We start galloping off, the sounds of unfamiliar things screeching all around us. My horse suddenly jerks from the trail a little, Aleks's horse doing the same. I wondered why. I kind of settled myself on the saddle, looking out of the corner of my eye. I see some sort of "thing" creep our way. It was nearing Aleks. "Aleks!" I yell at him. He turns, slinging the sword straight into it's head. The shine of the iron kind of frightened me for some odd reason- the blade instantly covered in scarlet red blood.
I saw that Aleks had put on his helmet, probably from the stupid weather. To much surprise, he actually looked decent with it on, even though I much rather have his face.
"Hey! Come back! This is a safe place!" I turn, seeing about four people, from the looks of it, around nineteen and twenty years old. "Why the fuck should we?!" Aleks yelled. "Yeah! How do we know you're not with the law?" I yelled after. "Do you really think they'd hire a girl to the force? I mean- honestly!" Aleks and I kind of looked at each other for a second, nodding, and flicking the reins on the horses' back.
Once we reached them, we stopped the horses and got off. Aleks folded his arms across his chest, I guess refusing to take off his helmet.
"What the hell were those things?" I ask the girl in the purple striped shirt, hooking up the mare to a fence post. The guy beside her spoke up. He looked like- the Victor from yesterday. And- that girl...his girlfriend?
"Mutations. The Hunger Games this year was so short- they didn't have the opportunity to let them out to kill us."
"And so they're here now?"
"Yeah. This is the closest so it'll infect this village first." I let the light and dark blue curls of mine fall onto my shoulders, my expression giving off a negative reaction. "I'm Mitch." He held out his hand. I shook my head, stuffing my hands back inside my hoodie. He pulled back his arm. "Take off your helmet, Aleks." I whispered to him, slightly leaning toward his side. He looked at me and then nodded, sighing. He took it off, shaking his head to straighten out his hair. I smile toward him.
I look toward the four for more information, my legs started to shake from the outside cold. It was literally freezing out here- and my white shorts just weren't working. "So- you called us back here...why exactly?"
Hello my Swiftys! Sorry for the extremely short chapter! Please don't slaughter meh! But- I didn't exactly have the best thought for it anyways. (Just going along with the script, you know?) And yes, I am VERY excited and happy to be apart of this writing collaboration. To be honest- I am EXTREMELY honored to be apart of this. Out of all the amazing writers, WritingLovely chose me.
I had countless messages asking me if I really wanted to do this. I love to write and a whole group collaboration- it's just something to keep pushing me forward in my dreamed future as taking a writing career. So, yeah. There is your answer :).
But- as always stay awesome bros! :D
~ SwiftXHeather101
