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// Chapter 1 
// Story: Insomniac 
// by dedaccount 
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	Lyra Heartstrings was just putting the finishing touches on her most recent notes on the study of humans. She was alone since her roomate Bon Bon was on vacation with family and decided that it was the perfect time to study her favorite subject. She had always believed humans existed, but nobody believed her. She yawned and rubbed her eyes as she put her notes back on the bookshelf. Thunder clapped outside as rain pounded against the windows. "Why did the pegasi have a storm scheduled for tonight?" She asked aloud. She yawned again and headed to her room. Once in bed she closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.





Lyra woke to the sound of glass breaking downstairs. Someone's breaking in! She thought. She got out of bed as quietly as she could and grabbed a candle. She lit it with her magic and slowly began to head downstairs. Once on the ground floor she could hear rain coming in from the kitchen. She grabbed a lamp from the nearby table and headed for the kitchen. She entered the room and saw a dark figure in the corner. "He-hello?" She asked it. It stood up and she couldn't believe her eyes. It was a human. She stood there with her mouth agape staring at the thing she had so long sought out for. It walked over and looked down at her. it took the lamp from her now weakened magical grasp an set it down on the counter. It then came back and squatted in front of her. 

It held up its thumb, middle, and pointer finger and licked them. Why did it do that? Lyra thought. Something also looked strange about its teeth but it closed its mouth to fast for her see clearly. It held up its fingers to the candle, and pinched out the flame.
The human then slammed her against the wall holding her mouth shut. "Shhh." She heard it say. she then heard something flick. Lightning flashed and in that one instant she could see what was wrong with its teeth as it smiled. They were crudely carved into points. She also saw that with one hand it held her against the wall. In the other it held a knife, sharp enough to split a hair. Her heart began to race, She tried to scream but couldn't. Something sharp and cold slid across her throat. Warmth and pain trickled down her neck Darkness crept in. Blacker than the night already surrounding her. She closed her eyes, for the last time.