Chapter 2
Scarlet sobbed quietly beside the wall, still hoping her father would return for her but she knew deep down in her heart that he wouldn't return for her and she was all alone in the dark.
A noise startled Scarlet to look up, she turn her head fearfully around in the dark as she heard scratching and scribbling noise surrounding her. Scarlet stood up in panic and glanced around wildly. She was scared of the dark, like every six year old was, but she was even more afraid of what the darkness hides. Scarlet screamed in fear when she felt something darting between her feet and ran blindly in the dark. She kept running till her lungs were burning. Scarlet gasped for air as she recalled her father's last words to her and opened her eyes to scan for a way out, seeing a light toward her right, Scarlet sprints toward it to run away from the darkness and its' monsters.
She emerged out of cave, to be blinded by sunlight; and the sound of rustling grass and music greet her and smelled the sweet fragrance of flowers. Scarlet opens her eyes timidity, to see she was surrounded by flowers of all kind and a path leading toward a town in the distance. She looked closely at a flower and noticed it was singing and swaying slightly in the wind like it was dancing, She laugh at the flowers' comical dance, almost beginning to forget her experience in the cave, until she felt a sharp pain course through her hand. Scarlet glanced down at her hands in pain; her hand throbbed with pain and her fingers were dripping blood on the ground. She looked at the town in the distance and thought to herself," Maybe I can find help in the town and a doctor." While Scarlet was walking she noticed that the ground was unusually hard but looked soft and lush from a distance and there was a small, gray full moon that seemed to follow her.
Scarlet entered the town when the sun was at its highest peak. She saw women wearing big dress of warm color and men wearing black coattails walking on sidewalks, carriages driven by horses on the dirty cobblestone road and orphans and beggars struggle for space to beg on the sidewalk while sinister shapes shadowed behind them in the dark alleys. A busy crowd walked along the carriages, hurrying to their destination.
A girl her age wearing a bright yellow dress stood beside a lamppost looking around, as if looking for someone; the girl notice's her and skipped toward her cheerfully."Hello princess, Welcome to Solea. My name is Lily and your guide through the city" she said brightly." Scarlet looked at Lily for a moment still overwhelm by the sights of the city but beginning to get over her shock, "I want a doctor and I need a change of clothes now!" Scarlet screamed. "Of course, but first I need to introduce you to the mayor and all of the nobles" Lily rambles on, and begins to talk about the etiquette and protocols of meeting the nobles, Scarlet tried to be patient but grew angrier by the minute and couldn't stand Lily's droning voice any longer and pushed her lightly out of anger. Lily lost her balanced and fell in the way of a carriage that was speeding toward her. The horse reared up in fright and pawed the air angrily while Lily shirked for help but her scream was cut off when the wheels of the carriage ran over her fragile body with a sharp snap of bones breaking.
The townspeople momentarily stop to look at Lily curiously but nobody came to help her or to check if she was alive. The driver of the carriage stopped to look back but a voice in the carriage, ordered "Keep driving, I'm already late!" The driver hastily whips the horse to move forward.
Scarlet warily walked toward Lily. She lay on the ground struggling to breathe and frantically whisper for help and was only occasionally interpret when she coughed wetly and blood sprayed from her mouth, her rib cage was shatter and her bones had pierce her lungs. Scarlet gasped in horror, "I'm-m-m s-s-s-sorry… I-I-I didn't mean to push you… you fell down on your own… It wasn't my fault" Scarlet stammered out. Lily turned her head slightly to look hard at Scarlet, her eyes burning with accusation of whose fault it was," Don't look at me like that, it wasn't my fault, it was your fault that you were dumb enough to trip, you should have just lead me to a doctor instead of talking about meeting some dumb nobles of yours. This wouldn't have happen if you had only listened to me." Scarlet screamed in anger.
She suddenly looked up to see a woman softly crying on the shoulder of a man beside her. When the man saw her looking, he nudged her and she looked up in panic and quickly wiped her tears and a blank look stole over her face. The townspeople slowly started to walk and went on to their business again.
Scarlet looked down at Lily, her breath growing more ragged and her eyes dimming quickly. She looked at Lily one final time and stood up and walked away from Lily, without turning back once.