - If I didn't know any better I would say someone was playing the ultimate prank on me.

*Little lost are we* Oh great the voice in my head is back - Kind of annoyed as to how startled the voice left me - Least I hope it's the voice in my head - Can imagine my luck it will be something I do not want to meet *Maybe I can help with that*

*Okay voice in my head* I said outloud even though nobody is around to hear me *Help me then* Yeah I am probably insane talking to a voice inside my head but to be completely honest this whole day has been completely insane so talking to an imaginary voice doesn't seem any different

*Young lady I am not in your head* I didn't have a chance to even consider it's words before a figure much like the one in the kitchen this morning appeared out of knowhere - Now I know everything must come from somewhere but it appeared out of thin air - Only difference is that the one right here isn't dark or shadowy, Quite the opposite actually. Light - If not a little too bright - White and doesn't seem evil - Least not compared to the one I met this morning

*What are you* Rude maybe but I do need to know what the heck I am supposed to call this creature, Least if it gives me an idea I will know what to call the other one then *If not what atleast tell me who* Still rude but a name is better than nothing I assume

*What am I, Well I am an angel* Should of figured that out, The wings are a dead give away but still, How many times in your life can you actually say you have met an angel *My name, Long forgotten* Oh well least I know what it is

*So you're an angel, Guessing that thing in the kitchen this morning was also some form of angel* I have to ask, Can't keep calling it shadow human with wings now can I - Well I could but I would much prefer to know it's real title

*That thing as you call it is a counterpart to me. You see where there is good there is also evil* Yay a life lesson I already know *Whereas I am good, Arch angels are pure evil* Arch angel, Well I guess I like the name, Didn't have to tell me it was evil though, Already guessed that part

*Okay so you're an angel, You are good. That thing this morning is an Arch angel, It was evil* Just needed to recap it all to make sure I understood everything

*Correct* Oh great, I thought my life was insane before, Now this is just some sort of practical joke - Probably is, I guess one of the other kids at the home set it up *I assure you this is no joke* Right I think this thing can read minds *Once again you are correct* Oh come on, You seriously have to be kidding me

*Okay so you can read minds, That's just great, Doesn't help me though does it* I am a little angry, Who wouldn't be, This thing turns up, Tell's me it's an angel and then lets me know it can read minds. Just be glad I haven't used these daggers to end this insanity

*Afraid not, The only help I can offer you now is to head west* Thats no help, How can I head west when I don't even know which way west is. Great it just pointed the way I assume I am supposed to go *That would be west, Now I suggest you hurry* Hurry why should I hurry, For all I know this could be a trap *I assure you this is no trap*

*You know something, I have no reason to believe you*

*You have no reason not to either* It does have a point *Head west and you will find what you seek* What I seek, What do I seek other than help

*Wait aren't..* Oh that's just great, It's gone - You know in all fairness it might not of ever been here, I could of just been imagining it. For all I know I am laying in that ditch unconscious. Doesn't feel that way though - Well I guess I should head west.