Silver Blood

Chapter 1

"Wake up, it's time to go," Oaksworth said.

The girl woke up from her slumber as her silver hair drooped down from her hair, reflecting the light from the window of her beside. Her eyes opened flashing her light blue eyes that shined like a diamond reflecting the colour of the sky, and she had pale skin, almost albino. She was wearing a red scarf around her mouth

She started putting a brown coat over her shoulder and that matches her black shirt. She slowly reached out for a white cloth on her table and tied it around her belt. She was a stranger to this town, 'a new town' she called it, the name of the town was Elfensworth inspired by the legend that elves had once live in this very town. In this isolated town near the sea and forest, she was hoping that nobody would know her here, and she doesn't wish to be known much. She wanted to hide her past away, throwing all her dark memories inside a chest and locking it away inside the deep dark ocean where nobody would know about it.

"If you want to pay extra, you can sleep a little longer."

"No, I am awake," she said stretching her hand up. She got out of the bed, and she grabbed her rucksack, ready to go.

She went down the wooden stairs to grab a bite, the warm lights guided her way, lighted by some lanterns on top of the ceiling hanged perfectly still that it won't move from its position. By standing at the stairs, she could see that there were many people are eating in the tavern downstairs, noisy, loud and some chattering that she could not hear clearly; she wanted to leave quickly, so she tried to leave the inn as fast as she could without eating any breakfast.

Before she stepped out of the door, somebody held her shoulder and started to tell her something.

"Hey lady, it doesn't look very attractive for you to wear a red scarf wrapped around your mouth, plus aren't those clothes too loose for you?"

"Watch your mouth, one swipe and I'll cut you down," she said coldly.

Behind her was a young man, in his 20's. He was grinning widely at her, and she was ready to strike him down. She already crouched down; a position ready to pounce on him.

"So, lassie, are you a traveller?" he asked, "or you decided to stay here?"

"I am not much of a lassie as you think I am, and I'd rather be called Snow," she said. "For I will not being using my real name, just because you think I am a pretty lady."

"Not exactly my type," he said, smirking.

She left quickly from there, as she roamed around the town trying to find a way out from there. The town was filled with many buildings, mostly made out of brick and wood. There were some bushes planted in the corners of the buildings, just for decoration, and they looked quite new. The pathway seemed quite new, as the brick was clean from any moss. With this she felt more secure, knowing she is in a new town that is developing.

While walking down the rocky streets, she could see that the town's lord was speaking while standing on crates.

"What a celebration, the town will be making a lot of money, and with that amount of money we will be able to build a new hospital for our people!" he announced, and everyone around him clapped.

She decided to stand and watch what the lord was about to say, she took out a piece of bread from her rucksack and started munching into it, while listening to the sound of the town's lord talking.

"For a start, lately we had a lot of people travelling and coming into our town, the money that we managed to collect might be of use for educating our children here, and I plan to make connections with the other towns nearby, some of them also wanted to help us, do you agree with this?"

Everyone cheered; all Snow, did was bite into her food. When she looked at the street clock, she knew it was time for her to go, and she walked away from the place.

While walking, she saw a beggar on the street, needing some money, instead of going near the beggar, she decided to toss the money into the beggar bowl from a distance and she quickly walked away. She looked at the roofs of the buildings, it looked easy for her to climb and that's what she did.

She looked around, to see whether there was anyone who would stop her, but when she realized nobody was looking at her, she decided to climb up the roof; it was easy for her, as she had always done it before. Climbing with a pair of boots was a piece of cake for her.

Going up the roof, she decided to jump from roof to roof and this is how she travels without getting caught, nobody needed to know, about the day, the reason why she left, and the reason why she travelled the seas in order to find a new place to call home.

Nobody needed to know who she is or who she was. That's a secret for her to keep alone .