My sister and I picked out her only dress. It was moms. The dress was passed down to me and then Jackie got it when it stopped fitting me. It is a very light pink with light green flowers all of it. I took her over about an hour ago and now I'm off to work in the wheat fields.

When you turn ten you get a job picked for you Kalea and I got the same job, harvesting the wheat, we were lucky because we get to work together; some people are not so lucky. My brother, for example, his job was picked a month ago and he got mushroom farming.

As I pass by Kalea's house she runs out and comes to walk with me.

"Hey! So I heard from my neighbor that not a lot of people are going to be at work today because of the bread. It is enough for the day so people don't need money today to buy food."

"Really? They don't want to have extra money… well I guess that makes sense," I say and after a short pause I continue, "Now I don't really want to go to work. What if the guy that pays us isn't even there?"

"We should at least go and see and if he isn't than we can stop by and say hello to Blake and his family. We haven't seen them in a while!"

"Good idea!"

We walked for about ten minutes. When we can see the fields we stop and look for the guy who pays us.

"Are they even allowed not to send the guy to give us money?" asks Kalea. "I mean what if we want to work today?"

"Well I think he gets one day off each year and today probably seemed like the right day because of the bread." This doesn't seem to make Kalea any less angry.

"Whatever. Lets go to Blake's house."

His house is very close to the fields so we arrive quickly but something is not right. Everyone in his neighborhood is outside playing around, dancing, and singing; everyone but Blake. We see his family in front of his house so we go over to ask where Blake is.

"Hey can you tell me where Blake is?" Kalea asks his brother.

"Oh hello! Did you two get a drink it was sooo good!"

I started to ask what drink but Kalea interrupted me by almost yelling in his face, "Where is Blake?"

"Oh he just left with some guards. They dragged him out of the house with his hands tied behind his back. I don't know when he will be back." He smiled and then went back to picking flowers with his mother and father. I gasp as I cover my mouth with my hands. Kalea looks like she is going to cry.

What is wrong with everyone? Why are they all so happy? The bread was nice but not nice enough to keep them from worrying about Blake. How could they let him be taken like that? That is not like anyone in Vaesus. I look over at Kalea and we run inside and up to his room. There are papers everywhere scattered across the floor. Each one has a different plan to destroy Yorlondris.

"He wrote them down! HE IS AN IDIOT!" screams Kalea.

"Kalea be quiet! They might come back to collect all the papers. Do you really think they would just leave them here for us to find. Suddenly we hear footsteps coming toward his room.

"Quick Kalea! The closet!" We run into the closet but before we close the door I grab a sheet of paper. Guards come in and I have never been so scared in my whole life. They snatch up all the papers and I pray that they don't come into the closet. Then a stupid thought comes into my head. He is so lucky to have a closet; I wish I had one. I am snapped back into reality though when they slam the door shut. Kalea and I practically fall out of the closet.

"I can't believe this!" Kalea exclaims, "He is gone."

"We can work this out!" I am half trying to convince myself that it will be okay but also trying to convince Kalea that everything will be fine. It doesn't work.

"Well you are being awfully calm about this! The least you could do is pretend to be sad!" She pushes me out of her way and runs. I don't dare follow her at least not when she can see me. I slowly walk out of Blake's room and to the front door but I stop there because Blake's brother has cut off Kalea.

"Why so sad? Do you miss Blaky?" he taunts her. When she finally gets around him she runs away and I can see she is crying. I walk out of the house and start to follow Kalea but Blake's brother says, "I guess she didn't have any of the drink Yorlondris brought for us. To bad, it feels great." That's when I start to run. The drinks must have made everyone crazy and happy! They must have giving it to them so they could get Blake out. They knew that they couldn't do it if the people were not drugged. Now I have to find Kalea as soon as possible. I run as fast as my short legs can carry me. I didn't see where she went but I have a feeling she is at the apple tree.

Soon I can see her sitting under the apple tree with her head in her hands. I'm not sure how to tell her what I figured out so I am going to just blurt it all out.

"Kalea! Everyone was drugged." I say through gasps of air.

She looks up and stares at me like I'm crazy.

"What are you talking about?" she asks.

"The drinks remember. The ones that Blake's brother told us about. The people from Yorlondris handed them out right before Blake was taken. They knew that the only way that they could get him out of Vaesus was if everyone else was happy and wouldn't care. So they put drugs into the drinks and gave it to everyone."

"Then the bread was also part of the plan. Don't you think? They gave it to everyone to gain our trust!" Her face lights up.

"You don't seem surprised! I'm not sure if that is good or bad."

"Well it makes total sense! Uh Harper while I was running over here I decided that I have to go and find Blake."

She can't be serious. I laugh but then she puts her hands on her hips and stares me down so I know she is dead serious.

"You can't do that! How are you supposed to find him? HE IS GONE!" I didn't mean to scream the last part, or even say it at all; it kind of just slipped out. Kalea looks so angry now I'm scared of what is coming next.

"So much for being all positive! I don't care what you think I'm not giving up on him and you shouldn't either. He is as much my friend as he is yours!"

"I know Kalea but do you even have a plan? It is nearly impossible to even get up to the wall with out getting caught. How are you expecting to get through the wall? You do know that there are guards every twenty feet on the wall watching for people like us."

"You just said us! Does that mean you're coming? We could also try and find your dream boy while we are in there."

"Haha I can't let you go alone. I don't want to steer away from Blake though, so if we see the boy then we see him but I don't want to go looking for him. That would just mean more time when we could get caught… We need a plan."

Kalea gives me a huge hug, "I'm so glad you're coming. I don't think I would've made it very far with out you!" she pulls away. "Okay so for the plan… I have no idea." She looks around like she is looking for inspiration. I don't think there is anything around here that would give her what she needs and I have no plan what so ever. I bring my hand up to lean against the tree and I realize that I still have the sheet of paper from Blake's room.

"Kalea! I took a sheet with a plan on it from Blake's room and it looks like a very detailed plan. It could help us get into the wall!"

Kalea gasps, "Oh my gosh! First of all, I can't believe you of all people would even dare take one of the papers; second of all, YOU'RE A GENIUS!" she snatches it out of my hand to read it.

"It has everything here!" she says as she flips the sheet over to see if anything is on the back. "Look there is a map!" she cries.

"Wow! He must have had a lot of free time before he met us and also before he got his job." Kalea and I laugh.

"It says to go through the wheat fields to the woods behind them! Well that's good since we know them by heart!" she says and she tries to continue, "Then…"

But I interrupt her, "Maybe we should read it as we go a long and we don't want anyone else to hear so I would stop reading right there and tomorrow we can head out okay! We need time to pack."

"What do we have to pack?"

"We need to try and get food and water! And we also need to rest before we leave so meet me at the wheat fields tomorrow before work starts so no one else is there."

"It should probably be before the guy who pays us gets there too."

"Right! So meet me there at 5:00?"

"Wow that is really early, but sure." This makes me laugh.

We didn't realize that it was already dark out so we part ways and go back to our houses. When I arrive everyone has gone to bed and dinner is left out for me. A cooked apple with bits of wheat sprinkled all over it. I think I will save it for tomorrow. The more food we can get the better.

Before I go to sleep myself I write a note saying that Kalea and I are going to be gone for a couple of days for a work project and not to worry about us. I leave it on the table and bring my apple into my room to save for the morning. I hop into bed and quickly fall asleep.