A Weapon of Kinship

Appoint of Principles

The flames rose into the sky, tall as pillars, shadowy figures ran past as I watched my home burn to the ground, the cries of fear and anxious filled my ears.

'No mother, father?!' I screamed, reaching out my hand to my parents but no sound came from my mouth.

I held my face, I cried out at the sight of my parent's death, crouching to the floor as the waves of the flames started to slowly fall over me, its heat burning into my flesh.

"I don't want to die! I don't want my life to end this way!"

The flames flickered and formed into the shape of knights swirling around me. I kneed down holding my head begging them to go away as the cries turned into sadistic laughter.

'S..e..." I heard under the laughter but barely due to the pain all I was focusing on, "Se....le....na"

Fluttering my teary eyes open I looked up at the flames wondering who was calling my name.

"SE...LE..NA" I heard again this time the voice was audible and familiar. I rose up ignoring the flaming knights attack on me and called out.

"SELENA!" the combined voice called out to me. My widen as the familiar sound of voice. Looking around hastily I searched for the people calling out to me.

"Don't...SELENA!!" the voice yelled, I could hear them but not see them due to the flames flickering at me caging me in. Giving up, I clutched my fist and sobbed openly allowing my legs to give way under me.

'I'm sorry...mother....father...'

Suddenly the flames slowly bowed down as a light shined from the opposite direction revealing godly aura that washed over me relieving the pain. I looked up confusedly as a figure appears from within the light. Arms opened up and a calming voice spoke out to me tempting me to follow. Blindly I rose up and walked toward the figure smiling happily at the sight of my savior.

" DON'T DO IT SELENA!" shouted the voices of my parents.

In reality, I rose from my bed gasping for air, the sweat run deep down my forehead. Turning around I saw Ms. Justine leaning by my bed side looking worryingly at me with a wet cloth in her hand.

"Selena sweetheart, what troubles you? I came to wake you up but you were tossing and crying out in pain," she said rubbing the cloth over my forehead, closing my eyes and laying back whimpering as the wetness calmed my nerves.

'It was only a nightmare..' I thought gladly.

"Sweetheart, are you sick?" Ms. Justine called out to me, I turned back to her and smiled shaking my head.

"No, Ms. Justine. I was having a terrible nightmare." I said weakly turning my eyes to the window I saw the dim orange and gray sky. "Is it already morning?"

"No Selena, its dawn, and the Lord request its time to start your studies. I brought you a bowel of porridge to eat before you start your day," she said sitting me up and placing the tray in lap. I rubbed my eyes and started eating the porridge hungrily. Justine watched with a smile as I ate and took long my new clothes.

"Today you will have your lesson with two of your tutors till the morning hour. Afterward, you will have self-study session till the midday hour where you break for lunch and have your horse riding session. In the afternoon hour, you will be joining an annually supper with Lord and his family."