Like a whirlwind on a hot summer day, I swirled into action landing a double round house kick square in the jaws of my perpetrators. Suddenly, I am happy I was forced into a tutu. After dislodging an arm from someone on the left, I had an opening. They were distracted so I took it as my chance to run, but woe and behold. Nothing is ever that easy.
"Lil princess, why do you want to leave? We are only getting the party started. "came Sebastian's voice over my head. I shuddered as an indescribable feeling filled my heart. I didn't want to die. I was too young, I still had things to do. As if reading my thoughts, he said, "Don't worry princess. We won't kill you...." I almost sighed in relief, his next words left me bleak.
"We just want your heart." A cackle escaped his mouth and landed harshly in my ears making me wonder just where did it all go wrong? Is it too bad that I'm selfish, selfish for what I lost? I just wanted a little bit of love, just a little. Is that too much to ask?
As I was on all fours, I tried to scramble up to my feet and make a run for it. Unfortunately, Sebastian managed to hold me by my ankle and pull me towards him with my screaming and flailing my arms around and trying to kick him. I had forgotten that Sebastian had inhumane strength. His grip, I couldn't shake off. I was scared, very scared. I tried screaming out for help but the ugly truth was slammed right in my mouth in the form of dirt. We were in the middle of nowhere!!!
"Now, now, princess. You're over 40 and yet you're still a virgin. We should fix that before we take your heart, now shouldn't we? "he said lucidly. Oh no, no, no! This is bad, very bad! I had to protect myself! My hands shot out to ensure that my clothes stuck to my body. I was a heartbeat late. He was already mid-way done with stripping me of my jeans. Oh Phoenix, please give me the strength. I do not why the son of Aynor came to my mind at that moment. Maybe I needed to rise from my ashes, maybe it was time for a resurrection but all I know is that I got a boost of energy. I sprang to my feet after kneeing him in the groin and spraying dirt in his eyes.
I left them all in shock, sprinting to the woods. I didn't know where was going or what I would do once I got there but I trusted my feet and gut and ran. I ran like the devil was hot on my heels.... I ran like my life depended on it...because it did.
The deeper I went, the warmer it got. That's strange for a forest. But right now I couldn't think of that. The foliage felt warm against my foot making me realize that at some point, I had lost a shoe. Probably from the scuffle between me and Sebastian from earlier. Suddenly, it all crashed to me. The sorrow, heart ache, betrayal. My eyes were all blurry that I couldn't see well. I stumbled on a stump, spraining my arm and twisting my ankle as I came down like a fallen tree.
I cried my heart out. It hurt, it all hurt. Never had this happened to me before. I was in a desolate area that was actually calming. I looked down and so that the foliage around me was charred. Charred?? In the middle of the forest? Very strange.
I wiped my eyes and took a good look at my surroundings. The canopy was so dense that I couldn't see the sky. Little critters scattered the forest floor making it look like a scene out of a certain book that I can't remember.
I swerved my head to the left when I had a twig snap. My heart thundered in the crevices of my chest, almost jumping out. Maybe it was because I was still on adrenaline but everything looked like it was going to jump and strike. This was a forest after all. As I tried to clear my head, a sweet and calming voice sounded out.
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I was more on guard right now. My gut told me that the language the voice had used was the same as Sebastian's. I was on tenterhooks. Why was my evening so bad? I staggered to my feet trying to get up to give myself a fighting chance, but gravity was against me. I was dizzy the moment I was up, almost to the point that everything was doubled.
I swayed to the left and dropped, expecting the unforgiving hard surface we call the earth, surprisingly, I didn't. Smooth as silk, soft as cotton. That was what came to my head when I felt this unordinary surface. My head had landed on a surface as fluffy as tulle. It was like Indian cotton on a cold winter morning, a mother's caress telling you that everything will be fine. I looked up and saw another worldly creature.
It was a deer, but not really a deer. With a build like those of a moose, the deer was large. It was as white as snow, a clear contrast to its surroundings. With small specks littering its body, it looked majestic and holy. I looked further up and I was awestruck! Wow!