Melody sat up high in a tree, grieving again for the loss of her trainer, Jayden. He had been attacked by people that were looking for someone named Owen. He told them he didn’t know, so they killed him. Melody had watched it all happen, she ran after the ones that killed her, but they had talents that she did not. They were gone before she could catch them, and she ran back to Jayden. He was gone, and there wasn’t anything she could do about it.

So there she sat, her tears falling through the branches, splashing silently into the earth beneath the tree, sobbing for the loss of her trainer. He had been
teaching her tai kwon do, so she could learn more self defense. She knew plenty now, but that didn’t stop the pain of losing a best friend. She sat, her face buried in her knees, tucked up close to her chest, when she heard footsteps, running footsteps actually.