Rocky come back! {Open}

Aqua was walking along the dirt path that all the District people used. Her blond hair was in a tight corkscrew braid and she was ready for anything.. She was expecting something bigger then what did happen though, so it was kind of a letdown.

"Rocky!" A small voice screamed, getting closer to Aqua. She looked around and noticed a little girl chasing after a golden-retriever... their hair colors matched, it was kind of ironic. Aqua squatted down and called the dog to her; rubbing its ears and patting its head once it ran up to her, a large, open mouthed smile on its face. It's tongue was out, wopping around, and it was making Aqua laugh.

"I do believe this is your...dog.." She said once the girl ran up to her. She smiled at the girl and then returned to petting the dog all over. It's fur was really soft and it was such a sweet creature. It looked healthier then most dogs are here in the district; which was a huge shock to Aqua.

"I'm Aquamarine."

She looked up (up because she was squatting) at the little girl, who couldn't be more than eleven or twelve. She kept a light smile on her face and held out one hand to be shaken.

Aqua laughed as the little girl asked her question.

"Why is your name Aquamarine if there's no water in the district?"

It was a simple question, one that was meaningless to Aqua but had apparent meaning to the girl. She thought for a second about her name and the meaning behind it. It was something that even she when she was younger had wondered about and now that she knew the entire truth behind it (thanks to her dad) she could brush it off; because the name was deceiving.

"My eyes was the first thing my mother noticed, which had a huge part to do with it and it's technically my birthstone. If I had been born a few days later I could've been named Opal."

She let out a little chuckle as the girl released her hand from shaking it. She liked what seemed like an honest girl; who was -in truth- not much younger than Aqua but seemed like it because of the round face. Aqua sighed and then relinquished the question sitting on her mind:

"What on earth do you have a dog for?"

Aqua let out another low, serene chuckle as the girl almost sheepishly justified her having the dog. She remembered those days, where she wanted to have a pet and couldn't because she didn't know the rules. Luckily this girl was in the clear, and her confusion about the birthstone was obvious.

"Birthstones I guess are basically a stone that correlates to the month you were born. And yeah, having pets is allowed, I just wondered because-" She thought back for a second to the name of the dog, "Rocky seems almost too healthy to have come from our district." She felt a smile ghost at the corners of her lips. The girl was almost a replica of Aqua when she was younger.

"I never caught your name.. it was..." She left it open for the girl to supply her name.

"Charlie, but I don't know why my mom named me that." Charlie said, looking up at Aqua. She smiled and nodded understandingly. Aqua wondered a lot of the time her mothers motives behind the things she did and said. It didn't ever make sense, mainly because her mother was a shell of what..er who.. she used to be.

"I get it.. A lot of the things my parents do doesn't make sense either, but you learn to deal with it." Aqua chuckled and watched the body language of Charlie. It was a great way to learn a great deal about people and the way they do things and how they thing. A counter reaction, and the way Aqua was great at figuring people out.

"Have you ever gone hunting?"

She truly did wonder, she had been looking for someone to help her with her traps and snares and Charlie seemed like a perfect person. She was bigger then most of the twigs in the district so she'd have an easier time keeping up then the others would; and she seemed trustable, and earnest. Two things that made a good, honest person.

Aqua heard the pride bubbling out of Charlie's voice as she proclaimed her knife's existence. They weren't necessarily allowed, but then again they also weren't restricted. She liked the spunk in Charlie's voice.

When Charlie mentioned her finding of dead animals, Aqua pieced a few things together. A few of her traps had been locked shut but without an animal in it... her findings may very well have been Aqua's captures. A light smile played at the corners of her lips as she pictured little Charlie prying her catches out of the deadly snares she laid.

"Dead animals eh?" Aqua said, "I wonder who.. er... what had killed them." The smile was obvious in her voice and she wanted to tone it down so she quickly diverted the subject.

"You know plants well then?"

She looked at Charlie who seemed as good a fit as any to take onto her hunting trips, and one was soon due. She could use someone to come with her who could help her figure out what berries and such were edible when she went on the long overnight trips. And for such a young age, this girl seemed strong. Aqua thought for a few moments..

"Why don't you come hunting with me tomorrow night? We'll be out all night but I'll make sure you have some meat to bring back to your family, and for Rocky."