June Sky | District 10(Finished)

She always wears her mask. Not only because she scares people with her face. But as well she is scared of her face. Looking in the mirror just reminds her of what had happened to her. Her whole face is twisted up in a strange way. Even her mouth is curled up strangely. She rarely talks because she hates her voice. Sometimes she wants to be dead because she hates her life.

She is really thin because she rarely eats. Mainly since that involves taking off her mask. Her hair somehow wasn't touched by the flames nor was her scalp. She brushes her hair everyday and always keeps it neat since it's one of the only things that weren't affected. One of the other things that didn't get burned badly were her hands and part of her arms. Otherwise for that she was covered with burns all over her whole body.

She lets her hair grow out. The only thing that she feels makes her pretty. It was a beautiful chestnut brown color. Her hair would always glisten in the sun. And it never seemed to dull even though she never really went outside. Every once and awhile she would keep it up in a bun, a braid, two pig tails, or sometimes in a french braid. She likes to stare in the mirror and imagine herself as her mother. She was almost exactly like her mother except her checks were thinner and she was a bit more tan. No one ever called her "A miniature Lula" ever since the fire.

She normally never goes outside. Fearing people might stare and ask why she wore a mask. So she never really goes out. She always wears big jackets and long jeans to hide her skin. When she does go outside it is to work on her job. And mainly she is a milker for most of the families that foster her.

She seldom speaks. Or tries to interact with other people. She hates it when people stare at her. Then later to ask what happened to her. Mainly which is why she prefers to not go outside. She believes as long as no one is around her she won't have a chance of being asked that.

Most people tell her she is a lot like her mother. She though hates being reminded of her mother. Like how she can be kind in a shy way. She believes people are just being nice to her because they feel sorry for her though. She has a great fear of fire. Or even the mention of fire. For fire basically destroyed her life and who she was. Fire always reminded her of death.

Before the accident she was a normal peppy little girl. Always looking towards the bright side of everything. Smiling for people who needed joy. And putting everything and everyone before her own personal needs. She had a bunch of friends and everyone loved her. She was even called 'June Bird' because she had a beautiful voice. Everyone wanted to be her. Someone who never saw anything as bad. And someone who could always be happy and stay strong.

But now she was the complete opposite. She never sings anymore. She has no friends. They were all scared of her face and they ran and would always flinch seeing her face. All of the townspeople never saw her or spoke to her. Whenever she would walk by people would look away or act like she wasn't there. She felt like sometimes she was stuck in a limbo. Nothing cared or wanted her. And that probably was true.

Her mother, Lula, gave birth to her in their house since they couldn't get to the hospital in time. Because of her eyes, they named her June. Later she was joined with two younger sisters named Mary and Emerald. They were some of the most popular girls in their town. Everyone loved them since they were so sweet and nice. It seemed no one didn't know about the Sky girls.

Every year it seemed June got even more beautiful. Soon almost all of the kids were her friends. So was the same with Emerald and Mary. They never let any of this go into their heads and would always invite in a left out kid. It was the same with their mom, so a lot of people liked to say "the apple never falls far from the tree". They never really saw their father since he was always working but they never seemed to mind anything.

Then they had the accident. One that June couldn't forget since she was reminded of it each day. A fire had started up in their house at night. Whatever had started the fire was never found about but it was a tragedy. Emerald and Mary died first since they lived on the first floor and already the two had asthma. Then their dad was next since he tried to stop the fire. June and her mother were on the top floor and knew neither of them could get down without getting burned horribly. Her mom basically sacrificed her life for June. She curled her body around June saving her from the worst of the flames and gave her their only mask that could stop the smoke from doing any really bad damage to her lungs. By the time a rescue team came along it was already too late for the rest of her family. June barely lived. And she never learned there was a price for her life.

She never really noticed her face was different after she got out. She would still do games with other kids but more and more it was often they kicked her out from being with them. She then looked into a mirror for the first time since the fire and saw the horror that was her face. It scared her some much she wondered if it was a trick from her mind. But she learned it wasn't. Since then she wore a mask. And she constantly switched from foster parents to foster parents since no one wanted her. All of her friends were scared of her because she was no longer the June they knew.