trouble // [Lyndis]

Bare feet pound the dirt road. I run down the lane passing the orchard trees, trying to lose the white coat that's following close behind. For once in my life I wish I had worn shoes today.

Now you might be thinking, Amaryllis why are you running from a Peacekeeper? In trouble with the snow jackets again? And I'd have to say, yeah. In trouble again.

See, I was at the square looking at all the wares on display. Sometimes there are post Reaping sales- morbid but worth the savings. The district was barely balancing. The Reaping had shaken everyone, and with a new Mayor in charge policies were in flux. Kirito- a Victor himself. There was no escape from the Games anywhere you went.

I had walked up to a display selling jewelry. Most of it was crude wire or whittled wood painted to be desirable. Except my eye caught on something real special. It was a necklace with a silver chain- not a leather strap or woven grass. It had a little blue stone hanging from it.

Now usually I'm more of a public disturbance kind of girl but sometimes you have to explore your options. So, today, I dabbled in stealing.

I snatched it up and started out of the square, shoving it in my pocket. As I passed the last building towards the open farm lands that I heard a deep voice yell "Get her!"

So, here I am sprinting down the dirt road. I can't outrun the Keeper forever so I duck through the wooden fence and roll into the orchard. Not a graceful roll either, a tumbling fall through the dirt. The dust clings to my hair and my clothes and fills my lungs. I sit up, coughing, and trying to move my mane of curls out of my face when I look up see and a girl working near by.

I blink, and decide what my plan must be.

I stand, racing over to the tree she's by and lean against the side that faces away from the road.

"Hey there I'm Amaryllis. What's a pretty girl like you doing out here," I say, and add on a wink for good measure.