BEFORE

CHAPTER ONE

In a small town, Miss Jenkins stared at her 5 year old daughter who played in the sand with a bright smile on her face. She wondered why an innocent and an untainted soul like hers had to be born in such a cruel world and a time like this. She did not realize she had been staring at her for long and that her daughter saw her. Five year old Elizabeth also known as Betty by town folks walked over to her mom.

With a worried face she asked, ' mom is everything okay, why are you sad.

Miss Jenkins sighed softly and looked at her worried angel and replied, I'm fine dear just mesmerized by your beauty.

Betty was a slim kid, with brown wavy hair that was up to her waist length. Big round eyes which was light green and had a spark of blue in it. The eyes color that made everyone wonder how on earth she could have such beautiful and unnatural eyes. Her porcelain skin was a white as a doll with her slim long legs. She was a true living doll. One had to see her move to believe indeed she was a human. Miss Jenkins is married to Sir Calhoun, one of the prominent figures in their town. Though they had everything they enjoyed living a peaceful and normal life just like the other folks. Mr and Mrs Jenkins loved their daughter very much. The did everything for her but also educated her on how to speak and act with strangers. She was their angel and they were willing to keep her untainted.

One faithful night, Mr Jenkins came home with a worried look on his face. His wife was troubled by the look and walked over to welcome him home. The look on his face was something Mrs Jenkins couldn't shake off. Beads of sweat was forming on his forehead, he was shivering slightly and looked like he just witnessed the most horrific scene ever in his life. Seeing the worried look on his wife's face he tried to shake it up and compose himself but it was too late. His wife was an inch away from him now. He started stuttering trying to say something ,

Th....the..they..... ha....have.

Before he could finish the sentence the heard a loud explosion and bothered hurried to see what happened.

Fear designed over their faces as the once peaceful night has turned into a chaotic one

People screaming and running for their lives as others fell dead.

It was them, yes the men covered in blood holding what the world has never seen before riding along with their animals that looked as hideous and unbearable to look at

They destroyed anyone and anything insight burning what was left

With their blood completely drained from their face that made them pale as chalk,

He turned to his wife after a moment of regaining his senses.

He shook her violently back to life , when she did the first thing she remembered was her little angel.

Both dashed back to the house and saw their little girl with a horrid look on her face

Filled with fear she asked in an almost stuttering voice

... What is going on

Asked little Betty with fear evident in her eyes

She looked at her parents and she could see the pain in their eyes.

Mr and Mrs Jenkins hugged their child but what happened was the most horrific scene for a kid to see

Betty's eyes almost popped out when she saw the man in black with read eyes standing behind them and hold what seems to be a freshly ripped heart in his hands.

He stared deep into her eyes as if trying to suck her soul

Everything happened in an instant

When all three people felt warmth beneath them

Mrs Jenkins eyes widened with horror when she saw her husband with blood gushing out from his mouth with a hole in his chest.

Staring at the face of his family, Mr Jenkins could not believe what kind of cruel faith has knocked on their door. He let out his last breath and dropped dead on the floor.

As if that was not enough, Mrs Jenkins finally came back to reality and saw his husband now dead on the floor, following the sight of her daughter she noticed the man in black with the heart of her husband and a smug on his family, enjoying the whole scene enfolding in front of him.

Out of rage Mrs Jenkins rose up to avenge his dead husband and retrieve his heart, before she took a step she turned back and whispered to her daughter , we always loved you.

With that she took a step forward, but before she could move further, her body fell with a thud on the cold floor without a head. The man in black raised his other hand and there was her head. Little betty watched the man as horror was spread on her fragile face. She saw the man take a step forward but halted when a golden light flashed in the room.

The light was so bright that Betty had to squirt her eyes to see what was happening. She saw a braid figure in front of her emitting the aura of a skilled knight. But when she turned to her side she noticed another and the person seemed to be looking at her too. The unknown face looked at the delicate being in front of him and said in a audible tone, we shall meet. The darkness enveloped her once again.

Mr Jenkins who was doing his usual rounds heard someone panting and made dash to his daughter's room

He switched on the light and saw the pale look on his daughter's face which was also covered with beads of sweat.

He quickly rushed over and hugged his daughter and told her it was only a nightmare

But unbeknownst to them all, she had seen the future and the time was tickling.