Wrong Target (Open to everyone)

[artemisa]

Astrid Aribarri

It was Spring and everyone was going to hunt for the first time in months. It was also the first time for Astrid, literary. She had always had her family hunting with her, but this time, she was going to be alone with her sword and the woods full of animals and skilled hunters.
As she was dressing, she was thinking about what would she come to face today. Would she catch anything? Would she get lost and not come back? She then shook those thoughts off and headed outside.
Wow, it was so beautiful outside. The sun warming the cold earth and the trees beginning to have leaves. It was truly remarkable.
By the time Astrid got to the woods it was just as she expected, full of animals and hunters trying to get prey.
Oh well, here I go she thought.
A few minutes passed and Astrid was finally ready to hunt with her sword. She then saw a big animal in sight and Astrid was ready to ambush it when another hunter scared it off because the hunter was chasing his own target. This kept on going until Astrid then thought she wouldn't get any prey with her sword because every hunter was chasing animals off. It was total chaos. She then decided to hunt with her bow.
This probably was a bad idea since Astrid has never been good at throwing arrows but the desperation was winning her.
She then got her arrow loaded in her bow and waited for an animal to come.
It didn't pass a long time until she saw an animal go by. Astrid then pointed the arrow at the animal and let it go, and she missed.
She hit a someone instead of a something, and that someone was now very furious that Astrid had hit his hand with the arrow and was headed towards her.
Oh great. I'm in such a big trouble, Astrid thought.

[sapphire]

Im a girl.
Abigale Tenan
It was the first day of hunting season and I was walking to the woods getting my bow ready, hoping I could get a kill today. I had a good bow because I came from a good, rich family. My gut kept telling me "Your gonna get a kill today." I just hope I don't get killed. Accidents happen every season and a few people die in the woods. I put my hair up in a small thin braid while I was waiting. I see some of the other hunters start going into the woods so I head in.

I was walking the woods bow ready for anything that passed. My hands were almost shaking since it was the first day this season. Its always been like that. But this year I tried to prevent the shaking to happen. I hear a twig crack to my right and I immediately turn and start walking in hopes of game. I'm walking slowly and then I hear a small wind and a severe pain in my hand, I look and I see a dark blue arrow lodged in my hand and scarlet blood flowing down my hand. This makes me really mad and I look around and I see a young girl in a tree terrified. I start walking toward her, and I can tell what she is thinking 'Oh great I'm in such a big trouble'
I'm at the base of her tree and I say "I'm not mad mistakes happen, I'm Abigale, Abby for short." I'm looking at my hand afraid of what to do so I try pulling it out but its stuck and when I do try to pull it, there is a great pain like it feels like its lodge between two bones. I look up at her sympathetically and I say "Well, you caused this help me get it out."

[artemisa]

Astrid Aribarri

Oh great. I'm in such a big trouble, Astrid thought, when the girl that was hit with the arrow was approaching her. She looked mad from a distance but as she got to the tree Astrid was in, the girl told her "I'm not mad mistakes happen, I'm Abigale, Abby for short."
Astrid thought she was gonna faint. In fact, if it weren't because she was sitting on the rock by the tree she would have fainted. Then after a few seconds, Abigale was looking at her hand, she was pretty much terrified because apparently, Astrid's arrow had hit not one but two bones.
As Abigale was trying to get the arrow out, it got stuck, then she looked at Astrid and told her "Well, you caused this help me get it out.", and there it was again, the feeling of fainting but this time from seeing the bones and the flood flowing rapidly from her hand.
Astrid did not move, primarily because if she tried to help, she might make things worse and this time Abigale might really get mad. It took a while for Astrid to get her thoughts together and said nervously, ignoring Abigale's blood filled hand so she wouldn't forget what she was gonna say, "Um, maybe...it would be better if you don't touch it...and get someone else to take a look at it.". Astrid, then looked around and called out for anyone who could come and help. Luckily, someone did come and said to wait, that he would come back.
They did wait but that hand was going from bad to worse. Suddenly, Astrid was afraid, that the girl might loose her hand and really get in trouble. Oh, me, Astrid thought. Then, as if to make things better she said "Look, I'm really sorry about your hand, it's just that I'm not very good with a bow.", which only made things worse because, Abigale got kind of annoyed so, Astrid just stopped talking. She then decided to get her to the doctor, since that man never came, but by the time she was gonna say that they should go to the doctor, the man came, but he wasn't alone, he was with a Peacekeeper. Things were gonna get rough for Astrid because there was a penalty for hurting other hunters.

[sapphire]

Abby

"Um, maybe...it would be better if you don't touch it...and get someone else to take a look at it.". Astrid, then looked around and called out for anyone who could come and help.
Unfortunatly someone did come andsaid to wait and he'll be back. We waited for him to come back and my hand went from bad to worse. I started to get a feeling that something really bad was going to happen.
Then, as if to make things better she said "Look, I'm really sorry about your hand, it's just that I'm not very good with a bow." Well they didnt get better because I became more annoyed with her because at this point we were stuck in the woods, an arrow is in my hand, and shes trying to apologize. She stopped talking when I looked at her.
It had been about a half an hour when the girl started to get up but the man from earlier came through the bushes but he wasn't alone, he was with a Peacekeeper. I need things were going to get ugly here. The Peacekeeper came ove rand set his box down, then out on some gloves. He took one hand and put it on mine and took his other hand and gently wrapped it around the arrow and yanked. I gave a little yelp of pain and went quiet. I realized that it hurt a lot less now that the arrow was out. He now wrapped my hand in guaze.
He stood up, then I did too. I never really got a good look at the girl but as I stood up I did. She looked about my age and her hair looked like mine, long, wavy, and black. When I was completely up, I said with less anger and annoyance in my voice, "Its okay sis." I winked hoping she would get the idea. "Its okay. We only got into a fight and it was an accident." I said to the men hoping they would believe us.

[artemisa]

Astrid Aribarri

As the man came with the peacekeeper, Astrid was preparing what to say to them. She was lost trying to think what to say when the man said to Abby in a comforting voice " Ok. this will hurt just a bit". The Peacekeeper just watched quizzically and said nothing. He did it as if to figure out what was going on, in fact he wanted to know how that arrow got to Abby in the first place. How did Astrid know? She just looked at him and he looked back and forth between the arrow and her.
"Ouch" yelped Abby from the the feeling of getting the arrow out of her hands. "Much better?" asked the man who extracted the arrow. "Much better." said Abby in relief that the arrow had been taken out without damaging her, eventhough she wouldn't be able to hunt for a while.
Now the most dangerous part was here. Either Astrid and Abby said something very smart or there would be trouble.
"How that arrow get there?" said the Peacekeeper in a very serious tone and pointing to Abby's hand with his rifle.
Astrid was very nervous and Abby just said "Its okay sis." This made her a little calm. Then, Abby explained what happened to the Peacekeeper.
There was silence after that and you could literally hear everyones heart beating so fast because of the fear there was that the Peacekeeper would sanction any of them.
"Very well... let this be a warning to be careful next time. Ok?" said the Peacekeeper with a slightly playful voice. It did not make sense but the worst was over and Astrid picked her sword, placed it in her belt. She then grabbed her bow with the arrows and told Abby that she was sorry. Abby then just smiled and said it was ok and left towards her home.
Maybe there is a chance I might still get something for dinner, but this time I'm gonna use my sword NOT my bow with those dark blue arrows thought Astrid as the sun was setting in the horizon, giving the sky a golden appearance.

[sapphire]

Abigale

"Very well... let this be a warning to be careful next time. Ok?" The Peacekeeper spoke with a simple tone. The girl I called my sis pick up her sword, and bow and quiver, and then say she was sorry. I was sympathetic to her because she seemed so nervous. I said it was okay and then left for home.

The next morning, I walked back to the woods and did a simple 3 note tune. All the birds start repeating the note over and over again. I hope I can see that girl so I can give her a real piece of my mind.