Choosing between love and revenge

Beginings

I woke up from my nap, my eyes feeling heavy trying to adjust to the light that was coming through the window, my eyes were still sore since I had been crying for Yoshi my little furry dog friend that passed away earlier today. I suppose you could say it was its time to go since it had an old age.

As I opened my eyes fully I looked around our home and I was alone, I stood up from where I was sleeping to see if my family was just outside but they were not instead I saw that a lot of the villagers were all surrounding something or someone, I did not know why so I thought I could go and find out.

 I saw more villagers running towards the commotion though as much as I tried to get close to see, I was not allowed to, they said it was a bit nauseating, and that I shouldn’t come too close so all I could do was ask what this commotion was all about. Finally one replied, he said that is was a man from nearby village that had just been badly wounded and that he tried to survive but lost too much blood, so in other words he died.

After the people dispersed, some of the villagers dug a hole to bury the body, which was the least they could do since the poor guy struggled to get here.

I decided to head back to my business though, which was to look for my parents. After a long search, walking around our village, I gave up and went back home, I was alone once more, since Lydia my little sister was playing with the other girls of her age.

Lydia and I are not that different she is younger by just two years; she saw as I was coming back to our home  and came over, once she got close enough I asked her where our parents were and she said that they were at the headman's house since they were having a reunion about what just happened.

 Apparently the headman of our village is a bit worried since maybe our village was going to have the same misfortune, in believing so many villagers took precautions so if such thing would happen then at least the children would survive. My parents desperately started to dig holes on the ground of our home so my sister and I could hide.

I was still confused as to what was going on and I did not know who had done that to that poor man, but one thing I can tell you is that the people in this village did not take me seriously, I am 14 years of age but no one really bothered on giving me an answer. I was just told what to do so now I am here left to dig a hole, quite sad really.

The headman was quite certain that our village was next so escaping was not an option, we did not know which direction was going to be safe, though some families did leave and with them Lydia's friends, well some of them. My family somehow knew that escaping would be futile, they rather dig than risk.

I have always had this sense of giving to other and I always wanted to help somehow, but I was never given that chance, I was not even allowed to come close to things like what just happened earlier today.

I don't know how to explain it but I know for certain that the villagers treat me differently from the other girls of the village, as if I was something they should take care of, I don't know, I thought it can't just be my imagination because I noticed it today, that one man from our village stopped me and said that it was a horrible sight while I saw Faye, a girl which is just a year younger than me, get close and saw without getting stopped, or was it that the man that died had some kind of relation to me because I found no other explanation, which is unlikely because neither mother or father were feeling depressed.

“Mother, how deep does this hole have to be?" I asked now tired from digging so much. I think that I asked for both my sister and I since she seemed tired as well.

"Big enough for you to get in" she replied while looking outside the window

I got in to see if it was big enough for me, thank the gods that it was, so I could finally stop digging, now I had to get the dirt out of the hut.

Apparently my mom was just going to hide the hole with a lath? I don’t know how that would work but I trust her.

It was already dark out, dad said that it would be best to just rest for now, it would be a good idea for all of us.

I woke up, startled my mom shaking my body telling me to hide, whispering that she already hid Lydia.

"Kristeline they are here! Hide now!"

I still did not know how my mom thought of leaving Lydia alone she was 12 but sometimes she did not think straight and loved causing trouble, I just hope that she doesn't do anything stupid.

I got in the hole I dug earlier, but now I just realized, where were my parents going to hide? I did not see them plan something whatsoever; let's just put this in simple words I panicked.

I was about to jump out of my hiding place and panic in front of my parents but guess what, I didn't, not because I was lazy of getting out but because a man entered our home and grabbed my mom by her hair, and like I said before Lydia alone equals not a good idea, she jumped out of her hiding place shouting at the man that just grabbed our mom and unluckily grabbed her too.

I did not know were father was and I had to look around until I found him, his lifeless body lying on the floor unable to do anything, unable to breath, I tried to jump out of my hiding place as well but then my parents efforts would be worthless.

I turned my head to see my mom being held in the air by her hair and Lydia kicking the guy, he must have gotten tired of her because what he did next was unforgivable, he hit my sister hard on the face leaving her unconscious then with his sword he killed mother.

My mother.

How dare him!

He looked around probably to find something valuable though we did no town valuable stuff, he went outside and shouted something to someone, he then took my sister with him as he left.

I was destroyed, when I thought I was safe to get out of this place to mourn my family, one of his soldiers came in and left a torch in order to burn the place, my house, the place that I grew up in.

 What type of monster just kills a family then takes the girl, probably to dishonor her but is my sister we are talking about, the only family I have left, I just couldn't let her be taken away like that but what could I do, I am just a child, one that does not know anything.

I stayed in my hole, weeping. When there was no more noise outside I decided it was safe to get out though it was really hot in here, and flames were brazen I managed to get out.

I had to leave the village, my home, what could I do in a village that was burned down, with no food and no shelter, there was nothing left for me here so the best choice was to leave rather than stay, and that way I could find a trail to where my sister was going to be taken.

I know that I need a strategy; I just couldn't show up and say I'm here for my sister so give her back or I will punish you. Come on think about it, I would either be taken as hostage or killed, plus like I said before I don't know where they are heading or where they would stop, heck I don't even know who the hell they are. In simple words I do not know where to start.

And this is where the story of my life begins, when I realize that even though I am alone, I have a reason to fight for, my reason for REVENGE.