Moonlit Lullaby
I do not own Last of the Mohicans and this is purely a fan fiction, no profit so don't sue!
This story covers the pondering of what if Alice & Uncas had not died upon that cliff edge. I have no idea where I am taking this yet but please do let me know your feelings and any advice or ideas of where you would like it go.
Alice looked out across the sea, back towards the land. Her eyes welled with tears and she cursed herself for the feelings she still held so dear to her heart, the feelings that now seemed to scorch into her soul and make her want to cry out in raw anguish and pain.
If only she'd been stronger, not so stubborn and not such an English gentlewoman until the very end.
The man standing by her side placed a warm hand upon her shoulder and she shivered in surprise at his touch, but her eyes remained fixed upon the retreating shore line.
"We are away, it is over" he whispered comfortingly and Alice let a weak and meaningless smile appear on her lips.
"Away" she whispered back in echo.
The man brushed a stray hair from her cheek "I'll prepare the cabin" he walked away, the beads in his hair making the familiar clicking noise, leaving her on deck and alone.
Pulling the blue woollen cloak further around her to block out the chill sea air she walked towards the railings of the ship being careful to steady herself as it bobbed on the choppy waters.
She strained her eyes and with some effort was able to make out the figure on the shoreline, now just a distant shadow. She could see his proud stance even at this distance and tears began to trickle down her cheeks until she was openly weeping.
"I'm sorry" she whispered.
As the shoreline became no more than a line and she could no longer make out the shapes her thoughts began to drift, back to that fateful day, the day that could have claimed her life, the day that had most certainly changed it… for better or for worse.
Quite a short first chapter but the second chapter is nearly complete.
I wanted to leave this opening very open as to what happened to Alice, is Uncas the man beside her on the ship or is he the figure on shore….I have no idea yet but those two characters felt right.