The Forest Girl

~Chapter 1~

A/N: This is my first story on here,so I'm sorry if it isn't really good. Enjoy. >3<

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Autumn woke up in her bed. She yawned and rubbed her eyes sleepily and looked over to her left,to see her older brother,Jack, fast asleep in his bed. Autumn slowly got out of bed and walked over to her window. What was outside made Autumn smile.

"Snow! It's snowing!" She whispered to herself.

Autumn walked over to Jack's bed and gently shook him. "Jack. Jack! Get up! It's snowing!" she said. Slowly,Jack woke up. "Huh?" Jack responded,yawning at the same time. Autumn smiled,then pointed at the window.

Jack walked over to the window and looked outside at the snow covered world. "Oh my goodness!" he exclaimed,excited about the snow. "It's wonderful." Autumn added. They stared at the snow for a long time. The snowflakes fell from the sky beautifully. Jack went into his own world while staring at the snow.

"We should ask mother if we could go outside in the snow!" Autumn suggested,bringing Jack back to reality. Jack was suprised to hear his sister say that. Their mother always made them do chores and hard work. Now,don't be too quick to judge Jack & Autumn's mother,she loved them both with all her heart,it was just the way she thought since her parents did the same thing to her.

"We can try,but mother will most likely say no." Jack said,walking away from the window. "Come on Autumn,let's go downstairs and start on our chores.

Jack & Autumn walked downstairs and started their chores. Autumn became distracted by the snow outside. Jack looked over and saw his sister staring at the outside. He sighed. He felt bad for Autumn because he knew their mother would say no. Suddenly,they heard footsteps upstairs. "Mother." Jack thought. Autumn returned to her chores quickly when she heard her mother upstairs. They heard the footsteps coming closer & closer & closer...

"Mother!" Jack & Autumn said when they saw their mother. They walked over and hugged her. "Good morning Jack. Good morning Autumn." their mother yawned,hugging them back. She started making herself a cup of tea. "Thanks for starting on your chores." she said happily.

Jack & Autumn glanced at each other. Jack nodded at Autumn. He cleared his throat. "Um,mother. Autumn and I would like to ask you something..." Jack mumbled. Their mother turned around and looked at them. Jack felt nervous. "Can Jack and I go outside today and take a break from chores?!" Autumn blurted. Jack & Autumn's mother sighed. "Please?" Jack added quietly,remembering manners.

They all stood there in silence. Their mother sighed again and then said,"Yes."

"Really?!" Autumn exclaimed. "Really?" Jack said,puzzled at his mother's answer. Their mother shrugged. "But don't get too excited,this might be the only time." she said. Autumn had a huge smile on her face,while Jack had a more confused look on his face. Suddenly,Jack smiled. He was glad that his mother said yes.

Jack & Autumn rushed upstairs to get dressed. Autumn put on a cream colored dress with black tights,white boots,white silk gloves,and a pink scarf.

Jack just put on simple brown trousers,black boots,black gloves,and other warm clothes. Jack watched as Autumn skipped down the steps,her long,wavy blonde hair bouncing up and down as she skipped. Jack smiled. Jack thought his sister was beautiful. Other people thought Autumn looked too young to be a 10-year old.

Jack & Autumn walked outside,happily. "Be careful!" Their mother called as they walked outside,into the winter wonderland. Autumn was awed by the scene. She smiled as she picked some snow and threw it into the air. "It's the perfect day..." Jack thought to himself. He stared at the forest near their home. "I've always wondered what was in there." He thought. Now was his chance to roam that forest. Jack walked over to Autumn.

He asked her about going into the forest. "Sound adventurous...and fun." she responded. Autumn looked at the forest and then grinned. She started running towards the forest. Jack wa suprised by her actions. He stood there,clueless. Autumn stopped running and turned around and smiled at Jack. "Come on!" she yelled,motioning Jack to come. Jack smiled back and started running with his sister into the forest,not knowing what they might see...