Chapter 2 Sara
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The next day was not as pleasant as the first had been. The sky was cloudy and the wind was chill. Not knowing what to do Sara wondered around absentmindedly eating the berries off of such bushes as looked good to eat. By mid afternoon how ever it quickly grew rainy and in her rags Sara began to realise that maybe freedom wasn't all her dreams had made it out to be.
Having said that she would have preferred to die out there alone cold and free then to die alone, cold and a slave to those monsters. Finding the thicket she had slept in the first night was relatively dry she crawled in and sat down. Looking out the hole in the branches she had crawled in through she saw that the rain was stopping. As she watched the sun began to shine through the rain and as she watched a rainbow appeared in the sky. Stepping out she gazed at the colours. They were so beautiful. She looked at it mystified by the beauty of the free world.
But slowly the rain stopped and the rainbow disappeared. As she came back to the real world she heard a shrill whistle. It sounded just like a bird but what birds where there left here in the cold? It was really someone pretending to be a bird to give a signal. Not knowing what to do she ran as fast as she could away from the direction the whistle had come from. As she ran she realised it was hopeless to dream of freedom. She was cursed. She would never be free. Oh well she had had a taste of real true freedom from work and from fear for her life. And if she died running form who ever was chasing her at least she would be free forever.
She ran through the forest she could hear footsteps chasing her. They were following her. Of course they were. Did she think that when they had seen her run off that they would just give up and let her escape? Oh well she would lead them a merry dance before they caught her who ever they were. Just in front of her she saw a tree with a low hanging branch. An obvious hiding place maybe but she could jump into another tree and hide from them a little longer.
As she climbed she looked down at her pursuers. They were all dressed in green and brown with bows and quivers on their backs and swords in their hands. One or two of them had the hoods of their cloaks down and their dark hair was visible in the light. As she watched Sara saw that they kept looking up into the tree as if they were talking about her.
Of course they were they were. It's not as if they would chase her through the forest just to stop as soon as they found an obstacle. As she watched she saw that all of them were staring at one of them who was shaking his head and waving his hands around as if to say no. They had probably decided that he would be the one to go up after her. Well she wasn't going to stick around to let him catch her. She looked around and realised that she was trapped. She realised that the tree she was in was on its own in the middle of a small clearing. Idiot that she was she had nowhere to go but down. Carefully she inched her way along the branch. She realised that when she jumped there would be three possible consequences.
One she could survive safe and sound and run for it. She would be caught quickly though and then what would happen? She preferred not to think about it.
Two she could survive but break an arm or a leg and be of no use to them as a slave. They would probably kill her but at least she would be free.
Three she could fall and break her neck. She would die but she would be free.
And so she jumped. As she fell she felt the wind whistle past her ears and she prepared to run if she had to. She didn't. As she landed she heard something snap and a great pain flooded through her body starting in her leg. She saw her pursuers run over to her and as she braced herself for the stroke of a sword that would end her life the pain grew too bad and she fell into a peaceful oblivion of darkness. Oh well she thought maybe its better this way at least I won't have been a coward when I die.