The Hope That Lives Within Me

Chapter 7

Luna
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I was running and I didn't know why.The darkness of night was terrifying and the gunshots made it worse. The moon light made it easier to see my obstacles. I tripped on a root and fell. I watched as men were running after me. I quickly got up and carried on running towards a clearing I could see from afar. I ran as fast as I could and kept looking back. I didn't notice the person in front of me and I bumped into him. He looked at me with cold eyes but he looked so familiar. Then he stabbed me. I gathered all my strength and kicked him. I ran towards the clearing and saw a fire. I stumbled towards the fire and collapsed. I girl with white hair was ab........ wait white hair that's me! Before I speak up, I was engulfed in darkness. The last things I heard were "It's okay. I'm going to help you." I completely shut off.
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I woke up, panting hard and fast.  What was I dreaming about? How was I and what I was I do...... why did I see myself? So many questions ran through my mind but i just rubbed them off and sat up. Hope was next to me with one eye opened looking at me. She opened both her eyes and walked towards me. Nudged me to wake up by huffing smoke our of her nose and on to my face. I coughed and she made a laugh and fell to the ground. I laughed along with her.

"Okay that's enough for the morning. Let's get ready." I stood up and changed into a knee length armoured dress. Underneath was green and the armour over the dress was a navy blue. I wore the boots I wore yesterday. I packed my stuff and went out the tent with Hope. It still a bit early. I stood for a little while then it happened.

The break of dawn. The break of dawn was beautiful. It's not like i deprived myself of sleep just to see it. I love my sleep. If insole up early and I didn't want to go back to sleep then I would watch it.

It was magnificent. As the sun stared coming out from the horizon and behind the trees , everything lit up. After it ended I took some fruits out of the bag gave one to Hope. After eating the fruits, I stared packing up the tent. As soon I finished, I noticed something. Where is Lucas? I went to his tent and checked inside.I slowly opened the entrance and found him next to the guy that was injured. Asmi was closing, I heard some groaning. I saw Lucas was shifting over to the side where I could see him. His eyes were closed. Some of his hair fanned over his eyes. His lips were slightly open and that made him look so cute.

I zipped the entrance back up and just took a stroll. We needed to leave but then I decided to just leave them to sleep more. I know I'm supposed to get to Soluwa and Flitter in 3 weeks and its already been two weeks. Lucas says it take about 2 weeks to get there but since we got side tracked with some things it took longer. He was sure that we were gonna get there by the end of this week.

I walked through the forest with Hope. I marked where I was going by leaving marks on the trees. I looked at the ground and saw a small animal that looked like a squirrel with feathery wings. It looked up at the tree it was next to. I looked at the direction it was looking at then I saw a nest. I smiled I picked it up and put it back into its nest. His siblings looked very happy to see him. I decided I needed to turn back so I went back the way I came using the trees I marked to guide me.

When I got the clearing, I saw Lucas up and eating with the guy that was injured. He didn't looked injured anymore. That was good.

"Good morning." I said all chirpy

"Where did you come from?" I just kept quiet and looked at him. He realized what he did.

"I'm sorry, 'Good morning to you too'" he said with a posh accent.

"Well I was just waking around the forest and decided before I get lost I would come back and check if you two were awake." I smiled. I looked at the guy that was injur..... ypu know what i need to ask his name like seriously. I vant keep calling him 'the guy that was injured'.