Chapter Two

Author's Note: This is the second chapter of the book. If you want the first chapter, scroll down my blog. There isn't an ending because there will be more chapters!

Escape

When I got outside the world was still dark around me. The wind was slightly blowing and thankfully  there was no Falaguards in sight. I was still standing on the front porch because the alarm on the  front mat would go off when I stepped on it. The reason being, everyone is still supposed to be sleeping  in our beds and technically were not allowed out of our house unless you are at work like my parents.

My parents.

I immediately shut that thought out of my head knowing that if I think about them I might start to cry again. So, I blocked the thought out, and continued on my mission. Since the mat's alarm was still turned on, I had to hop over the porch railing and landed in a big pile of soil. That was a very good thing, because that means that the gardeners shift was over and they wouldn't be out again until 11:00. One less group of people to see me.

Now I just had to make my way to town.

I crept behind the trees of my neighbors who I've never even met. I crept over hills. I crept under bushes. I crept everywhere knowing that if I get caught, I would probably be dead by tomorrow. Once I finally got to the end of my street, I turned the corner and standing with his back facing towards me, about ten yards away, stood the tallest and strongest Falaguard I've ever seen. With that I quickly bolted back around the house and leaped over the porch, making sure not to set the alarm off, before I sprinted back around the house and ducked under the back porch.

I could hear the Falaguard's footsteps as he walked around the house and came closer. His feet were now in my view so I sucked in my stomach and held my breath so I wouldn't make any noise at all. Stomping noises flowed through my ears and filled my whole body as the Falaguard walked around the deck. I know he heard me running and since now he was suspicious I thought that I will never get to get to live the life that I am supposed to live.

If he doesn't leave or if he sends the person on the next shift to this spot, I'm not going to be able to sneak out. No matter what my parents will have the Falaguards look for me since I'm missing, and if I was still under the deck I'm easily going to be found. I couldn't think about it though. I have to tell myself I will get out because if I don't tell myself; there's no way I could succeed. Eventually the stomping went away, but the Falaguards feet were still visible, but were more like 30 yards away now. And that was the perfect distance for me to escape.

I slid across the sharp rocks and twigs and scraped my back against the worn out wood trying to get to the place where I entered the deck. After about a minute of scraping and grinding, I finally reached the opening.

From being under the deck so long, I hadn't realized that the sun is finally starting to come up. The colors of the morning skies screamed against my eyes, that since I've woken up, have only seen darkness. Even though the colors were so beautiful and made me happy, it also meant I was getting closer to being caught. So, I squiggled out from under the deck and finally felt alive again and gained back my chance for freedom.

I started around the house and with one look back to make sure that the Falaguard wasn't watching, I realized the Falaguard wasn't there. I never saw him leave though, so he must've left in the time I was trying to get out from under the prison I put myself in. That means he couldn't have gone far, but he was nowhere in sight.

There were only three possible places he could be; in the house, around the house, or under the deck. And I think we all know he isn't under there.