She came too late. She ran around the corner and down the street. “What a bummer.” She darted over a bridge and scared off a few pigeons, these flew away with wild wings and landed again as soon as the troublemaker was gone. She ran past the market square and saw him sitting by the fountain. She raced over to him and looked at him apologetically. "You're late, he said." And looked at her angrily. "Yes, I'm really sorry, I overslept," she said and smiled at him apologetically. He shrugged his shoulders "I should be used to it by now." He got up and walked towards an alley, she followed him. The streets of Union were so familiar to her that she couldn't get lost even blindly. Saria lived here since she was born. She knew every alley, every street and every shop in this city. She had lived here for 14 years now. And was proud of her knowledge of this city. She looked over at her companion. His name was Lukas, he was a year older than her and quite a bit taller, his brown hair was always spaced in all directions. His face was freckled and tanned from the sun. His eyes were green and sparkled brightly. She always did a lot with him, but mostly his ideas only got him into trouble. They went to their favorite place, which is a bit away from the city and consisted of a group of trees in which they had built a tree house. From there you could see the road that led into the city, there was already a lot of activity at this time. Traders brought goods with wagons or donkeys, some travelers came to replenish their supplies. Union is still more of a small town in the country Tsunamia, it was also a little further away from the center was the city of Moneka. This was almost three times as large. And there lived the ruler of Tsunamia. Suddenly Lukas pulled her out of her thoughts. “What do we want to do today?” She shrugged her shoulders, “I don't know how about startling traders?” “Nope, we did yesterday,” he replied. As we were just discussing what to do, we heard a loud commotion. A boy had run into a trader's path, the horse got frightened, climbed and turned to the left. So that the car got into the straddle and overturned. SO that the merchant's goods were now on the street. Vegetables, nuts and also a few vases that were now in pieces. The trader had grabbed the boy by the arm and pulled him into town on the way to his parents. The boy fought back with hand and foot, but the dealer was stronger, and he didn't want to let the perpetrator escape because his parents now have to pay for the damage. But Saria knew the boy's family, she was poor and they just got by. Lukas had already turned away again, but Saria interrupted him when he asked what they were doing now.“We have to help him!” Lukas looked completely puzzled. "Why is that none of our business?" But Saria was already about to get off the tree house. “I help him, I don't care if you help!” But Lukas only cursed and climbed down from the tree as well. They both ran back to town, crouching, and found traders and boys on the market square. He tried to get his parents' house font out of the boy. By beating the boy over and over again. Saria and Lukas crouched down to a stand that was closest to both of them. She peered between the wine barrels at the two of them. Suddenly Lukas tapped her shoulder. " WHAT?" she snapped at him irritably. "Do you have a plan" he asked. She shook her head and answered. "I do it according to my instincts." Now he shook his head "Well, your so-called" instinct "has always brought us a lot of trouble." She ignored him and thought about how best to distract the dealer so that the boy can run away . Then she had an idea. She got up and went to a nearby stall. And bought some rose hips. Lukas looked at her confused, but she went to him and smiled. “I have an idea.” He looked at her incredulously. She rubbed the rose hips and collected them in a bowl. Then she went to the dealer and spoke to him. This turned irritably to her and drove her to disappear. But she said "I know where he lives" and pointed to something behind the trader's back. He turned around and the moment she poured the stuff into his shirt. This reacted immediately and tried to get it out again and cursed. He let go of the boy, she called "RUN" and ran to Lukas herself. Then Saria and Lukas ran back into one of the alleys. When they were sure that the dealer wasn't following them, they stopped next to a booth. Lukas looked at her "How did you come up with such a crazy idea?" asked he. She just smiled and shrugged. In the meantime it was late and the two said goodbye. Saria her house was on the outskirts of town, she lived with her foster parents Lisa and Nick. She didn't know anything about her real parents, only that her mother apparently put her on the doorstep of her current foster parents immediately after the birth. But she was very fond of her foster parents, but she often wondered why her mother gave her away and what about her father. She went into the small front yard of her house. Lisa was already in the door. She took off my jacket and shoes and pushed me into the house. The house consisted of 5 rooms, a kitchen, a bathroom, a cozy little living room, Lisa and Nick's bedroom and their room on the upper floor. When she came into the kitchen, Nick was setting the table. He looked up and gave her a brilliant smile. "Well, you two made the area unsafe again." She teased him "Sure there is no stone left on the other" she smiled and sat down at the table.It smelled very good of Lisa's stew. Nick worked as a farmer on a farm outside of town. When Lisa put the stew on the table and Saria opened something, Saria only noticed how hungry she was. They ate together and then Lisa and Nick went to sleep. Saria read a little more and then went to sleep too. When she lay down she wondered what she could do tomorrow.