Chapter 4
by 
Buckboy
Where does she go?
The Purple Forest
After a moment of thought, Emily runs past the neighbor's house, past the local bakery she's seen a thousand times, past the old training grounds she has sparred in a million times and out of the town gate that she hopefully would never see again. The town walls were built to show it's borders to all. Unfortunately, show was about all the perimeter was good for, as even something as benign as a deer could cross it.
Emily ran past the gate and was spotted by a local bartender, who yells out "Wait!" as she cross over. Now that she was spotted, the town would send people to search for. If the small town didn't empty out immediately they certainly would by morning, and her parents would certainly lead that search. With the head start, Emily felt she had the edge, so long as she kept moving. With a calm, deep breath, she ran straight for The Purple Forest.
The sun setting just before she crossed the edge of the forest, she ran deeper and deeper in. It wasn't until after dark that she finally looked for a place to rest, confident that she had put enough distance between her and the villagers to avoid detection.