The Unexpected Girl

Chapter One: Deceive

     It's been 5 years since my mother passed and I was sad and alone, so I dedicated all of my time and effort to the King's army. It was all I had left that was still worth living for. I often thought about the elf I met in the woods. He didn't talk much, I was told to watch and copy him. So he'd stand in front of me as I mirrored his movements. I did tell him my name but I never learn't his. The last day I saw him not knowing he'd be gone in the morning, he told me that one day we may meet again. But I doubt I will see him again, very seldom do elves enter Rohan.  If I do I would want to thank him for everyhing he taught me. I would want to tell him that he saved my life. Without him who knows what would've become of me. He taught me to be stong, brave and to never give up, and I am truly grateful and owe him my life.

     I was sent out on a mission with my battalion to go round up villagers from the ages 2-6. I followed my orders not knowing what the King wanted with these children. When I brought the children back to the King he said he was going to turn them into elite warriors. By removing them from there families and torturing them into submission and not letting them have any control of their own lives. I could tell that he wanted them for his own protection. He often feared that he may lose the throne. After being in his army for 5 years I've learn't to read his expressions. I hate to admit it but King darius was a cowardly king. All I knew at that moment was that I had to stop this, something just didn't feel right. I knew what it was like to lose your parents and I couldn't let these children share my fate. These families were losing their children and these children were losing their lives; I couldn't stand and watch.

     I tried consulting the King, he often valued my opinion so I figured I might at least try and tell him that this wasn't right but he said that I had no say in the matter. I knew trying to talk sense into a coward was hopless. So I tried talking to my men to see if they would help, but they wouldn't dare go against their beloved King. So I was on my own. In the middle of the night I unlocked the dungeon doors and tried to lead the kids out to the woods and then lead them back to the villages for their families and then run away where the King couldn't get to them. And as I was leading them to the woods an alarm was raised and I knew exactly why.

     We started sprinting towards the woods hoping we would all make it in time. I was praying that the forest would give us shelter and at least a chance. Maybe the King would delay the hunt until the morning for some reason and we could get a head start. I was running behind the kids and I stepped one foot into the woods and then I felt it, the arrow pierce through my skin and into my back. I instantly fell onto my side, I tried to get up several times but all my attempts failed. The last thing I remember is the children running deeper into the forest, the guards running towards me and a figure looking down at me. Then everything went black.

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