3 years. It is now 3 years that Dagonet and I are lovers. The best 3 years in my life. I do not regret one of those years. I am glad to have met him and have the privilege to be with him. With one of the great knights of Arthur from the Great Wall. Even if the Romans think they are not great. They have no idea. Those knights are the bravest men I know. They risk they life in every silly mission they have to go to get their freedom. Their freedom. They are free. They had always been and will always be.

It all started when I was a girl or young woman at the age of 22. Our village was attacked by a folk I never have heard of but would later learn of. They burnt the houses and killed everyone. Myself, my friend Nora and a couple of children were the only survivors. We went for a walk into the fields behind the lake like we always did on Saturdays. And that saved our lives. On our return Nora and I noticed smoke coming up behind some trees and we went suspicious. I told her to stay with the children, who slowly became frightened and calm them down.

I quickly ran into the village and what I found shocked me so hard I fell onto my knees and just kneeled there, mouth open and unable to do anything else. As realization finally hit me I started to cry and screamed over the pain, the crime that occurred here, over the life's that had been taken. I cried so hard I first did not see the person coming towards me, holding high a sword, ready to kill me.

"Ela watch out!" I stopped crying and looked up to see the man running towards me.
I quickly got up, turned around and ran back to the lake. Near the trees stood Nora with the children and I became even more scared and worried for the children. They would get killed, we all will get killed.
"RUN!!" I screamed and they ran. Catching up with them I picked up little 3-year-old Ida who was to slow for the others and screamed to them to speed up. I turned my head around to see if we are followed to see 3 more of those men. Speeding up again I saw men on horses coming from the direction we were heading to.
Turning immediately right to avoid the new danger as well. I fell behind with little Ida, who became to heavy for me but I did not give up. Turning my head again to see both were following us. And then it came. Pain. I stopped. I put Ida on the ground. Fell to my knees again and grabbed my back. An Arrow. It was right at the edge. It came out on the left side of my hips. I was disbelievingly staring at my bloody hands. Never really been injured, seeing my own blood in that amount shocked me. I realized that Ida was staring at my bloody hand too and looking very scared I told her to run and follow the others. She would not listen but I promised her that I will follow her soon and she left. Watching her run her away and not able to move a lot I heard a horse coming towards me. I froze, scared to death I looked up to meet the kindest brown eyes I have ever seen.
"Don't harm them, they are just children" I said and fainted.