Red Lilies

Chapter 13

Chapter 13

Drifting winds echoed in the night, the noise around her was very familiar and yet... she couldn't peace it together.

Something carried her up and down, up and down. Slowly, like a sweat melody, her body chilled and light as if nothing weighed her down.

If only she could see what it was.

Once again, her eyes struggled to open, and everything was a blur. Lights shining from above as the wind pushed grey figures that covered those lights, only to uncover them again.

The faint noise of bubbles erupting in her ears nudged her to move, her body lost its balance as she sank into the water.

Gasping and closing her eyes as she struggled to wake her limbs from their slumber, the salty water in her mouth causing her to gag and spit it out.

As her feet touched the sandy ground, she stood and rubbed her eyes. The shock of salty pain startling her as her eyes burned from her mistake.

- "God dammit!" - she shouted.

after a few seconds of blinking the salty burn away from her eyes, the tears joining the water around her, she found herself in the beach. One she did not recognise.

Water reached right above her hips as she pushed herself to the sandy shores. The moonlight illuminating her path as the water reflected the silver lights.

- "ugh!" - her knees hit the shores as she felt her body finally start to ache from the exertion. - "What the hell?" - she cursed.

Sakura glanced around her, the sandy shores could spread for miles and a few meters away, she saw vegetation. A couple of harsh looking rocks and pebbles mingled with grass and some bushes. She had no shoes. "Definitely not going through there..." she thought.

But the sudden bright light stunned her. As she fell on her bum, she found herself staring at a tall white building.

- "A light house?" - she wondered.

Confused and starting to feel the chilled wind on her wet clothes, the pinket picked herself up and began to walk towards the building.

- "Hello?" - she knocked on the tall wooden door. It looked heavy and dry from the salty air around her. The metal handle was opaque and worn down with rugged edges that could cut her hands if she wasn't careful.

She called again and knocked a few times before she could hear, above the wind and waves, the sound of heavy footsteps.

But then it stopped.

She feared it was her imagination as the winds picked up sand and her body shrunk to protect herself from the sandy winds.

- "Is there someone there?" - she shouted. He hands reached for the rugged handle as the door swung open.

Warm light reached her legs as a tall figure loomed over her. Glancing up, she found herself with a pale blue face.

Yellow eyes bore into her as she stared, dumbfounded.

His brows furrowed slightly before he relaxed. - "He-" - her voice cracked. - "Hello!" - she squeaked.

He just blinked at her.

His Addams apple bobbed as he stared her down. She could see fine lines under his eyes, but the light was against her.

- "May I come in?" - she asked, her arms hugging her sides.

The man glanced down and noticed her white robed were wet and covered in sand, as was her hands and feet. - "How did you get here?" - he asked. Voice rough and strong, causing shivers down her spine.