The Escapists

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The blonde hummed a little tune as she skipped through the dark abyss of the forest. It was weird to behave this content in her situation but she couldn't lose her positivity. The entity stripped her off of everything she held dear already, she wouldn't let it steal her happiness too.

Especially since she had another reason to illustrate the perfect role model. (Y/N) wasn't even a full adult yet and still had to deal with trauma-inducing nightmares such as the constant fear everybody felt during a trial. If she acted like a big, supporting and caring sister, maybe she could make it just a little easier for her to process her bad experience.

In her eyes, the younger girl was a child, who had to be protected from worse. But how was she supposed to do this alone? Kate really wished to just go back home, unfortunately, it wasn't that simple. Although (Y/N) thought she had the answer, it didn't work for the blonde. It was still a mystery how the younger girl made it out twice and every other survivor was wondering about this question too.

Sadly, they didn't just ask themselves how that was possible, no, they became overly suspicious of the (H/C) haired. There were enough theories about her repetitive disappearance and none of them were in favor of her.

„Hey, Kate“, (Y/N) stopped walking, leaving the girl in question to walk ahead. When she turned around, she immediately recognized the serious look on her face. It wasn't a rare sight; lately, it seemed the younger girl was always diving deep into her own thoughts.

„What is it?“, Kate turned around fully now and stopped walking too, giving her one of her most reassuring smiles. However, (Y/N) didn't change her expression as she stared at the forest ground beneath her feet. She knew how to smile, that was for sure, and Kate had never seen a sweeter one besides hers. But she didn't do it often.

„How did you get here?“, for the first time since they were walking, the (E/C) eyed looked up to meet her gaze. Her eyes were piercing through her head, not really focusing. She was nervous for whatever reason.

When she finally stepped out of that old and rotting cabin, she searched for Kate right away; pressuring her to go on a walk with her to be alone for a few minutes. It made her happy to see (Y/N) again and a little more stable but the sight still kinda hurt.

She was so pale and had dark circles under her eyes. Also, Kate noticed how she shivered the whole time and her fingers played with the hem of her shirt.

Her condition didn't look to be better now too. Her thumb was in front of her mouth, shoving her teeth between her finger and the nail, but never biting it off completely. Her other hand was hidden in the pocket of her jacket, but her discomfort was visible by the constant kicking of dirt with her feet.

What was on her mind?

„Hmm, I just remember going into a forest to play my guitar for a bit. But suddenly the tree branches, or maybe something else... anyhow they grew larger and started pulling at my clothes“, she folded her hands behind her back, rubbing her arms slightly. Just thinking about that day gave her goosebumps. She wondered how long it must have been and what her family is currently doing. Do they even know she disappeared?
„I tried to fight but... didn't really work out as you can see.“