Silver's Fortune

3. Safety. Ciara's Perspective

3.Safety 

Ciara's Perspective 

I wake up and I realize that I'm back in my own bed. I'm safe. I start thinking about what happened. Maybe it was all a dream. I try to forget about it. Anyway it must have been a dream because my parents are dead. As if their on the other side of Malaysia. I start heading out of the house. 

I look at the market but can barely see through it. It's just 50 meters of complete crowded chaos. The market goes for 300 meters one way and 50 the other and at both ends it's crowded so much that you have to shove your way through, which is what I try to do. I've probably done around 2 meters of shoving when something catches my eye. At the end of the market there are armed police and their staring at me. I'd like to think their staring at the person ahead of me but I can see the exact place their eyes are looking and that's me. Immediately I try to shove my way back but I'm moving slower than a snail. I finally shove myself through and get my own breathing space and once I'm out I regret it. The police force could easily ride their cars and capture me. If I'm in the crowd they'll have to go by foot! I shove my way back in. 

I'm in by about 25 meters and the police on the other side have disappeared. I start moving myself to the middle but by now it's too crowded too even move. It's late morning and by now the whole city is up and awake and in the market. I don't usually go to the market but I decided too today and it seems like everyone else did to. I can see the grin on the stall owner's face. He's probably earning a ton and I can see other stall owners putting up signs saying 'SOLD OUT'. It must be a very profitable day for most. I fall over and I get trampled on. 'Can someone help me out' I shout. No one hears me over the large racket. I'm getting stepped and stomped on but I've endured much worse pain before. I scream and then lift myself up and two children who were on my back get slid down to the ground. I know not only shove but push my way through as hard as I can.  

I've hid in the crowd for about half an hour and I can already see a problem. The crowd is dying down and soon there won't be enough people for me to hide in. I need to hide inside a stall. No they will check there. I need a space that they wouldn't check. Suddenly I see a familiar face in the crowd. 

'SILVER' I cry. She turns her head around and smiles.  

'Ciara I thought you were dead' She says but I can barely hear it over the large bustle of the crowd. A flood of relief flows through my body. I look down at my feet and poke myself to make sure I'm not dreaming. I look back up. Silvers gone. She could be anywhere in that crowd. One problem after another tumbles round in my brain. Silvers lost in the crowd, the police force is after me, my parents are supposedly alive and the King wants me dead. I realize it would pretty easy to hand myself into the King right now. If they didn't kill Silver why would they kill me?  

If my parents are alive where would they be? Would they be in Regan's command? I realize that I can't let down my parents. As much as I want to find Silver it's too risky. There comes the risk that the police might find me while I'm finding Silver. I start heading away from the crowd over the Regan's castle. If the police find me, let them hand me in. Once I'm away from the crowd I start jogging. It's a straight path between me and the castle and it should be easy enough to get pass security. The jog there seems almost peaceful. It's the first time in days I've got a chance to look at the landscape. A few rocks, brick path, sweet green grass, elegant trees and the jungle to the side of my eyes. Suddenly a greasy hand grasped the back of my neck and chokes me. I grasp for air and look around me. A man in a black suit who looks oddly familiar is growling at me. I struggle to speak and manage to squeak out 'What do you want?' 

'Not much' The man says 'Just a favor' 

'What is it' I squeak. 

'You know that girl with long hair. She's around 12. What was her name, Ahh Silver. You happen to be friends with her right?'