"All done guard, goodbye!" Hana said loudly and they ran. Past the cells, through the dirt arch, up the stairs and out of the kingdom, they must've run for another mile through the dusty yellow sand before they stopped
"Julia, turn around" Hana breathed, in awe of the sight, smiling ear to ear, their plan worked. Julia turned and gasped at it, the sky had turned into so many shades, yellows, oranges, reds, purples and as her eyes scanned down she saw the free humans littering the base of the landscape, running toward the two. It was perfect, but there was one thing Julia could think about that could possibly make this moment even more special. She turned
"Hana" she other girl turned to face her "I love you ya little cheese ball"
"I love you too stupid" Hana laughed the girls took each others hands again, faced each other and smiled
"North!" they both shouted
"Jinx, ha!" Julia joked "you can't talk now"
"Oh yeah, then why does my voice still work?" they turned around and ran north, to freedom, to the green world in Elder Rune's story.
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The Great Green North
Short StoryClimate change has gotten the best of us and planet Earth has been stuck with a second ice age. Afterwards the animals have taken over and formed a government...but they haven't forgiven the humans for destroying the Earth. (A poetic-ish kind of thi...
