A few weeks after the orange haired girl's seventh birthday... Gwe had had enough. She was always being overlooked and forgotten about, and it was getting annoying.
All the kids either thought she was weird in an eerie way, or they were scared of her. They had a reason too though. Gwe had fiery red eyes that either got brighter or browned in different occasions. She then had added subtle red highlights to her hair, and she had cut it jaggedly until her shoulders. Well Fray helped with that. And it was mainly to differentiate between them, because Fray had gotten orange highlights and no one looked too closely. And everyone tried to avoid their eyes.
If it weren't for her older sister, she'd be very much alone. Their parents were nearly always out fishing and making fishing rods, or worrying about education. Not that Gwe needed any. Her curiosity and attraction to reading provided her with sufficient knowledge. As for Fray... she only relied on experience. And you only get experience by trying out things, which she didn't do much. So being a supportive sibling, Gwe had occasionally taunted her into challenges to help her learn through competition. Fray never noticed the motive though. She just didn't want to be shown up by little Gwe. (By little I don't mean appearance wise. Gwe is close in height with Fray.)
Even with all the training and events, Gwe still got bored. Her curiosity got the better of her, and she wanted to explore outside District 4.
That rhymed.
So one night... she snuck out. It was easy getting past the guard's stationed around the mansion. Didn't I mention they lived in a mansion? Well you know now.
After quietly creeping past a sleeping guard, Gen ran off. She didn't care where she went, but the District's border had to be somewhere around any one side. But there weren't other Districts on every side...
She was heading North-East to a neighbouring district, and not Mexico.
A few miles later, Gwe stopped for a break.
She took a deep breath and rolled around the dirt, spoiling her grey coat and jeans.
Why'd she do that? For camouflage. She could see lights up ahead.
Once she had transformed into a dirt being, she continued her walk. In a while, she reached a guard tower. It was guarding the border.
The guards were chilling inside the luxurious tower. It most probably belonged to her district, and it was more for not letting anyone in. So it the top box was open on the other direction, facing away from Gwe. Running through it was a tall fence.
Of course, everything had a flaw, and it took Gwe a few seconds to find a few loose links near the ground. She crouched, and silently started cutting the thin metal diamond frames apart with the Sharp knife she hid in her boots.
She stealthily wiggled through, and she lied on her her stomach, pretending to be a mound of red and muddy dirt.
After a pause, she rolled beneath the tower. She stopped right below and stated up. The wood supporting the top box was rather worn and fragile.
DING evil idea!
She got up to her knees and procured a match from her pocket. She struck it against a supporting leg, and waited. The smoke bellowed up as the fire spread. Once the first shout of surprise was audible, Gwe ran out and streaked across the vast field leading to another district.
There was no way she was seen.
She reached the main village there, and it wasn't until then that she realised what she had done.
She had made it to another district.
She couldn't go back.
She'd left everything behind.
This was now her home.
'What is this place?' She thought louder than how she was thinking the whole time.
Somehow, a cow heard it and answered her question.
District 10.
