Chapter Nine of Fifty the Start of Her Quest and a Loving Memory
Ever heard of the phrase: 'The Road less traveled leads to treasures?' If you have, then that expression is crap. Because the road less traveled that Meralia took, didn't lead to treasure, just a huge hole in the ground. The great gaping hole, surrounded by ivy and holly and silver bulbs of some sort, the hole was incredibility deep even for a mountain as small as this.
"Maybe it reaches down to the bottom to the Earth?" she thought as she bent down to look into the great opening.
"Hmm, oh I better find the rock." She said as she turned back down the road to the bottom. The journey up alone took about three hours. And the way down was a lot easier, for Meralia jumped down every curve down to the road downwards to the next, in about a half an hour, she got to the bottom, and she started to walk up the mountain.
"Why… did I even agree to this? I could've been with my mother again, even if it is in death. But… Dearka, I love him so much I wouldn't want to leave him…" she thought, Meralia slowly paced up the mountain, until she met a giant curve in the road, like a fork, where she sat down and took a rest.
"This is hard work." She said aloud and rolled onto the dusty trail. She breathed in deeply, but when she sniffed the air, no oxygen flowed in, she snapped up and craned her neck, and there were no trees. That means…
XxXxXxX Ioioioioioioioi kckckcckckckckckckckckck qlqlqlqlqlqlqlqlqlqlqlql
The sun had gone down twice before Dearka woke up beside the corpse of Meralia. When he finally stirred, the grass was gone around Meralia, and her body smelled like death.
"So it's true, it wasn't a dream." He said to her, the remaining grass from around them swayed in the gentle breeze. Flying among the wind was what looked like a bonnet, a pink one with a white ribbon around the brim of the head piece. It gently floated down to the ground, and the wind picked it up again. Dearka stood up and looked at the sunset where the bonnet was coming from, and had a Flashback.
Flashback:
"Catch me if you can!" cried Meralia, aged 13. It was summer vacation from the Academy, and Meralia totally forgot about wanting to kill Dearka. Her white dress swayed with a wind and her rusty hair gleamed in the remaining sun, her white bonnet in hand, Dearka was following close behind her barefooted and chasing her, Meralia squealed and started to run again from her hunter, but she took off to late, and Dearka caught her, he pulled the ruffle from the back of her plain dress and as she fell back, took her in his arms and swung her around in a circle, making her laugh with glee. Her she let go of the bonnet and it sailed away in the wind, but Meralia had hardly noticed.
When Dearka finally stopped twirling her, he looked at his red haired princess.
"Dearka, whats the matter? Why are you looking at me like that?" she asked.
"Meralia… I think that I love you." he said, and brought his head close to hers and placed his forehead on hers.
"Will you be my princess Lady Meralia?" he said in a deep voice. She laughed at his joke.
"Only if you bring me a Phoenix for my birthday." She joked.
"I'll sail all around the world just to make you happy." He said and brought his nose to hers.
"Can I ask you a question?" he whispered.
"Whatever you wish," she replied.
"May I kiss you?" he asked without a sarcastic tone.
"Why of course," she said and pulled him closer, and gently placed her lips on his.
"Marry me." He said.
"Not until you give me that Phoenix that I wanted." She said, Dearka laughed, and kissed her again.
"Where did your bonnet go?" Dearka asked,
"What?" she pulled away from him and stood up. And looked each way around her,
"It blew away with the wind. I think," she turned from facing the west to the south as the wind blew her waist length hair.
"I guess I'll never get to back, ahh well, at least I got you." She said and walked over to Dearka.
"Ya and I promise you I'll never fly away with the wind. That you can count on." Meralia started to laugh again, he picked her up again and carried her to the near by tree and climbed up to the top, there they both fell asleep in each others arms, Meralia on Dearka's arm, and Dearka's head on Meralia's shoulder. The entire world was a peace.
End Flashback.
Dearka jumped up, and caught the bonnet with his hand and looked at in. Inside was the initials; M.H and beside that, from what Dearka couldn't remember was the initials; M.H + D.E LOVE.
Dearka looked longingly at the small admittance of love. He took the bonnet and walked away from Meralia's body.