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While Nora was slowly falling asleep, in her California penthouse like apartment, River was busy running down one of New Orleans' many deserted alleyways.  He turned a corner and leaned against the wall, quietly trying to slow down his breathing and his heart rate.  He grew up on the streets so he knew the back alleys and cemeteries as well as he knew himself, he didn't trust anyone but himself and it was better that way.  His way of thinking was that if he didn't let anyone in then he couldn't be hurt when they left him.  He listened quietly as the thundering of multiple footsteps came running down the alley , he shrunk back into the shadows

Nora jerked up in her bed with a scream.  She looked around quickly, realized that she was in her room, and let out a relieved sigh.  She layed back onto her pillows slowly, afraid that she would slip back into the dream.  She'd been having the same dream more and more recently.  Her father blamed it on her mother.  Nora didn't believe it, she thought over the details of her mother's death.  The police claimed it was suicide, but she didn't believe it.  Her mother had loved life and had lived her short fourty-one years to their fullest.  She looked over at her alarm clock and groaned at the time.  It was 1:30 in the morning on a Saturday and

 The wind was blowing hard as the storm clouds rolled in, making the sky almost completely black.  She stood still as her floor length skirt whipped around her legs. She pulled the ribbon from her hair and let the wind have it. All her reserve was gone, along with her reason.  She looked down at the water 200 feet below the cliffs' edge and took a deep breath.  She widened her stance and raised her arms, making them level with her shoulders.  She let go of the blood red ribbon and closed her eyes then leaned forward and pushed off from the edge, aiming her body for the rocks at the bottom.  She could feel the air get cooler as she quickly fel