This story is written about choice that came up in a DnD session. My ending rather upset some of the other players, so I decided to come up with an alternative. Sorry if you don't quite understand what's going on, you're coming up on Mialea at the end of her story, rather than at the beginning.

Mialea was coming back into her room at the inn. She hadn't given the greatest performance of her life, but her audience had seemed to enjoy it from the coins jingling in her purse. She was beginning to worry about the next test and it had put her off her game. There weren't that many things she thought could be that important and she wasn't certain she would be able to sacrifice what Loth would require of her. She stopped dead at her door in mid-motion, she seemed to be seeing a white cloud emanating from her room. For seconds she just stared at the door, not sure if she really wanted to know what was required of her. Finally the pressure became too much. She slowly reached forward and opened the door.

She trembling stepped in the door and her worst fears came true. She quickly closed the door behind her, not wanting anyone to see this. She just leant against the door unable to hold her own weight. Sitting on the table was a rose from Gj'hal with a dagger and spider. Loth wanted her to end his love for her.

Shaking she sunk to the floor. What could she do now? Make him not love her? She couldn't live with the knowledge that she'd hurt him like that. What were her alternatives? Kill him? She'd sooner kill herself. She gave a shudder as she realized what she had to do. She'd make it quick at least which was more that Loth would have done.

She took a deep breath and looked through her school things taking out a pen and paper and began to write.

Solar,

I'm sorry to make things more difficult but I can not give up what has been asked of me. There is only one option available to me. I can't live the life that I've been raised for. Perhaps in the next life it will turn out differently. I'm leaving something for Mina, please see that she get's it. I know it's not always easy, but try to take care of each other as much as you can.

Mialea.

She carefully folded up the envelope and wrote Solar's name on it setting it to the side.

Mina,

I wish I could stay with you, but my time is up. Loth wants me to kill my feeling for Gj'hal and his for me. It's more that I am capable of. I was never meant for this type of life and this has only proven it to me. I'm taking the only option for me. I'm not going to leave a body behind, I want to make sure I can't be brought back. I'm leaving you my necklace and a letter for Gj'hal, if by some miracle you see him, please make sure he gets it. I hope no one does anything, but just in case, try to make sure no one hurts him because of me. I'm doing this to save him pain, don't let anyone tell him, I don't want to bring him that pain.

Your friend,

Mialea.

She set it aside and picked up her pen one final time. She wrote a quick note and folded it up small with no name on it to identify it either for who it was to, or who it was from. She set it within Mialea's letter. She carefully removed her necklace and with tears running down her face she kissed it then carefully placed it within Mina's letter carefully folding it and writing Mina's name on it.

With tears she traced the lines of her mandolin wishing it goodbye as she would a friend. She drew her crossbow and her rapier, leaving them carefully on the table along with her school uniform. She looked back at the table, after her decision the spider and the dagger had disappeared. She picked up the flower and tucked it into her bodice leaving the rest all faded now except for the one frozen forever in crystal that she was leaving behind with Mina. She took the little bit of money that she had made today and hid it on her person then decided to walk to the bridge.

All that was written on the small paper was a date without a year and a place and the words. Come, I will find you, I will never stop looking.

With a final breath, she left her life behind, she abandoned her family, her friend and most importantly she gave up on her god. She walked out of her past life, leaving everything behind and walked toward her new life, to her future and toward Gj'hal.