"Lorelei, no!" A child's voice echoed in the narrow alleyway, mixing with the sound of muffled footsteps hitting the cobblestone. Lorelei turned her head in the direction the sound came from, wincing as a bolt of pain shot from the base of her skull and down her neck making stars explode in her eyes.
"Lorelei, hold on, I'll get help." The child was beside her now, kneeling on the cold ground, reaching out a thin callused hand to stroke her bloody matted hair. Gently, Lorelei took it in hers, wrapping her own long frail fingers around the child's bony ones, bringing them to rest over her heart.
"No, stay with me." Her voice was weak and roug
The night was cold, wind tore at the trees, and a steady rain beat down, flooding the streets with murky water, and turning the ground to mud. Luckily I wasn't outside, no, I was sitting where I belonged, right behind the front desk of the local Sleep Sure hotel.
Yep, that's right, I work at a hotel, don't get on my case, I need to do something to pay for collage. So, anyway, I was sitting at my desk, reading Prisoner of Azkaban, when I heard the door open and two people walked in. One was an older man, maybe about thirty-forty years old, beside him was a small child (I couldn't the gender) wearing a bright red rain jacket with the hood up.