Prologue
" Keep going.... " The voices rang in my head. I kept running, wondering where I was going. I ran until my legs couldn't carry me anymore, and my lungs burned. I stopped right on the edge of a cliff, looking down. I felt a hand on my shoulder, cold and fragile. I turned around, and nothing was there. " You can't run. " Something said plainly as I felt a sharp pain in my back. I stumbled, and fell off the cliff...
I woke up, dazed and afraid. I had a bandage wrapped around my stomach, and the ringing in my ears gone. I tried to sit up, but I had a huge headache and could hardly move. Someone came over with a smile full of sympathy, and kind eyes. " You fell, Maranette... " a soft voice filled my ears. I frowned. Who's Maranette? I thought to myself. She helped me sit up, and got me some painkillers. She had water for me, and treated me like she was my mother. She had a tag covering her face, and it was too dark to see anything else. I closed my eyes, too tired to think suddenly. " Go ahead and rest, Maranette. You have a long trip ahead of you. But remember this word. " She paused as I drifted off. " Remember, that your extremely brilliant... " And that's the sat thing I remember...
I woke up in a normal hospital. A nurse walked over when I opened my eyes. " Well, your finally up. We found you at the bottom of a cliff, unconscious, and completely in shock. That was there years ago...
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