The Lonely Wanderer

Loosing Faith

The others respected the union...but they started becoming hungrier and hungrier. Not just for power but for fresh meat as well. Since the hunters didn't always catch food, it became a matter of survival of the fittest. The weaklings were the first to be eaten.

I was safe since I was queen...but I knew it was a matter of time before they would come for me. I knew that they would also come for the king in time.

The endless hunger and corruption caused their blood to turn black. The leviathans that could resist still had blue blood and skin, which was how I knew who my allies were.

I'm proud to say that I never became corrupt...probably because I had power that I didn't want and I didn't eat meat. While the craving for meat grew stronger, I countered it with nuts and berries. After all, I still had my will power, even if my 'empire' was crumbling before my eyes.

As the hunger grew, the others began to lose faith in God. They thought that He was unjustly punishing them. But I didn't think it was unjust. They had been loosing their faith for a while...and the hunger gave them a reason to blame God.

Eventually, the hunger got to the king. While he did not become corrupt, it became harder and harder for him to resist it. He was getting very close to turning on me.

So I did the only things I could think to do. I ran and I prayed. I ran as far as I could in one day and just to be safe, I slept in a tree, where it would be harder to sneak up on me. I stayed away for three days before I ventured back. I thought it was safe because the screams and shouts had stopped.

When I got back to our camp, I didn't see anyone. I looked in every tent, behind every tree and bush. There was no one.

As I was completing my search, I heard a voice inside my head say, "Do not look for them. They are gone. They became corrupt so I had to lock them away. But you, you remained strong, the strongest of all...as it turns out. Since you alone remained faithful, you alone shall get to remain on this Earth and enjoy the wonders that I have made."

I knew it was God...and I thanked him for not locking me away with the others. I did not know where He had locked them away and I did not care. I stopped looking for them. I went to find a place of my own, a home.

I walked and walked...and then walked some more...until I came to this little clearing in the middle of the woods. It was like a meadow and there was a stream running nearby. Here I stopped and built a home of my own.

I thanked God for saving me...for letting me live. But sometimes I wonder if my reward was worse than the punishment of the others. After all, I was completely alone...with no one to talk to, comfort me, or to love.

But God was not through with me.