In different lives

Chapter 1: Forbitten

Taylor sat on a stone at the side of the camp of the fire clan. It was in the afternoon but yet the sun was almost completely set. The camp was near some tall mountains. You can even see the snow at the tip if you look closely. There is always a cold wind that went through their camp. Her hair was slightly flying in her face because of the wind. She wrapped her arms around her legs to stay a bit warmer. She saw how Will and Sofia were struggling to keep the fire in the middle of the camp burning. Maybe she was supposed to help them but she wasn't motivated to do anything at the moment so she just stayed where she was.

When she wanted to stand up and go in the house she saw Luke coming up to her. He was one of the guardians of the clan so most of the time it was really important when he speaks to someone.

"It's cold here. Why are you not inside?" He said as he was standing in front of her.

"I just want to get some fresh air. Is there anything that you want?" She said.

"What if I just wanted to talk to you and don't want anything?"

"But you want something?" She smiled a bit. She knew it from the way Luke looked at her.

"Okay I wanted to ask you if you have seen Elena in the last 3 hours?"

"No I haven't. Is everything alright with her?" Taylor said.

"I don't know. She left in the morning to get some water from the lake and I let her go even though she was alone. She hadn't come back until now and I'm worried that something has happened to her because you now how close the lake is to the camp of the water clan." Luke said with a worried face.

"It's definitely not normal to take that long to go to the lake. I can go with someone to look for her." She offered.

"No you don't have to do this. I will talk to Mason and send two fighters to search for her." He said and walked away. He turned around one more time and then walked into the house of the co leader Mason.

As is was getting dark outside Taylor went into her own house to lay on her bed. There was no one inside the house with her because Will and Sofia were still outside watching the fire. She tried to close her eyes and sleep but she couldn't close her eyes. She had a bad feeling inside her stomach that stopped her from sleeping. She felt that there was something coming. The last time a big fight happened she felt these weird things too. She had never told anyone about that and she didn't plan to. No one should be worried now that there have been no fights for almost two months.

Right in the moment when she was about to finally fell asleep she heard a loud scream from the outside. She sat up in shock and jumped out of her bed. When she came outside she saw several people standing in a circle near the entrance to the camp. She slowly walked up to the crowd and as she was close enough she saw a body laying on the ground and Luna the leader kneeling next to the body.

"What happened?" Taylor asked as she stood next to Mason. He looked at her and when she saw his face she immediately knew that someone had died.

"They found Elena." He looked at the ground and paused for a second.

"They killed her." He whispered. Taylor gulped down and heard the crying from Luna. Elena was Lunas daughter and the water clan knew that. They knowingly killed the daughter of the leader. Taylor knew exactly what that meant but she didn't had to say it because everyone knew what that meant.

"Where?" She asked.

"Right next to the lake. They shoot her with an arrow." Mason explained.

"I think I need to talk to Luna." Taylor said as she felt like she should tell someone about her feelings and dreams.

"I don't think that you should do that. It's the best to leave her alone now." Mason said and he was right. She just lost her daughter and was probably not in the mood to hear that it will get even worse.

They carried Elenas body in Lunas house so she could say goodbye without anyone standing next to her the entire time. Luke was standing in front of the door looking that no one bothered her.
Taylor sat in her bed for a while but she couldn't sleep because of the crying that was still audible in the entire camp. She decided to go for a walk. She went outside to inform Luke where she was going.

"I want to go for a walk." She said as she stood at his side.

"Are you insane? No one can leave this camp now. They just killed a member of us and they will kill more if they can." He tried to stop her from going.

"I will stay near the camp." She said.

"If you are not back in an hour I will send someone to look after you."

"Okay." She agreed and left. She went outside and walked around a bit. At first she actually stayed near the camp but then she went further away. She walked until she saw the river and stayed there. She knew if she crossed the river she was near the water clans camp. She couldn't risk that so she stayed at her side. Taylor laid her hands in the water and drank a bit of the cold water. Suddenly she heard a sound in the bushes. She looked up and checked it out but she couldn't see anyone so she decided that it was just a fox or something.

She walked a bit further until suddenly someone jumped out of the bushes and grabbed her by the shoulders. She immediately felt that it was a man and he was pushing her to the ground. She fell on her back and he grabbed both of her wrist to pin them next to her head at the ground. His body was on top of hers to push her down.

"I believe you are in the wrong place." He said but she couldn't see his face yet.

"I'm not. Let me go or I will kill you." She screamed.

"I don't think so." He leaned down more and she was able to see his face. It was a young man, a fighter of the water clan probably. He had a slight beard and blonde hair. He looked quite handsome in this light but still he was from the rival clan so she started to move her hands to get free.

"Leave me alone." She screamed again. He didn't say anything at all and just stared at her.

"Who are you?" He asked after a while. He let her hands free and went down from her body.

"I won't tell you that. You killed Elena." She said and sat up.

"Who?"

"You killed a girl from my clan today at the lake."

"No I didn't. I wasn't part of that mission." He said.

"It's still your clan."

"I could kill you now but I decide not to." He said.

"Why not?" She asked and stood up. He looked at her and slightly smiled.

"I kinda like you."

"You don't know me." She said but yet she felt a wish that he would know her.

"We can get to know each other."

"No." She wanted to walk away. "Thank you for not killing me."

"My name is Joe. What is your name?" He called after her as she walked into the forest.

"Taylor." She said without looking back at him but she knew that he was looking after her.