Prologue

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They were playing in the meadow. The girl with tangled, curly red hair and swirling turquoise eyes, and the girl with chestnut-brown curls, and emerald eyes sparkling wildly, weaving in and out of the wild flowers and long grass on skinny toddler legs.

Suddenly, a little boy comes crashing through the forest towards them. "Higgy" exclaims the slightly older one, her blue eyes lighting up with surprise. 

"Help" he screams. But it's to late. Out of a nearby bush leap a bunch of guards dressed in awful black suits with their riffles strung over there shoulders. But one pointed his at the boy. His eyes open wide in terror, a mirror image of the girls.  

Boom.

The sound hangs in the air, long after the small boys body lies unmoving on the ground. "Pa"........


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