Chaseing The Girl With Red Hair

A snap of a twig behind her made her straighten up, an arrow at the ready, her home made silver bow tight across her cheek. Ready to let the arrow fly and find its victim. A bush shook behind her, she whirled around quick, and nimble.

"Uncle uncle!" Sophie squeaked. "Boy, Ruby, you could have killed me!"

"Sorry Sophie!" Ruby let go of her notched arrow. "Don't sneak up on me!"

-as we float back into time-

Sophie was '5'4 with waist high blond hair, eyes a sea foam green, like the ocean. She carried around a knife and two sling shots. Sophie was the best sling-shooter there ever was. Ruby admired Sophie for her skills and wits. No matter what, Sophie always followed her gut, so far Sophie's gut had gotten them pretty far. She came from a family where she grew up with seventeen step brothers. On a farm with 180 acres of land to explore. Sophie was 4 when she was put into a foster family. They were a wonderful family to her but Sophie always felt as if she didn't quite fit in. She spent most of her time outside in the woods by her fort she had made. At her fort she had a small shooting range for her to shoot her sling shots at, she had cans set up in a chaotic way with cans and cans filled with her home made ammo. When Sophie was 15 she ran away from her foster family's home, never looking back, she survived by herself in the woods.

Ruby story was so much different. Ruby was '5'6 with long locks of red hair like fire. She had a slender body, beautiful curves. She carried around a bow with a quiver that had a endless supply of silvery, perfect arrows. Now, Rudy grew up in a abandoned barn with two cows, one horse, a German Shepard and six chickens. Those animals were her friends, there was Betsy, Mary, Velma, Ginny and the six-lets (that's what they call the chickens). She grew up scavenging for food in the woods by the wooden barn she would catch squarls, rabbits, raccoons, and other small critters that fell into her traps. She would also shoot bigger animals like deer. Ruby excelled at setting traps and shooting arrows. She hit all of her animals in the eye every time. Ruby's one rule was eat what you kill and don't get anymore food the. You can eat. Ruby didn't make friends easily, obviously. Sophie was her only REAL friend. Now, Sophie just happened to be living in Ruby's woods, when Sophie fell into one of Ruby's net traps she was stuck there for two days until Ruby found her hanging close to death. They can also talk to the animals....

From that day Sophie and Ruby were best friends.

-back to present time-

"I got breakfast." Ruby said

Sophie shrugged. "We better get back to the home, Betsy will be wondering where we are."

So the two of them walked along the path towards the barn. When they reached the halfway point Ruby stopped and looked around,

"Something's wrong." Ruby turned in a 360 degree circle, sniffed once, blinked twice and said "the birds aren't singing."

Suddenly Ruby took off at a full on sprint down the familiar trail. They ran till Ruby stopped. When Sophie had finally caught up she looked around, like Ruby had said, still no birds.

"Look!" Sophie said

Ruby spun around and looked where Sophie was pointing. Smoke. Ruby estimated the distance the barn was, and the distance where they were to come up with,

"Oh no." Sophie took off, this time she wasn't following the trail.

She tore through the trees and bushes. Thorns tearing at her face and legs, she kept running until she got to the clearing where the barn usually stood, in front of her lays pile of ashes. Ashes that were black like the night. When Ruby finally got there Sophie was crying.

Tears streaming down her face she managed to mumble, "our friends, our things, our home!" It was al destroyed by the raging fire,

Ruby picked up something from the ground, a letter that read,

"You have been warned Ruby Linden and Sophie Del.

you have been marked with the mark of the red demon.

Do not run,

Do not hid,

We see all,

We know all,

Nothing will stand in our way."

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This is my first time writing- I love constructive criticism and would love you feed back! Enjoy!

<3 Robin