My Journey- Part one

My name is Eve, I used to escape from my watchers and run into the golden wheat fields. The fields of my father. Everything was his for he was the ruler of this kingdom. I was proud of my father he was everything a king should be, kind hearted, loyal, brave. He was a man of his word whom everyone would willing trust their lives with him. He ruled over a large army and my mother was one of the fairest queens in all the known world.1

I was only 7 years old when my mother left this world. My father did not speak to me nor see anyone except once and a while our wizard Peri whom would force feed my father. It was in that time that he began to shrink nothing would please him. Although he did love me, it hurt him to much to see my face. Peri told me that I had the beauty of my mother and that he could not look upon me without seeing her.2

I looked in the mirror for hours one night trying to find the one thing that I could not see... her. Many told me of my beauty and how much I looked like my mother, but I could not see it. Peri told me that he thinks it is a wise woman who may look upon her beauty and see nothing. 3

When I turned 10 Peri began to tutor me on the ways of the world. He even sometimes would preform his magic just to see me smile and laugh again. My father at that time had come out of solitude but remained a mute who would allow Peri to rule the country for him. I also when I could slip out to see Marcus who was an older soldier that had been glorified many times with awards of bravery and nobility. He taught me to ride a horse and to wield a sword. I was more his daughter then, then my fathers. 4

When I turned 16 years old my father did without even Peri's consent something that would change our lives. He began a war. With all the sorrow in his head and all the hate of what had happened to my mother with very little persuasion Dorian the general of his army had convinced him to go to war with the Assinian's. It was at that time the first time in 9 years that I went to speak with him. I begged him not to do this telling him how peaceful we had always been and how they had never posed a threat or tried to harm us ever. I saw though that even though his eyes were upon mine that he was looking right through me. The only thing he said, The only thing I heard him say in 9 years was leave me now. I cried for hours that night.5

Peri told me that my father was more dead than alive. But that I could help many innocents to be slaughtered if I could somehow get a message to the Assinian's to warn them of the doom that was sure to come in just a few months of preparation. I was going to send a page or messenger but I could see that all were for my fathers plan. But why should they not he had never failed them before, nor betrayed, nor caused them pain. So I decided that I must go.6

As I was packing my food, Peri appeared in the kitchen with me. He did not say anything I simply looked at him and for some reason a tear came to my eye. He did not smile or frown but came to me and embraced me for several minutes until my river of tears had stopped. He told me then that he would be watching me and use his magic to protect me if he could.7

I had paid a peasant girl early that day for her clothes for me to wear so that I may go unnoticed across the lands. It would be a three day journey if I rode fast enough during the day and rest at night. As I entered the stable and mounted my horse Eleave I heard a noise. It was Marcus, he handed me his sword. I thanked him and he said to me that I must always be alert and cautious even in my sleep as long as I did that I would be safe. I would have hugged him but such things are not proper between a knight and a princess instead I smiled and thanked him again. then with one kick to Eleave's side I rode of into the darkness of the night.