NEW POV! August Gray-
I had been running for what I guess was about two miles at this point. Me and my friend were at a park playing when these two ladies with very strange hair that kinda looked like snakes started to chase both of us. My friend Clover, pulled me into the nearby woods and took off his pants which at the time was weird at the time. But then I found out that he was half goat and that was about the coolest thing I had ever seen. We were running through the woods then he turned back to 'by us some time' he told me to keep running I been ever since. The sun was starting to set. I managed to climb a tree before the two ladies that were still chasing me could see. I ended up falling asleep on the tree branch I was setting on.
I woke up really, really early the next morning. Turns out getting down from the tree is a lot harder than going up. After falling most of the whole way down I got up and dusted myself off. I only had a few small cuts from the fall and last night. It was still kinda dark outside so I could only really see what was in front of me. I was walking for a little while then I saw some smoke coming from what I guess was some kind of chimney or fire. Although I didn't want to steal anything, it was the only choice I had. I mean what kind of 9 year old would carry cash to the park.
On the way to the mystery smoke I kept thinking about what happened to Clover and those weird snake head ladies. Clover would have loved the forest in the light of the sunrise right now. He would say something about how people don't appreciate the world enough. I don't know why I didn't realize that he was a satyr before. There were so many signs, he loved nature, the hat he always wore that covered his horns and he would always reference Greek mythology. Clover would tell me stories about the Greek myths at night in our boarding school when I couldn't sleep.
I never really knew anything about my family because when I was really young my mother left and I never met my dad. I had been in and out of the foster care system since I was four. Most of my foster families were very strange. For example this one family treated me like a dog and would make me eat out of a bowl on the floor. This is when I was about six or seven. No matter how far away I went though Clover always found me. Now that I found out that he was a satyr that made a little bit more since. But I still never knew why he followed me around for so long. I guess I'll never know now.
I finally found where the smoke had been coming from. It was a little house that looked pretty new. There was probably some old rich couple taking a vacation there. I went around back to see if there was some type of tool shed or something. Sadly there was no tool shed but I did find a very old and very rusted pickaxe propped up against the house. That's when I heard the back door open. A woman walked outside and started to yell at me.
"Damit boy, get out my yard!" The lady yelled. Then when I heard what I thought was a dog bark. I grabbed the rusted tool and took off back into the woods.
I kept running a little longer than I probably needed to but I wasn't gonna take any chances. When I stopped and caught my breath I realized that I had no idea where I was. I mean I didn't know where I was this whole time but I think the shock had just set in. I ended up climbing yet another tree hoping I would see some kind of town or city. I didn't see anything at first glance. Then I looked to my right and saw what I thought was a very, very small town. I also ended up falling down the tree again. You think because I've climbed and slept in many trees I would be able to climb down them successfully. But I guess I'm always good at falling down things, like that one time I ran away from one of my foster homes and fell out the second story window. I am still unsure how I survived that.
When I stopped for a break after walking for about … I didn't even know anymore to be honest. I sat down on a fallen tree and tried to think of where I'm gonna go when I get out of these woods. I hoped when I got to the town there would be some kind of store. I didn't want to steal again but I had no other choice. I needed food and water soon or… I didn't want to think about it anymore and kept walking.
I walked some more and by the time I got to the time I got to the town it was almost dark outside. I walked into the nearest store which I assumed was the only one in that town. The salesman was talking to another customer about their watermelon sale. I really didn't see how anyone could grow a watermelon out here because it was extremely dry. I walked to the back of the store and slipped two bottles of water and a sandwich from the deli in my jacket. A person that worked there ended up seeing me and started to yell about needing to pay. I thought I would if I had money while running out the store and down the street. I ended up running into a girl then I fell to the ground and hit my head on the curb.