Sara ran full tilt down the dead end street sobbing her eyes out til she hit the first bard gate of the suburban castle. With her bladed fingers between the iron bars she yanked in frustration but no such luck as to moving them. In defeat she let out another cry. Not far behind was Tiff breathless but determined to reach her sister.
"Sara...WAIT!
"NO" Said Sara with another yank."Did you see how she looked at me? She was scared, there all scared and soon as this get out im finished they're going to lock me away or something. No more school, no more life, no more Joe!" Burying her face between the bars Sara eyes watered up with the raging ideas of what would happen to her if charlotte says anything to the wrong people. "Im a monster Tiff, a freak they're going to kill me or worse!"
It hurt Tiff to see her sister in such pain. She needed to think of something to help. She would not let anyone take Sara away no matter what. With a touch on shoulder and a hug from behind Tiff embraced her sister in a supporting hug.
"I wont let then have you. No matter what Sar your still my sister and I love you."
The warmth of her sister's words and the knowledge that someone else in this world cared for her melted her depression enough for the blades to release their grip on the bars and fall to her sides. Turning with big sad eyes Tiff could see that her words went in deep.
"I know you don't have to thank me, Now lets find another way in. Where not going to get anywhere standing here and no offence we don't need anyone popping out and calling the police."
"Ok" said Sara collecting herself and followed Tiff along the stone wall. After a few mins and two thousands rose thorns later luck was about to change. Running her hand on the wall to keep balance a still very human reaction, the wall ended and a scream followed. A break in the wall almost invisible to the naked eye if you never stumbled upon it caught Sara's foot as she fell into an wooded path.
Are you ok?" asked Tiff helping her sister out of the crack.
"Yeah I think so but in good news I found a way in." said Sara. Getting up and looking in. "It's a dark path, are you sure you want to go in?"
The trees had grown wild in the loss of human trimming but it was obvious that someone had used it many times before, many many times. Shoe prints maybe boot and claw marks lined the stone path. Bits of tree bark and claw marks on the stones where a tall tale sign that the Scissor man had used this path before them. Touching the marks on the stone wall a familiar feeling came back to Sara like before, this was the right path. Tiff thought for awhile, adding the pros and cons of going in before watching her sister step blindly through into a forest world. Unwilling to follow she stepped in close behind.
A walk and a half an hour later in dense woods a clearing came into view. Like something out of a story a gate appeared in the clearing. The gate itself seem otherworldly, covered in a curtain of green vines and flowers, locking and binding the pathway closed. Stone craved Statues lined the walls way both sides on the gate as solid smooth limestone followed into the view far as the eye could see. Standing in front of its huge frame Sara eyed the weird artistic monsters that held its iron bars in place. Looking at Tiff with second thoughts racing in as so did doubt and fear.
"Its ok im here for you said Tiff encouraging Sara trying to hide her own fear of the place.With a nod Sara swiped the curtain and opened a door to another realm. Stepping in she knew not what she would find or who might be watching from above.