Alina

A descriptive passage about a girl. Just to test my skills!

A girl in her mid-teens perched on a thick, low-hanging branch of an oak. She had wild, unruly emerald green hair that hung halfway down her back, and large eyes of a glimmering gold. She straigtened her tall, slender body cautiously, careful not to hit any leaves and alert others to her prescence. Her heart-shaped face was tattooed with patterns of leaves, while her normally tanned skin was painted with brown to resemble bark. She wore a plain brown singlet and short pants, and her feet were bare but clean, as she frequently washed in a clear stream nearby. Rapidly she leapt down from the branch, landing on the soft grass with a small, barely audible thud. She whipped her head from side to side, checking for any signs of life, then dashed off through the trees, moving silently and with catlike grace.

Author's Note

I'm not sure if 'catlike grace' is suitable...