This chapter(3) is dedicated to the queen worthy KnightMaiden. TTTHHAAANNXXX.
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Chapter three-
Kaye brought Sera to a lake, off to the east of the village. "Robin and I will miss you as we leave." he told her, throwing a rock, letting it skip across the water. Sera nodded her head, more to herself. "Will you be here when I get back?" he asked, sitting down on a rock, which Sera joined him on. She looked away over to the trees.
"No. I won't be here." she replied, running her hands over her tattoos in remembrance of her home. Kaye looked down, his facial expressions sad. "Where would you be?" he asked curiously. Sera looked towards her friend. "Back home to where my people live. Away from the fear of Romans." she told him. Kaye rose an eyebrow.
"Why go back, you already have a life here." Sera thought about what he had said. "Yes Kaye, I do have a new life here, but I want to go back to live the life I will always wish for." she told him, moving off the rock and sitting on the ground below him.
"This is freedom Sera, no boundaries. Nothing but pure beauty, when you go back to your home, it isn't going to be the same. Now that you have seen Sarmatia, your home will be nothing but a stranger to you." he let his hand rest on her shoulder as if comforting her slightly.
"Here I am known as a stranger. The girl from the Far East. I am just Sera Hadeen. There in my home I am Seradan El'Hadeen. There I have a life full of royals and savage warriors. A place where I belong." Sera watched him roll his eyes as she tried to explain why she wished to go back.
Kaye stood up and grabbed Sera's hands, pulling her up as well. "Home isn't always where the heart is, it's where you make one." Sera stopped abruptly as she started to walk away. 'Home isn't always where the heart is, it's where you make one.' By the time she turned around to reply, Kaye was gone.
p>Sera sat down once again and threw a rock into the water. She turned around swiftly when she heard footsteps. She turned around to see a boy with dark hair, which was long and had random braids in it. On his two cheeks he had a tattoo. Sera stood up, worried because he looked wild and dangerous, but also because she knew the markings and what they meant. br>
"Sholem aleycham" Sera said in her native language, trying to see if the boy understood. The boy rose an eyebrow and said back, "A Pitsele?" he asked her. Sera could tell he wasn't from her home literally but he was from east Sarmatia since he knew some of her language, though he struggled with it. She shook her head no.
I am Seradan El'Hadeen." she told him, pointing to herself. He nodded his head and pointed to him saying, "I am Tristan." Sera smiled at the boy and turned towards the water as she saw a small horse splashing through it. She turned around to ask the boy if it was his, but by the time she turned around, he was gone.
Anna sat outside of her hut as Sera approached her. "Sera!" she greeted, her voice loud out of relief. Sera bowed her head in greeting and sat next to her friend. "Anna. I met someone by the lake." Anna moved closer to her friend as she went on. "His name was Tristan and he spoke some of my language by what I could tell. He said he was looking for a little child. I turned around to see a small horse that appeared out of no where in the water, but when I turned back around he was gone."
Anna recollected the data and thought to herself. "Horse?" she asked. Sera nodded and pointed to the black stallion that was very large for a baby. "It is from my home." Sera informed her.
Anna rose an eyebrow. "From your home. That is far to the east. He must have been from the far corners of Sarmatia to acquire such a thing!" she told her friend moving closer to the animal.
"It is young." Sera moved closer as well, feeling the black coat of the horse. Anna laughed. "Young and huge. Are call horses in your home this large?" Sera nodded. "He will grow to be big and fast. A good steed to fight the sand of my home and to outrun sand storms!" Sera said her voice full of pride.
Anna looked down. "I wish you good luck when you leave." She told her best friend. Sera stared at Anna. "I will never forget you Anna of Sarmatia." Anna smiled. "And I shall never forget you, Sera Hadeen of Jerusalem."
Sera walked the horse towards the woods. "I'm visiting Merkyn, see you soon Shikse." 'Shikse?' Anna thought to herself. She saw nothing but Sera's retreating back as she entered the woods.
Later that day...
"You say that you met a boy by the lake?" asked Merkyn, rethingking the story over. Sera nodded her head taking another bite out of the bread that was in front of her. "His name was Tristan?" Sera nodded her head, tired of Merkyn's questions that had been going on for an hour.
"Did he look like he came from your land?" Merkyn asked. Sera finished off the bread and finally answered one of his questions. " s tattoos on his cheeks were from my people. His dark hair resembled my people but also that of Sarmatians. He had my people's stature and tanned skin. He looked like one of the warriors of Jerusalem, not a royal. The royals are pale, as I am slightly." Saying all she had to, she got under her covers. Ignoring the rest of the old man's questions.
I think there might be a small romance between Kaye and Sera in some later chapters and way later in the story, but Kaye will not be the knight she ends up with. (AND I AM NOT SAYING SHE ACTUALLY ENDS UP WITH ONE) I'm hoping this chapter was good enough to get some reviews. I would LOVE to get some by the way!
And there was some Tristan. There is a later meaning as to why he was mentioned and seen by our character. I hope you all enjoy and the knights will be coming in in the next few chapters. Maybe chapter five. BUT ONLY IF YOU REVIEW!
DICTIONARY-
"Sholem aleycham"- Hello.
" Pitsele"- A little child.
"Shikse"- A non-Jew female.
Yes, Sera is from Jerusalem and is Jewish.