Never Cage a Bird

by not-a-walrus

Draft cards burn, joints are lit, kisses are shared, and roads are explored as nineteen year-old Andy teeters on the edge of freedom and conformity. She realizes that the times are a-changing, and she's taking Sodapop Curtis along for the ride.

1. Prologue

Disclaimer: S.E. Hinton owns The Outsiders.

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Never Cage a Bird

I've always wondered what it'd be like to be freed after being captured in a cage your entire life. Why do pet birds fly away? Because it was their first chance of freedom and they took it? What was it like to be relinquished of your norms and live outside of society? It seemed like it would be scary. You're used to living in cage your whole life and suddenly you have the whole world to fly around. Was it liberating like everyone else claimed it to be, or was it something else?

I was always the caged Bird, not afraid to see what was out there but afraid to take that first flight into it. Because once you're freed, you're free forever, and cages will always be too small for you afterwards.

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A/N: Short, I know, but I wanted this prologue separate from the first chapter. Luckily (or unluckily?) for ya'll, Chapter One is up, too!

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