"The one that had saved me is a killer..."

That was all that was going through her mind. He quickly ran away into the woods with Alexis hot on his trails. Sadly she wasn't as fast as him and ended up losing him in the dense forest but she still kept going. She has been out for hours in pursuit of the murderer. As stars start to fill the sky, she decides to take a break and rest underneath a hollowed out tree. While trying to catch her breath, Alexis watches Lantern Butterflies dancing around a purple orchid. They had gotten that name because once the sun sets, the butterflies start to glow different colors. Her favorite was the blue ones not only because it has a sort of twilight color to it but it would shift to different shades of blue every so often. It isn't long till she starts to fall asleep.

*I am going to let you make up the dream. Let's just say though that it is one of her time with her 'fake' parents*

"- up now." Alexis starts to slowly wake up. "Get up now young lady!" She quickly jumps to her feet and looks into of eyes of an elf. He smiled warmly and moved his long silver hair behind his pointed ears. "It's about time you woke up. Why are you sleeping outside?" He asked.

"I-I ... Um, I was looking for someone..." She stammered, surprised by the sudden appearance. She looks around and soon realizes that she had fallen asleep. He is probably long gone by now... she thought to herself. She sighed, disappointed that she wasn't able to catch the cold-hearted killer. But that wasn't going to stop her from trying to find him.

"You look really pale, how about you come over to my place. Maybe you can explain to me who you are looking for?" The elf asked. "By the way, my name is Oramis. What's yours?" Oramis asked as he started walking away, signaling for Alexis to follow.

"My name is Jolie..." She states, following behind him. She has never met an elf and is quite fascinated by him.

"What a sweet name... Jolie." He looks back at her and tilts his head, smiling before taking her hand and quickening the pace. I light blush crept up her neck at the sudden contact but soon faded as she continued to follow the mysterious stranger.

"What brings you to Midnight Woods?" He asked as they entered a small house that was hidden by overgrown bushes and long branches.

"My town... it was attacked by vampires." She looked away. "My parents died and I was after their killer." She shifted from side to side uncomfortably. An awkward silence filled the small house.

"Sorry." He apologized. Trying to get rid of the awkwardness, Oramis decides to walk to his kitchen and make some tea. "So I see that you have a sword with you... do you know how to weald it?" He asked, handing her a cup of green tea.

"I sorta do. I was taught how but I wouldn't say I am very good at it." She answered, a little embarrassed.

Oramis looked at her with a smile spreading across his face. "How about I teach you then?"