Running Away [By BB]

Chapter 1

Thank you to those of you who have already read this part of my book. i want to apologize now that I'm not the most perfect speller in the world and i will have many mistakes. this is my first book so please comment and let me know what you think. :)

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Chapter 1

Ami

"Ami...Ami, hey! wake up!" I could hear my twin sisters voice start to penetrate my dream, but I couldn't seem to open my eyes. The dream stung and I felt like if I opened my eyes then the dream would follow me to the real world. Putting my hands onto the bed I was sleeping on I tried to find something to hold onto, but all i found was a puddle of sweat...Odd, there was something running down my cheek. A tear?

"AMI!!!" My sisters voice was almost shrieking, I sat up and almost ran into Yumi's face. "Ami..your crying." I looked into her sliver eyes as I tryed to blink away the tears that blured them. "What the Hell happened?" She was so full with concern I could see the tears in her eyes too.

"I-I have no idea." I wiped my eyes and leaned into Yumi for a hug, she is all I have, and I am all she has. I wiped my eyes off again and looked around, we were in a hotel, the sun was about to come up. The hotel was one of those really cheapo ones that cost less than $50. I hated to be on the run, I wish I could have a normal life...We are only 16, but a normal life wouldn't happen. I looked back at Yumi, my twin sister. Her and I look nothing alike. My hair is red and curly going down the length of my back almost touching the bottom of my butt. I have violet eyes with gold speckles in them, Yumi's hair is dark black and very, very strait.

"I need to go to the bathroom." I got up and walked to the small bathroom on the side of the room. I looked into the mirror and noticed my eyes were blood-shot and my hair was a matted mess, I was very, very pale and the dark cercles under my eyes were as dark as darkness its self.

I turned on the faucet and cupped my hands under it, letting the water spill over my fingers for a moment. Just watching it made me feel a little safer. only a little. Bringing the water onto my face I splashed it and tried to wash away all of my worries, though it didn't work. The water felt nice on my face, lets just say water and I have a close connection. looking back in the mirror I saw the color coming back to it and my red checks started to flush up again.

Yumi walked half way into the restroom and leaned on the door frame. "What happened?" she asked the question again and I looked at her through the mirror. I know I need to answer her but I just couldn't find the words.

"it was a scary dream...thats all." I said, which wasn't compleatly a lie. My eyes jumped away and fell onto and unintresting card that said something about getting more shampoo and conditoner at the front counter. I could feel her eyes still on me and I knew I had to tell her "The-the dream was about the man who's tracking us down..." I trailed off because I knew if I told her the dream she would freakout...every time I had one of my "dreams"....it would come true.

Yumi crossed over to the toilet and sat on the lid. "What happened in it?" dang she was so persistent...I noticed the faucet was still running and I touched the water one more time before turning it off. Turning around I leaned against the sink and looked at Yumi. She seemed very old and very tired. I mean who wouldn't be, we've been on the run seance we were 8, in retro-sect that doesn't seem to long but it feels like an eternity of ruining, hiding and coming close to dying.

I sighed very heavily and started to explain my dream wile I looked at the floor, "Well...in this dream...HE...had found us...he tried to use our gifts against each other, he used us like test rats." I curled my lip in a sneer, just the thought of it made my stomach twist inside. "He trapped us in cages like dogs and treated us horrible." I looked over at Yumi, she had started playing with her necklace, the pendent on it was fire. I looked down at mine, it was water. "I'm sure this one wont come true." I looked at her agian, trying to reassure her that everything will be okay, but she just kept playing with her necklace.

Moving abruptly I corssed over to the shower and turned it on. "Well then I guess I'll take a shower." she didn't move,"Hey it will be okay I'm sure of it." Yumi is a really strong person, but I think all of this is finnially making her crack.

"Okay..." she said and stod up, she hesitated at the door and looked at me one last time before she closed it, a bit after I heard the tv turn on.

Taking off my cloths, I got into the shower and let the water run down my body into the drain. I felt like screaming, crying, having the melt down that I was fully in-titled to having. Instead I ran my shaky hands through the tangled mess that I call hair and started to wash it.

I grabbed two towels, one to put my hair in and the other to put around my body. The shower wasn't nearly warm enough, but atleast I was clean. Opening the door and surveyed the cheep room again. The window was drawn shut and Yumi was sitting on our bed with her arms crossed infront of her. She was looking at the tv with little to no interest.

I walked by and grabbed the only pair of cloths I own, they matched Yumi's. As I got dressed i looked at the tv, Yumi truned up the volume. A very pretty lady came onto the secrean she, had normal brown hair and normal green eyes. She was wearing a business suite and she held a microphone, saying, "Two girls missing," showing our pictures from when we were 8 she continued, "If you have any information about Yumi, or Ami please contact the child services immediately, and we will be able to get these girls home to their father, Daniel." the news turned off and a weird commercial came on with a pig in one of thoes speed racer cars going down a hill with pinwheels in his hoofs

"He still clames to be our father." Yumi's voice was just above a whisper and a little horse. "I can't believe HE is doing this to us." She looked over at me as I dryed my hair. Daniel was the one chasing us, so if anyone finds us or recognizes us the officials will take us to him.  "We need to get moving. Soon." Yumi stod up and went to the bathroom to take her shower, she was right, once someone saw the news here in the hotel they would call the authorities.

I grabed a brush and started to brush my hair when my phone made a text nose. Where are you guys now?  It was Cody, the only other person we could trust in this world. This made me smile, the fact that he also has gifts made it esier to relate to him, but Daniel wasn't after him. Yet. 

I texted back: Hotel, showers, leaving. limited minutes suck, only a few words per-text. A few seconds later he texts back, Where? can't I help? please!? Cody is such a sweet boy. I think I even have a crush on him. We both have red hair, and we share a gift. By share the gift I mean we both have the same one. No  I texted back you can't follow us.  The only way for us to stay safe and anyone a gift or 2 is to stay hidden. But Ami please...I want to help...  I felt really bad, I mean he cares about us enough to risk getting cought.

I walked over to the door of the bathroom and knocked lighlty, "Yumi, Cody wants to come with us." I herd the shower turn off and I steped back from the door. She came out with a towel around her and a big smile, on her face.

"Yes let him come, if he's with us then your dream cant be true." I gave her a skeptical look but all the same I texted him what hotel we are staying at, and to hurry.

"Do you really think this is a good idea?" I asked her after she had gotten dressed in the same cloths I was wearing.

"Yah, I mean in your dream Cody wasnt there, was he?" 

"No he wasnt, but that dosn't really mean it wont happen...?" I trailed off when there was a knock at the door. Jumping a little I praticaly skipped over to the door and opened it hoping to see Cody, but the person who was at the door made my worst night mare come true.