Dreams

Chapter One:

I open my eyes to the empty darkness. My tortured dreams still throbbing in my sleep deprived mind. Crickets chirp in the grass. The frigid wind howls through the gloomy night. Groaning, I sit up, telling myself to stay at Alexis's tomorrow night. The branches are hard and uncomfortable. I don't know why I sleep here. It's far away from the village and it's always so cold. I pull my blanket over my face, covering my body completely. I try as desperately as I can to distract myself from my nightmare. I struggle to think of something else, anything else. All I can come up with is my parents ,which is not an improvement. My parents left me two long cold years ago. No warning. No explanation. They just left. Leaving me behind, to look after myself.

During that year, I learnt how to hunt, to light a fire and to survive.The year after, I met Alexis, her brother Hunter and their adorable little sisters Alana and Beth. She became my best friend. I need some rest, I try to dismiss these thoughts and memories and in my dark blanket cocoon I hug my knees to my chest and I wait for sleep to take me.

In the morning I stretch awake. The cold air attacks my arms and legs as they escape my blanket cocoon. Peering out of my little tent I watch the green leaves sway in the frigid breeze. I suddenly hear a sharp snap in the woods, shattering the silence like ice. I pull off my blanket and grasp my dark wood bow, quickly drawing an arrow. In a crouch I watch the forest around my tree like a tiger stalking her prey. A dark grey figure creeps through the trees, slinking slowly towards me.

"Hey, Hey, Hey!" Alexis says, her hands held up in surrender,"I thought you were my friend Kyla!" I laugh and jump from the tree."Don't sneak up on the hunter, Alexis," I tell her," Your not gonna be able to stop me when I pounce." she grins and grabs my hand asking me meaningless questions like how did I sleep and what did I want to do. I informed her that I was staying at hers tonight, and that I wanted to go into town then hunt."The usual?" she asks laughing behind her words.

Nodding I ask,"So where are our little angels?" Alexis sighs, knowing I'm referring to her little sisters."At school," she says to me as we walk towards the village,"Kyla, that's where they always are."

I laugh in agreement,"They do like school, don't they?" Alexis chuckles and nods at me. "I know you didn't enjoy school, you cursed witch you." she says to me, sharing our little private joke.

The town buzzes with commotion. Children on their way to school, worried mothers hurry to the town square desperate to collect their grains and bread. Alexis and I walk into the bustling square of market stalls. We grip each others hands so we stay together as we push through the crowds. First to the bakery for a fresh loaf of bread then to get some soft salty cheese. We cut the bread in half put the cheese inside, holding it over a fire waiting for it to melt. I eat my breakfast slowly, savouring the flavours.

Lukas and Amos sit next to us blabbering about nothing interesting. Alexis stands and announces that we are leaving to hunt. For some reason Alexis is always uncomfortable with people, she only ever comfortably talks to me and her family. She only talks to people when she has to. I frowned in annoyance, I liked Lukas and Amos. "Sorry guys but we have to go." I say to the boys, turning away. Lukas sighs as we walk hurriedly into the forest.

No one notices us as we slip stealthily into the cool shade of the trees. As we walk I ask her,"Why don"t you like talking to them?" her face turns a deep shade of red and she mumbles an incoherent sentence under her breath. "Alexis." I say drawing out the words, she turns an even deeper red and says,"Well I sort of... Maybe a little bit like him." I let out a little squeal and shout,"Who?! Amos?" she slowly nods. I'm about to speak when I catch sight of a brown spotted deer, I nudge Alexis and aim my bow. The deer speeds off and the chase begins.

(A/N) sorry it's so short, but I thought I'd just give you a taste so you know what its sort of like :)

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