Chapter 1 - New BeginningsGathering together whatever little possessions she had, the girl stuffed them all into her tattered dark green bag with a yellow letter ‘R’ sewn onto it before creeping silently out of the room. Passing by the landlord’s bedroom door, she slowed down to make sure the creaky floorboards did not let out a single squeak. When she was almost at the main door, a small blue toolbox caught her eye. Bending down and carefully picking the metal case up, she then twisted the door knob and slipped out. As soon as she made it past the outer gate, she broke into a run down the dimly lit street and never looked back.
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“I’m telling you, we can get a good load of cash for her.”
“I can’t believe he actually took a liking to the scrawny kid.”
“Who cares. I already told him it’s a done deal. We’re sending her over tomorrow.”
Crouching behind the door of the small four by four room that was her sleeping quarters, the girl trembled when she hear what was being said. She was going to be sold, to the very same man who slapped her earlier. Pressing one hand against the cheek that was still red and sore from the forceful smack, she gritted her teeth and swore that she will never be pushed around again. Forming a plan in her mind, she was determined to get out of this sorry excuse of an existence. Tomorrow will be a new day, and tomorrow she will be a new person.
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“A couple more meters…and… I’ll be free….”
The girl huffed and puffed as she slid down the water pipes attached to the exterior of the building she had just escaped from. A thin cloth bag slung over her bare shoulders and she was only wearing a sleeveless top in the cold autumn month. It was apparent her “employers” didn’t treat her very well.
Above her, she could hear sounds of keys jiggling in the distance. Drats, they must be going to check on her. Glancing down for a brief moment, the girl decided to jump the rest of the way. Letting her fingers loosen from the plastic piping, she closed her eyes and waited for the ground to meet her. Unexpectedly, the ground was softer than she thought and made a funny yelping noise. Bewildered, she opened her eyes and came face to face with another pair of widened eyes.
Before she could say anything, she was forcefully pushed off by the girl she was sitting on top of.
“What the hell?! Don’t you watch where you’re going?”
Standing up and brushing herself off, her human cushion grumbled loudly as she started picking up her things which were scattered around the area.
“What kind of girl crashes into people without a word of apology. And don’t you know to check before jumping off buildings? Innocent people could get hurt!”
“No wait, I
am already hurt!”
Pointing to her scratched elbows, the unfortunate passerby glared angrily at the shorter girl in front of her.
Annoyed at being accused of having no manners, by a girl not much older than herself no less, the young runaway folded her arms as a look of displeasure flashed across her face.
“Look, I was going to apologize before you cut me off with your complaining. I’m sorry alright? So quit whining.”
Her mouth agape at being told off by a kid, the girl dressed in a pair of faded denim overalls tightened the grip on her green duffle bag and took a good swing at her offender.
“Ow! You hit me, who is the one without manners now?”
Staring back defiantly at the walking pillow, she forgot all about the wicked people that had entered her room and found her missing. Frantically searching every corner of the tiny space, they finally had the presence of mind to look out the window and saw their money bag downstairs.
“You little brat!”
Turning her head around towards the voice, she realized they had discovered her successful escape and was going to recapture her at any moment.
Suddenly at a lost, she stood stunned and watched as the couple raced towards her from the foot of the building. The incensed shouting grew increasingly loud and now the angry pair were barely 200 metres away.
"What are you standing there like a statue for? Run, move!"
Wrapping a hand around the younger's wrist, denium girl tugged at the stoning girl and took off at breakneck speed in the opposite direction from where the couple was coming from.
"You owe me big time kiddo."
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inDeceit: You liked TLAB too? Geez thanks
<-- I know it's an oops smiley but I like to think of it as shy
Estrea: Thanks for the corrections. My English standard is pretty horrid. I'll take you up on that offer. I hope you don't regret it
JFC: Sure, guess away. There are some hints to who the girls are in this chapter. Try elimination
Rei.rev.07: I'm worried you might bash me up when you realize who's who
stefy: Oooh guess, guess
It's be fun.