Chapter 7
What Ever Happens
As the three of us sit under the rock for shelter, we talk of nothing and everything. We often peek over the boulder. Most of the time it was just Fowlson trying and failing to catch the attention of the trackers as they were slaughtering the other creatures of the Winterlands. Finally he finds it in him to speak to the trackers instead of just waving his arms around.
"Might I ask," Fowlson yells over the crowd, yet everyone hears my voice, thus catching the attention of all the ghouls there,"when is this 'Birth of May'?"
"Sooner than you know Preistess," Amar booms and follows with laughter.
"So, tomorrow?" Fowlson completes with a grin.
Amar gazes long and hard at Fowlson shouts, "Get her!" The crowd turns and runs for him, and he runs away and into the distance. His mission is complete.
Slowly, we see the army I have created sneakout out from behind the boulders. I hide again when I hear Felicity yell, "Charge!" I look over and Kartik has hidden himself as well, but Gemma stands there watching. I pop up again to see what was going on. They gather in a circle around the tree with Ann and Miss. McCleethy are in the middle marching to tree. I glance at Gemma and I see the fear in her eyes. The war is starting again, I can sense it. Suddenly over all the land a loud voice booms and a sonic wave pushes them all down and I hide before it can hit me.
"You fools, they are diverting you! Leave her and save me!" Eugina yells this to the trackers as they continue to chase Fowlson around. Amar turns as he hears her speak. The sonic boom of her voice even reached them, half of his army has fallen to the ground. I nervously shift my body from side to side. Gemma notices this and flashes me a look of fear and disappointment. She glances nervously from me to the battle and back to me. The plan has failed and she knows it. Kartik trys to avoid everything going on and sits beneath the boulder playing with his thumbs. He doesn't want to know what Amar is doing and when I look at Amar, I understand why. He is ripping them apart mindlessly. I almost follow in Kartik's footsteps when I see Gemma climb up the boulder and run out to the field. Following this Kartik jumps into action. I run in front of him.
"If we walk away now there's no turning around gotta say what I mean while you're here with me. I didn't travel this far to watch it all fall apart, so give me your hand, and take a chance. I know rocks turn to sand, and hearts can change hands, and you're not to blame when the sky fills with rain, but if we stay or walk away there's one thing that's true, I still love you. Riding with me as close as before whatever happens, I won't ask for more." I take a moment as he searches my face and I cry hard, because I dont want to have him leave me and never come back ever again, but some one has to ge her out of this. "I won't try again, because I'll know its fate. I know I may regret not trying until you were back with me, it's just... I want you to know, no matter what happens I will still love you until the day I die." He looks at me and I turn away from him and walk away. He grabs me by the shoulder and turns me towards him again, he kisses me, and for some reason I sense it is a good bye kiss, a "I'm never going to see you again" kiss, and my eyes fill with tears, and I let them fall where they may like I know he wants me to.
I turn and let him go. I hear him reach the top of th eboulder and run into the crowd. I kneel on the ground and cry until the world falls away.