Her Flight

Chapter 1

The street, as usual, was empty at this time of the day. Maria had no choice, she was forced into this. She regretted every day she was forced into this, and out of guilt, had accepted. But she had to do this for her family or else they would have been demoted to the Poor status and she did not want it to happen. She had heard many stories about the Poor children and what they were forced to do, and she couldn't bear the thought that her little brother, Jake would have to do those things. She simply loved Jake to pieces.

As Maria was not paying attention towards her surroundings, she crashed into a trash bin, spilling all the trash onto the spotless Rich road. She cursed her clumsiness, picked up the trash and put it into the trash bin and decided to do the job which was expected of her. The job was simple. "Spy on the Rich people." Maria thought that the job was pointless. She was expected to stay on the Rich road and see whether there was any illegal activity going on. Everyone knew that there were many hidden cameras on the road. She had even argued over this point with the Vexatious but, they had forced her to spy anyway, or else they had threatened to keep Jake with the Poor children. Maria had not raised any argument since then.

She still did not understand why only her family was chosen not to get demoted to the Poor status, as many other families were demoted to Poor status without any interfering by the Vexatious. She thought that maybe she was the only one who loved their family enough to do anything, just anything, for the Vexatious.

The Rich road was empty. Seeing this, Maria thought,'Maybe the Vexatious have been playing me for fools. There is no one on the road, as usual. I want to go home ri----'

Just as she was thinking this, a sound came from her right. She turned towards her right and saw that there was someone coming towards her.

Maria was very surprised, although frightened. It was not very common, scratch that, it was very rare that someone was out at this time, after curfew. She quickly hid behind a tree and checked the time on her watch. Almost 2215. Everyone had to be at their houses at 2100. Those who were not home would be turned over to the Vexatious, and mostly, their family would be demoted to the Poor. Maria shuddered. She still remembered the time when sweet Jake was out of the house after 2100. He had been lost, and had somehow returned home at 2105. The Vexatious had taken note of this, and had called Maria to their office, and from that time, this spying business had begun.

She was thinking all of this when a flashlight was thrown in her eyes. A gruff voice asked her, "Who are you and what are you doing here right now?"

A\N So this is my first attempt at writing a book. If you like it, please vote or comment. This chapter has been edited by my friend -fangirlforever-