Post by Sarena on Feb 13, 2005 9:05:46 GMT -5
She reined the mare in and slowly surveyed the ruins of what was once, the home of her family. The day before, she had finally reached the town called Cove,
and inquired about, asking if anyone knew Silas the carpenter, and his wife Alisha.
Finally, she entered the Healers Hut and ask India "Forgive me for troubling thee dear lady, but I am Sarena, I have traveled from the outskirts of Britain
in search of my family, Silas and Alisha, they lived near here I am told, dost thou know of them?"
"Ah dear child! So you are the long lost daughter! Aye child I knew them well, and fine folks they were..."
Sarena felt an ominous foreboding as she watched a look of sadness spread across Indias face, "Please tell me they are okay!"
India took the girls hand in her own, "Come sit down child, I will tell thee all I know." Then gently led her to a chair and sat down in one opposite her.
"Child, your family.......all of them, save your sister Breanna, were killed three months ago, when a band of marauding cutthroats pillaged their way through Cove Territory.
They raped and killed, and plundered and destroyed everything in their path. Your families home was on the Peninsula North of town, and, I'm sorry to say
child, that they killed your father, after they made him watch as they ravished your mother and sisters, all save Breanna. She had gone up the banks from your
home to find some herbs your mother had needed that morn.
She saw the smoke made when the slayers set fire to your fathers house and barn. I guess, when
Breanna saw the smoke she ran back to the house, but must have heard something, screams or yelling, that made her stop, she was found the next day, hidden in
the rubble of the charred barn."
Sarena could not stop the tears as they flowed profusely down her face. This was too cruel, to learn of the family she had, then lose them before she could
ever find them. India handed her a cloth to wipe her face, and Sarena cried violently at her loss.
Slowly, she regained her composure and looked back to
India, "You say all were killed but my sister Breanna, where is she now? I want to find her, and help her through this terrible loss".
India clasped Sarenas hands in hers, "Child, Breanna, although she is a few years older than thee, has witnessed a terrible thing, in seeing what the
killers did to the rest of your family, It has turned her heart hard, and I fear, she may be in trouble herself.
When she was found, it was weeks before
she ever spoke, she was almost in a catatonic state, we had to make her eat and drink, and she did this all without ever making a sound. Then its as if a
flood had opened in her mind, I woke one night to her screams, and ran to her, it took me almost the rest of the night to calm her, till she finally slept.
The next morn, she ask for some food, and clothing, and,......"
"And What?" Sarena ask when India stopped, "What is it? What did she want?"
"She ask for a sword child, she said she was going after the cutthroats, and she was going to kill them all, and avenge the blood of your family. I tried to stop her, but she was wild in her determination, all I could do was get her what she wanted, and tell her, she would always be welcome here."
Sarena stood, placed her hand on Indias' houlder, "You have been very kind dear lady, for helping my sister, and I will repay your generosity. However, I
must find Breanna as soon as possible, before the worst happens and I lose her too!
Do you have any idea which way she went? Who these savages are? Can you tell me anything that will help me find her before its too late?"
India stood and took Sarenas hand, "Child, the man leading the slayers goes by the name of Keegan, he is a big Celt, with blazing red hair. If you should ever see him, you will know tis him, for he has a scar that runs from his left temple to his jaw. He is evil Sarena, and he possesses a savage nature I have not seen before in all my years.
Please child be careful. When Breanna left here, she was headed North, which is the direction Keegan and his band took after they left your Fathers home."
"Do not worry India, I will be very careful. I am going to find Breanna, and change her mind. This Keegan is probably long gone by now, at least I hope he
is. I will go to what is left of my home and see if I can salvage anything, but in the morn, I will be setting out to find Breanna.
Thank thee again India, for all your help, may the Gods smile upon thee." With this said, Sarena left India to travel to the home she had been dreaming of.
Climbing down from her horse, she slowly walks over to the seven fresh graves. Tears began flowing again as she crumpled to the ground mourning her loss.
Time passed as she lay there grief stricken, but finally composure returned, and she rose.
"I will find Breanna, and we will help each other overcome this terrible time." She thought to herself, then she began gathering flowers, to place on the
graves of the family she never knew.
and inquired about, asking if anyone knew Silas the carpenter, and his wife Alisha.
Finally, she entered the Healers Hut and ask India "Forgive me for troubling thee dear lady, but I am Sarena, I have traveled from the outskirts of Britain
in search of my family, Silas and Alisha, they lived near here I am told, dost thou know of them?"
"Ah dear child! So you are the long lost daughter! Aye child I knew them well, and fine folks they were..."
Sarena felt an ominous foreboding as she watched a look of sadness spread across Indias face, "Please tell me they are okay!"
India took the girls hand in her own, "Come sit down child, I will tell thee all I know." Then gently led her to a chair and sat down in one opposite her.
"Child, your family.......all of them, save your sister Breanna, were killed three months ago, when a band of marauding cutthroats pillaged their way through Cove Territory.
They raped and killed, and plundered and destroyed everything in their path. Your families home was on the Peninsula North of town, and, I'm sorry to say
child, that they killed your father, after they made him watch as they ravished your mother and sisters, all save Breanna. She had gone up the banks from your
home to find some herbs your mother had needed that morn.
She saw the smoke made when the slayers set fire to your fathers house and barn. I guess, when
Breanna saw the smoke she ran back to the house, but must have heard something, screams or yelling, that made her stop, she was found the next day, hidden in
the rubble of the charred barn."
Sarena could not stop the tears as they flowed profusely down her face. This was too cruel, to learn of the family she had, then lose them before she could
ever find them. India handed her a cloth to wipe her face, and Sarena cried violently at her loss.
Slowly, she regained her composure and looked back to
India, "You say all were killed but my sister Breanna, where is she now? I want to find her, and help her through this terrible loss".
India clasped Sarenas hands in hers, "Child, Breanna, although she is a few years older than thee, has witnessed a terrible thing, in seeing what the
killers did to the rest of your family, It has turned her heart hard, and I fear, she may be in trouble herself.
When she was found, it was weeks before
she ever spoke, she was almost in a catatonic state, we had to make her eat and drink, and she did this all without ever making a sound. Then its as if a
flood had opened in her mind, I woke one night to her screams, and ran to her, it took me almost the rest of the night to calm her, till she finally slept.
The next morn, she ask for some food, and clothing, and,......"
"And What?" Sarena ask when India stopped, "What is it? What did she want?"
"She ask for a sword child, she said she was going after the cutthroats, and she was going to kill them all, and avenge the blood of your family. I tried to stop her, but she was wild in her determination, all I could do was get her what she wanted, and tell her, she would always be welcome here."
Sarena stood, placed her hand on Indias' houlder, "You have been very kind dear lady, for helping my sister, and I will repay your generosity. However, I
must find Breanna as soon as possible, before the worst happens and I lose her too!
Do you have any idea which way she went? Who these savages are? Can you tell me anything that will help me find her before its too late?"
India stood and took Sarenas hand, "Child, the man leading the slayers goes by the name of Keegan, he is a big Celt, with blazing red hair. If you should ever see him, you will know tis him, for he has a scar that runs from his left temple to his jaw. He is evil Sarena, and he possesses a savage nature I have not seen before in all my years.
Please child be careful. When Breanna left here, she was headed North, which is the direction Keegan and his band took after they left your Fathers home."
"Do not worry India, I will be very careful. I am going to find Breanna, and change her mind. This Keegan is probably long gone by now, at least I hope he
is. I will go to what is left of my home and see if I can salvage anything, but in the morn, I will be setting out to find Breanna.
Thank thee again India, for all your help, may the Gods smile upon thee." With this said, Sarena left India to travel to the home she had been dreaming of.
Climbing down from her horse, she slowly walks over to the seven fresh graves. Tears began flowing again as she crumpled to the ground mourning her loss.
Time passed as she lay there grief stricken, but finally composure returned, and she rose.
"I will find Breanna, and we will help each other overcome this terrible time." She thought to herself, then she began gathering flowers, to place on the
graves of the family she never knew.