the sweetest poison apple

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i walk into fathers room to see him putting stuff into a bag.

"dad?" i say,he turns around "emma,i need you to do something"

"dad,whats going on?" he hands me the bag "i need you to take lyra and hide far away from here"

"dad! your not telling me whats going on!" he puts his hands on my shoulders "please emma"

"dad,whats going on?" suddenly i hear a loud knock "they're here...emma,take lyra and run!"

he kisses my fore head "daddy?" i look at the door way to see lyra,dad walks over to lyra and hugs her.

"sweetie,daddy's going away for awhile. i need you to do exactly as emma says and run far away from here"

"daddy?whats happening?" he looks at her in the eyes "i promise everything will be fine-"

SMASH! we hear soldiers come bursting in,i grab lyra's hand and i run to the back door.

"emma!" jack waves me over to the edge of the forest "come on!" we run into the forest.

"we have to get away from here" i say through breaths,we sprint through the bush.

"over there!" lyra says pointing to a tiny hole "what?"

"trust me!" she jumps in,we jump in after her to see that the hole is bigger than the entrance. lyra runs back towards the entrance and covers it with bark and leaves.

she turns around and falls to her knees "whats going on?"

i stay silent because every answer that pops into my head are to horrible to slip pass my lips.