Ana looked around the empty town that she now found herself in. She had recently escaped from her foster home; leaving in the middle of the night as quietly as she could. She was nearly 18 now and felt that she had spent enough of her life living with people she didn't care for, or even know for that matter.

Saying that she had had a rough life was an understatement. She had finally gathered the courage to make a change and hopefully make something out of her life. Her plan was to find a place to stay and get a job in a town similar to this one and to save some money before heading towards a bigger city. She had always dreamed of visiting cities like New York or Los Angeles, and this was her chance to actually make it happen.

Shedecided to wander around this random town that she had stumbled into. She found a cute little diner and went inside to get something to eat. The door chimed as she entered, and she was greeted with the sweet smell of food. She sat down in one of the retro style booths and looked at the menu. It featured a variety of basic diner food. A bored looking waitress with curly blond hair came up to her table, popping on her chewing gum and asked for Ana's order. "What can I getcha sweetie?"

Ana pondered over her options for a moment before deciding that she might as well order her usual favourite breakfast, consider it was still pretty early in the day. She ordered, and the waitress snapped her gum one final time before walking back to the kitchen to place Ana's order.

There weren't very many people in the diner with Ana, but one boy in particular caught her attention. He was sitting across the room from her at a table, drinking a cup of steaming hot coffee. He had light brown hair with elfish, but strangely beautiful, features. He looked up from his coffee and caught her staring at him. He raised an eyebrow at her and gave her a satisfied looking smirk.

She quickly looked away, feeling like she had just gotten caught doing something she wasn't supposed to be doing. But for some odd reason she felt as if she knew him. He looked very familiar to her and it left her strangely unnerved. She stole one last glance and caught him giving her a knowing wink.

What the hell, she thought to herself.

She avoided looking in the boy's direction after that. Luckily her food arrived soon after, and she dug in. She hadn't realized how hungry she was, and ate everything on her plate.

After paying the bill, she left the diner without another glance towards the boy who had caught her eye earlier, having forgotten all about him.

She walked a little ways down the deserted road and took in the sights. Not that there was much to look at. It was your standard small North American town. It seemed like a sleepy sort of residence, which she admired. She could definitely see herself settling down in a place like this for a while.

Ana strolled down the main road a little further, looking into shop windows and appreciating how the town was set up.

She silently wondered why there weren't any residents wandering the streets like she was but before she could finish her thought she heard a loud screeching noise coming from behind her. She quickly turned around to see the boy from the diner standing in the middle of the street staring back at her. Above him in the sky, she saw a huge, dark black shadow with large yellow eyes flying towards her.

She gasped and started to back up quickly, never looking away from the monster in the sky. She tripped over a rock on the pavement and fell backwards onto the ground with an "oof". She stole a glance at the boy who was standing there watching her about to be attacked by this apparition. His face held no expression as the monster swooped down and swallowed her into blackness and she let out a scream.