The Sorrows from Within
She sat there and listened to the man order her mother around, but before anything else would happen she heard a ear piercing scream and the line went dead.
Hope stood there motionless, weighted down by fear. Her mind was flying every where and she didn't know what to do. She stood there not thinking as the world stopped in front of her eyes. As her mind started to function she dropped her cell phone, it shattered into more than 6 pieces. Alex didn't know what was happening she hasn't seen Hope act like this for a long time and now she didn't know what to do.
Before Alex could do anything Hope started out in a sprint and ran towards her house, by then Hope had let a river of salty tears flow down her face.
Hope had finally reached her house but was scared to enter, afraid of what she might find. She took a moment to breath and to reduce her shaking to a minimum. Hope raised her small hand to the door knob, finding it hard to grasp since her hand grew clammy with fear. She turned the knob and opened the door. When she walked passed the frame, the sent of the blood hit her nose. Her heart began to race and her thoughts invaded her concentration. Hope searched the house and found her mother, tears sprung to her eyes as she laid her eyes on her mothers bleeding body...
Chapter 15: And then there was one...
Van stood there and watched as Hope stood there trailing her eyes over the blood and her once lively mother. He wanted to reach over and comfort her, but he knew he couldn't.
" I know your there" Hope said into the flat air.
Van didn't think she was talking to him, but in reality she was.
" Why won't you talk to me, you've been following me around all day, and now when I talk to you, you don't respond." Hope said turning towards Van, her voice was filled with anger and sadness.
" I didn't think you could see me," Van started, not wanting to say anything that would change the scene.
Before Van could say anything to the grieving girl he was pulled from that world and brought back to the darkness from which he started from.
" So now you know what my fate was, and why I couldn't just come and see her. She was 12, and it was June 15th, as you can see it was raining." Yuri said as she changed the scenery to a lovely meadow.
" Yes I see why, but I still don't know why she seemed so calm compared to what others would have acted like in her situation." Van wondered now that he had time to think upon the situation. Also he thought about each loss she had endeavored they all had something in common but Van couldn't put his finger on it.
" She had become so used to having family leave her that she couldn't grieve like every one else, surely you would understand Lord Van." Yuri lighted her voice.
" I know what it's like to loose your family and I certainly understand what she's going through, but she is taking it a lot differently than I did." Van said now thinking on what Yuri was getting at, he didn't know what she wanted him to do.
" I can read your thoughts you know, and I know you want me to explain what purpose I want you to carry out." Yuri smiled on how Van reacted to her comment, he looked as if he was ready to fall over from shock.
'She's like Hitomi in a way, I wonder if her daughter is the same way.' Van thought totally forgetting what Yuri had just informed him about.
Yuri chuckled, knowing what kind of thoughts ran through this young kings head.
" Im not entirely sure what the higher powers have in store for my daughter, but I know this. I need you to look our for her, get as close as she will let you, but don't push. Also I need you to make sure she makes it through this war, cause if she doesn't, your world is doomed into eternal slumber. There is still much to see behind Hope, would you like to continue?" Yuri wanted to show as much history as she could without exhausting the king.
Van noticed that Yuri had at least shed one tear for each moment she had shown Van, but this moment didn't get any weeping.
" Yes, please continue." Van motioned for her to proceed.
The scenery changed once again into the school, and similar to the last visit Van had seen Hope. But unlike last time, Hope seemed even more mysterious, and depressed. She wore everything black, but her face seemed pale and tired of being in the same position.
Hope walked as if she was constantly being followed, and tried to not talk to any one. Van was hurt when he seen how cut off from the world she had made herself, but he knew that it was one way of dealing with it, and he knew from experience.
As he followed her he seen the girl that was with her that day when her mother was killed. Van knew the time has passed a little bit from the last point, Hope looked older and shone with maturity. As Van's vision was between Hope and Alex, he noticed Hope tried not to regard her friend.
" Hope, Hope wait up!" Alex yelled not knowing what has gotten into her friend.
" Oh, Hey Alex," Hope's voice stayed at a monotone.
" Hope how come you haven't talk to me in nearly a week, I never get to see you any more, sure your in class but you seem to sink into the desk or make yourself seem invisible." Alex showed deep concern for her friend knowing not to push or pry on a subject but wanting to so badly.
" You know what Alex I heard a quote that seem so interesting to me, want to hear it?" Hope asked still not lifting her voice to another tone.
" All right, lets hear it, at least your talking." Alex tried to lighten the mood but it didn't seem to help.
" In life you only see one side, the rest lies in the shadows." Hope said not changing her gaze from a tree in the far distance.
" Wow that's beautiful, but mysterious and so mellow dramatic." Alex said putting a smile on her face, having a hint on what was bothering her friend.
" Would you like to hear another one, I think this is one of the things I like is the famous words of someone who has lived life and has died." Hope stated, Alex couldn't believe what was coming out of her friend mouth, the once happy go lucky girl she knew was gone and never coming back.
" Well if you want to tell me some I'll listen." Alex said just wanting to hear her friends soft gentle voice speak without shuddering and without stopping and wondering if there was some one there, watching.
" Two forces battle and become one but all shall parish." Hope spoke the words of sadness and they seemed to roll smoothly off her now bitter tongue.
" These are all interesting Hope but why the sudden interest in the sad things?" Alex wanted to know where her old friend had gone, not wanting to lose the person she started to grow up with.
" Im not sure just stuck into my mind I guess." Hope seemed to be in a deep trance, under a spell or something cause she wasn't herself, but who would be after the thing she has had to endure.
" Who wrote those quotes, I've never heard of them?" Alex wanted to know what her friend has been reading and what other things were these writers filling her head with.
" I did." hope said changing her tone just a slight bit showing that these questions were a little irritating.
Van listened to the things Hope wrote and one stuck out in his mind the last one that had left her secretly trembling lips. Van knew he had heard it before and wanted to know what it could mean.
" I see your troubled, what is wrong, are you tired?" Yuri asked the deep thinking royal.
" I heard something that troubled me," Van was about to explain but Yuri interrupted him.
" Yes I know, the quotes, right?" Yuri wanted to double check before she wasted any breath.
" Yes," Van said knowing that Yuri knew what they meant.
" Well Milord I will leave you tonight, when you wake up you will be able to study what these mean to the world of Geae, good night and don't forget what you have seen, I will return tomorrow night." Yuri's voice seem to drift away like the sand through an hour glass.
Van could feel himself being shaken and let his eyes flutter open. All he seen was deep red eyes staring back at him.
" Yes what is it?" Van said wanting to seem annoyed.
" Well Milord, you told me I should wake you up next time you seem to be having a night mare, so I followed your directions." Hope looked like she was concerned, but Van got the feeling it was false.
Authors Note:
Here's another chapter. I hope you like it, its short but I've had a lot to think about while I was writing and it threw off my concentration. Well R&R and tell me what you think of the chapters I have written for you so far and any suggestions for up coming chapters. Thanz for reading,
Later days.
She sat there and listened to the man order her mother around, but before anything else would happen she heard a ear piercing scream and the line went dead.
Hope stood there motionless, weighted down by fear. Her mind was flying every where and she didn't know what to do. She stood there not thinking as the world stopped in front of her eyes. As her mind started to function she dropped her cell phone, it shattered into more than 6 pieces. Alex didn't know what was happening she hasn't seen Hope act like this for a long time and now she didn't know what to do.
Before Alex could do anything Hope started out in a sprint and ran towards her house, by then Hope had let a river of salty tears flow down her face.
Hope had finally reached her house but was scared to enter, afraid of what she might find. She took a moment to breath and to reduce her shaking to a minimum. Hope raised her small hand to the door knob, finding it hard to grasp since her hand grew clammy with fear. She turned the knob and opened the door. When she walked passed the frame, the sent of the blood hit her nose. Her heart began to race and her thoughts invaded her concentration. Hope searched the house and found her mother, tears sprung to her eyes as she laid her eyes on her mothers bleeding body...
Chapter 15: And then there was one...
Van stood there and watched as Hope stood there trailing her eyes over the blood and her once lively mother. He wanted to reach over and comfort her, but he knew he couldn't.
" I know your there" Hope said into the flat air.
Van didn't think she was talking to him, but in reality she was.
" Why won't you talk to me, you've been following me around all day, and now when I talk to you, you don't respond." Hope said turning towards Van, her voice was filled with anger and sadness.
" I didn't think you could see me," Van started, not wanting to say anything that would change the scene.
Before Van could say anything to the grieving girl he was pulled from that world and brought back to the darkness from which he started from.
" So now you know what my fate was, and why I couldn't just come and see her. She was 12, and it was June 15th, as you can see it was raining." Yuri said as she changed the scenery to a lovely meadow.
" Yes I see why, but I still don't know why she seemed so calm compared to what others would have acted like in her situation." Van wondered now that he had time to think upon the situation. Also he thought about each loss she had endeavored they all had something in common but Van couldn't put his finger on it.
" She had become so used to having family leave her that she couldn't grieve like every one else, surely you would understand Lord Van." Yuri lighted her voice.
" I know what it's like to loose your family and I certainly understand what she's going through, but she is taking it a lot differently than I did." Van said now thinking on what Yuri was getting at, he didn't know what she wanted him to do.
" I can read your thoughts you know, and I know you want me to explain what purpose I want you to carry out." Yuri smiled on how Van reacted to her comment, he looked as if he was ready to fall over from shock.
'She's like Hitomi in a way, I wonder if her daughter is the same way.' Van thought totally forgetting what Yuri had just informed him about.
Yuri chuckled, knowing what kind of thoughts ran through this young kings head.
" Im not entirely sure what the higher powers have in store for my daughter, but I know this. I need you to look our for her, get as close as she will let you, but don't push. Also I need you to make sure she makes it through this war, cause if she doesn't, your world is doomed into eternal slumber. There is still much to see behind Hope, would you like to continue?" Yuri wanted to show as much history as she could without exhausting the king.
Van noticed that Yuri had at least shed one tear for each moment she had shown Van, but this moment didn't get any weeping.
" Yes, please continue." Van motioned for her to proceed.
The scenery changed once again into the school, and similar to the last visit Van had seen Hope. But unlike last time, Hope seemed even more mysterious, and depressed. She wore everything black, but her face seemed pale and tired of being in the same position.
Hope walked as if she was constantly being followed, and tried to not talk to any one. Van was hurt when he seen how cut off from the world she had made herself, but he knew that it was one way of dealing with it, and he knew from experience.
As he followed her he seen the girl that was with her that day when her mother was killed. Van knew the time has passed a little bit from the last point, Hope looked older and shone with maturity. As Van's vision was between Hope and Alex, he noticed Hope tried not to regard her friend.
" Hope, Hope wait up!" Alex yelled not knowing what has gotten into her friend.
" Oh, Hey Alex," Hope's voice stayed at a monotone.
" Hope how come you haven't talk to me in nearly a week, I never get to see you any more, sure your in class but you seem to sink into the desk or make yourself seem invisible." Alex showed deep concern for her friend knowing not to push or pry on a subject but wanting to so badly.
" You know what Alex I heard a quote that seem so interesting to me, want to hear it?" Hope asked still not lifting her voice to another tone.
" All right, lets hear it, at least your talking." Alex tried to lighten the mood but it didn't seem to help.
" In life you only see one side, the rest lies in the shadows." Hope said not changing her gaze from a tree in the far distance.
" Wow that's beautiful, but mysterious and so mellow dramatic." Alex said putting a smile on her face, having a hint on what was bothering her friend.
" Would you like to hear another one, I think this is one of the things I like is the famous words of someone who has lived life and has died." Hope stated, Alex couldn't believe what was coming out of her friend mouth, the once happy go lucky girl she knew was gone and never coming back.
" Well if you want to tell me some I'll listen." Alex said just wanting to hear her friends soft gentle voice speak without shuddering and without stopping and wondering if there was some one there, watching.
" Two forces battle and become one but all shall parish." Hope spoke the words of sadness and they seemed to roll smoothly off her now bitter tongue.
" These are all interesting Hope but why the sudden interest in the sad things?" Alex wanted to know where her old friend had gone, not wanting to lose the person she started to grow up with.
" Im not sure just stuck into my mind I guess." Hope seemed to be in a deep trance, under a spell or something cause she wasn't herself, but who would be after the thing she has had to endure.
" Who wrote those quotes, I've never heard of them?" Alex wanted to know what her friend has been reading and what other things were these writers filling her head with.
" I did." hope said changing her tone just a slight bit showing that these questions were a little irritating.
Van listened to the things Hope wrote and one stuck out in his mind the last one that had left her secretly trembling lips. Van knew he had heard it before and wanted to know what it could mean.
" I see your troubled, what is wrong, are you tired?" Yuri asked the deep thinking royal.
" I heard something that troubled me," Van was about to explain but Yuri interrupted him.
" Yes I know, the quotes, right?" Yuri wanted to double check before she wasted any breath.
" Yes," Van said knowing that Yuri knew what they meant.
" Well Milord I will leave you tonight, when you wake up you will be able to study what these mean to the world of Geae, good night and don't forget what you have seen, I will return tomorrow night." Yuri's voice seem to drift away like the sand through an hour glass.
Van could feel himself being shaken and let his eyes flutter open. All he seen was deep red eyes staring back at him.
" Yes what is it?" Van said wanting to seem annoyed.
" Well Milord, you told me I should wake you up next time you seem to be having a night mare, so I followed your directions." Hope looked like she was concerned, but Van got the feeling it was false.
Authors Note:
Here's another chapter. I hope you like it, its short but I've had a lot to think about while I was writing and it threw off my concentration. Well R&R and tell me what you think of the chapters I have written for you so far and any suggestions for up coming chapters. Thanz for reading,
Later days.