She sat staring at the fire, not realizing how much time had past. Her thoughts were filled with what ifs and what could never happen. She wished so much to just pick up the flame, and carry it with her. But she couldn't. Jade was a regular girl, with regular light brown hair. Although she wished desperately she was blonde. She often liked to think she was one of the prettiest girls in town, but that made her feel selfish. Her parents decided to name her Jade after her astonishingly bright green eyes, that looked like they could see right through you. She longed to get out of this boring little town, filled with boring little people. But what were the odds in that?<br/><br/>Suddenly she looked up, hearing footsteps. She snuffed out the perfect little fire and looked out of her hand-made, but natural enough, snow cave. A woman with snow in her hair was walking by. She huddled in the darkness hoping the woman would not spot her. To he luck, she kept walking, and Jade let out a sigh of relief and relaxed. She tried to light her fire again but it was useless. She crawled to the entrance of her little cave and looked around making sure no one was around and quickly go out of that area.<br/><br/>The trees in this area made her feel small, as anything would. For her age, being 14, she only came in at 4'7, due to her genes. She folded her arms as she walked and looked around, making sure nobody saw her. She wasn't supposed to be here this late. If her aunt found out, it wouldn't be pretty. Her parents were no where to be found in this big world, since she was 7. They had left her nothing but an emerald ring, which in the right light, seemed to glow. She thought it was magical as she looked at the ring again and sighed. Her life had been so... Weird lately. An odd Hispanic woman had come up to her, saying things she didn't understand. It seemed she was in a hurry to get something over with. Oddly enough, Jade thought she<span style="font-style: italic">blessed</span>her AND the ring.<br/><br/>As she reached the edge of town, she looked out on all the lights. She wanted nothing more than to get out of there. She didn't just want to leave, she wanted someone to save her. She laughed at her stupid dreams, because being saved, was for princesses in fairytales. This was here, now. Not a fairytale. This was very real. She sighed, looking down at her cold feet. Suddenly, something rustled in the closest bush, making her jump. She smiled when she saw it was just a small vull, running across the cold snow. But something about tonight didn't seem, feel, right, as she continued to look around. She looked up at the beautiful moon, her source of light. She looked back down at her small little town, and went home.