A girl's scream pierced through the silence of the forest.My horse Joe pranced nervously,I notched an arrow into the string of my bow.I heard the rustling of leaves,the sound of horses hooves thundering against the ground,the sounds drawing closer and closer. My hands becoming unsteady,the beating of my heart I can feel through my bow.I draw back the bow and prepared for anyone coming through the wood. Through the shadows of the the trees a figure appeared riding on a horse,the most frightening thing was... She was me from another era. Her hair was the color of mine,auburn with highlights of blond.Her eyes the color of the forest trees,a dark forest green. How she looked different from me was her clothes,she wore a dark green dress with a brown leather jacket. She had black leggings and brown leather boots,she also had a belt which held a sword,dagger and a money pouch. I was wearing a black Tank Top with green pants.The only thing different was you could see right through her.
She's a Ghost! I thought,but she looked so much alive. She had a cut above her forehead with drops of blood trickling down staining her jacket.I didn't fire my arrow because..well you can't kill a ghost,her facial expression was a look of horror and panic as if you were on the run for your life.I was about to move out of the way for her when something froze me in place and she ran right through..me,I watched the drops of blood falling hit the leaves among the floor,as it fell and landed the blood turned the entire leaf ice blue,the blood falling left a trail of blue leaves easy to follow."After her men,don't let her reach the border!" A Captain shouted followed by soldiers,out of the forest came these soldiers that looked like easter eggs with colorful chicken feathers.
The guards followed after her,most people would have run off by now screaming in madness from fear and shock but I didn't because I had seen much stranger. Curiosity won me over so I decided to follow them to see what would happen,I rode off following the trail of blood after them.I was what I had thought had nearly caught up to them when I appeared to be lost,then i heard a gun trigger cock behind me. "Turn around and state your business!" a voice harsh and scratchy spoke, the voice sounded like a young gentlemen with his voice jumping from high pitches to low. I turned Joe around and to my surprise it was a young man who looked to be nearly 15,only a year older than me. "Who were your ancestors and who are you." he bellowed with his pistol still pointed at me.
"Arwen Wolfe.My ancestors,the scottish clan Wolfe." I spoke and drew back my bow loaded with an arrow."Shoot darlin and we both go down"He spoke with a quivering voice,I didn't want to die and I'm sure he didn't want to either.So I returned the arrow to my quiver and slung the bow over my back,he rode over to my horse and still pointed his pistol at me,"Give me the reins." he ordered,"No!".He ripped the reins right out of my hands and returned his gun to his holster and rode off with me trailing behind. I took out my hunting knife and began to cut away the halter,he turned around saw me cutting it, stopped and ripped the knife right out of my hand. "So you thought you could get away huh!? Well sweetheart i got something to show you,something extra special." he spoke. and from his tone of voice I could tell that it couldn't be good.
After a few minutes of riding we reached what appeared to be the heart of the forest,and there we found them only she had been caught. "Now you savage...give back what you stole." The Captain spoke,she spat on his boots. His face turned bright red and in rage slapped her across the face so hard that she began to bleed,she spat again this time her saliva was filled with icy blue blood."Ne'er! I'd ower die,now gang back tae hell ye auld Haggis!(Never! I'd rather die,now go back to hell you old Haggis!)"she yelled in a scottish accent.She was forced to her knees then the captain kicked her in the gut,she winced in pain and spat again. "Now I'm going to ask you again.Give back what you stole or..." He nodded and a soldier put a knife to her throat and pressed it hard enough to make it bleed."Pay with your very Life". Suddenly an arrow came out of nowhere and struck the captain in the back,killing him instantly. One By one they all fell dead until she remained there.
Then out of the shadows emerged a young man by the age of 15,he ran over quickly to the girl and helped her up. "Are you alright?" He asked,she put her hand on her side and felt something warm a blood stained wound. "Dae ah keek a'richt?(Do I look alright?)" She asked,the boy helped her over to his horse. He took out of his saddle pack bandages and began to wrap her wounds,"Sae whit dae ah owe ye noo?(so what do i owe ye now?)" she asked. "Nothing." he replied while bandaging her throat."Na I'm serious whit dae ah owe ye?!(No I'm serious what do I owe ye?!) "She yelled."Come on now it's the least I could do. I know exactly who you are too." he spoke,she froze and looked around. She could not tell whether she had made it across the border or not," Oh really Wha am ah then( who am I then)" she asked.
The boy smiled as he bandaged her side "Yer name is Arwen,and yer fowk is th' Wolfe clan o' Scootlund.(Your name is Arwen,and your family is the Wolfe clan of Scotland.)". She wasn't shocked at him for knowing her family but her name"Howfur far is th' border?(how far is the border?)" she asked,he laughed and replied "M'lady you're in Scotland!". She breathed a heavy sigh of relief and began to cry tears of joy,"Now how about i take you to my home,patch you up and feed you.."he said and began to turn around"Oh wait!.... I think this belongs to you". He handed her a dagger that was engraved with gold wolves and small jewels, she took the dagger her from and stared at it. "Was it your family's?" he asked,she nodded and slid it into her belt."Tis th' reason ah whent back tae Ireland (It's the reason I went back to Ireland).Whit's yer name wee jimmy?(What's your name boy?)" she asked,"Alastair m'lady" he replied and bowed.They mounted their horses and rode off.
I was forced back into reality,I looked up at the boy and I realized something.He was the descendant as much as I was of Arwen only he was descended of Alastair."Well I guess I know who you are now" I told him,he nodded. "My name is Alastair just like my ancestor." He replied. We didn't say anything for awhile until I spoke up.
"Why did this happen?"
"It only happens every 400 years,it goes on for about a week.everything we saw happened here ages ago."
"Oh"
We didn't speak until he cleared his throat"Would you like me to ride with you home and maybe ... we could watch that again tomorrow?" he asked. I nodded "Ok follow me home and I'll show you were to meet me tomorrow" I replied, he nodded and followed me home.
