Chapter 12

Who is she?

I opened my eyes and saw everything how it was when I went to sleep birds still chirping, leaves still green, ground still covered in grass and flowers. The only question on my mind was "Who is the girl I should give the rose to?" After a few minutes of rest I stood up and streched then got my equipment together and headed off down a path out of the forest.

"Help! Help! Someone please help me!" I heard this beautiful voice screaming, the voice of a girl maybe a few years younger than me or so. I listened closer and headed towards the voice and as I got closer I felt the marks on my cheeks to burn and freeze and despite the pain I continued to run closer until I got into a clearing. "Hello? Did some one need help?" I looked left and right yet saw no one. I shrugged and headed back until I heard the girls voice again. "Help me!" I turned and responded "Where are you!" "Down here in this well!"

I felt the intensity of the burning and freezing increase and could barely focus. "J…j…just hold on! I'll save y…you!" I fell to my knees from the pain and almost blacked out. "No. Hang in there you fool." I told myself. I looked around and found the well behind a nearby bush and looked down into it seeing a beautiful girl of about 16 or so with blonde hair and a curvacious body deep in the well. "I'll save you!" I focused and began to move the water in the bottom of the well until it all gushed out slowly out of the well and the girl was dropped softly onto the ground and the water retreated back into the well.

I turned to her and held out my hand saying "Are you alright?" She took my hand and I helped her up. "Yes I'm alright thank you for saving me stranger." I bowed to her. "My name is Zack, and what would yours be miss?" She smiled. "Well it's nice to meet you Zack. My name is Sarah and I feel I should repay you for saving my life." She wrapped her arms around me and I felt that this was a little awkward. "Uhhh..Sarah...I respect that you are grateful, but you won't need to repay me in any way." She looked up at me with her shining green eyes. "You're my hero, please atleast let me give you somewhere to stay for the night, a meal, and some fresh clothes." I felt very nervous. "Alright. I am feeling very hungry right now. It's been atleast 3 days since I've slept in a nice bed."

Sarah led me back to her fathers inn and gave me a free room for saving her life. Later that night we had dinner and Sarah's mother made a large feast for me. I ate rice and noodles until I was too full to eat any more then I went to my room and fell asleep as soon as I layed down on the bed. Later that night in the early hours before sunrise I heard a beautiful voice singing outside the inn and I woke up. I looked out my window to see Sarah wearing a white gown and singing as she was picking roses in the garden. She looked amazing in the moonlight and her singing voice pulled me in until I smashed my head against the window divider and rubbed my forehead.

I felt both of my cheeks burn and freeze causing me great pain, but I was too distracted listening to Sarah's enchanting singing voice. I was listening and it finally hit me. Sarah is the girl that my future self spoke of. She is the one I am to give the rose to. I actually felt like I was falling for her so I left the inn and headed outside feeling very nervous.

"Might I ask what your doing awake at this hour Zack?" I swallowed and felt sweat evaporate on the fire mark. "I…I was awokened by your beautiful song." She smiled at me and dropped her basket filled with roses then ran to me and jumped into my arms and kissed me. I felt time stand still like it does when I have visions, but I knew this was real it's almost too great to be true. We fell backwards onto the grass and Sarah began to laugh then kissed me once more. "Zack…I was drawn to you ever since I saw your face looking down into that well. I wish for you to stay here with me and we can be together." I felt my marks burn and freeze much stronger now causing me much pain, but I didn't let her see it. "Sarah…I was drawn to you as well ever since I heard your enchanting voice calling to me, but you can't be with me. I am not like everyone else, I have powers that most people would kill for." She looked into my eyes and I looked into hers. "So that is what those glowing marks symbolize?" I nodded and looked away. "I have a destiny, I have killed for what I thought was the right ideals, but they were nothing but hollow lies."

I sat up and looked at the moon then the pain from the marks became so intense I blacked out. The next thing I saw was a tremendous battle between two people one was the cloaked figure from a past vision and the other was the boy on the boat. They were fighting with bending powers, the cloaked figure used Earth Bending and the boy used Air Bending. I saw them both fighting with such furiosity and vigoration they were trying to kill each other for each others necklace.

The next thing I saw was Sarah looking into my eyes. "I think he's waking up!" I sat up and saw Sarah and her family around me. "Are you alright Zack?" asked the inn keeper. "I am fine Sir. I think I blacked out due to my powers." After I looked around the room I noticed it was a little after noon and the sun was out. "I thank you for giving me room and board, but I must be going now." Sarah looked at me. "Please don't leave yet! I love you Zack! I won't let you leave!" Her eyes began to tear up. "Sarah I told you. My burden is too great I can't be with you." She began to cry and ran out of the inn. I got off the couch I was laying on and felt bad. Then a thought came into my head. "The rose." I left the inn looking for Sarah and found a beautiful red rose and picked it up holding it in my hand. I ran through the back area of the inn then into the forest and kept searching for Sarah until I became tired and sat to rest for a few moments. I then heard a beautiful singing voice in the distance and ran towards it.

I found Sarah by a waterfall singing while completely nude. I froze up and became very nervous then remembered the words my future self told me. "Give her the rose no matter how scared or nervous you get." I heard it echo in my mind. I took in a deep breath and jumped high into the air and then landed perfectly on the water next to Sarah. "Sarah listen…" She turned away and headed towards her clothes. I lifted a wave in the water to pull her closer and it worked. "Sarah I'm sorry. I love you too and I do want to be with you. I shouldn't said those things. I found this rose. It reminded me of your beauty.:" She looked up at me and I held out my hand to her and she took it standing atop the water with me. "Zack I love you so much." She kissed me with tears streaming down her face. I decided I would stay with her forever. I knelt on one knee still on the water and offered her the rose. "Sarah will you stay with me forever?" She looked down at me and smiled then took the rose. "Yes Zack I will, but only if you stay here with me." I stood up and kissed her then whispered in her ear "I wouldn't have it any other way."