Dreams to reality

Chapter 4

It was a beautiful sunny day, the sun shone elegantly through my long strawberry-blonde locks as I pranced around the town. Despite the dread I felt, I held my heart caringly and enjoyed the walk around my neighbourhood. Children ran around the roads, laughter filled the place and the atmosphere. It was joyful. Small houses sat on one side of the street while the other held shops. Each contains its own trinkets and treats, from necklaces, and forks, to bread and carrots. No place was the same, everyone's sellings were original and dated back centuries within each family tree.

The community was........sort of welcoming and friendly, you knew almost every single person, and everyone knew you. Gossip did get around quickly though and can spread like wildfire. Yet words that got around usually weren't true, whether some want to believe it or not.

I trotted down the paved path that usually would take me to the "forbidden" barn as town folk would call it, the place was infested with homeless animals that carried all sorts of diseases yet it was a landmark on my secret adventures so I never called it that. I loved the quiet parts of town, that being one of the only ones. The streets were always echoing with kids screaming and playing, so it was a beautiful spot to take a breath alone.

Sadly I wasn't going on an adventure today, instead, I was stuck dragging the bottom of my dress down a sandy road with groups of boys running all over it. I screech when a child accidentally tripped over my silk blue dress, dirt stains following along not too soon after.

"Oh, sorry!"

The freckled boy immediately apologized while he ran after his friend, his apology following along with him out into the distance

The brown pigment of the wet dirt faded the light blue bottom of my dress and blotches of residue travelled up to the seam of the waistline.

I huffed as I shifted my focus to the racing cars jumping over people and sliding in between cracks. They looked about 10, no older than 12, what a shame. You'd think he's learned some manners right about now. I knew coming outside might've been a bad idea. Oh well, It didn't matter, my dress was stained. The deed was done and there was no point in staining my attitude as well.

I sighed and whipped what I could off of the now dirty piece of clothing, the flow of it was lost and from a certain viewpoint, you wouldn't have been able to tell what colour it used to be.

I helped myself up and off the ground, I had missed the vegetable market a little while back but It wasn't much of a striking problem to me at the moment.

People caught my attention as the audience around me had begun to realize the predicament that had just occurred, some tall man resembling what seemed to look like one of their fathers dashed off after the boys.

Others just stared and some even giggled. I could feel a light heat rise up in my cheeks as I regained my composer. I was able to get a full view of the crowd. I was so embarrassed.

I slowly walked away as I could feel a few silent stares follow along after me.

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A couple of minutes had passed, larger trees and vast fields of crops now passing my view as I travelled along a beautiful pasture. The main part of the town was somewhat behind me, I was in the more southern part of it now I guess you could say.

The air stood more still and noise had been reduced by a lot, many who lived in these parts were quite polite and well-mannered.

It felt safe and more organized, the leaves stood still and the breeze was almost non-existent.

The embarrassment that had been bottled up begin to settle as I took a few deep breaths, the heat from my face travelling out into the air as I deeply exhaled. A smile almost crept up onto my face as a familiar weight was lifted off of me.