Inside the herd land
I opened my eyes, looking at the sound of that annoying whistle announced at the beginning of the day
،I stuck my lips after turning my head towards the small watch on the table next to me, I opened my mouth to start counting, its annoying voice ends after 5 seconds
-1,2,3,4,5
And I really ended up mild as I went down my feet to touch the cold earth in laziness, I picked up the hair clip next to the watch to cut my hair while I got up to arrange the bed, I heard my mom's voice chanting as usual
- Sidra Beniti, wake up your sisters Samar and Silwan, so we don't have breakfast
\"Well, I know that my name is strange and not familiar, but it is the choice of my dear father. He told me that it is taken from the name of the tree of the pulses in the seventh sky known as the end of the dam and now let's continue \"
- Okay, mom
I chanted as I went to bed the two girls marveling, so I don't even know how they can sleep so deeply after the sound of that annoying whistle
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All the family members arrived in front of the canteen to find all their neighbors lining up with a row
And finally it's our turn
Samar chanted, standing, as she advanced, placing her wrist on the wall, to pass it in front of the device, which chanted with a strong mechanism
- Good morning Samar delicious meal
Samar laughed while greeting her every day as if she were a real person and not just a recorded voice
- Good morning, Sirin
Thus all the family members ended and they went to share the table with their father's brother's family, raised, all in his usual seat
The cover angel lifted its metal plate divided into boxes, placing beets of beets, black honey and eggs with a little bacon and cheese, and next to it is a cup containing strawberry juice with beets
Really, what was I waiting for, I changed that damned beet salad
An angel chanted grumbling to answer her mother Safia with my sorrow
So that you do not suffer from anemia, and you fall behind.
Anas muttered grumbling as he looked at his food with distress
I really don't know when we will finish this situation
Idris quietly raised his mouth while his eyes were angry
Soon, soon, I promise you, this situation will not last long
Adris chanted to his brother quietly mixed with extreme anger
Their mother glimpsed the approach of that guard, who was assigned to follow them, to cheer sharply
Stop talking and each of you can eat in silence
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And as usual all days, breakfast ended in monotony and my uncle went up with his son Sajid ،My father and his brothers Salim and Idris and Anas to work on the land on the farm while the women came home to finish the work assigned to them
I chanted a name for my mom
- Mom, I'm going to breathe some air. I'm done sewing all the clothes required of me
To flock is in love
- Go Sidra, but...
I interrupted it with boredom
Don't worry, mom, I won't go to the fence or bridge, and I will never follow my curiosity
She smiled with my sorrow for her head to go amid the tumbling of Samar and Silwan, whose voice rose in anger
Yes, go, Sidra, you are my favorite
Silwan was mumbling narrowly
-I really don't know if we are your daughter or what my mom is ؟!
I heard my mom laugh while hitting their head lightly
- Shut up, girls, so Sidra has finished what is required of her. When you two end all that has been asked of you, go as you want and now come on
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I unleashed my feet, really bored of our routine life, and I reached that water park in the herd, smiling as I took my usual seat through which I could simply read all over the herd
On my right is the agricultural land where all men work, but on my left is the canteen in which all the herd eat their food، It is adjacent to the factory to which crops are transported after harvest and in which all women work, as it is a small crop cleaning factory ،Packing and packaging, and also has a part responsible for seeds and seeds used in agriculture. As for there, there is a completely back, the bridge between our herd and the adjacent herd. My father told me that our herd is one The six pieces are in the area, and in each region there are 6 other herds, and each herd contains 8 to 10 families ،And these bridges are the link between them, but we humans are not allowed to cross them or even be near them ،There is only one day every year that all herds in all regions are allowed to meet and it is called the annual festival, on this day we can get to know each other in the hope that we will find our valued companions، And next to him is that naughty gate that separates us from the outside ،And of course it applies to her as the bridge is the other one is strictly forbidden. We have to approach her, but of course they do not know that for some reason the higher the fence, the greater the desire to escape!!!!
My eyes fell on that bracelet, which adorns my wrist, restricting freedom as my two big brothers, Idris and Salim, call it
No one moves an inch without locating it thanks to that bracelet.
I woke up from Shroudi to the voice of a woman screaming, I felt a fatal pain in my chest despite my habit!
But it still hurts and even scares.
I got up standing up to see what's going on exactly! A large number of men in special clothes and masks that never make us see them stormed the place looking for someone as usual
I saw them come forward to take one of the men from the farm by force, specifically, Hossam, the head of the number one family
He was screaming hard, trying to resist them with all his might, but as they always say abundance overcomes courage ،And this uncle Hossam, no matter how brave, has passed the sixth decade of life, surely he will not be as strong as they are
The whole population saw his wife Marwa, that lady, kind-hearted, clinging to her husband forcefully, screaming begging them to leave him
- Take what you need from me, but leave it, please leave it, do not take it from me
I felt very angry when suddenly, and at the sight of everyone, they injected him with a sleeping needle as if it was an animal that went out of the herd, while one of these masked men dealt a blow to his wife, who flew after her to fall in one of The Staff!.
The women rushed to her to console her while the men left just as they entered, but they had Uncle Hossam with them, and suddenly the place was quiet again except for the voices of that lady crying ،Despite their sympathy for her, I felt suspicious of their act as if they were used to !!!
In fact, I did not blame them, and how do I do that? Even I am used to, these are the laws of the herd once the man or woman skips the middle of the sixth decade of life and is transferred to another herd \"Flock No. 6 \"And no one sees it again after that. We are not allowed to exit the flock door as well as visit each other in adjacent flocks.
I came home with heavy steps to find my mother waiting for me outside, and I swear I see all the signs of fear and fear drawn on her face.
As soon as I approached her, she felt her pulling me in her arms, and she printed her kisses on separate places from my face
Gently moved away from it while I was muttering with a boom
Don't worry, mom. I'm fine. Nothing happened to me
My mom nodded while muttering
- Go inside, Sidra, and I'm going to check on Mrs. Marwa, so surely her condition is lamenting her now
I nodded while I was going inside to find Samar and Silwan piled up in one of the corners crying
I applied to hug them, as the rule stipulates hugging the person if he cries..
I did not say a word, I do not even know what to say !!!
This is our life from our birth, as our world is divided into two parts, the herds of people and they are us, and the herds of vampires who we have are just food or even they can find among us their comrades like what my mother told me.
My mom and dad told us that it wasn't like that ،But when the first king who ruled the vampires died and that monster took his younger brother in his place until he broke the treaty that was between our sexes and attacked us and tasted our blood after it was their food The only animal blood, and therefore our treatment in this way has become the ideal way to control, because now we just represent food for them, they are keen to take care of us and protect us only in order to preserve their survival ،They treat us just like animals. We follow these diets that their doctors put in order not to have any blood disease.
I felt Samar calming to get away from me while she was asking in my sorrow
When can we live in peace Sidra? Why don't they let us die in peace! What is his fault, Mr. Hossam, to take him like this؟
She muttered with a boom
- I don't know Samar, I don't know
In fact, I do not really know. All I hope is that they will let us live in peace. To be treated with only human beings, they leave us the right to choose our lives
They let us enjoy our lives quietly, but they will not do because they want to control us, and knowledge increases our strength only and they need us a lot so they have to control ....
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In the evening, the herd gathered in the square, but today it was the opposite of all days. Today, there is sadness and depression, saddened by the departure of Uncle Hossam.
The men wrapped around the ring of fire while the women gathered next to Mrs. Marwa, surrounded her in pity with her and her daughters, while I sat on the stairs leading to our house next to me, my cousin, raised، And two degrees later, Samar, Silwan and the angel of Laila's sister.
I felt a sting of cold eating my bones. It started December, which means the winter started, the season that I love so much except that I had a lot of cold ، My fingers stretched to the scarf on my shoulder, so my eyes would always fall on my sad mother !
I almost don't remember the days I felt happy but I don't blame her, so how do I do that and I know very well that the cursed monster who calls fear!!!!
It penetrates inside us, as if it were a damn disease, inspiring everything, leaving us with empty wasteland
This is how my mom is afraid, we all know that, but no one can help her, how can we help a mother who is afraid for her children from their inevitable fate, or even help a woman who fears losing her boyfriend، But what I know is that no one can help my mom other than herself.....
The beep again to announce the date of sleep so that the men put out the fire and went home with their families.
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In the morning I woke up feeling a headache feeling my cheeks burning.
The two girls came to check out today, I didn't wake them up as usual
I heard Samar asking Tugus
What's wrong with you, Sidra? Why didn't I hear you wake us up ؟!
She muttered lightly while giving her my face to shine her eyes while Silwan screamed with dismay
- Oh, Sidra, your cheeks are almost burning
She threw herself on the bed next to me to groan in a phone pain with a fading, because I feel every little bone in my body hurts
Gently, Silwan, gently
Samar put her hand on my forehead to feel my heat screaming
- Oh, God, Sidra, you're burning, girl
I ran outside calling my mom, who soon came to sit next to me in Rafak, and she was anxious
- What's wrong with you baby ؟!
I whispered lightly
- I think it's my mom's cold, don't worry
She stretched her hand, feeling my forehead, then she got up
Come on, little girl, help your sister get dressed while I go to tell your father
My mother was absent for several minutes while I wore my clothes to return to her and my beloved father, who looked at me with anxious looks as he chanted
Doesn't that damn cold want to leave you a little !
I laughed lightly, then I grabbed my lips and raised my shoulders as a sign of lack of knowledge
- I don't know daddy!..
