Marition (Kellin Quinn)

Chapter One

Today is the day, the day I turn 15. The day I can finally choose to be on my own. The day I can finally keep track of time, and money, and my life on my own.

You see, here in Marition for some odd reason you can't control what you can and can't do in your life (including tell time) until you turn 15, and even then you still really can't control your own life because of Maritions strict rules.

Marition is the strictest and precautioned place out of all of the Larkes. There are 5 larkes, Qualem, shande, baron, carue, and Marition. The larkes is where everyone in this World apparently lives... but I myself think there's whole new world out there. A place where people are free, and not free like the Qualem says but free as in they can do whatever they want as long as they don't hurt others in the process. But until that world is confirmed I'm just stuck here under the Qualems stupid rules.

"Rysiss!" I hear my mother's soft voice ring in my ear.

"Coming mother!" I shout back as I start to trudge down the stairs. I turn to the picture hanging on the wall perfectly dusted and centered. The picture is of the Qualem. "Love the Qualem, fear the Qualem, worship the Qualem" I recite and continue to walk towards the sound of hot oil sizzling on a pan.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYSISS!" My mother shreiks in delight. I look around the room, there's a lot of food placed before my eyes. I knew my mother would try to go all out for my birthday and I wish she didn't. "Mother you don't have to waste all of our food rations on me..." I start to say but am cut off my my mother. "Oh silly Ry you know the qualem sends us more food once you turn 15." She tucks her silky blonde hair behind her ear and continues to cook.

"Oh Ry I almost forgot to tell you, the Qualem guards dropped off your watch!" She shouts excitedly over the sound of the sizzling bacon on the pan.

"Really! Where is it?" I can't wait! I finally can tell time on my own. "It's in your brother's room." She replies "The guards ordered me to place it there..." Her perfect smile fades away and so does mine I walk over to her and place a kiss on her cheek, I can see the hurt in her beautiful crystal blue eyes.

I start my way back up the stairs. "Rysiss don't forget to recite the Larke code." "I already did mom, Thanks." I say as I continue to pace up the stairs.

I briskly walk through the upstairs hallway until I am face to face to my brother's old room. As I start to turn the knob I hesitate. I finally push the door slightly and walk inside. I instantly am reminded of the terrible incident...

'I am awakened by a bang on my brother's door, "Monte Bale step out of the room now or were coming in"

before my mind can process what's happening I feel rough hands grab me lifting me out of my bed and into my brother's room, along with 3 Qualem gaurds. "Monte! Monte what's going on!" I scream and my mouth is covered by the guard that brought me in.

"Monte Bale we are not going to allow a Malious to try to destroy the Qualem" a guard says as he reaches to his belt and grasps a whip. I hear 3 loud Cracks and watch as my brother shrills in pain.

A few more cracks are heard and I hear my fathers voice repeating "No you don't have to do this!" and my mothers pain filled scream.

A pool of red slowly trickles from monte's frail and weak body as he strains to free himself from the guards pinning him down.

Finally a guard gets tired of holding Monte down and let's him get up. "Thank you!" I hear my father's voice when monte's finally freed. "My pleasure" the guard replies as he swiftly turns to my father with an evil smirk.

My father then instantly doubts Monte's off the hook and trys to run to Monte's rescue. The guard grabs his gun from his side and I instantly hear a bang followed by my brother collapsing. My mother screams and my father's goes to Monte's side. Tears streaming from my fathers eyes.

Monte's dead.'

Tears stream from my eyes as I look at the rug on my brother's floor covering the evidence of my brothers cruel death. My brother would have been 20 by now. What could he ever have done that was so Terrible? What does it mean to be a malious? I wonder.

I quickly grab my watch from off of his bed and bolt out of the room. I stare at the watch, it is the same color and same style as my brothers...

I dry my eyes and head back downstairs to eat breakfast.

"Morning daddy!" I say after he recites the larke code to the Qualem painting. "Hi sweetie happy birthday!" He says with joy in his eyes. I smile at him. "Thank you."

"Is that your new watch in that box? Can I see it?" He asks and I hand the box to him. He looks at the cover of the box "looks just like your brother's." He says quietly. "I know." I say as I take the box from his hand and we walk to the table.

My mothers really done it this time. A feast is on the table. Eggs, bacon, and apple juice. It's the most food I'll ever eat.

"Lindsay you really went all out. This is the most food I've ever seen cooked at once in my life!" My father says in awe "well it is her 15th Donald." my mother says a vibrant smile on her face. I grab my plate of food and begin to eat, my parents do the same.

"Oh Rysiss I almost forgot!" My mom facepalms herself "Mika wants you to meet him at lake Marition at 11:00"

"what time is it now?" I ask. My father laughs "Well Ry why don't you check yourself!" "Oh yeah... Guess I'm still getting used to this. I grab the box that holds my watch and open it. I put the watch on my wrist and it springs to life. 'Love the qualem, fear the qualem, worship the qualem.' The watch shows on its screen, right before it shows the time, '10:23' it reads. Oh no! I'm going to be late. I quickly eat the boatload of food on my plate and thank my mother for the food. I run up the stairs and quickly grab one of my orange jumpsuits. The uniform we are forced to wear in Marition throughout the day, at night though we wear a back and white striped jumpsuit. I don't think the other larkes have to wear this, just Marition. We also are forced to eat and make do with whatever the Qualem gives us.

I quickly put on the jumpsuit and pull my long curly brown locks into a high bun. I wash my face and then take a look in the mirror. I see my brown eyes sparkling and my tan face glowing. "Perfect" I say to myself and start to head out the door and to the streets of Marition.

As I walk to lake Marition I am stopped by someone tapping on my shoulder, "Rysiss?" The voice says. And I turn to face the person...

I am so sorry that I took so long to update. I started this story a looooonnnnng time shot and updating tomorrow ended up being months. I am very excited to continue on with this story!

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Ilysm- Rahzia