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Runaway
A nameless teen is on the run, pursued by something horrible. We do not know what's chasing her or why, but if she's caught, she's dead.
Set in the real world, the first episodes set up the chase, with the teen using her wits to evade capture. Her tenacity and lateral thinking are endearing, and we're rooting for her all the way. But her pursuer is bigger, better, and smarter. Her third escape just barely succeeds, more by luck than anything.
To get any further, she realizes she'll have to take someone into her confidence. The next several episodes see her tentatively trying to get help without giving herself away, finally building to a friendship with another girl runaway. This new friend is very open about herself. Despite not really knowing anything about the main, the friend projects her own personality onto her, and quickly comes to identify with her.
The main character evolves over the next few episodes as she learns she must sacrifice to earn the other girl's loyalty. But she still resists all attempts to get her to open up and explain what they're running from. This undermines the friendship, and the friend begins to doubt how much they really have in common.
Series 1 ends with them physically trapped in a dead-end harbor. There, the friend is captured by the pursuer, a shadowy figure who tells her the main character is evil and dangerous, and tries to persuade the friend to help catch her.
Pick it up for two more seasons to find out what happens next.
Intended audience is teens and young adults of both sexes, with both action and relationship driving the plot. The characters are sympathetic, and easy to self-insert or inspire fanfic.
