Like any other day that her parents were home, a fight went down. Momo slammed the back door shut as hard as she could to emphasize her anger. She hadn't even grabbed a coat on the way out, because she was in such a rush to get away. She was fiercely stomping over a thin layer of snow that just fell this morning, further and further into the woods that was their backyard. There wasn't much of a variety when it came down to the trees, since they were in the high north, so was mainly just pine trees.
Momo was breathing heavily, each one coming out in a visible puff, because of the cold. Her anger was slowly melting as she trudged onward. The air nipped at her exposed skin, but she didn't care. She wouldn't feel really cold unless she stopped moving, which she wasn't planning on too soon. She tried to focus on the chirping birds high above her head.
Eventually she slowed down a little, coming to a normal walk. The forest around her became thicker, and she liked that. It meant what she would be alone and that meant no other people. "I hate my parents," Momo spat, her eyes narrowing. "I know they hate coming home, and they hate me, and I hate them, so why bother?" She hardly noticed now when the birds went silent.
An odd sound grew in the air. Momo just had to stop and listen, even if it was for a second. From the back? No, left. Right? She looked to both sides of her, then spun around, confused. Up? In her moment of hesitation to look to the sky, something connected with her head. Before Momo could react, she toppled forward and landed hard on the ground. She gasped softly after hitting the ground. "What the heck was that?" She asked herself, but had no answer.
She picked herself up off the cold earth and tried to dust herself off. The snow stung her arms and face, but the cold pain didn't go away when she wiped it off. "Stupid..." She was going to call whatever hit her stupid, but she wasn't exactly sure what did. All of the sudden she became lightheaded, and dizziness followed. Momo swayed side to side with a hand on her head, and trying to regain balance. Weird patched of light dances across her vision, giving off the illusion what things were glowing. Or were they? She didn't know.
Momo could find her words and just mumbled gibberish. What was that new sound now? It was like a large engine overhead. She slipped onto the ground once more before realizing that the noise was a helicopter. Everything went black as she slipped into unconsciousness, laying in a pile of bitterly cold snow.
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Momo groaned, awaking from sleep. She could feel that she was still wearing her own clothes, but everything out of the pockets were gone. She moving around lazily, still with her eyes shut. Why wasn't she wearing her pajamas if she was in bed? Her phone probably fell out of her pocket because she didn't change out of her day clothes.
Wait a minute, had she just not been in the woods a moment ago? Laying in the snow? Momo eyes opened immediately at the sudden realization. How long had it been since her get-a-way through the woods? A few hours, a day, a week...she wouldn't know until she saw a clock, or maybe a calendar. And now a new question: Where was she?
Momo looked around cautiously, finding that she wasn't in her room, or even her house. She didn't know this place. Everything looked so clean and white, that it was scary. And it was cold in the little room too. Though oddly enough, that didn't bother her much. Perhaps it was because she was too focused on where she was and not the temperature of a room.
Equality, Spirituality, Freedom, and Unity all require a simple, yet almost unattainable thing. Balance. And yet, when the world breaks us down to our most basic level, that is when we are open to the greatest change.