Mysterious Maid

Prologue

"Irja,why do you want me to go here?" Tuomas sighed. He felt like a fool amongst all the people in medieval clothes. He just wore a red shirt and black jeans while his friend Irja wore a black-red long dress and her long,red hair was loosely hanging down over her shoulders.

"You keep on hiding at home since the day you broke up with Johanna. You need to go out again instead of hiding all the time." Irja sighed and carefully pulled him through the entrance. The market was in an old castle which has been halfway destroyed during worldwar II has been renovated and one feels like one stepped back 600 years in time.

"That's true but why do we have to go here?" Tuomas sighed and felt the strange looks of the other visitors on him. He looked like he was coming from another planet to them he guessed.

"You know I love such markets and  my sister refused to go here with me. Maybe you'll meet a nice woman here." Irja winked and Tuomas' gaze went around. All women were there with either their children or were walking around with a man. This was deffinetly one of those family-kind of events where a single man in his 30s could not find a date in here.

"Lady Irja,pleased to meet you after all this time." an older woman smiled and both,Irja and her knicked.

"Pleased to meet you too,Lady Violet." Irja smiled. "This is Tuomas,my best friend. Tuomas,this is Violet."

"Hello." Tuomas said and looked at Violet. Her hair was grey and her face was covered in wrinkles. She looked like a grandmother next to Irja.

"Hello young man. Irja, how is Sabrina? I haven't seen her on the markets for a long time." Violet asked and smiled. They stood at the side of the market and Tuomas casually leaned against the castle wall and hoped Irja would not make him stay too long because it was depressing to see all those happy couples while he knew he'd be alone for a long time until he would find a girlfriend.

"She's really busy with school currently but next week she will come along again to the market in Savonlinna." Irja explained and Tuomas silently hoped that Irja won't make him come along next week because her sister would go with her.

"Ah,okay. She's really nice and I missed her during the last markets. Please greet her from me." Violet smiled and hugged Irja who had to bend down a little because she was a lot taller than the eldery woman.

"She will be happy to hear from you." Irja said and realized Tuomas was staring far away from where they were.

A beautiful woman who wore a white, long dress walked over the market and some people stopped talking as they saw her. Her black hair was braided into a beautiful updo. Tuomas has never seen anyone as beautiful as her and he would love to know who she is.

"The mysterious maid is here again." Irja whispered to Tuomas.

"What's her name?" Tuomas asked a little louder than Irja did and his voice made everyone look up in shock. No one ever talked that loud when the mysterious maid was there.

"No one knows. All we know is that she has a beautiful voice..." Irja whispered and carefully walked on followed by Tuomas.

"Will she sing today?" Tuomas asked in amazement. This woman looked like an angel and was a singer? He was amazed by her and wanted to know who the mysterious maid was.

"No,she only does in Savonlinna. Usually she does not even come here..."Irja said and carefully led Tuomas to the exit of the market.

Tuomas would have loved to stay but Irja knew better when it was time to leave than him because she has already gone to to such markets as she was 16- as old as her sister was now.

"Have you ever talked to her?" Tuomas asked as Irja and him walked to his car which was parked at the other side of the field behind the castle.

"No but Sabrina did as she played the harpsichord for her. She said she was really strict as she played a wrong tune but also she braided her hair after the show because she loved her soft,long hair." Irja smiled.

"That sounds like she is really nice because her hair's like very long." Tuomas said and grinned. The mysterious maid seemed to be a strict but kind person and really interesting to him.

Will he ever see her again?