All Alone
The days passed slowly, Ebony rarely left her brother's sides. They seemed to be breathing skeletons but as long as they breathed she would stay there and care for them. Dark circles were under her eyes as she watched them; lack of sleep plagued her. Memories raced through her head of her brothers raising her. The three of them going to the market place, the two dark heads with the little silver one. They were inseparable. Nothing could tear them apart, except death.
Raven padded softly down the stairs and took a seat next to Ebony as she often did, "Why don't you get some sleep? I can watch them for you."
Ebony turned grateful eyes on her companion, "How much longer will we be on this boat?" Raven shook her head; the time frame was unknown to her. Ebony's gaze dropped to her hands as she played with her fingers. Thoughts about the time raced through her head, she knew her brothers didn't have much longer but they would last, they had to. With a final glance at her brothers she stood up and headed over to another bed to rest.
"Leave me be." A hand was shaking her, trying to wake her up. Finally her eyes fluttered open and she popped up in bed. "What's wrong? What's the matter?" Her eyes darted around frantically. There was only one reason why someone would wake her up and she was praying to God that she was wrong.
"Ebony they're gone. Just a few minutes ago. They passed away together, one right after the other. The men are getting ready for the burial. We need to head to the top." Raven watched Ebony for her reaction, she knew the girl cared deeply for her brothers and would probably take it hard.
With Raven's help, Ebony got up from the bed. Her brother's were dead; she knew that for certain. Over the days she had been taking care of her brothers she saw their will to live vanish, and with that her tears. She already cried her heart out for them, and now it was just final. She headed to the deck to watch the burial of her brothers at sea.
The wind whipped her hair about her face as the men pushed off the caskets. The splash of the ocean could barely be heard above the roaring wind. It was over; she would never see them again. Their smiling faces would never be there to cheer her up or tease her. She was all alone. And now she was heading to a place she had never been before, a place she knew nothing about. Her life was over, as she knew it.
Raven watched as Ebony walked around in a daze, day after day. There was only one thing that could possibly bring her out of it. When they strike land, everything would hopefully change for the better.
The days passed slowly, Ebony rarely left her brother's sides. They seemed to be breathing skeletons but as long as they breathed she would stay there and care for them. Dark circles were under her eyes as she watched them; lack of sleep plagued her. Memories raced through her head of her brothers raising her. The three of them going to the market place, the two dark heads with the little silver one. They were inseparable. Nothing could tear them apart, except death.
Raven padded softly down the stairs and took a seat next to Ebony as she often did, "Why don't you get some sleep? I can watch them for you."
Ebony turned grateful eyes on her companion, "How much longer will we be on this boat?" Raven shook her head; the time frame was unknown to her. Ebony's gaze dropped to her hands as she played with her fingers. Thoughts about the time raced through her head, she knew her brothers didn't have much longer but they would last, they had to. With a final glance at her brothers she stood up and headed over to another bed to rest.
"Leave me be." A hand was shaking her, trying to wake her up. Finally her eyes fluttered open and she popped up in bed. "What's wrong? What's the matter?" Her eyes darted around frantically. There was only one reason why someone would wake her up and she was praying to God that she was wrong.
"Ebony they're gone. Just a few minutes ago. They passed away together, one right after the other. The men are getting ready for the burial. We need to head to the top." Raven watched Ebony for her reaction, she knew the girl cared deeply for her brothers and would probably take it hard.
With Raven's help, Ebony got up from the bed. Her brother's were dead; she knew that for certain. Over the days she had been taking care of her brothers she saw their will to live vanish, and with that her tears. She already cried her heart out for them, and now it was just final. She headed to the deck to watch the burial of her brothers at sea.
The wind whipped her hair about her face as the men pushed off the caskets. The splash of the ocean could barely be heard above the roaring wind. It was over; she would never see them again. Their smiling faces would never be there to cheer her up or tease her. She was all alone. And now she was heading to a place she had never been before, a place she knew nothing about. Her life was over, as she knew it.
Raven watched as Ebony walked around in a daze, day after day. There was only one thing that could possibly bring her out of it. When they strike land, everything would hopefully change for the better.
