Song of Loss and Hope

Chapter Four

Before any pride or gratification could start to form, I felt an invisible force holding me in the air. Shocked I began to scream.

Shifting and kicking against whatever that is that is holding me here I once more felt like crying. But I did not, not when there weren't any tears I could cry. I continued trying to get out.

When I began to accept my fate I also began to sense my current state. Although I seemed to manage to sleep next to my dead parents, how weird, it must have been at most three hours. The sun stood on his highest state rising tall above me. To my tiredness came the thing that I did not drink anything since several hours and only let the fluid come out of my body in form of tears. Dizziness began to stir up in me and being in this situation so high in the air did not help at all. When I felt like throwing up was also when I began to be lifted downwards. Feeling the earth on me again I scrampled up and ran to the next bush to throw up. The liquid burning in my throat. I felt like crap.

Leaned over I continued to puke until I felt a soft touch on my back. Flinching I turned my head around to see the girl from before. She now had her mask lifted and I could see her tanned skin, small nose and high cheekbones. She radiates a though and sternly vibe although her ocean eyes were looking at me softly and I could not stop my senses from reaching out and sensing her feelings. A glow of lavender mixed with a bit of dark blue began to form around her. Sympathy and worry.

But not wanting to know anymore of it, not wanting to use the power that made Alais become such a monster I shut it down quickly. It wouldn't help me anyways. As it mostly just showed the superficial feelings of one unless I'd go deeper.

From this short look into her feels I know I probably had nothing to fear from her. And her eyes looking at me so softly and honest strenghtened that thought. But I should never justt trust somebody because of their feelings. Who knows, she might still be part of a group who wants to harm me. And her feeling of sympathy won't change anything about her loyalty. Because that she definitely seemed to be. Loyal. I don't know what made her be just that but I also didn't really care.

Shuddering from all the throwing up I felt too shiftless to make a move on her and so accepted her being presence. Hoping that she had no ill thoughts towards me.

Turning back I continued this disgracing action and still I remained there for a couple more minutes before pulling myself together while straightening and turning around. Not only she was still there but two others joined here.

There was guy that came into my room and one who I hadn't seen before. Both didn't wear any mask either.

The guy from before had longer dirty blonde. The color not really contrasting to his slightly tanned skin. I could now see these green brownish eyes which reminded me of mood and moss in context with the rest of his face. His eyes were put into a deeper position by the strong eyebrows close above them. His nose was cute, slightly narrowed and his lips a pleasingly red color. I bet many girls had a crush on him wherever he came from, he gives this vibe from himself. And I also bet he knew that and liked to take advantage of it.

The other person, another guy, was standing next to him but with a noticable distance. He was less musculour although you could still see that he was in good shape. He had similar eyes to the girl althoug his were that of a stormy grey. His hair was of a light blue color. The color of the sky. I think he might be the one responsible for my trip in the air.

He gave of a friendlier vibe than his companion. Although he had no hint of a smile or a welcoming gesture, you could sense that he was a good guy if you could say that. His eyes were practically ozzing of so many dark and sad emotions I was happy I put my powers off and could not sense them. In my shape they would do me no good.

"Here, drink that.", a voice next to me said. It was the woman who helped me. I now noticed how small she is. Yet it did nothing to slimmer her threathening aura. I hesitated to grab the bottle she was handing me.

"It is just water." , she told me. Deciding to trust her I reached for the bottle to my mouth. The cooling liquor running down my throat. It helped to chase some of the dizziness away yet there was still a big part left.

"What's your name?", she asked me. Debatting whether I should actually tell her, I came to the conclusion that my name would cause no harm and she seemed genuine enough.

"Abella."

"That's a beautiful name, Abella. ", she again speaks to me like I was a child. It was starting to annoy me.

"I'm Nadya. And those guys there are Alad", she was pointing at the blonde guy, "and Callum. We don't mean any harm to you, if you don't mean any to us." She told me all that while her eyes never left mine, at the last part she looked at me warnigly. Promising it wouldn't end got for me if I tried something. Her constant eye contact was kinda reassuring but a little too intense. Bringing my gaze away from hers I began to muster my surrounding. I did not see any more people, only us. Residues of the slaughter last night were visible everywhere. Now looking even worse than the night before.

Every wall seemed to have at least some sprinkles of blood on them and some where drenched with it. Corpses of people I used to see everyday where leaning against some, some just laying around on the grass. Loose arms and other body parts appearing here and there. It was cruesome and I felt like throwing up again. Luckily or not I hadn't have anything left in my stomach that could come out and so I was left with feeling of sickness with no way to let it out.

"Don't look at that.", her voice began again. I saw her hand stretching towards my face before it was pulled back and only her intense gaze was trying to get me to face away from all the brutality. I was thankful that she did not fulfill her movement. I don't know how I would feel to be touched right now. After the last skin to skin contacts I had the other night. She must have known that or maybe even experienced something similar as well-

"We're sorry we didn't make it earlier here. We only just heard of it, when it was over.", the voice of the guy from before sounded. Alad, I think. I looked up at him and tried to read his intentions without using my damned powers. He now had a little smile in his lips. Enough to seem friendly but not enough to seem too friendly if that makes sense.

He still had that confident vibe oozing from him. Which also made him earlier not think that I would try to escape.

They had heard from the attack, when this was all over? Why did they come here then? They certainly must have known there weren't any people left to save, to help. Who even are they if they do not belong to the Royals? They seem way too well equipped to be another group of rebellions. I was angry that they did not come earlier and helped save the people here. My parents. Myra. Alais.

But I also knew that it wouldn't bring anything to blame them. Not when it wasn't there fault that here was an attack in the first place. I took a deep breath and pushed that thought aside, focusing on other.

So I asked them: "Who even are you?"

Alad was just about to reply when the blue haired guy, Callum, interrupted him and spoke for the first time: "Not here!"

Directing his attention towards me, he offered me the option to go with them. Where ever that is: "We came here to see if anyone might have survived this. And to over that person a place to life where it is safe and one would be cared for. Now, that you are the person. I have to ask you, do you want to join us? I can promise you we have no ill intentions."

With that being said I thought some more but quite quickly I accepted. I mean, although I had spend my whole life here, there isn't anyone I would stay here for now. Given that everybody except me is dead. The three also confirmed that. They had gone around the quarter before they found me. Callum had just finished his part when I tried to jump out of the window to escape.

I later learned that he also was the one to hold me up in the air. Given by his powers of air.

In silent I said goodbye to my family, mom, dad and Alais. I said goodbye to my best friend forever Myra. I said goodbye to my old self, goodbye to me.

For my promise of revenge I must become somebody else.