Arya Chapter 2

Love which shouldn't be, is pure So I thought, as I stepped towards my home. When my home came in view, my heart skipped a beat. Eli stood in front of my door. I slowly walked up to my door.1

"What do you want, Eli?" I asked. For a while Eli just stared. Then,
"What do you think, Arya?" questioned Eli. I stared hard at him.
"How about to appoligize for killing my sister?" I snapped.2

Eli's smile faded. He turned his face away, but before he did, I thought I saw tears in his eyes. That confused me horribly. Why was Eli sorry about killing my sister? 3

"Arya," he began slowly, "I-I wasn't myself that day, and today, I tried to make you think I wasn't sorry, but I am... sorry."
"Eli, what do you mean by you weren't yourself?" I asked.4

Eli stared sadly at me. He looked as if he wasn't going to answer.
"I didn't know what your family was like, what you were like," he began, "My father told me to kill her. He told me she stole from his house. Now I know he was wrong."5

"I have to go to bed now Eli," I said, "May we talk more tommorrow? I will gladly listen to your voice."
"We shall talk more tommorrow," Eli accepted my offer to talk more.6

"Remember when you were a child, where your sister was... killed?" asked Eli.
"Yes," I answered solomely.
"Meet me at the base of the tower near there," Eli concluded.7

I began to walk inside, but before I did, I ran back to Eli. I told him goodnight, and kissed him again. I felt what I had felt the night before, Love and passion. I felt as if I was flying through the clouds, with the wind in my face, and the sound of the ocean below.8

As I walked inside, I smiled to myself. I fell on my bed, and had the sweetest of dreams. Eli was next to me smiling. We were at the ocean. He leaned in close to me, and kissed me. In the morning, I put on my clothes, and went to meet Eli.9

I walked quickly towards the tower. When I arrived I looked for Eli. He was nowhere to be found. I began to worry. Eli was supposed to be there. Where is he? I thought impatiently. Right before i was about to leave, Eli came riding towards me on a horse.10

Eli held out his arm for me to grab. I grabbed his hand, and swung on the horse. Before I had time to ask what was going on Eli looked back at me. He said,
"People are chasing me asking for you. They must have seen us together last night."11

I heard shouts behind me, I looked back and saw men. They looked familiar, and I couldn't tell why. Then I had a flash of image from the night my sister was murdered. They were the ones telling Eli to get her. I burst into tears.12

They were trying to kill me. Eli cast a concerned glance back at me, but kept riding. He urged the horse to go faster. Eli was riding a sprinting horse. I jabbed my foot in the horse's side. He jumped foreward, and sped up.13

We made camp behind a few bushes. Eli said we couldn't go back to our town until the danger has passed. I agreed with him, though I wished it wasn't true. At night we took turns keeping watch. This would be our lifestyle for a long time.