starry summer nights writing contest

soldier's love

Week one

Prompt 1

Journal entry # 256

I'm home from my force summer vacation captain gave me, so why do I feel depression and longing coiling around my heart like two snakes slowly squeezing the life out of me. Its because of 'her'. It's the only explanation that I could think of. I met her on the first night of my vacation. A thick blanket of clouds covered the sky capturing the moon light before it ever hit the ground. I went for a jog on the beach desperately hoping that it could ease the tension that weighed on my back like a boulder. The captain had taken all my weapons and stealed my magic away not allowing me to train.

I was halfway through my jog when I saw 'her' making me stop in my tracks. She was a beauty unlike no other I've ever seen. Her skin represented the ocean during the day, her waist length hair was slightly darker compared to the rest of her elegant body and a little less transparent. Her body softly glowed through her thin white dress like the moon on that moonless night. She was looking at the ocean seemingly lost in thought. After a few seconds she turned towards me allowing me to see her flawless face. Her smile seem to beaconed me. Her alluring dark blue eyes suck me into a trance that I could not, no I did not want to escape from.

"Do you need something?" her soft voice echoed bringing me back to reality. All I could do was blink at this angel as I stumbled for words, "n-no sorry for staring." I turned to leave when a force unknown to me grab my heart making me feel as though I was having a heart attack. I slowly turned back to this girl that made my heart beat faster than any fight I've ever encountered. Beads of sweat swiftly went down my face as I look at her beautiful face "umm.." my thoughts race to find something to say to her. She tilted her head slightly to her right patiently waiting for me to finish.

"Your a slimeling right?" I felt a frost enchanted dagger pierced through my heart as those words left my mouth disabling me from reclaiming them. She giggled at the question warming my heart, but at the same time breaking it. "Why yes and you're an...aracne?" I pause at her question, without knowing I had open all eight of my eyes to stare at her beauty. Heat rose on my cheek as I close six of them keeping the two middle eyes open. She covered her mouth trying to cover her laughter. After that we sat on the cooled sand talking about each other.

We repeated this every night. I found out her name was sally and that she was a civilian there. After two weeks of meeting I finally built up the courage to ask her on a date. The moon shown full through the slightly cloudy night. As I got closer to our usual meeting spot my heart beated faster. Anxiety slowed my pace to a slug, but Hope push me on like a train through the snow of fear. My heart stopped when I saw sally's glowing figure, that seemed to have intensified with the moonlight. Fear stopped me a few feet away from her and anxiety siege my heart. Doute corrupted my mind and I slowly started to turn around when I heard her heavenly voice called to me,"Hector." I froze, as if I was caught stealing the captain's sword. She ran up to me wrapping her smooth arms around me. Lavender invaded my nose replacing the salty air smell.

Panic filled my lungs as I tried to speak, "H-hey S-Sally." After a moment of silence listening to the waves I was able to reunite my broken pieces of courage. "Hey sally would you mind meeting me by the forest tomorrow?" my voice was barely audible. She look at me with a smile that smooth my panicking heart "could you be asking me on a date" her voice echoed making my cheeks heat up. I sheepishly nodded my head not looking her in the eyes. "Of course!" she exclaimed hugging me tighter than before, releasing a heavy burden off my shoulders.

The next day I climb a mountain ,in the forest, carrying sally cradle style with my hands, and climb with my six spider legs. The top of the mountain had a flat surface that we could have a picnic on. Sally gaps at the view of the portside city we just came from. The smell of sea salt even came up here, where the air was much thinner. I placed the red picnic blanket on the a little bit away from the edge. Sally had prepared food for us. We sat there eating until night fall. Then the very reason I choose this spot appeared as the last lights of day faded away. Fairies started to glow in a rainbow of colors around us.

Their tiny bodies were covered in an orb of light not allowing us to see them correctly. "Surprise, what do you think?" I said feeling proud of the speechless reaction I got out of sally. What she did next surprise me. Without warning she hugged me not letting me move from my sitting position. Her head rested on my chest speeding up my heart to the point where I thought my rib cage were shaking. After a moment that felt like an eternity she look up at me with her dark blue eyes, "thank you." her voice sounded of pure happiness. As I looked down at her, her lips seem to so alluring as they reflected the fairies' lights. Without any instructions whatsoever my head slowly move towards her's. Time seem to slow down at that very moment her eyes closed accepting what was about to happen. I felt mixture of emotion emerge from me as our lips slowly touch confusion, fear, joy and so much more, so much that it made my head hurt. I just let myself enjoy the moment to ease the pain.

The next two months were simply heaven on earth for me. Then that dreadful day came around that marked the end of my force vacation. A chariot waited for me in front of the house I was saying. Throughout the summer I've had varying emotions, but seeing that chariot only filled me with dread. In a matter of minutes all my belongings were packed on the chariot and I walk towards it putting on a mask of a soldier, even though I was crying on the inside. What else was I supposed to do I was a soilder I've been for most of my life. How could I possibly have a life with sally? These were the types of questions I kept asking myself over and over trying to ease the pain. Sadly it was to no avail considering one fact I left something there that is Important to living. I left my heart

a/n :Ok and that's the best I can do with 1000 words. I really wanted to detail the date scene some more but i was running out of room fast sadly. I even had to cut some things out just to make it fit. Oh and is it ok that it takes place in a fantasy world? If not sorry I can't write anything without adding some kind of fantasy in it. Fun fact this is the first story I'm doing with out my editors and Grammarly .whoops kind of forgot to mention the song. almost human by Jenny{xUnreachablee}