Deep in the Meadow (Open)

[Scarlett Rosenberg]

Scarlett Rosenberg
15 years old ~ District 6 ~ Bio

'What the ?...Bluebell !' My little sister innocently stares at me. Her lips are covered in red and my guess is she helped herself in my mother's makeup box. She's such a cute little thing, with those two blonde braids resting on her fragile shoulders. Only five years old...All I can think of is there are seven years to go until the reaping begins for her. And in seven years, I'll be 22. Can you imagine ? I'll be an adult, and I won't be able to volunteer if she were to be reaped. I just hope the odds will be in her favor. But no more about the Games. Today is saturday afternoon, and I get to do whatever I want. It's my favorite day of the week. Monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday and friday are boring, because those are the school days. Sunday is often spent at home. But Saturday means freedom. I spent this morning playing with Bluebell and helping Jared with his school work. But the sun is shining outside and I really need some air. So I wiped the lipgloss off Bluebell's lips with a handkerchief and left her playing with Jared. No one noticed my going outside, which is good. I need to be alone.

I'm wearing a brand-new dress my mom bought me yesterday. It's nothing expensive, but it's a nice, simple white summer dress. It makes my white skin look a bit more tan. The air is so warm my hair sticks to my back, so I raise it up in a high ponytail that swings left and right when I walk. The district is calm: people enjoy this moment with their families, or simply stay at home to avoid the steaming-hot air. It's not that bad. I feel free. My feet lead me to the electric fence marking the limit of the district. I stand still for a moment, looking for a sound that would betray the fence is electrified today. Silence. I look left, then right, and slide between two lines of barbwire. I run for a few seconds to stay out of the Peacekeepers' sight. I really can't afford to get in trouble ! I know where to go to escape a hot day. There's a lake down the little hill right next to the fence. I can already imagine the perfect temperature of the water. I walk among the trees. The sun burns my pale skin and I just want to dive into the water and never come back for air.

Soon the lake stands in front of me. It's so very beautiful, I wish you could see it. And all my troubles melt away. I leave them on the hill and start unlacing my shoes. I throw them near the water and hesitate for a moment before taking my dress off. I'm left with nothing but my cotton white underwear. I don't wait one more second before diving into the water. It feels so pure and cool I spend a few seconds appreciating the feeling. Then I start swimming, going back into fresh air to dive again, and sometimes I try to spend as much time as I can just standing still under water. I only come back for air when I think I'm going to pass out. It feels strangely good. I just hope no one will catch me here: I could get in trouble, and my underwear is now completely transparent. And I like being alone. No one is here to judge me. I can just be happy and seize the day.

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Crescent Boreal Avos

I was out until the sun rose, gazing into the Night. The warm August breeze had swinddled through, just to take leave and be replaced with the still, damp air. The sun was setting again, and once I would have embraced the abyss again, the nostalgia ran its course as usual. It was often a flashback of my childhood. My father had always taken me into the pines near our house, because it was located for the best views. In that location you could spot Leo in april and the Gemini perfectly for may. That spot was significant. It was the spot with the beautiful views of the stars, and it had been one thing his father had left behind for me.

Waking up hadn't been great, since I was never much of a mornings person. The Sun shone brightly through my window, that lay right above my bed frame, leaving me no choice but to close the curtains and reminisce for myself, uninterrupted. Saturday was it? Another great time for sleep, but I was already up. This morning had already started off boring greatly. Gazing across my room I noticed my cat was still sleeping in the corner of my room, on the peak of my old clothes hamper. She never really did anything interest, but I guess cats follow after their masters, huh? Her food bowl was already filled to the brim meaning my Mom had already feed her, so a break had my name labeled on top of it.

Staying inside all day wasn't gonna help me much, maybe living my life for once could help? Nah, but it was Saturday and following his Mom's "chore sheet" was easily worse than hiding out in the distant pines. As soon as I embraced the sunlight I regretted every leaving, staying inside all day could not hurt me much anyways. No, no, today I would do something new.... maybe. Besides a little humidity and bright rays would harm me less than my mother.

Marching down the pine tress was almost a routine, as I have been visiting for days, waiting Pisces revealed itself into the night sky above it. The Pines weren't that far away, so misadventures would be scarce to appear upon myself. I guess the odds must not have been in my favor today. The Pines were close to my lovely abode, true, but so was the forsaken boundary of District 6, which ran right through my precious forest and prevented us from entering the land of the free. This forsaken fence that was unconventionally out of the way for people with a place to be in the district itself.

The forest held much life; rabbits, lizards, deer, Crescent Avos, birds, the likes. I've spotted my fair share of wild life in here, if not more, but today was the day something rare was found. Somebody else. Never had I noticed somebody in near the gate itself or the pines, and I had almost gotten away with the claim until some frolicking creature sporting a white dress had entered my peripheral vision. It would've gotten away had it not been moving far, and moving fast.

Somebody had gotten past the gate? There were very sparse areas where the electric fence were not activated or running regularly, but I only knew of the one. The fence was never activated near the pines, forest fires would not appear greatly for the Capitol. Breaking rules were fair game for a raging outcast like me, but never had I considered trying to overrule a law.

"Looks like this is my lucky day"

The sprinting lady nearly evaded my view, but today I promised I would try something new: breaking the law. My stride almost matched the speed of her's, until I neared the fence. Stories spread across the District of people burrowing through the Gates, but I never believed them until I was forced to lunged in between two frayed wires of them. My sprint started back up again until my eyes fell back upon the woman, who was now at a halt.

Hunching behind a tree, I silently watched the lady, now pondering where the adventure would take us next. Taking note of the area, the most obvious and remarkable feature was the woman lake that remained barely four yards away from the both of us. I must not have been the only one caught in the aquatic trance, as the Maiden waltzed to the brim of the water, and abandoned the clothes and fabrics attached to her, existing and exposed to the environments. Her hand glided upon the glimmering clear waters below, before indulging her entire personal as well.

"U-Uh"

My face was a magnificent colour of scarlet now had it not been earlier. Hopefully, she had not realized I made a very breath nevertheless an attempt to speak. The tree itself was the only thing masquerading my identity, besides my palms on my burning, blushing face. Besides, making myself present to a beautiful lady I just watched undress herself wasn't in my plans, but then again this whole day wasn't going as scheduled.