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Some of them extended a good eighteen inches from her body. I was only twelve. I had no idea if the spikes constituted defence or attack but I do know that as I saw her she became aware of me. My ice cream fell to the ground, unheeded. It was suddenly very, very important that she shouldnt see me. Or even know I was there. I slipped behind an advertising hoarding, easing my way around it as she drew nearer, and when she was level with me, she stopped. I stopped too and held my breath. She looked down at the ice cream splattered across the pavement and then she lifted her head, turning from side to side. I knew, I just knew that she was seeking me out. The two of us both stood motionless while everyone else, for whom this was just a normal day, streamed past us, intent on their Saturday morning business. I still wasnt breathing. I knew with certainty that to make even the slightest sound, the smallest movement would be a very, very bad thing. For me, anyway. My chest and head were pounding and the pavement swam beneath me. And then, finally, she lifted her head on that graceful neck and began to walk away. I edged my way around the hoarding, watching her disappear into the crowd. She was so tall that her blonde head was easily visible. I watched her until I couldnt see her any longer and then I turned and ran as hard as I could in the opposite direction. I was only a child. I thought all monsters were ugly. Thats why they were called monsters. That was the day I discovered I was wrong. I dont know who she was or what she was. Im sorry theres no neat ending to that story, but I never saw her again. It was, however, the first time I realised that as well as beauty, there was ugliness in this world. Evil as well as good. Pc Game Conflict Global Storm??? And there were things out there that, for some reason, only I could see. And they could see me. Chapter One. All my life Ive worked really hard at being really average. Exam results good, but not brilliant. Achievements respectable but not world shattering. I used to spend hours carefully plotting how to come fourth at our school Sports Day. Not a winner, but the best of the rest. Good, but not quite good enough. I was quiet, well behaved and ironically as colourless as I could make myself. Instinctively, I knew I must never expose myself, or something terrible would happen. Whether to me or to others was never clear. Id learned the hard way.