Note: This is purely a fanfiction story. No profit will be made from it and I do not own anything mentioned in it.
Chapter Seven
Sophia...
The soft sound of a voice calling out her name brought her out of her sleep. Sophia fluttered her eyes a few times and looked, expecting to find her family's roaring place by her side and her to still be nestled in the rocking chair with the baby girl in her arms.
Instead, the visual of a clear blue sky overhead filled her sights and alerted her that she was now lying down on her back.
Sophia turned her head to one side of her, and found tall grass to be reaching up well above where she was positioned at the current moment before looking to the other side and seeing the same thing.
What on earth is going on? Where am I?
She pushed herself to sit up where she was nestled outside with confusion sweeping across her body and mind. Her eyes drifted down to where the little girl had been clinging to her chest only to find her gown and that the dress she had on earlier on the day had been changed out by a flowing white gown that would be the perfect choice for a princess of some faraway kingdom.
What happened to my dress I had on?
Sophia pushed herself to stand up where she was nestled, and started to scan the surroundings that were around her at the moment, soaking in the change of location. Her eyes noticed how she had been lying in a bend near a rock where a faint trail was leading around a corner of it. Despite being highly confused at her change of circumstances, Sophia left where she had been lying and moved around the rock to see what was around the other corner.
Leading alongside where a cliff overlooked an ocean, the path continued to go down a hill in the direction of a village.
Perhaps there is someone down there that can help me figure out what has happened to me.
Sophia proceeded to keep going down the fairly beaten path before her with the goal of going down to where the village was. She reached an area in the path where it was across from the peak and found herself looking to it.
There was something about it that was calling her towards it. Not to jump over it, but to take a look at what all stretched out before her.
What harm can a little look be? I will just see what there is down below and than I will continue on my way down to the village for some help.
She removed herself from the trail that probably many had moved down before and started up to where the cliff was. Her hands kept the front of the dress lifted up just enough so she didn't step on the front of the material as she moved about. Reaching a safe enough spot that wasn't too close to the edge, Sophia let her hands drop the dress back down, and shifted her focus to what stretched out before her.
The sight filling her eyes was so beautiful that words cannot describe it. The waves crashing against the rocks below where she stood with the sun glistening down upon its blue surface couldn't be justified by just a simple statement of words. It's natural beauty and wonder was more than enough for her to enjoy in that moment.
This is so beautiful. I am pretty sure that I have never seen anything as beautiful as this in all of my life.
There is something that makes even this perfect view pale in comparison to.
The sudden sound of a voice whispering directly behind her caused her muscles to tense up, but it was the fact that it sounded just like the voice of the man she had met out in a field not far from her home that made her blood run cold for a moment. Drawing in a breath, Sophia slowly turned around to face who it was that was speaking directly to her.
Her fear became reality as her eyes looked upon the tall physique of the man out in the field only known as Markus. He looked at her with a gentle stare in his eyes and a faint smile to his face. Instead of the black leather attire he had on, he now was fashioning a white long sleeved top that was a common piece of clothing for many poets or for the higher elite males to wear lounging around and a nice pair of black slacks. His long, black hair flowed in the wind to a degree as he proceeded to continue to speak to her.
"Even the most perfect and beautiful scene in nature cannot compare to the beauty that you possess, my dear Sophia."
"W-What are you doing here?" She asked, attempting to sound brave even though her nervousness slipped into her voice. "How did you-"
"Find you?" He kept his eyes on hers as a faint chuckle slipped into his voice. "I can find you wherever you are. There is nothing that can keep us apart."
"You talk of us as if we are a couple when I barely know you and likewise the same could be said about you knowing little about me."
"That is true, my lady, but we have been destined to be with one another since the day that we were born."
Her eyes shifted in time to see one of his large hands coming up to a side of her face and cradling it, gently, before she looked up in time to see his face lowering down upon hers as the last of his words slipped into her ears.
"We are meant to be together for all time..."
