**House Of Spades **

Chapter 1

_ Heart_

He ran out the house doors crying. The fall breeze plastered his light brown hair to his face. His mother and father had always been rude to him, being the youngest kid. But sometimes they went a little too far. As he walked across the dented sidewalk, old from years of use, he spotted something in the window of a little brown building. Not something, someone. She was holding a cup, made out of brown clay, and a pottery set. Her hands were stained from the chore, making it look like she melted chocolate on her hands. She looked at him for a second then rolled her eyes. Probably look insignificant to that princess, he thought to himself. He doesn't know why he called her that, the only jewel she had was a diamond bow. Diamond.

**_Diamond_**

As she finished the last pottery cup she sighed. She grabbed a cracked mirror from a wooden bed. She combed her hands through her blonde hair staring out her window at the boy. He was just standing there with his beautiful hair and eyes- not as beautiful as hers. His face was blotchy with tears as if he had been crying for his whole life. Rolling her eyes she grabbed her sketch pad. It was the only thing her owner would let her have that was fun. When I say owner I mean it. I was treated like a servant. I flip through the pages, looking at hundreds of clothing designs. She flipped to the last page. It was a dress stitched with little diamonds and hearts. She smiled and brought the book to her chest. She looked back at the boy. His shirt had a spray-painted heart on it. _Heart_.

**_Heart

_**The girl jumped. It happened too quickly for him to process it. She just jumped. She screamed in delight as her body got closer and closer to the ground. He ran and stretched his arms out. She landed in his arms. She was light, at least it felt like she was, he might have been in too much of a daze to tell. She jumped out of his arms. “Who are you?” she looked at him suspiciously even though he had just saved her. “J-” “Heart,” she pointed to the spray-painted heart on his shirt. He had painted it a long time ago when he was 5. The shirt was tight on him now. “Are you Diamond,” he pointed to the bow. She laughed softly and ran her fingers through her hair. “I like that, Heart.” I smiled. Maybe I wasn't alone anymore.

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Diamond_**

_ _She and Heart walked for a bit. It's funny how one person could change your life. She had never had a friend, due to doing chores every 5 seconds. And she had never even met anyone her age. Now she had someone to tell all her stories. Someone to show her designs to. Someone to walk with. She had this fluttering feeling in her heart, at times she couldn't look at Heart. She didn't know why. “I guess I have to go home now,” she said quietly. “Have you ever thought of escaping?” Heart asked. She stopped. Escape. “I'm sorry, I didn't mean to” “It's ok, I've just never thought someone would ask me that,” she quickly said. “So do you wanna try?” “Do you two like cards?” a female voice said before she could nod. They looked around. A black hood draped across the girl. “I'm going to take that as a yes,” even though she couldn't see the girl's face she could feel her smile.

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HardCoreWriter- Sorry it took so long for this chapter to come out. I hope y'all liked it! Have a wonderful day/night ♡ _**