Once Upon A Never

Chapter 1: The Bullet

There she was. My best friend who I knew all my life, now getting married. A beautiful ceremony in the Keller garden with beautiful orchards all around.  How did time fly by so fast? All the memories we have made. I feel like just yesterday we were playing with barbies and doing each other's hair. Our favorite game we use to play was a fairytale. There were two parts, the prince, and princess. I always played the prince because I believed that I could never be a princess. Kelsey use to say, " Sara, one day you'll find you prince charming." Was that really going to happen? I could never imagine myself as a princess. A happy life with anything I wanted. Kelsey was so beautiful in her white dress. She looked like the fairytale princess she was meant to be. I wanted that life. I wanted her life. She was marrying my prince charming or so who I thought was my prince charming. Even though we were best friends, the thought always crossed my mind. "She did take my life." Getting married to my ex James, marrying at the same place I said I wanted to. But that was the past and this is now. But did she really deserve this life she has? Does she deserve the happiness she has? I shouldn't have thought that. That thought shouldn't have crossed my mind. As soon as those past thoughts left my mind, I heard a scream and the gun went off........ That moment happened so fast. I looked and saw everyone yelling and running. The fear on their faces left my body in so much shock that I couldn't even move.What was going on? I didn't know what to do so I looked for Kelsey who I realized wasn't anywhere. I panicking. Where did she go? Did she make it out with  James alive? A gaped formed between the crowd and I saw it. A horrible sight that I never would want to see. A Beautiful bride on the ground.... stiff as a board......Tears streamed down my face. Her dress was covered in blood. I got up and started running towards her. There were so many people I couldn't even get to her. Did anyone realize or see that there was a dead bride on the ground? No one even stopped to check on her. People are so selfish these days. You would think someone would try to help her or even to see if she was alive. But no. The first question that came to my mind was, "Where was James ?" Where is the man who wasn't supposed to leave her side through sickness or in health or even.... Death.... The word caused a deep pain in my stomach as I pushed through the crowd of frightened people. "Who had even caused this" was the other thought that came into my head. Then I realized. When the bullet went off James wasn't even near Kelsey. Something was off about this day. Who knew that a beautiful wedding ceremony could turn into a bloody crime scene. The thoughts and questions left my head and I pushed harder through the crowd towards Kelsey. I was just about to reach her until someone or something bumped me. My leg gave out, I hit the floor and everything went dark.