Little Bird (An Avalance/Arrowverse Fanfiction)

Prologue

"Sooo, how's life?" Rowen's voice broke the silence that hung so peacefully in the atmosphere. Violet liked Rowen's voice; it was reassuring, and gentle. Yet it had a rough edge to it, that warned people she wasn't a force to be reckoned with.
    Violet had nothing to fear, though. She had known Rowen since fourth grade, and although they didn't go to the same school, their families were close. It was the day of Rowen's thirteenth birthday, and Rowen had insisted they go on a walk together to pass the time until the party.
    "It's okay." Violet replied, glancing around at the tall trees around them. "How about you? How's school?"
    "Ehh, school is boring. You already know that. C'mon, there's a cool creek just past the road up here!" Rowen pulled Violet towards the edge of the black concrete. It was an old road, and despite it's resemblance to a highway, it was empty.
    "It's pretty much an abandoned road. Aside from those semi-haul trucks that use it occasionally." Rowen informed the twelve year old, as if reading her mind. Rowen looked both ways and began to cross, and so, Violet followed her without so much as a question.
    Rowen walked fast. Violet was used to this, but she decided to keep to her own pace. The girl studied the foliage and moss that was scattered about the road, and the beckoning autumn-colored trees on the other side.
    Suddenly Rowen froze, and to Violet's confusion, began running back towards her. "Wha-" Before she realized what was happening, a giant truck narrowly avoided hitting the thirteen year old.
    The truck swerved, it's wheels blindly searching for traction as it skidded around them. Unbalanced, the round silver cylinder-shaped object that the truck was hauling, came loose. Violet assumed it contained gas or fuel, or something along those lines.
    There was barely enough time to react, let alone get out of the way. Her eyes locked with Rowen's, as the other girl shoved Violet. She stumbled back, rolling off the pavement and onto the grass. She could've sworn she saw some sort of flash that knocked Rowen out of the way. But her friend didn't appear beside her.
Violet's whole body ached, and her ears hurt as a terrible screeching sound invaded her auditory perception.
    Regaining her bearings, Violet sat up. Her eyes grew round with grief, confusion, and fear as she stared at the scene before her. The cylinder-shaped tank had finally come to a stop, and was lying on a patch of crimson colored blood.
    Violet couldn't form words. She couldn't scream, couldn't cry. She just sat there, in complete shock. It all happened so fast. Police arrived, and when someone found her, they took her to an ambulance.
    They interrogated her, requesting information that she couldn't give them. She just couldn't find the words. Who was the other girl? Did you see what happened? Who's her family? Where did she live?
    They spoke in past-tense, and it terrified Violet. They were positive Rowen was dead. Violet overheard the report one of the cops found on their system. "Her name was Rowen Olive Lance-Sharpe. Daughter of Sara and Ava Lance-Sharpe. According to the system, she has two sisters- Danielle Lance-Sharpe and Olympia Lance-Sharpe."
    Violet wanted to claw her own ears off. She wanted to exile herself to a dark place. She wanted to be with her friend. When the police eventually got the required information, they notified Rowen and Violet's families.
    Violet's parents, David and Connor, arrived first- along with Violet's adopted siblings. They were followed shortly by Ava and Sara, and their kids. David and Connor admitted Violet into a hospital, as Sara organized search patrols.
    For days, the Lance-Sharpe family wouldn't give up searching for Rowen. Even after the gore that lay splattered on the ground came back positive as the thirteen year old's blood.
    The family never got back to normal. In the months and years to come, they suffered as they endured the hardest thing they ever had to do before. Losing their eldest daughter.