The hidden trials

Chapter 1

The Troubled City

Nrayer:
The last 40 years we've double our population. Tripled the amount of food and water we use, and we have quadrupled the use of fossil fuels. Every 4 days theirs millions more people on the planet. How is the world going to cope with this explosion in population?
Science predicts that by the end of the decade we have the population of 9 billion, the climate change is real that's it is impacted by human behaviour. Extreme drought and massive storm has shut down the earth entire agricultural system, too many people and not enough food.
In and effort to combat the food shortages, The scientist place our future with science. The development of more resilient, high-yield, genetically modified crops have been fastly tracked around the globe. Shelves once empty are now fully stocked, but tinkering with nature has created a long-term consequence which changed the way in which humans were reproduce. Across the world we are witnessing a staggering spike in multiple births and genetic defects. These defects allow the mothers womb to expand, making it common for a mother to have octuplets at one given time. The solution is now feeding the problem. So the community, Hidden Trials Academy (HTA) decided to release a one child policy rule. Scientists thought to eliminate the population by creating a new method of abortion easily accessible for the public. They did this by creating a pill that weakens the fertility of the females but little did they know it had its side-effects. It created a disease called the treeticks that made people out of control and very menacing. At the start we thought it was a brilliant idea as it was slowing the population down, but now it has created the world biggest complication. For us to protect the human race from extinction, The HTA built a city that has tall walls that use electric shocks to deter anything from crossing the boundary. The city is still overly populated.
"Hi, I'm Nrayer, Nrayer Davina west and I know you all know me as the devils child, or the daughter of a man with great power in the city, well...I know you all hate me but...I did everything I could to save my people...this all came to my attention five years ago..."
15th of June 2020, I finally get to go outside for the first time and train. I didn't ask anyone if I couldn't go outside because I know they will say no, but I didn't care. I've been stuck inside for 12 years now, not allowed to be free. I sat in the stall and my mother stands behind me brushing my hair. When she finishes she pulls, my hair away from my face and twisted it in a bun. She was so calm and focus. When my mother wasn't looking, I quickly I looked at myself in the mirror. I feel so grown-up now, and I'm only 12 years old. I'm turning 13 in five days time. My mother gave me a bracelet with different charms on it. I was surprised when she gave me that bracelet, we never celebrate birthday.
"Come on now let's have breakfast" my mother said. My mother, she can be beautiful in a different way. She had a thin body underneath her robe and long eyelashes. She had a scarf around her head. We walk together to the kitchen, these mornings my sister always makes breakfast. today is the day my mother forgot to get the bread from the city. my mother is extremely ill, after my father died from a fire my sister Nadeya has to look after her. My father died by saving his friend life by a traumatic fire, for me to remember him I like to train, hunt with my Seax. my father gave me that weapon for me to become stronger but my mother never lets me train.
"Bye Nadeya" I said to my sister.
"Nrayer where do you think you're going" she replied. "No where" I say. My sister looked at my mother before she spoke. " you're going in the woods, so you can train" she said and looked away from me.
" yeah I have too, father wouldn't of given me the seax if he didn't want me to train" I yelled back. Me and my sister are twins but she's only two minutes older.
" you can't go outside, if they find out we have two children you're going to get yourself killed, plus you got asthma"
The fire boil deep inside my system, as hot as lava.
" you know all the poor kids are going missing, it's not safe" Nadeya said.
My white knuckles and my gritted teeth from efforts to remain silent. My face was red with suppressed rage. I know I suffer from anger, but I can never control it. Every word stung only fuelling the fire that burns inside me. Every violated phrase was gasoline to it, my fist began to Clench and my jaw rooted. My dream was to go outside, Live a little instead of staying inside. What the flowers will smell like, what would it feel like having the Sun touch my face.