Anna pushed through the gate, greeting me with a 'Good afternoon Lyra' and plopped down in the grass.
"Grr…I hate skirts! I hate them! Hate them! Hate them! Hate them!" Anna screamed, falling into the grass, tugging at her skirt.
"Maybe they wouldn't be so bad if you wore pants under them like I do." I muttered falling to the grass on my side, fingering blades of grass.
"Trust me Lyra. I would if I could. Your lucky you have brothers to steal pants from…" And whimpered, sitting up again.
"You want one for Christmas? I'll be happy to donate."
I yawned, and Anna slapped her forehead. She was used to me sleeping outside in the afternoon.
"I know," Anna said gleefully. "I'll go get some cards so we can play, and you try not to fall asleep again." Anna shot off the grass, and ran off.
"Whatever…"
I felt my body curl up, and burrow towards the ground…
"You think she's awake?"
"I don't know Dee…should we just carry her? She looks light enough…"
My eyes fluttered open, I shot up to a sitting position, looking up to see two boys about the age of thirteen or twelve. They both had black hair, the only differences were their eyes, and the colors of their guards uniforms, one blue, one red.
"Dum! She woke up! She woke up!" The one in blue, whom I presumed to be Dee said joyfully.
"I know, Dee!" Said the one in red, whom I now knew was Dum.
"Now that's she's up…"
"…we can go!"
The two leaned over and grabbed my wrists, they yanked me up which was admittedly easy. I was thirteen but extremely small. Then the two boys did something that shocked the heck out of me. They went from thirteen to sixteen. Dum, who now had short hair, tossed me over his shoulder, smirking.
"She's really light Dee. I might not need to trade off who carries her." Dum said happily, repositioning me on his shoulder.
"What if I still want to carry her?" Dee, who now had little over shoulder length hair, said inquisitively to Dum.
"We'll see, we'll see…"
After a few minutes we reached the edge of the estate my family owned. Here Dum agreed to switch who carried me. But as he was handing me to Dee, his grip slacked and I was able to wriggle free.
I knew it was a lost cause especially if I ran, I sucked at sports, and I didn't expect that to change In five seconds. But I tried anyway, I continued down the estate, my black long sleeved, knee length dress fluttering out around me, my knee high, laced up boots slapping the wet grass below me.
After about two minutes of running Dee caught up with me. He grabbed me around the waist, and tossed me onto his shoulders like his brother had done before him.
Wow, my stomach was going be purple by the end of the day.
"Okay, first of all, ow. And secondly, could you freaking put me down!?" I screamed, tugging on a chunk of Dee's long hair.
"Wait a bit, Lyra! Were almost there!" Dum said melodically.
"And might I ask where the heck were going?" I said, glowering at Dum.
"That hole!" Dee and Dum said in unison.
And before I knew it we were falling.