Chapter Six

Rose

"The rules are simple; the last person standing at the end with the most flags is the winner."  Damian plopped a canvas bag down on the ground with a thud.  "You can spar.  You can steal multiple flags from your opponents.  You cannot ask for outside assistance. You cannot knock out your opponents. You can't hide flags.  You cannot shift.  You are to stay in the forest, do not bring your game into town.  At the end of two hours, the game is over."

"Whose idea was this?"  Iris groaned as she snatched a purple flag from her brother's hand.  Iris tied her flag around her wrist and pulled off her bob-length bubblegum wig.  She sighed exasperatedly as she gently placed her wig in her backpack.  Her bald head gleamed in the afternoon sun.  After I shaved her head, she decided