. arguments | cameron

The tree was the closest the girl allowed herself to get to the civilization of her District. Living in the forest with the fairies had made her quite keen to sleeping in the middle of the woods, but when her and the little magical creatures would get in arguments she'd flee to the farthest possible place. Naturally, since the fairies of the woods disliked the humans, Dimmer Cadieux would make her way to the tree on the outskirt of the living areas and rest. Her back faced the humans, still, but it was almost deathly close for her to be anywhere near people at all. They struck fear in the young girl's body, made her wet her tattered skirts.

On this particular day, the fairies and Dimmer had fought over the way she was wearing her hair. The fairies preferred it naturally hanging behind her back, so that she wouldn't become too like the fairies themselves with their braided hair and pointy ears. That day, Dimmer had attempted to braid her hair, as she was collecting wood and her hair repeatedly fell into her face annoyingly. She was just trying to remove the annoyance, but the fairies themselves became annoyed, and fussed at her. The girl then ran away, and found herself resting on the tree.

With a yawn, she realized it was getting dark—the sun was setting. She should probably return to the fairies soon, she figured. Standing up, Dimmer glanced at the District ever so slightly and noticed something from the corner of her eye—human feet.

Cue earsplitting scream.