I'm on top of the world (Kiah)
Oct 23, 2013 12:45:38 GMT -5
Post by zakattack on Oct 23, 2013 12:45:38 GMT -5
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Part of me still blames my mother and father for leaving me like this. They should’ve tried harder, I should’ve listened more, but family isn’t supposed to leave and yet here I am wandering through the forest without anyone but the birds for company. I could feel the chill of the summer nights starting to wane and figured I’d have to find a District soon; the winters in the wild were harder to bear and this would only be my second one without the band of other I had called my family[/i][/color].
Last winter I barely made it through, saved for the scraps of food I could rummage up and the kindness of strangers who I happened to run into. Everyone was nice when they got what they wanted, and all I could give was warmth between the sheets. This year though I had a different plan. I’d sneak into a District and find a way to live there for the winter, maybe as a castaway, maybe even convince some old man to let me stay in his home. It couldn’t be that hard, with a smile and a bat of the eyes most men would bend backwards to let me spend time with them.
I could hear the calls and whistles of the birds around me and my steps quickened. Soon the ground would be filled with the crunch of the leaves and a blanket of pine needles. Autumn was beautiful but the ragged backpack stuffed with a few clothes and the poncho around my shoulders wouldn’t be enough for the nights. My eyes scanned around me as the bird sounds dulled and I moved behind the nearest tree. Normally the birds only calmed in the presence of a predator and out here that could be anything: mutt, human, animal…and instinctively I looked for footholds on the tree to start my way up. Quietly as a mouse I began my climb wanting to get out of the way before any of those things could find me. The bark dug into my slender fingers and small palms as I reached several feet up before seeing the dark hair of someone headed towards me. Sucking in my breath I tried to be still but my arms wrapped around the trunk would give me away and I prayed to whatever there was out there that it wasn’t a peacekeeper coming to take me down.
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