Perfection

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== Prologue ==
Perfection. 
That’s all the world is meant to be. 
I’m Zahra Heath. 
I have dark skin, blue eyes and black hair. 
I just turned 16 last week. 
I live in Thernra, the most perfect place on earth.
Everyone lives in the exact same type of house. Perfect rows of houses. 
We have a perfect schedule. 
7am: wake up
7:15: get dressed
7:30: eat breakfast
7:45: get ready for work/school
8am: leave for work/school
And so on. 
If you break that schedule, you get a warning. 
3 warnings, you get taken away. But the thing is, no one remembers that. King Leroy. He rules over the whole of Thernra. When ever someone get 3 warnings, they get taken away to the palace. But when you get taken, they erase the memories of anyone else in the household to forget that that person was even there at all. How do I know all this? You’ll see.
Everyone wears the same thing except for a small difference. We all have a coloured spot on our tops. 
Green for no warnings. 
Blue for 1 warning. 
Purple for 2 warnings. 
And Red for 3 warning, waiting to get taken away. 
I had 2 warnings. 
I got one for waking up late. And the second for resisting the system. I got those both on the same day. 
Lots of people get taken away. 
And I was very close. 
Family’s are only allowed to have 2 children because that’s the ‘perfect number’. 
But my family? We’re not quite like that. 
There’s my dad, Ryan Heath, my mum, Marya Heath, me and my brother, Jack. But that’s not all. 
I have a secret little sister. Her name is Ava and she just turned 2. She will never have a life. She will never be able to go to school, get a job or even leave the house. If she got found we would all get a warning. 
I was the only one in my family with 2 warnings so if we got another one I would be taken. 
My dad was very strict about this. We had had many fights about it. I wanted her to be able to have a life. He just wanted to keep himself safe. He had never gotten a warning. His parents made sure of that. 
And now that I have given you all the information you need, this is where our story begins........
== Chapter 1 ==
“Zahra! You’re going to be late for school!” 
This was a normal morning. I was going to be late for school, my dad was shouting at me and I didn’t care. 
My dad was a tall man so he looked very intimidating to everyone. 
Except me. I was used to it. 
I had been feeding Ava but I reluctantly got up and went to the the door. 
“Make sure to feed Ava! She’s hungry!” I shouted on my way out. 
I closed the door and stepped out into our ‘perfect world’. 
I had my school uniform on. It was a shirt with my purple dot on it, I decided to wear a skirt because it was hot but there was also a trousers and shorts version with the simple black shoes. 
That was the main uniform but I added a few accessories to it. I had added a purple headband to keep my hair back and painted some purple stripes onto my knee-high socks. 
I also had my school bag which was white with some custom designs on it. It held my books, homework and pencils. 
Most people walked to school because the king didn’t want cars to make the air bad. Some people, like me, cycled to school. 
I wheeled my cream bike out from the side of our house. I clipped on my matching helmet and went on my way. 
We lived quite close to my school so it didn’t take long for me to get there. 
The second I got there I saw my best friend Reo Cortes waiting for me outside. 
He had pale skin and bright blonde hair. He had green eyes that everyone always stare at. He was really beautiful, but I didn’t really care. We had been friends since birth and nothing could change that. 
I hopped of my bike, parked it and walked over to him. 
“Hey Z!” He said while he smiled. 
“Hi Reo.” 
Automatically, we started walking into the school. 
It was a huge building made of brick with concrete here and there. 
There was a big sign right in the middle that said, Thernra High School. 
“Anything exciting happen with you?” Reo asked. 
“Reo, I saw you yesterday. No there isn’t anything new.” I told him.
“Yet I never fail to ask you anyways!” He said. 
We both started laughing. 
We had a few classes together and others without. For example, we did maths, physical education, English and more together but I had art and music by myself. 
My first class of the day was English. I had that with Reo. 
We went to our lockers to get our books. They were conveniently placed right next to each other. 
We grabbed the books we needed and went to the English room. 
For English we had Mr Butler. He was young for a teacher and was always dressed nicely. He was my favourite teacher. He was always so kind and funny but it definitely helped that English was my favourite subject. 
Reo’s desk was at the very front (much to his annoyance as it’s his least favourite class) and mine was at the very back. But we had come up with a way around this. 
When we were little, in lots of our classes we were never near each other but we always wanted to talk. 
So we decided to learn morse code. 
We would tap our fingers on the table, spelling out words and having full conversations. 
This and helped us many time such as telling each other the answers to a test, having urgent conversations and more. 
“Ok class, listen up.” Mr Butler said. We slowly but surely quieted down. 
“Today we are doing some poetry.” 
We all groaned. Even me, a person who loves English, groaned. I hate poetry. It is just so boring. 
Reo turned to look at me. 
I nodded. This was the time for a secret conversation. 
The tapping started. 
Z? You hearing me?
Yep. Why did he have to pick poetry for today?
Ugh I don’t know. 
He’s looking really ugly in that pink shirt today right? 
I laughed.
“Is there something wrong Ms Heath?” Mr Butler asked. 
“No sir.” I said, still giggling a bit. 
Then there was an announcement. 
Will Ms Heath please report to the principals office immediately. I repeat, will Ms Heath please report to the principals office immediately. 
I was frozen in fear.
== Chapter 2 ==
I stood up, grabbed my bag and left the room. As I was leaving I looked back at Reo. He had the same terrified look on his face as I did. 
I knew what was happening. 
I considered just running away but that would just make things worse for my family. 
I walked through the empty school halls all the way to the principals office. 
I remember taking a deep breath and stepping inside. 
My family was all there. Including Ava. They all looked sad. 
Some of the royal guards were there. 
My dad nodded at me.
It’s happened. 
I felt tears form in my eyes. 
“Ms Heath. I think you know what has happened.” Mrs Campbell, the principal, said. 
I nodded. 
“You may say your goodbyes.” 
I walked over to her brother. 
I  knelt down beside him. 
“I’m scared.” He said. 
I tried to smile at him, “Don’t be. It’s going to be fine.”
He shook his head, “But it’s not!” 
“Jack. Look at me. I promise you that it will be fine. Ok?” She said. 
Jack nodded. 
I went over to my mum, who was with Ava. 
“How did they find out?” I asked her. 
“They were doing their weekly check. We didn’t hide her quick enough.” 
I looked down at Ava. 
“Za Za? No Za Za go.” Za Za was her name for me because she couldn’t say my real name yet. 
I fully started crying then. She was so sweet. So kind. But she would never be able to do things properly ever again. 
You may think that since I was gone then Ava would be the second child. And she would be. 
But she would still have restrictions. 
The only places she could go to were school and work. 
And if you asked me, I would rather have nothing then a tiny bit. 
“Za Za has to go. But Za Za will be back.” I said to her.
Lastly, I went over to my dad. 
“Honey, you know that I will always love you, right?” He said.
“Really?” I asked. 
I knew that he liked me but I never knew that he loved me. 
“Of course!” 
He hugged me.
He had never hugged me. 
I embraced it graciously. 
I looked over at the guards. 
“I’m ready.” 
They nodded and grabbed my arms to stop me getting away. 
Suddenly the world slowly started going black. 
I looked at my family. 
I managed to get out three words before the world went black. 
“I love you.”