Post by violetcollins on Mar 26, 2015 0:04:17 GMT -5
LILLIAN COLLINS
She walked along the dirty, grime-covered street, desperate to get out of the skin-biting weather. Wrapping her thin shawl tighter around her, she shivered; nighttime was dawning, and all she wanted was to be inside by the feeble fire, safe and warm. Goosebumps arose on her arms, tickling all the way down to her ankles - she picked up the pace, long, wavy blonde hair bouncing behind her. Her face was, for once, cleaned of dirt; for she'd just stepped briefly into a small creek nearby, neatly washing off her arms and cheeks.
Her eyes anxiously darted around, angular jaw tightening as several twigs snapped underneath her shoes. She was on edge; for whatever reason, nighttime sparked a streak of fear into her head, creating a whole imagination of peacekeepers and loaded weapons.
Her pace quickened.
Her house not yet in sight, the teenager tightens the shawl around her pale skin; although the thin piece of cloth didn't do much to warm her, it was all she had, for everything else she'd grown out of.
Caught in fearful thoughts, the girl didn't happen to notice a rather large stick jutting out of the dirt; before she could react, her foot caught hazardously between the wood and the ground, throwing her in a tumbling heap to the dirt, down a hill, and straight into a swarming pile of brambles.
With a surprised yelp(and a rather colorful curse-word), she winces, hands curling into fists as the thorns scrape and slash at her skin mercilessly. With a small groan, she attempts to pull herself out of the brambles - only to be shoved down again by a searing pain all through her left ankle; just her luck, a rather gaping wound had opened on her leg, blood spilling violently onto the dirt.
Hastily smacking a hand over her mouth, her eyes squeeze shut as the brambles continued to scrape at her tender skin. "Don't panic, Lillian. Don't panic." She mutters, trying hard not to move.
After a moment of pushing through the pain, she again feebly attempts to pull herself out of the bushes; to no avail. With each movement, the pain in her ankle only grew stronger, more urgent. A pang of fear struck.
"Crap." Lillian pulled back into the thorns, snatching her shawl and pressing it onto the wound, hoping to quench some of the blood-flow. Naturally, the move only increased the amount of prickles scraping and scratching at her skin; but, reluctantly, she pushed through the pain, applying more pressure.
She glances around, wincing and yelping as the thorns scratch at her face. The hill she had tumbled down was steep; no one would be able to see her if they were passing by - and even if she had managed to escape from the brambles, there was no way she could climb back up that cliff, not with her wounded ankle.
She knew there was only one thing left to do.
"Help!"
( open. please reply c: )
( sorry if this sucks, i was in a rush when i wrote it. ^^ )