Miya Mayflower...Stay beautiful

Chapter 5...

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Chapter 5...

Okay, so I agreed to meeting Gayne in the market square. What I did NOT agree to was getting there and seeing him with a huge crowd of giggling girls, all flirting and flicking their hair over their shoulder's in  what I  suppose they all assumed was a "casual" manner. No I am so not up for that today. That is why I am sat on the old oak tree in the beautiful clearing, watching the river fae dance. It was only a few weeks ago that I first came here. Now I come here almost everyday. I suppose its a place that I know I wont be disturbed; as far as I know, nobody knows about this place. I can think or cry here and nobody would ever know. 

But...maybe not. A few times I have thought that-just maybe-I can hear someone-or something. In these inconspicuous moments, the fae disappear. They could be playing some ludicrous mind tricks on my or something, but I doubt it, it is Pixies that are mischievous, not the fae.

  I could be wrong, but I think...I think...it-yes, they have gone again-its here now...I think...I have to know.

With that, I stood up, but what was I going to do? Get some kind of special eyes that allow me to see through the thick tree trunks that surround the clearing? Even if there was something there, there is no possible way of knowing for certain, but I was worried all the same. That was until the fae re-appeared upon the toadstools. I suppose that made me relax, because at that moment the small brook that runs through the clearing caught my eye. If the fae are here, then no one else is. That water is very inviting, I can tell you now. A few times I have drunk from the water’s edge, but never have I bathed in the clear, shallow water. Maybe I should go home but, as the images of Gayne surrounded by all those girls forces its way into the front of my mind, I decide that I cannot resist. Removing my summer cloak and draping it over an overhanging branch of a nearby tree and  then proceeding to lose the ties on the back of my dress, I let it  fall to the ground, where I picked it up and let it hang over the cloak. I slipped my shoes off as I walked, slowly towards the brook. Mesmerised? maybe.

I can feel the cool water. It is lapping playfully at my ankles. The water continues to get deeper, until it stops at about the same depth as the water in the village baths in the temple, back in Kamune. It is almost as if I can feel all my worries being washed away. My mind completely at peace.  At one with nature. I have heard that statement before, but never really understood its meaning. If all the scholars in town continue to insist that we have defied nature, that we are better than nature, then how can we be at one with it? But now I understand. We are not above nature. We have not “beaten” nature. You cannot win against something that is pure and innocent.

Miya what are you doing?

Is that mother? Elime? Jassy? No...

I can feel myself waking up. Wait...I wasn’t asleep, I was...in a brook...I must be drowning..! Where am I!?

It turns out that it wasn’t Elime, mother, Jassy, or even Gayne come to find me after I backed out  on him. There was nobody there. The fae were still prancing upon to toadstools a few feet away from  where I was lying.

How did I get here? I was out in the middle of the brook, there is barely any current...someone must have moved me...there is no way I could possibly have got here, otherwise.

But the fae...but the fae, they do not disappear when I turn up, so...so maybe they got to know me. What if they got to know someone else as well? I can feel panic swelling through my body. I can see my dress swaying in the breeze just to the left of me. Standing up, I quickly reach for my dress and pull it up, almost hitting my face with my hand, in my haste. Just as I was tying it up, a familiar figure of a young man appears out of the trees. I quickly glance at the fae. They continue to jig about, completely ignoring the new intrusion on their clearing. I slip on my shoes as a handsome face becomes visible from the dark shadows. An extremely handsome face, with beautiful  grey eyes...Gayne!

‘You really should be more careful...’ his usually smiling face looked  concerned and I realized that he must have been the one to pull me ashore...aah...urmm...awkward...

‘Ermm yeh, I suppose I should...did...was it...’ I trailed off, as I turned away, I could feel myself, once again turning a healthy shade of crimson, to gather up my cloak, which had drifted to the mossy ground, in my hurry to dress myself.

‘Did I..? Oh...ehh yeh sort of...I didn’t...I didn’t look...’ He rushed the last bit and I could tell that he was just as embarrassed as I was, so I turned to look into his eyes. I knew perfectly well that he could not have helped but look, even if I was the most singularly ugly ninety year old in the entire world, from where I found myself from when I woke up. Smiling, I tip-toed the few feet between us a hugged him tight.

‘Thank you Gayne. I appreciate it. I really do.’ With that, I did something I never thought I would do and I looked up, straight into his eyes...those beautiful, beautiful eyes. Before I knew it, he was leaning into me, but as I realized what he was trying to do, I pulled away, blushing once again.

Perhaps I was angry that he had tried to kiss me, perhaps I was embarrassed, perhaps I was just unsure of how to react...I still do not know, but as I fled the clearing, I saw a delicate blue butterfly brush its wings over the brook and it was instantly paralysed. I don’t know what Gayne saved me from but he has. He has saved me. I slowed to a walk and glanced over my shoulder, whispering, ‘I’m so sorry Gayne...so sorry...’

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Hope you enjoyed! I'm going away for a week, so im not entirely sure when Ill be able to post next. If I van get internet I will post soon, but if not I shall post ASAP thank for reading guys! :) xx