" Anna "
A gentle woman voice sounded out and a woman come out from small house that's near me. she called to me with a basket in hand and walk towards me
" what is it, mom? "
I answered her call while chopping the woods. My axe swung down and split the wood in two, with sweats all over my face and neck, I throw my axe to the ground and run towards my mom with smiles on my face
" lunch time? "
I ask my mom with excitement and mom only give a wry smile seeing my behavior
" yep, here your food you greedy girl "
I only giggling and spread both my hands to my mom and she gave me a bread and small cheese to me
" let's seat in the usual place and eat our lunch "
My mom pointed a big tree and i hurriedly nodded and walk to the tree while munching the bread
" haha... Your appetite is as big as ever Anna "
My mom make a little laugh when she look at me. I just shrugged my shoulder and still focused on eating my food
We eat in silence while chilling below the tree and seeing scenery surrounding us
" oh... Good afternoon miss Clara "
A wooden carriage carrying wheats and a middle aged man riding it in the road that quite far from us waving his right hand and shouted to us
My mom smiling looking the man and replied the greeting
" good afternoon too- "
Before mom finish her words, I cut it with my voice
" hey! Where's my good afternoon uncle Braun! "
I shout at the man while crossing the hands and look sideway, giving a pouting face
" gahaha good afternoon to you too Anna "
The middle aged man laughed at my actions, and somehow I become more annoyed
" Anna! That's rude! "
Mom scold me while showing an angry face
" but mom..."
" no but! Don't do it again! I'm sorry for Anna behavior mister Braun "
" haha it's okay miss Clara "
Uncle Braun waving his right hand that making a it's OK gesture while laughing
" Anna is 8 years old right now right? "
" yes, she will be 9 this year "
My mom smiling while looking at me that still wear a pouting face
" ooh time sure is fast, I remember before that you still at this height "
He make a height measure gesture in front of his belly
" that's four years ago! "
My face become hot from his words, I protested and give him my angry face to pass ' it's in the past! ' message to him. He suddenly burst into a laugh again and now my mom join him, giggling while covering her mouth
" hahaha okay okay little Missie Anna, I have to go. Delivering this wheat to the city. See ya, both of you "
He lash his horse with reign to continue walk again
As we stare at his figure that slowly farther away and suddenly, mom voice sounded out
" mister Braun is a nice guy isn't he? "
" mm "
I make a small nod while still staring at his figure that now already gone
" okay, now finish your job. Mom will go and finish her job too "
Mom standing up from where we sit and walk to our house still carry the basket with her. I too stand up and walk to the pile of chopped woods and axe near it
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" I'm home "
A man wearing robe and big basket tied in his shoulder open the door of our house with bringing a bow in his right hand and three rabbits in the left hand
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" dad! "
I run to dad and hug him in the belly. Dad staggered a bit from my sudden hug
" ouch, be careful Anna. Your dad is tired from hunting you see "
Even though dad say so, he still smiling at me and I just don't care what he said and stick my tongue at him
" you little.... "
Dad make a devious smile and I let go of my hug and run towards the kitchen while shouting
" stupid dad, did you bring me a present? "
I say so while laughing to my dad who his brow twitched at my words and standing helplessly still in front of the door
" haahh... I wonder what I dreamed to have a rebellious daughter like you... "
Dad talking to himself with head shaking to right and left while making a helpless face
" hey! I'm the cutest daughter in the world! You should proud to have me dad! "
Puffing my chest, I said so proudly in the kitchen where mom cooking out dinner and laughing at us
" oh my cute daughter, you will be more cuter if you give your pitiful dad some massages later "
" no present no massage! "
Sticking my tongue again to my dad, I crossed my hand and turn my head to other side, putting an ' no more negotiation! ' attitude
" hahahaha "
Mom laughing loudly and dad shoulders dropping down while sighing
" okay, enough you two. Dinner ready so Anna prepare the plates for us and you, dear, go take off your gears to its place and the rabbits here in the kitchen "
Mom voice sounded out and we do what we told, preparing ourselves for dinner
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" -and berth suddenly shout out to me, telling there's a bear heading to our direction from south. I prepared my bow, nocked an arrow, ready for the bear. As we both see the bear, I aim my bow to it and shoot. The awesome shoot from me of course will not miss, so the arrow go straight to the bear left eye. Make it stumble and fall down from its charge. Clean dead "
Dad telling us his experience today with his hunter friend berth after we eat our dinner. Puffed out his chest and make his head up a little bit, dad looks really proud with what he did today. Well it's sounds like a boast from dad tho
" I bet you are boasting dad, maybe you guys run when you guys see the bear and hiding in the top of the tree, shooting from atop "
When dad hear my words, his jaw suddenly dropped and making a shocked face. Me and mom laughed when we see that
" hahaha your face is something now, dad haha "
" Hahaha "
I laughed at my dad while clutching my belly and mom laughing too with her hand covering her mouth
"..to think my own daughter is making fun of me....haahh... "
Dad said that while sighing, our laughter become more loud when we hear that
*BRAK*
Sound of door being opened forcefully can be heard and we hurriedly see the direction of our door. There a man with with a leather armor in his body stand, face pale and look at us with a panic in his eyes, he's berth, an hunter same as my dad
" John! The Arcaest armies is here! Go run quickly! "
Bow ready in his hand, he take an arrow from the quiver in his back shoulder and nocked it, pointed at the ground, ready to aim and shoot. He go back outside, standing right in front of door and watch surrounding area
My dad and mom sprung up from their chairs and go to their room. Dad out with bow in his left hand and quiver in his right waist while mom with a bag in her shoulder
" they are here! "
Uncle berth voice sounded and while aiming at some direction, he let go of the arrow and after that hurriedly try to enter the house
Before he take the second step, his body suddenly fall to the left. 3 arrows buried deeply in right side of his head, right waist, and right leg
We stunned for a moment from that. Something stirred inside me, it's from my stomach. Seeing uncle berth that now become a corpse had make me want to throw up all my food in my stomach
" urp "
I quickly put both my hands in front my mouth, try to not throw up while my eyes still can't look away from uncle berth body
" Anna come! "
Mom grab my right hand and pull me from my chair. I still can't look away.
' what? What happened? Why uncle berth suddenly being shoot from arrows? Where those arrows come from? Who shoot him? '
My mind is in mess as my body following my parents out from our house using our back door. I can only dozed off while we run towards the forest
" they are there! "
" don't run away! "
Several shouts come from our back and we still try to run, want to get as far away from here as possible.
" mom... Dad.. What happened? Who's those guys? "
My voice come out from my mouth while we still running
" please don't asking much now sweetie, we need to go from here soon. They are a bad guys "
Mom scold me and look at me with a serious face. I shut my lips and try to focus on running. Soon we heard horses sounds from behind. I look at my parents and they seem to be very frightened. Dad grip on my left hand tighten and he suddenly say to us
" we don't have a chance if they had horses, I'll buy some time for us so we can- "
" no! "
Before dad finish his word, mom shouted at him
" we'll go together! No more discussion! "
Mom said that as her eyes streaming with tears, she glare at dad to not disobey. Dad smile wryly to mom and he let go of my hand, stopped at running and nocked an arrow
" you guys go ahead! I'll catch up later! "
His voice sounded and we stop running too but when mom looks want to say something, mens with an full metal armor riding horses can be seen from distance. A crest of eagle standing on a cane picture embedded in the middle of their chest armor can be seen
" go! "
Dad yelled at us and with a sudden grip that on my right hand become more tighten, mom pull me and drag me to run
" no dad! What are you doing?! Come with us! "
I try to go to dad but mom grab is strong, I can only raise my left hand to dad direction, try to reach him
" mom! Dad is-"
" shut up and be obedient for only this time, Anna! "
Mom glared at me and her voice is really angry. My mouth agape at that and I look back to dad direction but soon I regret it
One of the armored mens stab dad with a spear while ride his horse. Dad fall back from with a spear coming out behind his back
" oooohhh! "
Dad grab the spear handle tightly, not let it go even if the armored man try to pull it. Dad managed to halt one guy but there's still 3 guys riding horses come to us, ignoring dad.
" Hicks.... Hicks... "
Mom crying while covering her mouth. We try to run faster and faster but our stamina is already depleted, and the three guys catching up shortly
" stop right there whore! "
One of them block our path and soon others followed too, surround us.
" ....ah....ah.... "
Mom voice become smaller and smaller and when I see them, I have many emotions in my heart, sad, angry, confused,regret but one thing that really stood out from others, hatred.
" We got a big catch here guys! "
" hahaha "
The man in front of us go down from his horse, and others too do the same while laughing. They took off their helmets and shortly two of them charge toward us, grabbing both of our hands tightly, detain it behind our backs
" please have mercy sir... You guys can do whatever to me but please spare my daughter... "
Mom lower her head to the man that the only one who not seize us
" hahaha you don't need to beg, we have friends that want to have fun with little girls like her, so she needed here "
He laughed and soon grab mom clothes and rip it apart
" no...please... "
" no! Mom! "
I struggled but the hands gripping my hand is so strong, the men that ripping off my mom clothes quickly take off his armor in his pants and soon his pants too
" nooo! Nooo! You shit! Let go of my mom!! "
I struggled with all I have but the guy that apprehend me is too strong for my strength ,the guy that take off his pants look at me with Annoyed face. He walks towards me and hit the nape behind my head and shortly, my head black out, I lost consciousness
' mom.... '
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In the darkness surround me, suddenly I see a view of a village. It's a small village in the Far East of borders of our great kingdom, Elesta. The people of the village is nice peoples. They help each other, greeting whenever they meet each other and even have fun together, make a party to celebrate the harvest of this year or something like that, etc. But that happy and peaceful village is being attacked by armies one day. The armies wearing full plate armor and raise flag that show eagle standing on crane picture. The soldiers kill the villager, blood and flames everywhere eyes can see, sounds of aggrieved of villagers is loud to my ears
" arrghh... "
" save us god! "
" no! Please spare me! "
" mercy! "
" mommy... mommy..."
' mommy....?......Mom! '
" mmpphhh! "
I open my eyes, head hurts but I ignore it. I can't move my hand, it's being tied by something, same with my mouth. Something is being tied to my mouth. I can't open it. I look around to search for mom, pray nothing happened to her. The sky is dark so it's still in the night. Fire flickers three feet in front me, the four guys that I see before now sitting near the campfire, wears only shirt, armors and weapons beside them. Looking around, I can only see horses tied in tree branches left of them and lump of meats in the right side
....
No
It's not ordinary meats
The meat is familiar to me
....
Mom?
No......Nooooooo!!
" hhhnngghhh! Nnmmmphh! "
I move my feet, my hands, everything to struggle free. No, no, no, no, no, please, please, please it's not mom, please god...
" ohh, the little bitch wake up huh? Searching for your mom, shortie? "
They notice my sudden outburst and the man that hit me before saw me with a snicker in his mouth
" well, we really have fun with your mom, we want to bring her with us as toy in our arduous journey and share her with our fellow soldiers. But sadly we have an order from our superior to not have any witnesses, such a shame "
The man shakes his head while shrugged his shoulders as if it can't be helped and his friends laughed at me
' kill '
' I'll kill them, all of them.... I swore it ! '
I glare at the man with a intent to kill him and imagine the worst way to make him had a really painful death
" oi oi, what's with your gaze, bitch? Did you forget who can kill who now? "
The man looks at me with an angry face and spit in the ground
" you know, we plan to have a last fun by try to lure wild animals tomorrow morning and watch you being eaten but I change the plan. Let's torture you first, to not rude with adults and teach you what is true pain. Then we feed you to the animals "
He took out the dagger laying near him and unsheated it while slowly walks to me
" what a nice night we have today, lady and gentlemens "
A young man voice ring out in the surrounding and a man wearing black hooded robe walking out of the bushes
" can I join in this small merry party? "
Suddenly the robed man that walk in out of place disappear, only to appeared behind the man who hold the dagger. But in the next moment, the dagger dropped to the ground with a piece of hand still holding it
" aahhhh! "
Blood splutter from the man that now become cripple, tears and snot flowing down from the face that show a pure horror.
" kill him! Kill him! "
Clutching his handicapped right hand, he shouting to his comrades while run backwards to the campfire
" stop "
With that voice come out, all the mens stopped moving, trembling in place and not even blinking
" now now, I see you trashs have fun huh? It will be bullying if this small lady not join in the fun too right? So please patient for a minute, while we two discuss something "
The robed man looks at my direction and start walking toward me. When he arrived in front of me, he waved his hand and something that tied in my mouth rip off
" what's your name little girl? "
He ask me while looking all over me as if studying me from top to bottom
" Anna... "
I don't know why I said my name to a complete stranger like him but there's something like an invisible power from his eyes that make me do all he say without objections
" Anna huh.... do you want revenge, Anna ? "
*deg deg*
My heart pumping so fast for unknown reason and my instinct tell me to run away, this man is a bad thing
" do you desire strength? "
* deg deg deg deg *
My heart pumping so fast that my mind become blank for a second, my instinct really wants me to stay away from here, quickly run, but deep inside that instinct, I know. If I desire strength, if I want to my fate to change, this man can do it.
Did I want strength?
Yes
I want it
I want it and revenge so much that I willing to even sell my soul to the devil
" yes... "
My sound come out from my dry lips as my gaze land in front of his gaze, determined to even do anything as long as I have my revenge
" I want it...Revenge and strength.."
My resolve become more steady when I say more of that words. The man smiling at me and he opened his mouth
" fine, let's do the contract, my new subject "
As he say that, his canine tooth become more and more long and his black eyes become red as blood with a slit pupil in it
" stay still and don't move "
He kneeled to reach my position, bring his opened mouth to my neck and bite it
" mmh "
I let out a small sound as I feel some of my blood being sucked and something enter my body from my neck
" the contract is done... Congratulations to become my subject Anna "
I don't know when he did it but all the ropes that tied me, rip off. I try to stand up and surprised at a sudden power that travel around my body
" they are yours Anna, enjoy your toys....and meals "
He make an offer gesture to the immobile mens that only have panics and horrors on their faces. Power surges on my body as I feel both of my hand nails and canine tooth grow and my eyes that had a little difficulty in seeing the night gone, replaced with power that makes me can see clearly as day
" gladly, my lord "