The Umbrella that deceived the sun, and drove the dull grey "sky" to tears. Our town, as if blind,
suspects nothing about the leaks in the Umbrella's cover, that we call 'rain'.
The people don't question, as it is simply "law".
I was sitting on the stairwell leading up to the school, reading. Well, not really. I was just looking at a certain picture. That certain picture was of a deep blue sky, green earth, and little colored speckles along the ground called "flowers", as teacher had told me when I showed it to him.
My name is Lucy. I'm twelve years old.
I smiled, knowing what me and my best friend, Natsu, had planned today.
We were going to go see that sky. To see if it was true, and not just a fairy tale, as people say. Officials tell us we are supposed to stay in the Umbrella for our own protection, but protection from what? We were never told. All we know, is what's inside the Umbrella. We know that when you look up, you see the dark grey roof, pipes running around it and pillars from the ground up to support it.
And if you look down, you see nothing but dirt and stone. Nothing of interest. Nothing of color.
"Hey, Luce." I heard Natsu's voice from behind me, sounding rather depressed. Just before I could turn to look at him, he sat down next to me. The bags under his eyes made me think he hasn't slept in days.
"Natsu? Are you okay? You look tired."I asked, putting one hand on his shoulder. He nodded softly, and then it slowly dawned on me.
"Are your parents fighting again?"
Another small nod.
"Aw, Natsu..." I wrapped one arm around his shoulder."Will you be alright?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine." He mumbled.
"Do you still want to go today?"
"Yeah, definitely. Something like this isn't enough to prevent that." And with that, he gave a small, yet bright smile.
I smiled back at him, the same way.
Natsu was always like this every few days. His parents, on the verge of getting a divorce, had been fighting constantly for the last year and a half. I've definitely noticed how this had been taking a toll on Natsu's happiness, and i've always done my best to help out.
Although, I can't say I have the best family life either. My mother passed when I was young, and my father- mayor of our town, rarely paid attention to me. He was the mayor, so he had power over the food storage, water supply, and what got shipped into our tiny community.
Suddenly, I felt a small drop of water hit my forehead. I looked up, and more water droplets hit my face. The roof was leaking again, over the school this time.
Natsu felt the water too. He sighed, and stood up. "I'll tell the maintanence crew the roof's leaking again. Wanna come?" He asked, looking down at me.
"Sure, why not." I closed my book, and stood up, grabbing my book bag on the way.
As we began walking to the cleaning and maintanence center in the back of town, I realized this was the third time the roof had leaked today. Usually its only once every few days...was the dome starting to corrode, maybe?
I shook off the thought. Looking over at Natsu, I caught a glimpse of his eyes on me before he quickly turned his head in the other direction.
I smiled a bit as I surpressed a giggle. Turning back to the direction we were heading, I saw the center up ahead, standing proud above most other buildings, just as the other government-run buildings did, eg. the food storage, and the green house.
I yawned a bit as we steped inside, stretching as I looked around.
Annnnnd thats a rap C:
Next chapter will be out tomorrow ^w^ I try to take my time with these but...it doesn't really happen. Oh well. Review plz C: