The unfairness of the world, the universe , presses hard against me as I run. it pierces me with its sharp, outreaching claws with every painful breath of air that I take, every split second my feet land n the ground reminds me. Loud shouts follow me as they realise I'm missing. I hear my own voice, merely hours ago, shouting at them. My captors, my jailors. They have yelled at me, screamed at me, tortured me for the past twelve years. I can take it no longer. I have finally snapped. I shout back, scream back at them, defying them. Then run. A cowardly act. but, pray, tell me, how can a twelve year old girl possibly stand against the whole universe? Unfair. That childish word rings in my ears as they get closer and closer. I gulp for breath, my lungs burning, my feet, my legs burning. What can I do? I hide, hide from everything, unable to come out to face my horrors, the demons of my life. They halt, searching for me. They know I'm here. They do not want me to expose them to the society, not ever. One comes near. I tense and stiffen, fingering my concealed knife. He takes a step forward, bringing him a few footsteps closer to me. I jump up, slash his neck, burst his artery. He gazes at me with horrified eyes. The eyes that slowly glaze over when he drops dead. I am now splattered with blood as I run again, sobbing. Blood that I never would have spilt if I had not been backed into a corner. This is what they have molded me into. This is what they have forced me to do, by cornering me. Guess what? I'm not the quiet, timid girl they thought they once knew. As I run towards North, away from them, away from captive, the unfainess lifts. Ever so slightly, but it lifts. I can feel it. Freedom is just ahead. Steps away from me is freedom. The word echoes in my mind, pushing me forward till I am a tail length away. Taking in a deep breath, I clench my fists, lift my chin high then step forward into unknown land. The tiny step takes me miles away from where I had been only a second before. It takes me to a place never before known to people of my kind. It takes me to a place, where freedom actually exists.
