Pathfinder
By: moosegirl13
Prologue: The Beginning
No one can make the hurt go away; no one can make it better when it wasn't going to be. It's strange that, for all the times spent pretending it didn't exist or turning the other cheek from the problem, the human race is so quick to apologize. Empty words. "I'm so sorry, I didn't know." "I'm so sorry, you're safe now." Empty, unfelt words were the only things I heard when they took me away from that rundown house. The bird in the cage has no meaning except to look beautiful. It sits there day-after-day, pruning its yellow feathers, and singing songs that have no lyrics. It is the only thing it knows. And now, my birdcage was gone. Freedom from that house was just as frightening as it was welcomed, for a bird in a cage is just as wild as it is tamed.
I was sixteen when I was first placed into foster care. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were nice enough, but their children were the spawns of the devil. Two months later, I went to live with the Burckhardt's, and then after that the Jones'. I was shuffled around like an unwanted Christmas present; where people would take their gift from someone, wrap it up once more, and give it to another the following year. By the time I turned seventeen, I had already been in four different homes, with four different families. I felt like I was losing myself. I was all that I had, and these people were slowly stripping me from that.
The forth house I lived in, like all the rest, was located in Oregon, close to Highway 101, near the coast. That highway would be the godsend to my prayers. Later, it would a part of my future that I never dreamed possible. My plan was to get into Canada by any means possible, and from there I'd let my heart decide. Highway 101 was my ticket for a new and hopefully better life. But more importantly, it was a road on which I could find myself once more.
If the cage is left open, the bird will fly out.
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A/N: Yes, it's short... It's the prologue. Other chapters will be a lot longer. Please, tell me what you think. Depending on the number of reviews, I'll update within this next week. Thanks so much for reading!
Always,
moosegirl13
