Chapter One - Into the Darkness
I'm lost. I'm scared and I just don't know what to do any more. I tried. I really did. I loved him with everything I had. But it's gone. It's FINALLY ALL GONE! I'm free. I should probably start out by saying what truly happened that evening. Right. My Dad was the only one I had, but he cast me out, alone, in the cold and the rain, and all because he gave up on me for his dumb girlfriend. And now i'm here, in the forest, with nothing but a bag of clothing and a blanket. I ran out of food a few days ago, and I am lucky to actually have basic survival skills, and have built a little shelter which will do till the morning, when I will find another city. I gave up on ever trying with being the perfect daughter. I was never good enough.
I did have a boyfriend a few months ago...he was sweet and gentle but his love lied with another, and he could not go on pretending to love me when he didnt. And thats another reason why I have to go. I have to get away. I'm starting fresh. I know I am a few miles from Rydelia, and thats where i'm headed.
The forest doesnt scare me, and neither does anything in it. This wilderness is within me, I was born a child of summer and that is what I am. I love the breeze, I love the fresh, crisp leaves crunching under my footsteps and the sound of the birds up in the maple and oak trees, even if they are bare because of the coming autumn. At the end of summer its always brilliant, because the sun doesn't have to find a path through the leaves it can just shine through and warm up the forest. Daylight is becoming less now, it's almost time for the fall, I can tell because the past few days I have been out here the warmth decreases. Just like my spirit to keep treading forward, into the darkness.
