Chapter 13: the truth

(Flora's memories)

A child was seen playing outside with her dolly; she had long brown hair and light green eyes. She couldn't have been more than five or six years old. She hoped and skipped around, she looked very happy. "Darling! Come! it's time for supper!" A voice came not far away. "Coming, father!" she ran towards the voice.

As she came to the door she was met by a rater tall man. He had black spiky hair and brown eyes. As the girl reached the man he picked her up and gave her a big hug, which she gladly took and also hugged him back. He raised her up in the air even more. "How's my little girl today?" he said with a smile. "Great!" she said as he lowered her down again. "I just wish you didn't have to leave tomorrow." She said rather sadly.

"I know me too but I have to. You know that." he put her down on the ground and they went inside.

The scene switched. Now it showed the daughter and the father. Sitting together on a rocking chair near the fire place. He was reading her a story. "And they all lived happily ever after." He finished. "I love that story Daddy." "Me too, sweaty." He kissed her forehead as she continued watching the pictures in the storybook. "Daddy?" she started and he looked at her.

"Why do you have to go tomorrow? I'm going to miss you." A tear ran down her face and her father wiped it. "Because if I don't go, there will be no one to lead the armies in the war against the fearlings." "But what if you don't come back, me and Mummy will be really sad." She said as a couple more tears came. "Don't worry darling, I promise you, I will come back." "I love you Daddy." "I love you too, Flora."

The scene changed again. This time the girl was older. About the age of ten or eleven. She was standing over a little crib rocking it. Her father came in and stud next to her. "Do you like your new little brother, princess?" he said placing a hand on her shoulder. "No, I don't like him. I love him! I love him very much!" her father only smiled. "Would you like the honor of giving him a name?" he asked. "Sure, how about Luis?" "I think that's perfect"

Now when the scene changed, it wasn't happy or colorful. It was dark and gloomy. Thousands of dark ghost shaped creatures were all over the place. The girl was now fifteen or sixteen years and hiding under some broken boards of an old house. Her mother and brother were with her. They were all shacking with fear. "Don't worry, kids. Daddy will save us." Their mother told them.

Out on the dirt field you could see that a large battle was taking place, and in the center of it was none other than the girl's father. He was throwing his sword at the creatures, and stabbing them. Taking them out, one by one.

The girl could see that her father was getting tired; she couldn't take it anymore. She ran towards her father. In the background you could hear her mother and brother yelling her name, screaming for her to come back. She did not listen.

She grabbed a sword from a faller warrior, and ran, ran as fast as she could. The creatures did not expect her because they were concentrated on her father. She managed to take out a few of them, before even more came.

Her father noticed her, he started screaming her name. Telling her to go back to her mother and brother. Once again, she did not listen. She just kept slicing through the monsters that were attacking her home, her friends, and her family. But most importantly, her father.

"FLORA! GET OUT OF HERE! THOSE ARE FEARLINGS! THEY WILL KILL YOU!" she did not listen. Behind her a ferling was coming at her. She did not notice. Her father started warning her, but knowing that it would be too late he ran to her and sliced the creature himself.

He then grabbed the girls arm and pulled her back to her Mother. "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!" he yelled at her. "I was only trying to help." She said. He was yelling and she did not like that. He never did that before "I know you were trying to help! But you could have gotten yourself killed! I love you Flora and I don't want to see you get hurt. I love all of you." He hugged all of them and them.

"FATHER, LOOK OUT!" she yelled. But it was too late. A fearling stabbed his hart with one of his words made with black sand. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO" the girl yelled and ran to her father. The poison of the blade was flowing threw his veins. When he opened his eyes they were no longer brown.

They were silver-gold. Almost the color of an eclipse. He had transformed in to Pitch Black, King of nightmares.

Finally the scene changed once again. The girl was now around the age of seventeen or eighteen. She was running through the forest, with her eight year old brother in her hands. Something was chasing them. They found an opening from the forest.

Sadly they were trapped; the clearing was a cliff, a dead end. The girl reached the edge of the cliff and stared down it was a long fall. But, there, a little way down. A flat rock sticking out of the cliff. And underneath it almost out of sight a small cave just enough space in it to hide her little brother.

She lowered herself down to the rock with her brother. "Luis, listen to me, ok" she told him, he slowly nodded his tears covering his face. "I'm going to lower you down to that cave, ok?" he once again nodded his head. "You have to stay there, no matter what you see, no matter what you hear, do you understand?" more tears started coming down, but he nodded his head again.

She looked around and saw a vine on the rock and handed it to him. "And when you are sure that everything is over, and you can come out, use this to climb up. When you do. Run! Run as fast as you can and find Toothiana, the tooth fairy, she will help you. And remember! I love you very, very much!" she hugged him and he hugged her back. "I love you to Flora."

She lowered him down to the cave. When she did so. Pitch appeared in front of her; luckily he didn't see the cave or her brother. "Ah, princess, we meet again! Where is your brother he would make a grate fearling." He said in a dark voice.

"Stay away from him." She said like she was warning him. He only laughed a little. "Do you really think that will happen? He will become a fearling!" the girl clenched her fists. "Over my dead body!" "That can be arranged!" he grabbed her by the throat. Slowly she was lousing air as his hand became tighter. She kicked her feet and grabbed his arms. Whit no luck, the world around became darker and she slowly closed her eyes. No longer able to breathe, and with no use of her getting fee she gave up.

Pitch let her go and she fell on the rock. "That's what you get for defying me!" he looked at her lifeless body, and in a second, just a second, you could see worry and pain in his eyes. He shook it off and left. Leaving his little girl, his princess, his only daughter, alone…

The moon shined brightly and a single moonbeam enlightened her. Her hair turned tree bark brown. And when she opened her eyes, they were no longer plain green, They were the most beautiful shade of green you have ever seen, when you look closer, they even looked like they were glowing a bit, she was snapped back to reality.

There you have it end of chapter 13. Hope you liked it. Also if you have some fan art you would like to send me pleas do, I love art. I will try to update as soon as I can. But with school coming in a couple of days… it may take a while, but don't worry, I will finish the story.

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