Chapter Two... A Happy Home and a Black Death
Note: To all those actually reading this... my friend said that it was confusing so let me break it down. Arthur is Balian father. That's it. It isn't Arthur from Camalot. Balian's mom (Vivian) had an affair with the king (Arthur) she ended up pregnant but didn't want to keep Balian, he was a reminder of her love for the king. She really did love him and you'll find out if he really loves her. So let's see what Vivian did with Balian...
Two days after my birth I was carried to my Aunt Fay's. Fay was a fragile older women, who always wore an apron and had messy hair. Her eyes were always bright. I never understood why at first, I mean her husband Blue was only a blacksmith, like my mother's husband had been. Blue was a tall man, with a rounder middle. Prehaps they called him Blue because of his eyes, they sparkeled. I wonder if that's what the ocean looked like. He had rough hands and I was timid at first. They had lived in a small stone house. I wouldn't say that we were poor. We always had food to eat. Blue did ok in the blacksmith business. Knights on quest would come by and let Blue shoe their horses. One afternoon a man with a blue crest road up. He had a scar that ran the length of his face below one eye. I was in awe. He looked so strong on his horse. His name I don't recall but he showed me a few tricks with his sword. That was the day I decided I wanted to be a knight. I told Blue and he quickly dismissed the idea. " Who would Fay have to spoil?'' Blue asked. Fay was wonderful and she did spoiled me with hugs and kisses, unlike my own mom. I suppose thinking about my mom leaving me to go back to the king should make me angry. It does not. Your curious why care about my own mom, her life, her death? The answer is simple it was in my blood to forgive, Blue taught me that. I found it very fortunate that my mom had brought me to my Fay and Blue's rescue. Fay had always wanted a child. She had been lucky to marry her childhood friend Blue,she however had been unlucky to catch the mumps at age seven, and damage her reproductive organs. At the time illness were often undetermined. Fay saw me as her child and excepted me as her own. That was what I longed for.
More than forgiveness Blue taught me how to make things from metal. I loved molding hot iron in to things. Horshoes, swords, rapiers, anything...
My life with Fay and Blue was a happy one, they never raised a hand or thier voices. I was expected to do my chores but other than that I spent the rest of my day playing with the swords I made. I loved to pretend I was a brave Lord fighting a dragon for a fair madien. If only being a lord was like that. The summer I turned fourteen a plague swept through no one knew what caused this. It left people speechless. The effects devasting it killed half of Europe. As bad as the town people looked no one left me has broken hearted as Fay. Blue had told me to come in early from my playing I really thought nothing of it. Sometimes when Blue's brother came my play was interrupted Fay had never looked so frail. She coughed so violently she did not speak a word. She only held Blue's hand. Her other hand trembled when she passed me a letter. I did not read it. I decided that I would only read it when death looked me face to face.
When she died I cried, I cried so much my eyes where swollen the next day. Blue did not eat for weeks I was afraid he may pass as well. Blue and I spent most of are time in the shop not much conversation went on between us. One day it was so hot that we went to rest under the shade
of a tree.
This chapter feels empty to me like I missing something... I hope you like it Telcontar Rulz... thanks for your review :)