The Woods are the Safest Place

Chapter 1// Into the Woods

As I'm running through the thick fog, something materialises in front of me. I think it's an abandoned cottage. It will have to do as a hideout for now.

You're probably wondering what has happened to me so let me introduce myself. I'm Gemma. I have waist length wavy brown-blonde hair. I have blue eyes with some freckles on my face. I am 15 years old and I come from the town of Littlewood. Littlewood is a small town in the country Branch. It gets really cold here in winter.

Sometimes I really hate where I live. Littlewood arranges my life. My family have to decide who is going to be my husband and my future job.

My family have already decided my fate and frankly, I'm really not happy about it. I'm going to have to marry an old guy about thirty years old, with warts on his face and hands. His teeth are yellow and his skin sags off his limbs. His hair is very much like wire. If he's the father of my future children, I'll shoot myself.

I hate what my town stands for.

Everything it stands for.

" I wish I never lived here! I hate this town! And I hate everyone and everything that is in it as well" , I shouted to my teacher on Tuesday. I didn't know that two days later I would have to be fleeing for my life.
Naturally, for what I said I got in major trouble. Detentions and the police had to be called into school, because apparently "I broke the law".

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The next day they came for me. The authorities. Too bad I saw what was coming. I had run that night taking my possessions and some clothes with me. My mother was totally against me going but I calmed her down, telling her I'd be fine. I had my phone. I ran to the place I thought they would never find me. The woods. That was the safest place I knew. If I went to a friends house they would know, they would check everyone's house to see if they were hiding me. I got deep into the woods at about 3:00 am. It would be a while before they would come to my house and realise I was missing. To let you know I thought this would be last place they looked for me and I was right. They came early afternoon with dogs looking for me. But I had about ten hours ahead of them, so I hid myself in a big bush and slept until I heard the barks. Suddenly I was panic stricken. How far away were the barks? Would I get away in time? I ran as fast as I could without causing too much attention to myself. That's when I ran into him......

Authors note:
Sorry guys this is probably the shortest chapter on Wattpad. It's my first time writing and publishing so I hope you like the first chapter. The other chapters are taking a lot longer to write than I thought they would so you might have to wait a little while until those are published.

This chapter seems quite boring and for those people who don't understand what's going on keep reading.

Okay so basically Gemma is giving you all a flash back of what actually happened and why she is running and all that kind of stuff. I know the bit where she is introducing herself is a bit cringy but I wanted you yo know what she looked like just so you didn't have to make up a random look for her. So I might make a cast list for the characters in the book but because I'm quite busy at the moment I might not get around to it. If you want me to tell you the people playing Gemma and the Brad (the guy she ran into) just comment.

Thanks for reading guys. Xx