The Beast Master

    I sit in the cafeteria alone eating the scraps from last night's dinner, while reading through the only Orcish language book created.  “You love the enemy so much that you want to be able to communicate with them?” spits Zara as she snatches the book out of my hand and throws it in with the garbage. I sit unmoving hoping I could disappear, trying not to make any sudden movements to cause Zara to tunnel her anger onto me again. “Why don’t you leave and join an Orc clan? You already look like one.”      She laughs but shortly moves on when she sees one of the smaller boys in our class trip, and she sends her negativity toward him. I take a deep breath  “Two more months Mira, and I will be out of Veldaria and into the world beyond the wall” I whisper to myself as I dig for my book in the trash.          Veldaria is different from the world you may know. A long time ago, the Orcs came seemingly out of nowhere. They burned cities to the ground and made many children orphans. We fought hard to keep them at bay, but the government decided to take all the land that was untouched and build a giant wall around it. The only way out of Veldaria is to become an adventurer. Adventurers fight the Orcs and take on missions in exchange for gold given by the government. Since I was young this had been my dream, to escape this place and live in a world without walls, and kill beasts less scary than Zara.      The bell rang as I gathered my things and headed to my last class of the day. Then I could return home and escape into the woods behind my house. With only my bow and arrow to keep my mind at ease.