A White as Red as Blood (PG 13) (Completed)

Chapter 12: I've no power and you're leaving me

We came too close to being caught, and I didn’t like it. We stayed hidden for a while, staying within the cover of the trees. I couldn’t get my head around how they knew where to look, and if harry had said to stay there four days, we’d be caught. After two days of aimlessly wondering around the woods, we emerged at the other side, finding a main road. When we had been on that for a few hours, not knowing where we were going, I decided we were too tired to go on. We set up camp under some more trees, deciding to spend the night. I reeked and my dress had begun to look foul. It was truly time to talk to Harry.

When Meadhbh and June were asleep, I wandered away from them, whispering Harry’s name.

“Close one huh?”

I turned to see harry standing behind me, still all dressed in white.

“Yeah... Harry?”

Harry walked closer to me.

“Yeah?”

“What was wrong with that other village?”

He looked down at the ground and I noticed he wasn’t wearing any shoes. In fact, he wasn’t even on the floor; it was as if he was floating inches above it.

“It’s dying Meadhbh. There’s a force there which kills the children first and quickly makes everyone in the village old and depressed, and they die when they reach the age of twenty. Passersby aren’t affected unless they stay longer than a week. That’s why I said three days”

My jaw was floating under my face. I couldn’t believe it. I had so many questions.

“Why?”

“It’s too hard to explain, it’s like the entire village is sitting on a crux and once you get locked on it, and you can’t get out. It’s Satan’s way of upsetting the natural order. Nobody should ever have to bury their children before them, and nobody should be old and dying at twenty.”

I felt horrible; yearning to fix the mess, knowing there was nothing I had the power to do. And I chose that.  I chose not to have the power. What sort of a princess did that?

 “You wanted the freedom Mary-Ann... This isn’t your battle anymore”

I held back my tears, not wanting to show him how much it hurt. He knew though, I knew he knew. He walked over to me, or rather, floated, and embraced me between his arms. It was as if I was being hugged by a cloud. I shivered against him and he let go.

“I miss you Harry”

Harry smiled at me.

“I’m here now silly”

I sighed and I knew there was no stopping the tears now. My throat swelled up and I couldn’t breathe. I just sobbed, sat on the cold wet floor and just sobbed.

“Mary-Ann...”

I looked up at the blurry Harry; I wasn’t sure if I was just too teary eyed or if he had began fading out.

“I’ll be gone once you are where you need to be.”

I squinted at him, hoping I’d misheard.

“You mean... once we get to this place... you’ll be gone?”

“You’re my unfinished business Mary-Ann...”

My heart stopped, not wanting to ever get to where we were going. I wanted Harry to be with me forever.

“Can’t be go somewhere else and keep you here forever?”

My heart fell into my stomach as he shook his head, answering me with a silent no.

I sat and cried while Harry wrapped his arms around my shoulders. I felt betrayed by him. I felt like this was meant to be our future, not just mine, and now he’s betraying and leaving me. I didn’t want this without him, I didn’t want to have to say goodbye this time.

“Why?!”

“It’s just the way it has to be...”

I couldn’t stop crying and feeling like this... But I felt consoled by the fact that he stayed with me while I cried. He sat by me and held me.

“I want you to live your life... you have no idea how great it will be Mary-Ann... There’s someone out there just waiting for his life to start... waiting for you to start it off”

Saying goodbye to Harry was the hardest thing I have ever done, but I realised it had to be done. I couldn’t keep him by my side forever; he missed Clarice, his beautiful wife, who died giving us June. A few days had passed since we were almost caught and we were only a matter of hours from our new home. I was excited and longing just to change my clothes and be free and a villager like everyone else! And Harry had said I would find the one I will forever love... my soul mate. I doubted this to be true, having heard that once you are married to another soul, nobody can break that union, not even a soul mate.

AUTHORS NOTE:

Hey girls and guys, I’m sorry their adventure has been so bloody long I just feel like all the info you get during it about their future and past are really important. Also comment all the different Princesses you’ve come across until now :P And I don’t just mean Mary Ann or June, I mean real fairytale princesses, because they are there... you just have to look for the clues ;)