Eyes Of Lia (Slowly Editing/Updating)

Great Escape.

_-_-_-Chapter 5_-_-_-

"Get back here!" Father yells up the stairs.  "Get here now before I decide to knock some sense in your head!"

Biting my lower lip, I clasp my bag shut and open the window from my room.  I jump out my window and grip onto the branch of the apple tree, swinging myself on top of the branch right as my father was running into my room and reached out, grabbing my skirt and pulling me back in.

"Where do you think you are going?" My father says and I fight against his strong grip on me. 

"Away from here!" I say, my breathing hard as I fight against him.

"No you won't."  He says turning away and locks my window, along with my door and walks out.  I hear him storm down the stairs along with numerous other slammed doors.  I felt my eyes tear up, what am I going to do now?  I felt anger bubble up inside me, allowing myself to scream out in frustration.  I ran to my locked window and push and pull against it, until my fingers were numb.  I look around my room, desperate for an idea, and answer, something to get me out of this room.  My eyes land on a wooden chair that sat in the corner of my room, picking the chair up I threw it against the window hoping to break it open.  

It hit my leg.

I curse and hold my leg, pain radiating from it.  I groan and walk the pain off, my mind racing of possible solutions to get out.  I grab the chair once more and throw it against the window, only to not make a mark again.  The chair hit the floor hard, causing a piece of it to break off.  I pick up the piece of wood and brace it against the makeshift lock, causing it to break.  I swing open the window once again and feel the cold air chill my spine.  I decided now is the time, and grasp onto the branch for the second time and pull myself onto the branch and down to the truck of the apple tree.  I look up, noticing that I forgot to close the window, but decided it didn't matter anyways.

I looked around and saw that no guards were standing at my window nor around my room. I slowly made my way down the tree, struggling in the darkness. I scratched myself numerous times and I could feel blood drizzling down the side of my arms and legs. I refused to make any sounds still, in fear that even if I made the slightest big of noise that all the guards would come and whisk me away. When nearing the beginning of the trunk, where the trunk meets the ground, I found myself at a lost, the drop was about five feet. Which wasn't much, but enough to make a sound. I griped onto the trunk and prayed that this would work. I used my arms to grip and my feet to escort me to the ground. I still made noise but not nearly as much. With only a few scrapes, and a little blood, I landed quietly on the ground.

Once I had both of my feet firmly on the ground, I once again scope the area around me.  The timing couldn't have been more perfect; the guards were switching.  This left me with almost an hour to successfully go through with my plan.  Without wasting another second I ran towards the stables, huffing as my pack on my back seemed to grow heavier and drag me down with every few steps.  Suddenly a large light was sweeping past me, and I quickly dove off to the side near the bushes in an attempt to stay hidden.  The guards quickly rushed past me and to the stables, the lights turning on and I heard them taking horses out and the hounds baying in the distance.  

Hounds.

I bit my lip and watched the sleepy horses move around clumsily, Oliver has taught me about the hounds.  I will never get pass them.  They sniff you out and will find you.  I needed to think of ways that they couldn't find me, but now wasn't the time to do it.  I needed to get to Oliver so we could leave as soon as possible.  I jump out of the bushes and ran to the stables. Oliver's house was a mile away, there was no way I would be able to run there by myself. I see two guards getting Paradox ready, he perked his ears in my direction and the guards looked. I quickly duck behind the wall and I heard an exchange of words, footsteps making their way towards me.