Chapter 1:

A young blonde girl sat in the corner of an empty train with her face pressed against the window looking out at the world, just as she had been for her entire life. She had always been on the sidelines cheering someone on, but now there was no one left to cheer for. About a week ago, she was happy and nothing could touch her.

Flashback

We were driving all the way from Jersey to New York for the weekend, just me and my kooky parents along with my little sister. We had sing-alongs and I Spy games. We were the perfect family. Right then, we were driving past a cliff edge, when a drunk driver came out of nowhere. He smashed into our side and knocked the car through the steel barrier protecting us from the drop. I guess it wasn’t that strong after all. The car was barely balancing on the edge, teetering back and forth. My parents were frozen stiff in the front seat and my little sister was crying in the seat next to me. I instinctively scrambled to open the car door and jumped out as quickly as I could. I reached back inside to grab my sister, but it was too late. The car was already off balance because of my movement. As the car tilted forward, my sister’s hand slipped through my own and so did her life. I heard the crash when the car hit the bottom, and I saw the scatter pieces of metal along the rocks. I fell backward onto the dusty road and sat in shock. Not even the police sirens around me could shake me from the fact that I had just killed my family.

End Flashback

A tear ran from dark blue eyes as the girl remembered the accident. She bundled up in a large sweatshirt of her father’s to try to keep the demons at bay. The window fogged up, distorting the empty countryside, and she drew tiny hearts with her finger. She stared at her reflection in the window. She saw the small freckles along her cheeks and the scar along her jaw line. But she also saw a broken girl staring back at her. She saw the confusion and the fear. She also saw the anger. This person in the mirror was a stranger to her.