A Day In The Woods
As they walked to their most certain doom,they looked back at the world that nurtured them for all those years. The fireflies, the wind and the light rain. They knew they would not walk on the soils of Acria again. They will never see the light which guided them through the dark. Heaven was calling and their times were through.
Part 1: Icruath
“Look!” yelled young Tuezday as she ran through the doors, holding the hand of her brother, Chip. They stood in the night staring at the stars. Fireflies arose from the ground like a light in the dark night. The young children laughed, only being 6 and 4 years old at the time. They had a great bond that would never be broken. Their mother called them in and Chip ran off into the small home in Redroven Square. Still outside, Tuezday sat on the ground looking at the fireflies. The green buzz reflected in her eyes. A light rain descended, but she did not budge. Tuezday was always considered to be an odd child. Everyone said she was day-dreamy and always had her head in the clouds. Her mother called her name and she jumped up swiftly and jogged inside. Tuezday and Chip lay in bed hoping day would come fast, and they were not disappointed. They both drifted off into the dreams. The large bell at Morgan Hall rang signaling day in Kira, a small town in the region of Khizia. Sunbeams danced by the windows and water dripped from the roof.Tuezday jumped out of bed and ran downstairs to the kitchen. It was small with little counter space and a dark brown wooden table with matching chairs. Tuezday and Chip ate their breakfast quickly and ran outside to meet their friend Ignie who was feeding some small piglets. The trio ran off into the woods to play. Ignie’s red hair blew in the wind as they ran off. She was Tuezdays age and quite a troublemaker. Sounds of merchants and animals from rush hour on Market Street faded as the kid’s ran into the woods. Ignie has a sister Agnes,who thought Chip,Ignie and Tuezday were immature,was watching disapprovingly as the trio ran off into the woods.
5 years later…
The bells of Morgan hall were ringing again. 11 year old Tuezday and 9 and a half year old Chip woke up on Totten(Wednesday in our world)feeling too tired to drag themselves to school another day. Ignie ,who was also 11,was pounding on the door. “Wake up!” she screamed. Tuezday jumped out of bed,slipped into a green button up shirt and a skirt with suspenders.It was a popular outfit at the time because Khizia was slowly moving out of the phase of beige tunic and basic trousers. Suspenders with skirts for girls and pants or shorts for boys were considered a respected modern outfit and took up the majority of children’s wardrobes along with a Sunday dress for girls. Tuezday was running down the stairs and out the door to meet Ignie. Tuezday was running down the stairs and out the door to meet Ignie.
Ignie was wearing a blue skirt with suspenders and a white shirt.
Her red hair was up in a tight twisted braid that looked like a crown around her head. The two may seem like 2 responsable young women but they are not. They love to run in the woods and get dirt under their fingernails collecting bugs and climbing trees. Chip usually comes along but really enjoys reading old fairy tales books he borrowed from the town’s small library. The girls started walking towards the woods as Chip jogs to catch up. They walk into a forest with dark oak wood trees with deep green leaves and chirping birds returning to their nest with worms to feed their babies.
”Chip the wolves are gonna get you!” giggled Ignie
“Wolves! Mom said there are no wolves here!”said Chip coolly trying to stay calm.
“She just said that so you wouldn’t be scared” replied Ignie
They ran to their treehouse deeper into the woods and climbed up the ladder. It had taken them 2 years to build, collecting wood in the forest and taking leftover wood from the carpenter in town.They pulled out some Uka(fruit punch). Suddenly a loud howl came from about 3 kilometers away. They stood up and looked around. Great big wolves with red eyes were after them. He howled again and this time there was a reply. Suddenly a huge group of wolves surrounded them,mouths drooling and claws scraping the ground. Suddenly the wolves started climbing the tree to get them,the three jumped out the backside window on the treehouse and dropped 5 feet onto the grassy ground. They made a run for it. Running as fast as they can but they come to a halt when a giant waterfall is before them. Tuesday grabbed Chip and Ignies hand and they jumped 30 feet down a waterfall into the river below. The wolves did not dare jump to chase them and walked away,defeated. Now sopping wet and kilometers from home they realized there was no way to get back up the waterfall besides climbing up. They finally reached the top,muddy,grass stained,wet,ripped clothes and sweating when they suddenly heard the horn signaling a town meeting. The trio looked down at themselves and laughed out of fear and happiness because
They were going to show up at a town meeting like this. They jogged back and walked into Morgan Hall still dripping mud,sweat and water everywhere. Tuezdays mother glanced over at them and looked like she wanted to barf. The three smiled at her like nothing was wrong and giggled as they walked into the doors of Morgan Hall together,laughing for the one of the last times.
