At least I'm Alive

Escape

Evening - Day the festival

"My lady, the lord orders you to go to the dressing room and he said "don't embarrass the family and dress properly" is what he wanted to pass along." A maid said.

Okay. Fine, I'll dress nicely "father".

The maid guides me to the dressing room and leaves me alone.

I walk around the room, and something made me pause.

...a mirror.

So..this is how I look like?
I'm so small, and thin.. A five year old can't look like this..

I had black hair, and purple eyes, just like father.

I look so...ugly.

I recall my old sister saying...

"To even call you my sister is disgusting. You're hideous!"

Why do I feel like crying..?
Forget it.

I walk towards a pile of old dresses my sister dislikes.

A dark blue dress catches my eye.

This looks nice...

I grab the dress, and put it on, and I look in the mirror once again.

I should stay strong. I can do this

A maid knocks and says "My lady, you have to come down now!"

At the Carriage

"Don't show yourself too much." Father glares at me

I nod and say "Understood."

"Dad, I wanna buy many things at the festival!" Querdia exclaimed.

"Of course, buy anything you want!" Father replies.

What? Anything? I thought they valued money. How annoying.

The carriage stops

"My Lord, we have arrived" The Coachman says.

The Coachman opens the carriage door, and helps Mother and Querdia off. He ignored me, and I got off on my own.

I'm still the Earl's daughter! My goodness!

I pause, and see the crowd. It was beautiful.

It was a big area, there were tons of nobles, and the place was basically glowing! There were lots of stands selling all sorts of stuff, the crowd noises were somehow comforting.

The view was ruined, when mother grabbed my wrist and said "Stop looking around! We're gonna leave you" she threatens.

"I'm sorry" I say while she drags me around.

After being drag to some stands, we stop by a stand selling some melted chocolate. I could tell me the smell.

Mother lets go of my wrist and asks "Do you want one?" To me.

Are they really gonna buy me one?

I nod, and they bursted out in laughter.

Oh..I guess not. This reminds me, my old mother used to taunt me aswell... Why am I not used to this? It's painful.

"To think we'd actually buy you something!" Father laughs, and buys some for Querdia.

An unfamiliar man approaches us.

"Marquess Lockhart! It's nice to see your family here." Father suddenly changes his attitude.

"Yes, I see you've brought your wife and daughters!" Marquess Lockhart says sincerely.

"Hello Marquess Lockhart, my name is Querdia." She bows

Are they ignoring me? Whatever...

While they were talking, I look behind me, and the view was still amazing..

The lights made it perfect, I envy the little kids smiling and laughing with their moms and dads.

"Run.."

What?

"Run away.."

Where is that voice coming from?

"Save yourself..go!"

What? My body is moving by itself..

Before I know it, I was running away.

"Hey! Come back here!" A voice from behind..was it perhaps father?

I ran and ran, I'm scared.

I bumped into someone, making me fall on the ground.

I looked up, and saw a big, buff man. He had white hair and blue eyes. He stared at me.

"Oh my are you okay?" A woman suddenly talked and helped me up.

She had golden blonde hair, with gold eyes. She brushed off the dirt from my skirt.

"Abela!" The voice was getting louder. I looked towards the direction of the voice, and saw Father, and Mother running towards this direction.

I looked back at the woman..

Desperate to survive, the only words that came out of my mouth was

"Help me.."