Ramsay

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Ella was in the forest haunting their food. Her stepfather used to do this job, but now her stepmother was sick and he had stayed to take care of her. The weather was getting colder and colder and her mother couldn't bear this climate. Ella wouldn't be worried about her if her voice wasn't so throaty. <<She has been through worse >> Ella tried to calm herself down, but she had a bad feeling about this illness that made her boil. Ella tried to stop thinking about this and concentrated on the hunt

 She heard an animal nearby. She followed the sound of the leaves and then she saw it. The first rabbit that she had seen in their long journey. Ella loved rabbits, they were her favorite food. They were hard to catch though. She quietly pointed an arrow on it and then she shot it. The arrow hit the rabbit in the left eye. The animal made a strange loud sound and fell on the ground. Ella smiled, they are going to eat rabbit today. 

She  took the dead animal and started going to the tent when she felt that someone was watching her. She looked around and she saw a figure behind the bush. She quickly shot an arrow on it.

- Seven hells Ella! Why did you do that? A boy came out of the bush. Ella immediately recognized him.

- Ramsay! What are you doing here? It was Ramsay. She used to hang out with him in Dorne for some years when she was just a child. She hadn't seen him for 2 years

- I live here. Kind of. My house is two days away. I am on a hunt with my father. He smiled.

Ella ran to hug him, but then she saw his leg. Her arrow had hurt him badly.

- Your leg, it is bleeding! 

- Don't tell me! He said ironically

- Oh Ramsay, I am so sorry! Why didn't you show up? She threw the arrow away, she tore her sleeve and wrapped it around his leg. Then she helped him get up and led him to a river that was ten meters away. She took some water and cleaned his wound.

- Ouch! It hurts! He quickly took away his leg.

- Well if you don't let me clean it, it will get infected. It is your choice.

- I wouldn't have to choose if you didn't walk around shooting bushes!

They looked at each other and they started laughing. Ramsay threw water on her and she did the same. Soon enough they had become so wet that their clothes stuck on their bodies.

- I think it is clean now.

They laid on the grass laughing and breathing heavily.

- Tell me what happened after you left. she asked

- Well... my mother and I went back to our home. Two months later my mother... 

Suddenly he stopped.

- What happened to her ?

- She got sick and she is dead. His eyes became moistened and red, but he didn't cry, he just looked down.

- Ramsay... I... I am really sorry. May the gods have her well. 

These news tore Ella apart. His mother was a cheerful and kind person that always laughed. She remembered when she was young and his mother used to tell them stories and taught them things about the world. Ella loved spending time with her, she always learned new things. She felt cold, like these childhood memories were so far... Ramsay hugged her.

- It is okay. He said but he didn't believe his words.

- Your father must be devastated.

- Do not worry about him. Since my mother died he has been acting so cruel. It is like a demon took away the lovely father I had and he brought someone new, a terrible one. He beats me and locks me up for no reason. He... he is trying to throw away all my mother's books. I found a place to hide them but I couldn't save her favorite.

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