White Dresses

Shelter

They ran. And kept running, jumping over shards of glass and metal. They spotted two figures coming towards them chatting happily.

"Dami, Yoohyeon! Run!" JiU screamed in short snaps.

They followed and soon all seven of them had their hands groping at their dress with it bunched like a balloon in front of them. They teetered. Gahyeon tottered. She needed to breathe, there was too much going on, but she slipped.

"Gahyeon!" Siyeon yelled. She'd just met her but she believed all seven needed to be together. If one falls they all. Metaphorically speaking of course.

But Siyeon hadn't had her eyes in front of her. Her feet ran on even if she wanted to stop. She watched Gahyeon fall beside a million sharp shiny fragments.

She screamed again, only now she felt her body topple over, she saw a flash of silver and then her eyes faced the bright blue sky. It's not a usual blue, almost fake like it was painted with too much paint.

She got up, noticing the silver was now a frightened Yoohyeon.

"First you step on my foot. And now you trip me? Gahyeon is hurt!"

The others stopped, including Gahyeon who didn't seem to be at all injured in any way. Just a little winded.

"Siyeon..." Yoohyeon spoke quietly. As if there was a monster behind her.

The men. The men with guns was who Yoohyeon was looking at. Siyeon turned around but there was nobody there. There was something crawling down her face though. It was just above her eye.

She squealed and squirmed, tapping at her face but not near the red shadow that came closer. She didn't touch it and continued flapping about, squeaking at each jump. It was a sight the others didn't expect to see from someone so moody. And she could make a noise so high pitched?

"It's just blood. You must have scratched it when you fell." Handong came forth.

And then the stare, another side of Siyeon they could never have imagined. She had the image of a sweet child or maybe she had just stopped working.

Handong waved her hand in the air, "Hello?"

"Has it gone?" They shook their heads, "Then let's keep moving."

Siyeon looked in front of her, behind the six, there were two men coming forward. They were getting closer but the girls were getting further. Siyeon took Gahyeon and Yoohyeon's hands. Jump, spin, hold your dress up and don't fall.

"Stop!" Gahyeon let go. She huffed in the air and put her hands on her knees. A few breathes and she looked up. The  men were getting nearer.

"That's strange." Yoohyeon let go of Siyeon's hand and stared at the men. It was strange, not the fact that they were carrying large guns. But the fact that they weren't.

"Siyeon, I thought you said they had guns?"

Siyeon's mood darkened, she grabbed a hold of their hands again and ran but she didn't go far.

"Get her!" SuA yelled. She really had a loud voice.

More running but with Yoohyeon's eyes fixed on Siyeon. Their toes bounced carefully as they sped. Siyeon was good at it. But Yoohyeon was faster.

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Day 2

Hello. It's Dami. Today is the second day after we left the city. Left our homes and, well we don't exactly have a home just now. The seven of us live in a space in these woods. There's a wooden shed that has four beds, there are two hammocks outside attached to the trees and the last person sleeps with Alex and Ross.

Haven't introduced those two, have I? They're the ones that saved us in a way. The ones Siyeon said had guns and don't worry they didn't. None of us know why she lied and she hasn't spoken much. I don't like her if I'm being honest.

Now Alex and Ross. They both have wild, curly black hair, pointy noses and wide smiles. Alex is shorter and he has a strange limp in his left leg.

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"Girls!" Alex walked through the trees with Handong, both carried a large amount of wrapped food still warm in the cold air.

"Alex! How are you?" SuA walked out of the large brown shed.

"I'm good," he stumbled forward, "Here take these." He took another step and fell.

"Alex!"

"It's alright. I'm okay. And guess what?" He stayed with his back resting against a log. It looked uncomfortable but he seemed fine.

"What?"

"I'm going to show you gran. She's..." he took a large breath in, "free today." He let out a rough cough that made his face go pink behind his yellow sleeve.

"Are you sure? You seem ill."

He shook his head, "I'm fine. Perfectly well. Actually can someone help me up?"

JiU came out, she was as worried as SuA and Handong.

Alex stopped, "Look I'm fine. This happens all the time." The group gave him a serious look, "I have cerebral palsy. But whatever, shall we go in 20 minutes?"

JiU nodded and helped him up, he was so fragile and small compared to Ross. It was strange that the two were twins.

In twenty minutes they'd dressed in jumpers and joggers handed from the twins. They were going to meet Gran, maybe she could help find them a place to stay or they could just chat. But they knew nothing much would come of it, just a simple favour.

Day 3 - 2.am

I'm not in the shed right now. Or at the twins' house. I'm at the hospital and if Alex was fine before he certainly isn't now. And we never met his Gran since...

He fell I guess. His legs gave out on the road and I think he snapped a ligament and hurt his back. He's in the room beside us (me and SuA) asleep.

I looked around, beside the bed I'm sat on is a few random pieces of equipment. There's a small table beside my bed and SuA's. Though I do wonder where she is since I'm the only one in the room. I haven't got the light on, just a small lamp that would have been super useful back home.

I don't miss it everyone telling me to act a certain way. Smile and don't be moody. I smiled, stop smiling you look weird. Sit up straight, stop thinking. Most find me too scary.

Speaking of scary I honestly got the shock of my life when SuA burst in. She was out of breath, her pale face had gone red and she looked as if she'd been dumped in ice.