Nearing the end, I really like this chapter, what do you think?
As Richard looks out the window wondering what´s going to happen next he hears the door open.
He turns around expecting to see the hulking figure of king Fergus, but is shocked to be greeted by the delicate figure of fiery hair that is his only and true love.
-Mérida, wot are ye…?- he begins, but is cut short as she rushes by his side and kisses him on the lips.
-My parents have approved of the wedding! - She announces breaking the kiss.
-Really?!- He asks amazed.
-Aye- she answers smiling and stands up –But, we don´t have to wait do we?-
He doesn´t understand what she means, that is until he notices she is getting rid of her dress, exposing the corset beneath it.
They embrace each other, the moment is perfect…the sharp pain on his side returns, what is it this time?
He has come to realize that something cuts him under the kilt and looks for the strange object to remove it; triumphant he takes it from his robes…and stares in horror at his finding.
It´s an arrow tip, stainless steel, broad head, used for hunting, no place for it in this century.
His body stiffens and he drops the arrow tip, stretching one last time towards his love, his true love, his only love…
-Richard? Wot´s wrong?-
He speaks her name one last time –Mérida…- before being pulled out; the walls of the room are further away every moment as is the girl he worships.
Her terrified screams still echo in his ears as everything is swallowed by darkness
–Richard! RICHARD! RIIIICHAAAARD!-
He opens his eyes, sweat washes over him, every muscle in his body aches; the room is the same he has just abandoned but is now covered by displays of all shapes and sizes.
-No…- he whispers in desperation –no...No..NO! - He staggers back to his feet, trying to reach the room where the hypnosis first took place. While he walks he repeats in his mind "It´s…it´s August the first 1004, I´m back, I´m back…" but he isn´t "God please…"
Halfway to the tower he meets security guards, three of them –That boy has been living in the museum for two days- One states –Be kind enough to show him the exit-
The remaining two grab him by the arms and start dragging him outside the castle, he has lost.
Through tear-filled eyes he gives one last look at the displays, several he had somehow managed to miss before…had they even been there in the first place?
A bow, the one he carved, he can read the plate under it.
"This bow is the first example of sights for benefit of the archer"
A very old, yellow piece of paper; with handwriting on it.
" This typical song of the Scottish Highlands had been little spread until recent years, when the rock music group "Aerosmith" used it as an inspiration for the popular song "I don´t want to miss a thing".
And finally a rusty, decayed, pointy piece of metal.
"This is perhaps one of the greatest mysteries to ever shock the archeological community, forged in stainless steel and with the shape of a modern hunting broad head it was the Princess´s of DunBroch most prized possession. Based on tapestries we know that she wore it as a necklace until the day of her death. The source of this piece remains unknown"
He closes his eyes, defeated.
