Chapter 1 The girl in blue
The past
Who decides life and death? Who makes that decision? There are some people that should have lived till they were old and wrinkle...yet they die before their life even begins. Then there are people like her...who should have die at birth yet she is still alive. But she wanted to die. Every night she hoped it would be her last night...yet every morning she would open her eyes to another day of living.
Ariel stared calmly down the cliff. Her hair was blowing in the wind, and her light blue nightgown was drenched with water from the waves...yet she was not cold. She has one purpose and one purpose only...she was going to die tonight. She was going to make sure her life end that night. It was better if she was dead. Life was meaningless, what was the purpose of living? Everything was gone...there was nothing left on earth for her...nothing but endless sorrow, hopelessness, and despair.
Ariel edged closer toward the cliff. The wind was howling in anger, grief, it was taunting her, daring her to jump. Coward! Coward! Jump! Jump! The ocean was calling for her, the sounds of the waves bidding her to join them...the thousand lost souls encouraging her to jump...to join them in their grief. Come...come...you are one of us...the wind softly whispered. Ariel closed her eyes and leaped into the air.
She was...
falling
falling
falling
deep into the ocean. Ariel is not a swimmer; servants were not allowed to swim; she never learned how to swim. That was why; jumping into the deep ocean was the quickest and fastest route to her death. The icy water covered her whole body, enveloping her, robbing her of air. She couldn't breathe, she couldn't breathe...Goodbye world, goodbye...Ariel closed squeezed her eyes tight and allow the pitiful tears to drips from the corner of her eyes. Who would miss her? Nobody. Who would mourn for her? Nobody. Who would realize that she was gone? Probably the other servants.
She opened her eyes to take one last glimpse of life and saw the most beautiful sad dark eyes gazing into hers. Ariel frowned, why is he still alive? They said he was dead! The young man smiled sadly at her and she knew he too was crying. Tears of joy and tears of sorrow. He took her hands in his and kissed it gently, lovingly. He pulled her closer to him and held her tenderly in his arms. Despite the freezing water, despite breathing her last breath...Ariel felt a moment of pure happiness in her heart and she knew that this man...this man loved her. She sighed and wrapped her arms around him, her body pressed tight against his...together they breathed their last breath and then all was silence.
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There was over two dozen men running with spears, and sabers in their hands ready for attack. Some were leaping gracefully from tree to tree and others ran on foot. They all had one mission: To capture the murderous servant girl.
"There she is! There she is!" One of the young warriors yelled excitedly. He pulled out the spears and aimed straight at the girl.
"Stop! You're still too far!" The leader hissed. The warrior nodded and quickens his pace. The other warriors saw the same girl in blue and they too hurried. She was worth a lot of gold. Whoever catches her will be rewarded with a year's worth of gold and food. At times like this, even the wealthy would battle for the girl's head.
They were just a few inches away from her. Each with spears in their hands waiting for the leader's order.
The servant girl's eyes was closed, she was oblivious to their presence. Someone threw their spear without the leader's command. A young man blocked the spear...he protected the servant girl. The young man turned toward the warrior that threw the spear. There was anger in his eyes as he pulled the spear out from his chest. He was bleeding yet he showed no signs of pain.
