Aliciana and Marialle are best friends, they have been since they were five not long after Marialle’s mother
died. They live in a village which is constantly being moved as humans often discover where they are lurking, the hunters shoot them like they are prey of some game because they are different. Each gifted person possesses a power and vivid unnatural hair colour and eye colour, this makes them stand out. Marialle and Aliciana are content with their way of life by that all changes on the fateful day of the festival. they now have a secret, a secret that could take their lives or leave them locked in a dungeon for eternity.
Imogen Morrison is a girl who is gifted though just like the gifted “freaks” of the forest she views it as a curse and is convinced they have something to do with her magic spiralling out of control. Her fear of her father finding out is very much a part of life with Imogen, being gifted she would be hunted. Her father being the leader of the hunting council would not hesitate to shoot his own daughter, what he lacked in compassion he made up for in cruelty. Imogen terrified of her future decides she must talk to the “freaks of the forest” and demand they remove the curse which is holding her captive in her own way. She runs into her neighbour Logan who has been to the forest before and he agrees to go with her.
Back in the forest the girls have been discovered for the treason they have committed and await their burning at the stake.
died. They live in a village which is constantly being moved as humans often discover where they are lurking, the hunters shoot them like they are prey of some game because they are different. Each gifted person possesses a power and vivid unnatural hair colour and eye colour, this makes them stand out. Marialle and Aliciana are content with their way of life by that all changes on the fateful day of the festival. they now have a secret, a secret that could take their lives or leave them locked in a dungeon for eternity.
Imogen Morrison is a girl who is gifted though just like the gifted “freaks” of the forest she views it as a curse and is convinced they have something to do with her magic spiralling out of control. Her fear of her father finding out is very much a part of life with Imogen, being gifted she would be hunted. Her father being the leader of the hunting council would not hesitate to shoot his own daughter, what he lacked in compassion he made up for in cruelty. Imogen terrified of her future decides she must talk to the “freaks of the forest” and demand they remove the curse which is holding her captive in her own way. She runs into her neighbour Logan who has been to the forest before and he agrees to go with her.
Back in the forest the girls have been discovered for the treason they have committed and await their burning at the stake.
Imogen burst into her bedroom after hurriedly excusing herself from dinner only for fire to burst from her hands and explode into a fast growing vine before it rained water and the plant disappeared in a puff of smoke followed by air which smashed the windows and took the water with it. Imogen burst into tears, this wasn’t her fault, why was she suffering like this? She made up her mind. She had to go speak to the freaks in the forest and demand they remove the curse.