Chp 1
'There are times at which test our understandings of the natural world and those that bring us closer in to the depths of our hearts. Symbols that can guide us are all around us telling us of our secret passions. Each of us must understand these symbols because once they are gone, they will never return, just as the sands continuously flow across the desert. They are only here for a moment till the wind carries them away.'
Hawke looked at her computer and sighed contently as she saved her assignment that was due tomorrow. She ran her hands over her face and let her golden wave fall free of its cage.
"I think that will do for now" she said and then got up from her chair and stripped out of her clothes and put on a blue night gown. A sudden noise caused her to look towards her window and look out, there she saw nothing but the stars. "wonder what it was"
Hawke wrapped a wool blanket around herself as she headed out her apartment and down the stairs to where her window faced the pool that was surrounded by woods. The night air had began to chill Hawke to her bones so as she was about to turn back into her apartment she saw an older man with a stick that looked like a walking stick
"sir are you alright?" Hawke said as she took a step forward towards the edge of the woods where her feet met the moist soft grass that was on the edge of the wilderness. Upon hearing no reply she took another step forward and then the man vanished "…umm okay Hawke apparently you have been starring at your computer screen for far too long" Hawke nodded to herself and turned to see someone standing right behind her causing her to scream and bolt into the forest in fright.
Hawke's feet were beginning to hurt from running bare foot on the forest floor, she had narrowly avoiding running into a few trees but her legs weren't as lucky to escape harm for they had been cut by some branches as she ran.
"of course you have to go outside and investigate what the noise was" Hawke mumbled to herself as she slowed down and slide down the side of a large tree, she tried to calm her raging heart that threatened to beat out of her chest "and now you have gotten yourself lost in nothing but a nighty and a blanket…..figures"
As Hawke looked around she couldn't find any familiarity with the trees, they seemed to be bigger and taller than the ones she suspected to be in the forest next to her apartment complex. Suddenly a large twig snap made Hawke shoot up and look around as she pulled the blanket closer to her chilling body.
"hello?" Hawke whispered to the night as she looked around then mentally smacked herself "yea good job moron alert a crazy person to where you are" another large snap set Hawke running through the woods again "I need to run more after this I am out of shape"
The trees seem to thin out up a head so she ran harder to reach what she hoped would be a clearing with people, but to her surprise as soon as Hawke reached the clearing she almost ran into something but quickly moved to the side causing her to twist her ankle and tumble to ground with a rather large squeak.
"easy" a voice said causing her to look up and see 7 men in front of her on horseback and she saw the man's horse she almost ran into trying to calm his horse down.
All of them looked rather similar in what they worse, besides difference that Hawke took for personal preference. One of the men looked to be the leader because he was at the head and had a cape behind him. Hawke didn't take any chances and quickly scrambled to her feet causing herself pain as she stood on her ankle ready to run again
"we mean no harm" the one who seemed to be the leader said "m'lady we mean no harm"
Hawke pulled her slipping blanket closer to her body as she studied the men and took another unsteady step backwards.
"we mean no harm" he said again and something in his voice didn't want to make her run as fast as she could away anymore
"Woahs" another deep voice said causing them to look to the forest where she just ran from, and suddenly all the men drew their weapons.
Hawke didn't wait another moment and quickly hobbled in the direction opposite to where what the men called Woahs were coming from. She tried to block out the sounds of clashing weapons and get as far away as possible then figure out where the fuck she was. But her plan to stay away came to an unceremonious halt as she was grabbed from behind by her blanket causing her to let out a scream.