Huff huff huff...
"Why did this happen? What happened?!"
"I am so tired I can't think straight anymore... AH! It's mama's personal maid. I can't... I can't anymore… Will I end up the same as her? Laying silently on the ground with my body cold and blood stains all over my chest? Ah… That's our gardener… He had it even worse, I can't even look at that, I can't… I can't… ah… I feel like I want to puke… Ugh…"
"Where is Mama? Papa? Esmeralda? Aqua? Morgan?"
The green-eyed girl cried but no tears came out. She has been in a dire situation for hours now. After hiding in the mansion and sneaking up successfully until she manages to run away, her bad luck finally hits 30 mins ago that she's discovered and forced to run away with all her might until now. She has been running non-stop until she can't feel her legs. Luckily, she can run pretty fast and she got great stamina as well. She knew that if she ever stopped and decreased her speed, her pursuers will surely catch her and she might end up the same way as her mama's personal maid or worse like their gardener. She can't even imagine the pain she would feel if she had her limbs cut off of her body and then stabbed multiple times on her torso. Oh my god, if I had to die today, please let it be like the maid who got stabbed once on her chest. At least she won't feel that much pain before dying.
"There she is!" A man who held a torch on his hand suddenly appeared on the other side of the tall shrubs in front of her. She was so busy in her thought that she did not notice the light of the torches, the forest isn't even that dense here.
"Damn it!" She noticed multiple light sources appearing on her front and her right side, while a couple have been chasing after her for a while now from her back. She decided to switch direction to her left and ran straight into the dense shrubs there, not caring if some of them have thorns or poisonous animals hidden inside. At least she can still live if she got pricked or poisoned a little but if she's caught her life is definitely over.
She ran and got pricked everywhere by the thorns hidden on the dense plants that populated this part of the forest. She originally thought she would not have to run straight here if she's fast enough, but there's too many assassins looking for her. "I should have run here from the start," she thought. It's not easy running inside the shrubs as she did. Her assailants will have some trouble, especially with their bulky body. She's quite small so she has better chances at moving more swiftly inside this part of the forest.
"Catch her! We must kill her right here!" said one man loud enough for the reddish-haired girl to hear. Her green eyes stared blankly in front of her. Alexandra already knew they won't be generous enough to keep her alive but hearing the man's voice, she felt cold shivers all over her body. The killing intent is chilling her until her bones.
She doesn't know the condition of the others in the house. She didn't see any of her family members and she hoped they were safe, or at least running away for their lives like her right now...
It was past midnight when Alexandra woke up suddenly due to the loud screams she heard downstairs. Scared awake, she peeked outside her room's windows to see multiple people wearing dark clothes standing in their family's garden. She can't see their faces but seeing as they are holding all kinds of weapons that glinted coldly, she can see that they are barging here without any good intentions.
She's too scared to look outside her doors, but from the screams she heard, it's definitely not good down there. She wondered what she should do. And also, her little sisters! She can't just leave them alone but their rooms are on the other side of the house and she's not even confident to walk out of here. To cross the hallway and the stairs that separated the east and west part of the mansion, she's not crazy enough to think she could do that. Their rooms are just next to mama and papa's... They will be fine right?
Actually Morgan's room is just beside hers. Should she gamble and go visit her brother's room? Morgan can fight a bit and she can't really do anything, she should have a better chance of survival if she can meet her brother.
Boom! A loud sound of a gunshot seems close to her ear. Her green eyes grew big and she froze for a second before moving towards the balcony. Going outside is not an option anymore! She thought. Taking her bed sheet with her, she tied it up on the railings silently and used it to drop down to the second floor's roof. From her third floor balcony, she can see that the people in her garden had dispersed mostly, with only a few standing near their gates. Threading on the second floor roof, she silently crawled and went near the tall tree in their garden. The branches are pretty thick and extended to the roof. She held onto it and crawled on the branch before hugging the trunk, afraid that she would fall any moment now.
Seeing no one near the tree she's currently at, she slid down the tree trunk the best way she could. Her hands felt like burning and her night dress is battered now. The light blue dress that fell halfway down her legs had dirt patches now. She peeked from behind the tree and saw some dark-clothed people standing inside her house. She looked at the gate again and saw the same two people that she saw before still standing there.
"If only I can fight or know how to use magic.." she thought. She never really trained in martial arts nor has any experience fighting anyone. Magic was something that came naturally to people and she has never felt it calling to her, nor was she interested on her own, so she didn't bother to learn it. She only learns about farming and harvesting since her family is in-charge of the kingdom's food stock. She's regretting it all now. "I hope that at least they are all safe" feeling the despair welling in her heart for not having the power to do anything, she felt it���s a suicide mission to try fighting the bad guys here. Not only is she outnumbered but she is also inexperienced. Making sure her surroundings are clear, she hides in the dense bushes while also moving silently to the entrance.