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A little girl ran through the forest as tears rolled down her cheeks as her hands and clothes were bloody, but the smile on her face as she ran was the happiest smile anyone could ever picture on a child of her age. She escaped them, she finally escaped that prison. She can return back to her family as long as she can get to a town.
She kept running while avoiding traps laid around the forest to catch kids who were trying to escape their little prison. She was taken from her family while her parents and older brother left to get stuff for the house. She screamed and cried but survived while watching. Her older brother always told her she was like a silent ninja and it worked. She finally escaped after killing the night guards in their sleep and ran after bursting the other kids' cages so it gave her more chances to escape, was it cruel in a way. Yes but she needed to be home no matter the cost.
She got far away and was panting heavily while looking around with a frown as she deemed she was far enough away to take a break, she sat down and huffed in pain while her side was hurting. But she continued after her rest to get home. She needed to get home since it’s been a very long time, two years to be exact. She wasn’t the same ten year old that was taken, she was a twelve year old with blood on her hands.
When she saw the town, she smiled happily but stopped as she looked at her body then back to the town with a frown. She quickly ran back into the forest and found the lake she passed earlier. She quickly took her clothes off and began to wash her body off from the blood and her clothes as best as she could. She smiled proudly at how the blood was barely visible then ran towards the town, towards her home.
She avoided peoples eyes as she ran home only to freeze to see her father and mother laughing happily with her older brother and….a baby…?
She became confused as she watched them, her family were…happy without her…? Did they even look for her? Didn’t they care? Why are they so happy?
Thoughts swam into her head as she continued to watch her family with tears rolling down her face, she hid back into the alleyway with a frown as she realized.
‘They didn't care, they never cared…so, I’ll continue to survive without anyone! I survived being a fighting ring, I can survive this!’ the little girl sneered at her once family in hatred as she ran into the darkness of the alley. She didn’t need anyone, she was fine alone…right?