Zara's pov
I knew something was wrong with mommy and daddy so when I was done with dinner I quietly followed daddy to his study I stayed close to the door being quiet and at first I couldn't make out what they were saying then I heard mommy start yelling "ARE YOU INSANE... YOU BELIEVE YOUR OUT DAUGHTER INST GOOD ENOUGH TO RUN THE COURT they kept yelling at each other I'VE NEVER SAID OR EVER THOUGHT THAT ZARA WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH SHE MERELY CANT RULE THE COURT AS SHE IS"
"AS SHE IS ! AS SHE IS! THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE WAY SHE IS" "DO YOU REGRET THE CHOICE YOU'VE MAD HUH! ARE YOU EMBARRASSED THAT YOU DAUGHTER IS HALF HUMAN TO THE POINT WHERE-" mommy's voice was cut off
"SILENCE YOURSELF"
I started to cry I embarrass daddy I looked down at my pale arm is it because I don't look like him I put my hands over my mouth and kept crying I heard a slapping sound when I stood back from the door right when the door opened I looked at mommy and then ran away as fast as I could down the hall "Zara! wait" I kept running till I was in the main hall and up the stairs I heard foots steps behind me close "Zara wait" she repeated I ran into my room and slammed the door and locked it also prompt a chair to it, the door knob began to twist but didn't turn all the way I jumped on my bed and hugged my stuffed lion holding it tight to me crying into its main there was a knocking on the door "Zara open the door we have to talk about what you heard it's not what you think"
"go away" I sobbed "you and daddy hate me because I'm not blue like you" I crawled into a bed and began to cry more there was more twisting on the door knob
"Zara we could never hate you we love you your just too young to understand, open the door honey and I'll tell you"
"go away" I repeated I heard footsteps walk away fast I jumped off my bed and took out the book bag I use to stay over at Issie's house I pulled most my clothes into it I looked at the window and saw it was snowing outside i packed my fuzzy blanket and took my warm jacket out but the door knocked again I "Zara please open the door" it was daddy I though, I cried harder he doesn't love me I embarrassed him.
there was a sound that came from the door knob I quickly took my stuff bag and hid it under my bed, the door opened a Little just to let a hand get in the room but the chair stopped them from opening the door anymore "Zara we need to talk" for the first time his voice sounded panicked i shook my head "no you said that I'm not good enough" there was a huffed breath "Zara I never said anything like that"
"yes you did!" I sobbed "I heard you" the door began to push open more and the chair began to splinter slightly "I don't want to talk to you today" they stopped pushing the door for a little bit I wiped my eyes "tomorrow ok" I still sounded sad. daddy's arm went out of the room and someone was talking outside my door but I couldn't hear what they were saying finally the door started to close "ok Zara " mommy started we'll talk about this tomorrow morning ok" I nodded head even if they couldn't see me "ok" the door closed completely
I waited for a long time before every one was a sleep the lights were off all around the house and I too my bag from under the bed I slung it against my shoulders and went to my window holding Lionel my lion tight to me I looked down to see a guard walking under my window and around the corner while he was gone I opened my window I looked from side to side to see if there was any way to get down and on my left I saw a white criss cross fence with against the wall It had leaves going through it weaving its way to the top I took one last look at me room I took out a piece of paper out of my pocket and put it on the bed I hurried to the window again to see the guards pass under my window again when he left I climbed on to the fence and slowly climbed down the top part of it was slippery my gloves let me hang on tighter when I finally got to the bottom my shoes made a crunching sound when I jumped down I heard footsteps coming so I hid behind a bush
"Hey I heard something over here" another pair of foots steps ran after the first pair the foots steps came closer to the bush
oh no what do I do think Zara think...I got it I remember mommy and daddy were able to discuss themselves when they leave the mansion I'm invisible I shut my eyes tight till I heard the guard's directly above me I looked down and met his eyes I held my breath he stared at me then looked at the empty spaces next to me like I wasn't there he looked back up at guards number to "no just snow I could have sworn I heard something" the other guard laughed "you're losing it dude lets go"
when they were gone I let out a breath and ran as fast as I could to the forest you could see my breath in the air and I ran so fast my feet didn't have time to sink into the snow I kept running till I got to the street when my feet hit the icy concrete I slowed down a little bit but kept running my lungs hurt and I had to sit down I hugged Lionel closer to me and zipped up my jacket so that I was a little warmer.
When I caught my breath I kept running it was almost light outside and I was probably miles from the house. Tears ran down my face Ima miss them I thought I wiped them away and kept running 4til I saw a house up ahead there was a barn behind it I can hide in there till they forget about me i ran into the barn and it was a lot warmer but it was very dark only letting a little light in thought the board of wood that made up the walls I crawled on a pile of straw a began to fall asleep until I heard a giant tiger roar
I got up to see an orange tiger at the entrance of the barn I froze what is a tiger doing here did it escape from the zoo the tiger came all the way to me and I hugged Lionel I breathed harder and harder sweating "please don't hurt me I'm sorry I'm in your house I'll leave if you want" the tiger took a whiff at me and then it got so close to me I could hear the feel it breathing on me then it ran out the barn door sending hey all over the place I stood there for a while not knowing to do until I heard footsteps crunch through the snow come closer to the barn door I quickly ran to the stack of hay and hid their mot moving till the footsteps stopped
"its ok you can come out now dearie" it was a woman's voice I slowly came out from behind the stack of hey she turned towards me and smiled then crouched down her eyes had lines at the end of them she smiled sweetly at me her hair was a dark orange color with some white hairs it was up to her shoulders and slightly curly like mine I slowly walked to her then stop 10 feet away
"I'm betty" she took out her hand to me and stretched it out "what's your name"
I walked slower to her and pulled out my hand out and put it in hers "I'm Zara"
she smiled bigger "Zara now that's a pretty name" i blushed "thank you"
she pulled herself up but still had my hand "now Zara what are you doing here this early in the morning and so far from home" my eyes watered up
" my mommy and daddy don't care about me anymore I embarrassed them" she shook her head and smiled slightly "aw Hun I'm sure they don't think that of you I mean I don't know them but the way you look like you've been crying it seems like you didn't want to go am I right" I nodded and she began to lead me out the barn towards the house "I'll tell you what there's a storm coming in about 20 minutes why don't we get you something to eat and the storm has passed I'll take you to your home alright" I nodded the snow was blowing around and starting to get crazy we hurried into the house it smelled like pine needles and cookies she led me to the kitchen and I sat down at the table
"do you like pancakes Zara" I nodded very fast "yes ma'am"
"well aren't you a polite one" things got quiet while betty began mixing pancake mix together
"hey betty did you know that you have a tiger in your back yard" she chuckled a little "um no Hun I reckon I didn't"
I nodded very fast "you do I saw it and everything it had orange hair just like yours" she chuckled again and mumbled something I think she said "I'm sure it did" but I didn't ask
she began flipping pancakes in the air and catching them in the pan i watched with great fascination she noticed me "would you like to try"
my eyes widen excitedly "really!"
"sure I don't see why not" she moved over and brought a small chair over so I could stand on it the stove was up to hips I felt the heat radiated off it "ok so you grave a ladle and pour some in the pan" I did what she said the liquid pancakes made a small sizzling sound when I put it down in to a perfect circle "now what"
"we wait till little bubbles show up at the edges ok" I nodded watching them carefully when the little bubbles show up I look up to betty she hands me a spatula "now stick the spatula and flip it over"" when I did it the other side was golden brown while the other side was sizzling then when it was done i put a lopsided pancake on the plate and looked at betty proud fully she looks down at me "its beautiful Hun here go sit at the table and I'll fix ya a plate" I jumped off the chair and went to table
"Zara Hun I was wondering why do you have gold dust all over you i gave her a puzzled look and looked on my shoulder to see tiny gold sparkles the kind that daddy leaves behind every time he walks when I didn't answer she looks at me holding a small stack of pancakes with syrup on them she placed them on the table and handed me a fork "have you seen any blue people with gray eyes anywhere" I quickly shook my head "I fell into a bunch when I was going through the woods" she nodded but squinted closely but let it go " we both ate in silence till betty gestures to Lionel "Is he yours" I smiled and handed him to her so she could see better "this is Lionel he's my favorite stuffed animal" she nods well he's very nice and began to pat his head slightly after breakfast I walked over to the sink and began to wash my dishes betty smiled "now dear you put thoughts down and head to the living room and take break when I'm done we'll head out alright I nodded and headed towards the living room I sat on the couch but began to get really sleepy maybe I don't have to go home I thought maybe I'll stay here with betty my eyes began to close but I fished out a picture of me and mommy and daddy together in the park from my bag. we were all smiling and laughing together some tears fell from my face thinking of them as I fell in to a deep sleep.
Betty's p.o.v
I finished the dishes thinking hard to many things are not right but I'll worry about that later right now let me focus on getting this little youngen back to her home when I walked to the living room she was fast asleep but with something in here hand I carefully took it and looked at him in shock he was holding Zara with her mom on the opposite side holding Zara in the middle I looked down at the child she looked so innocent and did she even know what her parents really were I flipped the picture over to see phone numbers on the back on said mommy's cell while the other one said house I quickly went to the phone and punched in the number the phone rang a couple of times before she answered
"hello" her voice was stiff like she was crying
"honey it's me Betty white don't know if you remember me but we gotta talk I think you're missing a little bird that made her way to my back yard"
"Betty is that really you oh please tell me you found her please tell me my baby's ok!" her voice was rushed at the end and thick with sobs
"hush your self darlin Zara's fine and she sleeping at the moment I think the poor child's been up all night anyway just come and pick her up alright I think you need to talk to this little girl before she pulls another stunt like this"
"we'll be right there" I hung up the phone and I
began to prepare to face the past.
Author's note-
Hi people sorry for not updating in a while I've been busy with life and I also am writing this the give a thanks to RachelAnneGrey for her inspiring reviews. And to all other readers I ask that you please comment/review to tell me what you think of the story. I hope to have chapter 10 in soon so please stay tune :o)
