Lost

Chapter 2---The Sentencing

I clench my teeth as the time officer's fingers dig into my wrists. I notice Eden squirming and mumbling beside me but is silenced by the second time officer's voice.

"I promise we were only going for a walk." I try to convince the officers of our innocence. Which we aren't.

"We'll see what Governor Oblis has to say about that" he replies gruffly.

Governor Oblis is an ultimately gorgeous, evil women who's in charge of Hythe. She's really just the mayor, but insists on being called "governor". Everybody in Hythe worships her. Even people in other parts of Pwell wish for her to be their leader, but the poor citizens like Eden and I see right through her. We know that her name means death. We know that she secretly hates those who know who she really is. And we know she'd rather have us dead.

When we arrive at Elm Valley Manor where Governor Oblis does her trials, Eden and I have beads of sweat going down our foreheads. By now a crowd has begun to follow us curiously. It's not often that kids come to Elm Valley Manor. This is a place where people get killed. We walk through the double doors, still securely being held by the time officers. When we arrive at the trial room, we both sit in the front, on the right side and stare up and Governor Oblis who has arrived in a long, navy blue dress studded with diamonds and gems. She wears a large feather the same colour as her dress entwisted in her raven black hair. When she finally turns around to face us, I can see a smirk on her face. She knows who we are.

As people take their seats in the rest of the hall, Governor Oblis steps up to her desk. She clears her voice and begins to speak.

"For many weeks we have had the suspicion that these two orphan girls, eleven year old Eden and sixteen year old Emilia, have been escaping through The Fence and wandering through the forest. Today that has been proven." She stared directly at me menacingly. "Rule number seventy-eight says, 'no person must go outside the boundaries of Hythe.' Rule number ninety-four says, 'no person must attempt to escape through The Fence. Eden and Emilia have broken not one, but two rules. They must be punished" She says the last part with extra emphasis as she again stares me straight in the eye.

"A normal sentence for this type of crime is death. What do you think?" She looked over the crowd challengingly.

A number of chanting arose, many shouting, "kill them!!! They deserve to be punished!!" Then I suddenly hear a few voices overpowering them, "they're too young to be killed! Give them a different punishment!" My hopes rise.

It looks like Governor Oblis has made up her mind when she speaks. "I have decided that since Eden and Emilia Hawkins are juveniles, they will not be punished by death." I sigh in relief. "Although they deserve it." She mumbles, and then raises her voice again, "instead, they will be sent into the Cyjelt mountains to find their way home. If they can survive and find their way home on their own, they will be able to live."

Governor Oblis nods her head in dismissal and once again the time officers come to take us away. I look at my sister and never in my life have I seen such uncertainty. We have been surviving mostly on our own for many years now, but how in the world will we find our way back home from the middle of nowhere? I decide I will do whatever it takes to get Eden home and give her the life she deserves. Whether that'll be with me or not.