Serenith
08-27-2006, 01:54 AM
~Chapter One~
Siaka was just sitting there, alone on a wooden bench in a park. The fall’s crisp wind blew around her, making a shiver run down her back. Her long thick chocolate brown hair swayed one direction to another following the wind. She was only 13 years old, no family, no friends. Her parents were taken away from her when she was only 9, she never saw them again. Siaka did not know anyone in her family with the exception of her parents. Her parents.... She cast her dark chestnut colored eyes toward the ground,looking back upon the day she lost her parents. It haunted her memories as if a scary movie were played to a young child, the fearful thing is burned in their mind forever playing, making sure they would never forget.
In a field, Siaka was sitting, amongst an array of beautiful roses and carnation flowers. Her hair glistened in the evening light, and the stars twinkled like diamonds in the sky. In her hands, she held a solitary white rose, which stood out amongst the red, pink, and orange hues of the surrounding blossoms.
Pinning a long, sleek strand of her chocolate brown hair nervously behind her ear, she stood from her resting place, but found that the flowers were quite tall. She was only about a foot or so above them, but it was enough to be able to look for her mother and father. She began to walk, desperately searching for them. Siaka needed to find them, before it was too dark and lose sight of the path. She'd been playing in the field for a long time,looking for a perfect flower for her mother. Now, it was getting late, and she'd not seen head or tail of them. Anxious and worried, her pace became faster, and she held tightly onto the single white flower, deathly afraid of losing it.
The flowers only seemed to grow taller and taller as she ran, or was she shrinking? She couldn't tell, but even though she was very mature for her age, it made her frightful all the same. She was panting; her body wasn't cut out for running. She was too young, too weak.
Siaka could heard the sounds of cicadas and crickets in the nighttime air, and she realized that the sun had set completely now. It was dark, but there were enough fireflies to illuminate the paddock so that she could continue her search. She tried to call out for her parents, but nobody responded. She'd never been so scared, and worried. She tried calling out again, it was becoming harder to speak. Over the buzz and twitter of the nighttime insects, she heard the tweet of a bird coming from a short distance away. Siaka’s eyes widened, and was amazed that she could finally hear something else besides the insect noises. She looked around, eyes searching frantically for the bird she'd heard. She saw it, and lifted her hand,the bird landed swiftly onto her finger.
It was a peculiar bird white with two dark blue-black eyes. Siaka believed it to be called a Hato. It chirped, and took off, almost beckoning her to follow. Taking any lead she could, the young girl hurriedly looked to the sky, watching as it zoomed around above her, leading her to something. It looked heavenly against the midnight blue sky, and she only then took absolute notice of how many stars she could see. It seemed like more had come with the arrival of the bird...
Suddenly, the bird darted left, and then right, and then left again. The little girl was sliding in the dirt, trying to follow it. Siaka felt strange following a bird, but it was the only lead she had. The bird led her to a certain spot, then stopped landing on her finger again. Siaka let the bird rest, grinning broadly. The bird looked incredibly tired, so she set the bird on the ground. She felt as though she'd only become more lost if she continued to follow it. Pushing through the stems of the flowers and the tall, marshy grass, she realized that her hand had met a void in the garden. Quickly, she pushed himself through, and her eyes widened.
She was standing on a beach, which surrounded a beautifully clear ocean. She saw nothing but pure white sand, and wondrously cerulean waters. Siaka ran to the waters edge, her feet stepping into the water, and the waves brushing against her feet. She lifted up her dress a bit, not wanting to ruin it, and watched as brightly colored orange fish swam around her ankles. She noticed that there were quartz crystals and sapphires and emeralds brushing up onto shore, and she picked up an emerald, remembering that it was her fathers favorite. She'd give it to him, and the flower to her mother when she found them.
She saw something out of the corner of her eye, and was greeted with the sight of her father and mother. She smiled broadly, quickly dashing through the water and into her father's arms, and she buried her face in the man's chest. Siaka’s father hugged her,and her mother hugged her as well. When they pulled away, the man, with a gentle, graceful laugh, took the gem from his daughters hands, admiring it. Siaka gave the rose to her mother, she smiled brightly and said, “Thank you Siaka”
A last smile was given to the child, before two men appeared out of nowhere, grabbing her unsuspecting mother and father forcefully. “Siaka run!” her father yelled. “Mommy, daddy!” She began to walk towards them slowly, but then suddenly someone sprinted past her grabbing her hand. Siaka, shocked and surprised, was caught off guard and stumbled forwards but quickly catching herself. She ran behind the person pulling her along, she looked more closely to notice that is was a boy who looked to be about 10 or more. He had tanned white skin, just a bit darker than hers,his hair was a dark chocolate brown almost black and wore long black pants and a white shirt.
Finally he stopped after it seemed the two had sprinted what seemed like a mile. He turned to look at her with golden brown eyes. “Are you all right?” he asked. Siaka nodded a bit breathless, she took a deep breath and said, “Yes but who are you? I’m Siaka. And why were those men being mean to my mom and dad?” He looked at her for a minute and sighed before responding. “My name is Ryou, and I don’t know what’s going on with your parents but i know the men aren’t good people.” He paused for a second before looking to the ground sadly and said, “They took my parents too, but I didn’t know why so I followed them.” She looked at him “Oh..., but why did you take me?” Ryou looked up at her seriously. “because when i tried to help my parents out they tried to kill me so I figured if you interfered as well they’d try to kill you too.” Siaka’s eyes widened, fear and shock appearing in them. Why did those men want her parents? And if they found them would they deliberately try to kill them?
Suddenly Siaka was brought back from her past, since a leaf had floats down from a tree and caressed her cheek on the way down. Why was she alone now? She was alone because after she and Ryou talked one of the men it the suits found them. Siaka had ran away after Ryou had pushed her telling her he’d try to hold the man off. But she knew a boy only 10 couldn’t hold off a 27 or more year old guy. She sighed softly bringing her hand infant of her catching a small, baby leaf that had been taken from the tree by the wind. “It’s seems we are both alike,” she said to the leaf,”Both taken away a bit to early...” She opened her hand to let the wind carry the leaf away somewhere else. Siaka got up and started running, she consciously didn’t know where she was going but her unconscious mind knew where she was going telling her that she must go there quickly.
Fireflies started appearing telling her that the sun would soon retire so that his sister, the moon, could take over. Suddenly something caught her attention, she turned her head still running, she saw a guy about 15 or so with blonde hair and sea blue eyes standing there. His gaze followed her with an unemotional expression, but soon faded away as a smirk began to appear on his features. Siaka wondered why he seemed so familiar, yet strange to her. Her thought were soon interrupted as she crashed into something. She was thrown off balance and started to fall backwards,she closed her eyes bracing herself for the landing. But then she felt someone catching her. She looked up at the person who caught her, and her eyes widened with surprise and shock. Siaka’s cheasnut colored eyes stared into golden brown ones. “Ryou?”
~End of chapter one~
Siaka was just sitting there, alone on a wooden bench in a park. The fall’s crisp wind blew around her, making a shiver run down her back. Her long thick chocolate brown hair swayed one direction to another following the wind. She was only 13 years old, no family, no friends. Her parents were taken away from her when she was only 9, she never saw them again. Siaka did not know anyone in her family with the exception of her parents. Her parents.... She cast her dark chestnut colored eyes toward the ground,looking back upon the day she lost her parents. It haunted her memories as if a scary movie were played to a young child, the fearful thing is burned in their mind forever playing, making sure they would never forget.
In a field, Siaka was sitting, amongst an array of beautiful roses and carnation flowers. Her hair glistened in the evening light, and the stars twinkled like diamonds in the sky. In her hands, she held a solitary white rose, which stood out amongst the red, pink, and orange hues of the surrounding blossoms.
Pinning a long, sleek strand of her chocolate brown hair nervously behind her ear, she stood from her resting place, but found that the flowers were quite tall. She was only about a foot or so above them, but it was enough to be able to look for her mother and father. She began to walk, desperately searching for them. Siaka needed to find them, before it was too dark and lose sight of the path. She'd been playing in the field for a long time,looking for a perfect flower for her mother. Now, it was getting late, and she'd not seen head or tail of them. Anxious and worried, her pace became faster, and she held tightly onto the single white flower, deathly afraid of losing it.
The flowers only seemed to grow taller and taller as she ran, or was she shrinking? She couldn't tell, but even though she was very mature for her age, it made her frightful all the same. She was panting; her body wasn't cut out for running. She was too young, too weak.
Siaka could heard the sounds of cicadas and crickets in the nighttime air, and she realized that the sun had set completely now. It was dark, but there were enough fireflies to illuminate the paddock so that she could continue her search. She tried to call out for her parents, but nobody responded. She'd never been so scared, and worried. She tried calling out again, it was becoming harder to speak. Over the buzz and twitter of the nighttime insects, she heard the tweet of a bird coming from a short distance away. Siaka’s eyes widened, and was amazed that she could finally hear something else besides the insect noises. She looked around, eyes searching frantically for the bird she'd heard. She saw it, and lifted her hand,the bird landed swiftly onto her finger.
It was a peculiar bird white with two dark blue-black eyes. Siaka believed it to be called a Hato. It chirped, and took off, almost beckoning her to follow. Taking any lead she could, the young girl hurriedly looked to the sky, watching as it zoomed around above her, leading her to something. It looked heavenly against the midnight blue sky, and she only then took absolute notice of how many stars she could see. It seemed like more had come with the arrival of the bird...
Suddenly, the bird darted left, and then right, and then left again. The little girl was sliding in the dirt, trying to follow it. Siaka felt strange following a bird, but it was the only lead she had. The bird led her to a certain spot, then stopped landing on her finger again. Siaka let the bird rest, grinning broadly. The bird looked incredibly tired, so she set the bird on the ground. She felt as though she'd only become more lost if she continued to follow it. Pushing through the stems of the flowers and the tall, marshy grass, she realized that her hand had met a void in the garden. Quickly, she pushed himself through, and her eyes widened.
She was standing on a beach, which surrounded a beautifully clear ocean. She saw nothing but pure white sand, and wondrously cerulean waters. Siaka ran to the waters edge, her feet stepping into the water, and the waves brushing against her feet. She lifted up her dress a bit, not wanting to ruin it, and watched as brightly colored orange fish swam around her ankles. She noticed that there were quartz crystals and sapphires and emeralds brushing up onto shore, and she picked up an emerald, remembering that it was her fathers favorite. She'd give it to him, and the flower to her mother when she found them.
She saw something out of the corner of her eye, and was greeted with the sight of her father and mother. She smiled broadly, quickly dashing through the water and into her father's arms, and she buried her face in the man's chest. Siaka’s father hugged her,and her mother hugged her as well. When they pulled away, the man, with a gentle, graceful laugh, took the gem from his daughters hands, admiring it. Siaka gave the rose to her mother, she smiled brightly and said, “Thank you Siaka”
A last smile was given to the child, before two men appeared out of nowhere, grabbing her unsuspecting mother and father forcefully. “Siaka run!” her father yelled. “Mommy, daddy!” She began to walk towards them slowly, but then suddenly someone sprinted past her grabbing her hand. Siaka, shocked and surprised, was caught off guard and stumbled forwards but quickly catching herself. She ran behind the person pulling her along, she looked more closely to notice that is was a boy who looked to be about 10 or more. He had tanned white skin, just a bit darker than hers,his hair was a dark chocolate brown almost black and wore long black pants and a white shirt.
Finally he stopped after it seemed the two had sprinted what seemed like a mile. He turned to look at her with golden brown eyes. “Are you all right?” he asked. Siaka nodded a bit breathless, she took a deep breath and said, “Yes but who are you? I’m Siaka. And why were those men being mean to my mom and dad?” He looked at her for a minute and sighed before responding. “My name is Ryou, and I don’t know what’s going on with your parents but i know the men aren’t good people.” He paused for a second before looking to the ground sadly and said, “They took my parents too, but I didn’t know why so I followed them.” She looked at him “Oh..., but why did you take me?” Ryou looked up at her seriously. “because when i tried to help my parents out they tried to kill me so I figured if you interfered as well they’d try to kill you too.” Siaka’s eyes widened, fear and shock appearing in them. Why did those men want her parents? And if they found them would they deliberately try to kill them?
Suddenly Siaka was brought back from her past, since a leaf had floats down from a tree and caressed her cheek on the way down. Why was she alone now? She was alone because after she and Ryou talked one of the men it the suits found them. Siaka had ran away after Ryou had pushed her telling her he’d try to hold the man off. But she knew a boy only 10 couldn’t hold off a 27 or more year old guy. She sighed softly bringing her hand infant of her catching a small, baby leaf that had been taken from the tree by the wind. “It’s seems we are both alike,” she said to the leaf,”Both taken away a bit to early...” She opened her hand to let the wind carry the leaf away somewhere else. Siaka got up and started running, she consciously didn’t know where she was going but her unconscious mind knew where she was going telling her that she must go there quickly.
Fireflies started appearing telling her that the sun would soon retire so that his sister, the moon, could take over. Suddenly something caught her attention, she turned her head still running, she saw a guy about 15 or so with blonde hair and sea blue eyes standing there. His gaze followed her with an unemotional expression, but soon faded away as a smirk began to appear on his features. Siaka wondered why he seemed so familiar, yet strange to her. Her thought were soon interrupted as she crashed into something. She was thrown off balance and started to fall backwards,she closed her eyes bracing herself for the landing. But then she felt someone catching her. She looked up at the person who caught her, and her eyes widened with surprise and shock. Siaka’s cheasnut colored eyes stared into golden brown ones. “Ryou?”
~End of chapter one~