THE FALLEN

THE FALLEN (Chapter II)

PAIN:

A sudden jolt of pain swept through her entire body, consuming up her strength. She tried to fight it and kept walking. Lights glowed on her skin as little by little, her veins glowed beneath it. She tried to hold on with everything she's got. Then everything went dark and Ameriel hit the ground. The winds grew stronger, it started raining and lightning and thunder shook the ground with its might.

The next morning she slowly opened her eyes, she took a moment as she was trying to remember where she was. What had happened. She felt cold and damp, and she rose from the flooded ground. She turned around when she felt a tap on her shoulder. A middle-aged man stood there, holding out a bread for her.

"Take this and eat up. You're gonna need your strength."

"Why are you so kind to me?" "Most people in this place aren't." She said.

"Is that the first thing you tell a friend who offers you bread?"

"I'm sorry.... Thank you, for the bread.... I'm Ameriel."

"I know who you are, even more so than you know yourself."

"How so?" Ameriel asked.

" I'll tell you all about it when the time is right."

"I'm Orionne, by the way." 

Ameriel heard a group of boys laughing at a distance. As she glanced at her back to get a better look at it, a big ripe and rotten tomato landed on her face. Not long after, the whole village was standing there.

They started throwing crops at her. One hit her head with a stone, and she started bleeding.

"Freak!", "Witch!", "Evil!"

The people shouted.

A voice called out from one of the stands near them.

"Come on!, This way!" 

The woman led them to into one of the alleys and hid them at her house.

"Thank you." Ameriel exclaimed.

"Thank you. For saving us."

"No trouble." The woman answered.

"I'm Penelope." " I'm sorry you had to go through all that."

"They're scared, that's all." "We all saw you last night."

"What did I do last night?"

said Ameriel recalling no memories from the events that night.

"Why, you don't remember anything....do you....?"

"You were glowing, child."

"That's totally absurd!, why would I be glowing!?"

"The lady is telling the truth Ameriel."

Orionne interrupted.

Ameriel's eyes revealed a lot of thoughts, lots of questions running through her head.

"Aren't you afraid then?" She said.

"Mightily scared." The woman said.

"Why would you help someone like me?"

"I simply believe you still shouldn't be treated that way."

Suddenly, there was a loud knock at the door.

Ameriel and Orionne hid by the empty barrels as Penelope opened the door.

"Where are they?" said the man.

"Who are you looking for exactly?"

Penelope answered.

"Don't play a fool with me, woman. I saw you with them."

"Oh! Be quiet and have a seat." said Penelope.

"You can come out now." she said.

"This is my husband Zach."

"You crazy, woman?!" Zach said.

"The whole village is looking for them."

"They're gonna hang us, kill us, or burn us with them."

"Then we should get going then." said Penelope.

"And go where?!" said Zach.

"Oh! , anywhere but here of course!"

"I've never really liked this place anyway."

Penelope hands Orionne a sack of supplies, and Ameriel a basket filled with bread.

"This will last us days." she said.

They sneaked out, passed the village and into a carriage and drove off.

"Where will we go now?" asked Ameriel.

"Wherever we can." replied Zach.

They travelled for months, one village after another. Then months became years, and so on.