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~ANON~




THE TREES APPEAR AS A GREEN BLUR as I run. I could see the sun at its highest peak. I could hear the crunch of the dry leaves and branches, with every step. I could see him already, trying to sneak up on a deer. A brown, white spotted, long legged deer. The kind of deer they only make in The Laboratory. He is about to shoot it with an arrow. A gold dipped arrow, a very expensive looking piece of craft.I step into the same, narrow path he is in. And scream by but off , scaring the tiny creature into the bushes.

โ€œWhat the heck, Sparrow?โ€ Liam asked me.

I donโ€™t answer him. I just walk over to the creek, sitting by Big Oak, another Lab-creature. I sigh.

Liam understands that I want to talk to him and sits down beside me.

โ€œWhatโ€™s wrong, Spar?โ€

โ€œNothingโ€, I lie.

I wrap my hands over my knees and sigh again.

โ€œTell meโ€, Liam says, bumping his shoulder with mine.

I donโ€™t answer.

I sigh another time, then lay down my back on the damp ground.

โ€œFineโ€, he says, copying my moves.

I look up into to the sky, the sun is almost done setting. I, then, look into Liamโ€™s eyes.

โ€œI want to run away, Liam. I want you to runaway with me.โ€, I blurt, feeling weight lift off of my shoulders.

Liam sits up, and sighs. I copy his moves.

โ€œYou know we canโ€™t. We have family and friends here. How can we leave them? Why would you even suggest that? โ€˜We-โ€

โ€œI know, I know โ€˜We canโ€™t keep thinking about us, We have to to think about our neighbors, and our neighbors, neighbors, because without them there wouldnโ€™t have been usโ€™. Why do you keep quoting my dad? Itโ€™s getting really tiring hearing you talk about my dad all the timeโ€

โ€œWell, he is the mayor and- hey! Stop trying to change the subject. We already talked about running away. It canโ€™t be done. Itโ€™s too riskyโ€

We were silent for a while.

โ€œI canโ€™t take this Liam: the tiring labor, the continuing food shortage. Its getting worse, Liam. People are dying. And The Officials wonโ€™t even let us bury them. They are being burned and the stench always stinks up the village. I am sick and tired of having to cope with the deathly changes. I am-โ€

โ€œSPARROW!!!โ€

I look at him, then I look through the patch of trees, hearing my echo, not realizing I was screaming.

โ€œIโ€™m sorry. I didnโ€™t mean to scream like that. I am just so mad...and tired. So tiredโ€

โ€œI know Spar. We all areโ€

โ€œWhy canโ€™t we just leave? Pack up our stuff and just leave?โ€

โ€œWe willโ€

โ€œWhen? When will we be free of Them and stop being afraid of stepping out of our own doorstep? When?โ€

I could barely see through the salty tears streaking down my cheeks. I can feel my fists clenched, and I can hear my heart beating rapidly, out of anxiety.

โ€œWhen?โ€ I repeat.

โ€œOne Dayโ€, Liam replies.

I sigh and lean my head against his shoulder.

And I repeat the words that will echo across the mountains when I scream them at the the top of my lungs.

โ€œOne Dayโ€


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