Brave Heart

Prologue

Its so sad that as we grow, life gets darker every second. How people only cared about superiority, how they cared only about themselves and leaving other people behind. How I want to change the world with only my hands, how I want to turn every frowns into smiles. Guiding everyone through the darkness. But how can I do that? when Im only a 11 year old girl, young and fragile. Trying to survive life, trying to survive this war.

I let out a heavy breathe while I look at my dirty hands filled with the bloods of dead people. I looked up in the sky seeing only dark smokes coming from the bombs that exploded, covering the blue color of it. I tried to stand up, my body shivering just by seeing the traumatic scene of people dying.
Hearing the cries and moans of other people. The land which I grew up stepping with is now filled with cold lifeless bodies of people.

Scanning my eyes to every one of them, until I found my eyes staring at a woman lying down on the ground, holding on her chest where blood flowed like river, I realized that the woman was no other than my mom! I ran as fast as I could to her direction, shouting her name, not caring about the loud guns firing in the background.

She looked at me with relief, like everythings okay now 'cause im here. I knelled beside her, she then removed her hands off her chest and I saw that there was a gunshot there! Before I could protest she put her hands on the sides of my cheek caressing it to make me calm, while the other one was holding my hands tight. I was so confused at how she can still do this, how she can still calm me even in our situation. I saw her eyes become watery and so as mine too, she smiled genuinely then said the words

"Im g-glad you're okay.. I d-dont.. think i'll be able to stay by your s-side any l-longer." A drop of tear fell on the corner of my eyes as i listen to what my mother said.

"Be strong and c-courageous.. do not be terrified do not be discouraged, The Lord will be with you wherever you go." She whispered it gently while trying to surpress the pain she's feeling on her chest. She then smiled but I can see worry and pain in her eyes. I held on her hand which was still caressing on my cheeks and utter the words

"D-dont leave me. I love you ma p-please" we stared at each other until i saw her move her lips saying 'I love you too' with no sound, and for the last time I saw her smile genuinely slowly letting go of my face, which she was caressing minutes ago. Her tight grip on my hand slowly faded too. I let out a loud shout, shouting the pain im feeling. Crying myself while still holding the lifeless hands of my mom. Hoping that the God's above would pity me and let her breathe alive again, but I know its impossible.

I held the cheeks of my mom uttering the words 'please dont leave me' over and over again hoping that she would open her eyes and respond. But as my eyes was about to ran out of tears, as my throat began to dry, as my hope began to die as well. I heard a lady shout.

"A kid!" I glanced to her direction, as I saw a light of hope shine through my eyes. I know God has a plan why he made me experience this cruelty, I know he wont leave me alone, I know everything he did had reasons. I thought to myself as I saw the girl soldier run to where im at, but before she could come to me, my body went weak, releasing the now lifeless hand I had been holding.

Until everything went black.