"Just hurry up and keep going" hushed voice commands you, "it won't take long".

"Are you sure about this?" The small child asks, who was only 8, the same age as you.

"Yes" a stoic voice replies.

"But Lukas, where are we going?" You ask your big brother.

"I don't know, but it's better than here" Lukas says as he swings a bag onto his back.

You finish packing in silence, once you finish stuffing food into the bag you zip it up and swing it onto your back.

"Alright, is everyone ready to go?" Matthias asks.

You all nod and make your way out of your 'home'. Matthias, Tino and Berwald were walking out front, while Lukas, Emil and you were walking behind. Emil and you were holding each other's hands.

"The forest looks scary" you mumble, looking over at Lukas.

"It'll be fine" he smiles.

"Yeah, you have the king to protect you!" Matthias exclaims.

"Do you-" Emil was cut off by loud shouting.

"GET BACK HERE YOU BRATS!" An all to familiar voice scares you.

"Run!" Matthias exclaims and all of you take off.

Lukas picks Emil up since he was a slow runner, you were quite fast, despite your short legs. You could hear leaves crunching behind you and pick up your pace. You yelp when you trip and land on your face, you pull your leg away from the twisted root and tears begin to stream down your face. You feel someone pick you up onto their back.

"Don't worry lillesøster, I've got you!" The dane yells as he continues to run after the others.

You look forward to see that Berwald had Matthias' bag as well as his own. You quickly wipe away your tears and hold on to Matthias' neck as to not fall off. You look behind you to see Andrew, the man who had kept you for the past year and a half. He was a horrible person and gave us a ridiculously small and cold bedroom for all of you to be kept in and the food was always terrible.

You squeal when he shortens the distance between him and the pair of you. The 13 year old was quite tall and you get an idea on how to slow him down. I reach up and grab a fairly large branch and pull it back. You let you and it swing and hits Andrew in the throat, making him tumble to the ground, gasping at the pain.

"Good job!" Matthias laughs and catches up with the others.

~~~

After a long day of walking through the confusing forest you finally come across a run down house. You all look around the house in hopes of finding anything useful.

"Hey guys!" Tino's voice rings through the house.

You run into the room that Tino's voice came from. You notice that him and Berwald had dragged some old mattresses together. The others arrive and smile when they see the matresses.

"So who had the blankets?" Tino asks.

"I did" Berwald says and opens his bag, pulling out several large blankets.

"Wow, that would've been heavy!" You exclaim.

Berwald smiles at you before setting the blankets down. You all hop in exept for Lukas, who was looking through his bag, he pulls out a packet of wafer biscuits and hops in next to Emil. You were laying beside Emil and Matthias was on the other side, Tino and Berwald was cuddled up on the other side of Matthias. Lukas hands out a few biscuits each and you all eat in silence.

You quickly finish your food and lay down, cuddling into Emil, who curls up against you, despite being the same age you were a bit taller than him. It doesn't take long before you drift to sleep.

lillesøster - Little sister (Danish)