They were travelling out of the capital, she was still out of her mind because of the things she read at the shop when she heard a slight screaming and horses kneeing. She think the voices were kilometers away from their area. Her heart is beating hard upon hearing those screaming. She was stoned in her place that made her aunt stopped from walking.
“Khaliana, are you okay?” why did you stopped walking?, she just stared at her aunt, no words came from her mouth, this kind of feeling screams danger. They must get out of this place.
“Khaliana”, her aunt said again.
When she realized she zoned out, she gather all her emotions again and start to throw away the panic in her heart.
“We have to get out of her aunt”, she said clasping the hand of her aunt and start running towards the forest.
“We have to be out of this place aunt, it is not safe anymore”, still running.
“What are you talking about?”, Explain it to me so that I can understand”, her aunt said still clutching Khaliana’s hand.
“I heard women screaming and horses running aunt, I think something is happening out there”,
“We have to get as far as we can.”
“I don’t hear anything”, she said stopping them from running.
“I don’t know aunt, but I have this ability of hearing even if it is kilometers away from me, I heard every screeching of a mouse, even the drop of water from the tip of a leaf, that is how sensitive my hearing is.”
She clasp her aunt’s hand and run again as fast as they can.
“This hearing of mine is a gift, but sometimes it made me feel scary, the things I heard right now screams danger aunt, it gave chills in my entire body, it means we need to get out far away from here”, she said still dragging her aunt.
When they reached home they were panting, they started to pack their important belongings. She snatched a backpack from her closet, put the book she carried from the shop, put some clothes and foods. She changed her clothes from her pink dress to a shaggy pants and fitted shirt that hugged her body, then cover herself with a black rugged robe and pull her hair in a messy bun. She was putting her boots on when she heard the running of the horses. It is now so close to them, they cannot run from them anymore, she has to make decision.
“Bring all the women, get them” one of the horsemen said. She heard it, and then she realized something,
“It means the gossiping of the women at the capital were true” “They are here to collect all the women ranges from 21-45 to be trained as a warrior.”
“We have to hide, my aunt and I were qualified, but my aunt cannot endure the training, she’s so weak for this shit, she might end up being a slave or worst a whore, that will never happen. Never, never, over my dead body!”, she silently crawl from her room to her aunt’s room, they need to be silent so that the warriors will suspect that no one is here, she blew all the candles and started to move towards her aunt, when she got a hold of her aunt. They silently went to the back of the house where she usually train.
“Where are we going Khaliana”, her aunt whispers in her ears, her aunt is shivering.
“I will protect you aunt, don’t worry, we will find a way”, still crawling to the ground.
“How?” her aunt replied shaking.
“Aunt, you must be brave, do not panic”, the tears are escaping from her eyes. She thank the darkness of the night for covering her tears from the sight of her aunt.
“I dug a small hole at the back of the house, I built it so that I can hide myself when uncle wants to scold me whenever I was caught from entering the capital, we will hide there, until the soldiers will move out from the house.
“Oh, that is why my husband has always difficulty on finding you, you found yourself a good hiding place”, she can sense her aunt is smiling despite the roughness of her voice because of the dreadful things that is happening to them. They made their way to the hole, it is not that big only a person can be fitted within it.
“We are here aunt,” she has a plan and she’s praying the heavens will help her make this plan work out.
“I cannot see anything Khaliana,” her aunt said,
“Just trust me, aunt”. She said
“Okay, I trust you, I knew you came to this world to do great things, I’m happy I became part of your life Khaliana”, she’s confused about what her aunt wanted to say.
“Here, take this,” she handed her a necklace.
“What is this aunt?” she asked.
“It is yours, your still a baby when you came to us and you are wearing that, I was just careful that is why I hid it, and plan to give it to you this dinner, but I think we cannot have a proper dinner now. Take it Khaliana and treasure it, you will find your true identity because of that. Do not let anyone take it away from you. Take good care of it.” She enveloped Khaliana in her warm embrace. She heard the soldiers coming their way so she needs to do the thing she have in mind.
“I’m sorry aunt, but I have to do this, I don’t want to do this, but this is for your own safety,” before her aunt released herself from hugging her, she used her strength to target the back of her aunt using her hand. She made sure to aim the part where her aunt Milly can sleep for a day. She must be safe here, she thought at the back of her mind. She carefully placed her aunt Milly inside the pit hole she used to hide and cover it with a piece of board she usually used to cover herself when she’s in there.
She then put some grasses and soil to compliment to the grassy ground.
When she’s done hiding her aunt. She run towards the big oak tree and prepared herself. If the hiding place will be seen she has to reveal herself to catch the attention of the soldier. That’s her plan.
When the soldiers came to the backyard, she can hear the grass that were pressed by the soldier’s big foot.
Her heart is beating wild, when they stepped foot on the board where she hide her aunt, they stopped and looked on the ground, then she revealed herself.
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