This was the day! Today was finally the day that Violet could make all the dreams she ever dreamed come true. It was her fourteenth birthday. Violet hadn't slept a wink that night just so she could get all her creations working, although she was confident that there was no way any of them would have a fault. Ever since Violet was a child, she was fascinated by inventions. She had heard of stories of the carriages and saddles that allowed knight to rest on horses and gave them pockets to place swords and shields. But Violet had bigger dreams. She wanted to work for the the royal family. Her creations were worth for only them because like them, her creations were one of a kind. She was only going to sell her creations to noble families, that way she can put a high price to them, even though all of them were priceless.
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Violet was very confident in her craft. She had heard that merchants in the capital were very good and only master crafters were allowed to work for the royal family, that's where Violet was headed.
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It was about four in the morning the last time Violet checked her chronometer, one of the creations she was planning on selling at the market today. Right now she was adding an extra, last minute function she thought of for her Litscriber. The Litscriber was a machine which allowed those who used it to write on paper more faster and neatly. The only downside to this machine was that you couldn't erase the thing you had scribed on the paper, just like writing now. That's where the new function, which still needed naming, came in. She inserted at Caoutchouc holder. From her knowleadge, cachoutchou was found from the Hevea brasiliensis tree in the Amazons. She had stolen bundles of it from the shipping docks the day before when she was testing out her Wheelie's. In her experiment's she found that it could erase Rock sticks, another one of her creations which were like the solidfied versions of ink.
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"There! I'm done!" Violet said proudly as she looked at the new version of the Litscriber.
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She rose from her squatting position, cracking up a whole lot of bones since she had been crawling around the floor testing out her creations the whole night. Then, the clear blue sunlit sky caught her eyes out of her wide open window. She quickly checked her chronometer.
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"Oh no, it's going to be six!" She yelled and quickly began picking up all her creations from the floor. She needed to sneak to the market before the patrol got here, they would never allow her to go anywhere beyond the farm.
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"Gizmo! Get over here!" She yelled and a giant, thick, tawny Mastiff dragged it's heavy body into her room and made a loud Plop! As it fell beside her bare legs, sleepy as always. "Gizmo, you had the whole night to sleep" She whispered as she got a bag she made for him so he could carry some of her gadgets. Gizmo rose up and smelled the bag remembering the hours of everyday she had spent training him not to drop the bag. Gizmo fell back on the floor and went back to sleeping, tired of just remembering those mememories.
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Gizmo was a very smart dog, his looks didn't say so, but he really was. Violet had found him, in one of the many war ships, abandoned to bleed to death. His front left leg was cut in half by some enemy soldiers, probably out of hate for the kingdom. She didn't know what to do to help him, but she couldn't leave him to die. So she dragged him back home by tying rope around his body. It was rough, but it was the only way to easily transport him. Eversince then, Violet's cared for Gizmo despite her families intolerance for him. Violet had been training him for two year's now for this very day. She had taught him to carry thing's like money and buckets at comand. Her family thought he was useless, but Violet loved him for his willpower.
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"Come on you lazy hound! If we get this done, maybe we can find a kind lady who could tell us how to grow your leg back" Violet said and then waved a small piece of fabric acting like it's a treat, "Gizmo want a treat? Gizmo want a-"
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"Violet? Are you awake" Violet's mum asked from outside her window as she came back from the well, holding a bucket of water. Then, she saw all of the gadgets layed across Violet's floor in a mess and she knew immediately what Violet was going to do. Violet was going to the market in the capital. She or any other girl was not allowed to do this, it was illegal.
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"Mum, don't say no. I need t-"
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"Violet! Please don't do this. Please, please, please darling" Violet's mum pleaded as she placed the bucket down and leaned in to have a closer look, "you know what you're doing is dangerous. It's forbidden for you to get out of the farm. And you're a girl, Violet! You can't be a merchant! I know you have dreams of becoming a master crafter, but-"
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"I am a peasant and I will alway's stay one, right? But, mum, nothing's going to ever change if we never try" Violet came closer to her mother, "Yes, I am scared of the folk in the capital. I am worried, but look at this!" She picked up a red tinted tube from her bed, "If this goes into to someone's eye, it will sting them for days on end! I can protect myself with these creations and I am taking Gizmo with me" Violet said as she patted Gizmo.
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"That useless war dog? Violet, I don't think you know just how severe the situation you're getting into is" her mum said as her tone slowly began rising into rage.
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Violet resumed placing her gadgets into Gizmo's bag, "mum, I've had twelve year's to think this through and you guys told me when I was young that I could go when I was ready. I am ready now mum! Ready as I'll ever be! I want to go out there in the world" Violet knew that her parents had just said that because she was a child.
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"That's because you were young. We let you dream such ridiculous things because that's what children did, we let you dress in such inappropriate manner's because every other child did that, we even let you cut your shamefully short hair because you were a kid. All the other girl's have grown out and yet you are here looking like a mad over-grown child! You should be helping me get water for the cows instead of making those useless toys! Every other girl has already married off or is getting married off now! And your brother has been helping your dad hunt for five years already! You shou-"
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"But I don't want to stay stuck in a house forever mum! I don't want that life! I've seen how you've lived and I don't want that. This is my life and I want to choose how I live it, not what other people think is right for me because that's how they've lived all these year's!" Violet knew her words were getting said to deaf ears. She had said this very words a hundred times before and yet still no one understood her.
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Her mother let out a single tear, "fine" she said with despise, "you were never any use to this house hold anyway. Leave your mother alone. Bring shame upon our name. Like we would care" she said and kicked the bucket in rage, "but you better leave before I tell your father" she turned and headed for the house next door, where her father and brother were packing the dogs for hunting with the other Hunter's.
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Violet straightened up and became alert. If her father found out, he was going to either drag her to that perverted Wilson's house and marry her off in an instant or throw her into the devil's cry, a raging water fall which separated the farm from the dark forest and tore apart anyone foolish enough to swim in it's raging currents.
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"Gizmo! We've got to go now!" She yelled and packed up all the gadgets she could pick up on her bag.
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She didn't bother getting shoes although she knew that she could get very ill from that. Ill was better then dead. The only thing she didn't pack was the tube of acid, small arrows and a sling shot, these she held in her hands if she needed to get past her father or other people. Then she wore her hood, her leather beret, the zoogles (googles that allowed her to zoom into things), belt filled with other creations of hers and the bag she had packed for herself to carry. After she was ready she made a run for her life with Gizmo following closely behind her.
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As soon as she opened the door her brother, Henry, pushed her to the floor, "dad heard what you're going to do. I'll have fun watching you suffer you mad cumberground" he said towering over her.
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She rose up but Henry carelessly kicked her back down, "I won't let you escape" he chuckled.
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"And I won't let you stop me!" Violet said and pulled his legs, causing him to fall and bang his head against the wall.
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She got up and finally manged to get out of her house. From the far left corner of her eye she saw her father and he was right outside her house. He reached out his muscular arms and grabbed hold of her left wrist. Violet knew she couldn't break free from his grip so she continued running, pulling him along with her. He caught on and ran with her reaching his other arm out, but before he knew it he was plunged into a pile of pig food. Violet had developed a constant motion of running from her father and then twirled him around as soon a constant motion was developed to create a change in direction and therefore making her the strong enough to push him away due to his bodies resistance to change in constant motion.
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Continuing to run, Violet could see the wooden fence that led to freedom only a few seconds away. A few arrows landed near her, some she could even hear the sharp breezes of them flying past her.
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"Be careful Gizmo" she said and he responded with a bark, "good boy!" she said excitement as she jumped above the fence and out of that wretched cotton farm.
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"Oh no! Gizmo, I forgot the money!" She exclaimed and stopped looking back at her home which was far behind her now.
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Suddenly, Gizmo jumped over the fence and began running back to her house, "No, I'm such a nincompoop. I said money." She exclaimed and slapped her forehead.
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Gizmo thought that she had told him to get the money and went back home. Violet threw her bag away and jumped back over the fence to get Gizmo before her family get's him.
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"Wait! Gizmo! Aaah!" She screamed waving her hands to capture his attention if he looked back.
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A crowd had formed around her house and Gizmo was heading straight for it. As Violet got closer, she saw that the patrols had arrived and her parents were talking to them.
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Gizmo tore through the crowd and a few knights had entered her house. Violet then lay on the floor with her chest touching the grass. There was no other way she could hide from the people of the farm. She placed her zoogles on and observed the situation more closely. Her mother had her hands over her face, her brother was holding her shoulders with bruised cheek and the three men, one of them being Wilson, around them held bows. Her father was no where to be seen, that was until he came out holding Gizmo's body in his hands. Gizmo was wrapped up with rope and trying hard to break free, Violet hoped it was not in vain. Another knight emerged from their home holding a number of Violet's creations, her Chronometer being one of them, that she could not take due to the circumstance. She couldn't see any of their faces, but she knew that they were going to sell them for bronze pennies.
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"Gizmo...my creations. What did I do?" Violet muttered to herself. She began thinking of a plan to get Gizmo back, but she knew she wouldn't be able to think one in time. She had to go the impulsive and stupid route. She stood up and ran to a yelling distance of everyone, "Hey!" She yelled at them, capturing their hateful gazes, "give me back my dog!" She demanded.
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A knight came closer to her and she backed away, "and what would you do if we don't?!" He asked, yelling back.
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"I will...I will" Violet didn't what to say and just yelled out gibberish, they wouldn't know that she had no idea because they were too far away.
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"Well, it's too late anyway you pest!" Henry yelled with a devilish grin knotted in his face, "we sold him to them and they'll sell Gisball to some dog merchants. His fur is worth a good chunk of gold!" He snickered.
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"GIZMO! HIS NAME IS GIZMO!" She yelled beginning to loose her patience and looked at Gizmo tiredly giving up in breaking free and dropping the bag of money to the ground.
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Violet sighed, there was nothing she could do, "and what about my creations!" She yelled.
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"They'll be a good prize for a Craft Guild" another Knight said.
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"Fine, how about this. I'll meet you at the capital. You guys give me my dog and creations back and I'll pay you however much you like" she said.
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The three knight's looked at eachother and agreed with her deal. After chatting a little, a tall, broad shoulder knight came closer.
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"Stop coming close to me!" She yelled backing away, irratated.
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"We want two diamonds and a purple dress, kid." He demanded.
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"Diamond's?! How do you expect me to-"
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"No diamonds, no deal" the last night said as he pressed a few nibs on the Chronometer.
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Violet sighed, she was just about to agree with the deal, but something about the purple dress request gave her cold feet. It was a simple request which made her question why they wanted that along with two diamonds. But, nevertheless she had to try, "fine" Violet agreed although knew she had made a deal she'll never be able to fulfill, but maybe just maybe there was a way a poor peasant girl like her could get her hands on the most esteemed jewels in the world.
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Violet looked at Gizmo for what could be the last time in her life and turned around to leave. She heard something get thrown to her and hit her head. It was the money. She took and didn't bother thanking whoever did that. As Violet ran away she heard her brother begin swearing a bunch of vulgar words to her like he always did.
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"Some knight's they are" Violet mumbled, "get's innocent Gizmo instead of chaining my demon brother for such crude language" she sniggered.
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After Violet had gotten out of the farm with her bag behind her, she looked back once more at her home. The knight's had left her home and everyone had resumed doing their worked like it didn't matter that she was leaving.
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"I guess nobody cares...but I'll make them regret they ever hated me. I'll become a master crafter and show them that I was right and they were wrong!" Violet stomped her foot in anger and began her journey.
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