Post by keyna on May 12, 2007 13:41:19 GMT -5
Keyna: Années premières
Comme elle s'est demandée plus profond dans les bois, le brouillard a commencé à épaissir. Keyna n'avait pas mangé ou a bu une baisse d'eau dans presque deux jours. Comme elle a commencé à fatiguer du voyage, son esprit a commencé à demander de retour à son enfance. Sa mère et le père ont eu tendance à une ferme un juste extérieur d'un village français. Ils n'étaient pas riches folkloriques, mais ils ont été bénis dans leur vie simple. Un jour une fille aux cheveux juste était née à eux et ils ont su qu'elle serait spéciale.(As she wondered deeper into the woods, the fog began to thicken. Keyna had not eaten or drank a drop of water in almost two days. As she started to tire from the journey, her mind began to wonder back to her childhood. Her mother and father tended to a farm just outside of a French village. They were not rich folk, but they were blessed in their simple life. One day a fair-haired daughter was born to them and they knew she would be special).
The years began to pass as their young daughter began to grow. Keyna was a very curious girl. She loved to roam the countryside looking for bright and unique flowers. Sometimes she would just lie in the field soaking in the brightness and smells of the outdoors. She had a way of recreating sites from her memory on canvas. Every day she would help her mother prepare the meals for the day. In the evening her family would sit by the fire and sing together.
Those times seem so very long ago. Quickly Keyna becomes aware of her surroundings again and the fog is even thicker than before. So thick in fact that it’s hard to breathe. Slowly she looses her footing and falls to the ground where her trusty companion Fritz, the warrior pug, is lying. Keyna tries to awaken him, but it seems as though he is in a deep sleep. She tries to pick him up so they can continue their journey, but Keyna is just too weak. Her breaths become shorter and she feels as though the earth is spinning. Keyna’s head slowly touches the earth and she falls asleep.
Thoughts of the night her parents were taken quickly rush to her dreams. She was a girl of ten and the villagers were being taken to the castle for treasonous acts. At least that is what the soldiers would tell the inquiring families. One night as her family lay in their beds, soldiers rushed into their home. Keyna’s mother had told her to hide if soldiers were ever to raid their home, so she did. Had she known she would never see her parents again, she would have stayed in the open and fought for her parents.
Keyna was all alone and had no one to take care of her. She packed a bag with any left over food in the cottage, and said good bye to her home. Then she headed towards the woods so that no one would see her leave. Keyna walked for almost two days before she stopped to rest. Her resting spot was a half shaded tree next to the river. She splashed some water on her face and filled her bottle with water. Then she walked over and laid down on a patch of grass under the tree. As she thought about her parents she quickly fell asleep.
A few hours later Keyna felt as thought she was being watched in her sleep. She slowly opened her eyes to find a beast sitting barely a foot from her face. He was a small creature, but she wasn’t sure of his disposition. Keyna slowly reached into her bag and pulled out a piece of cheese. Just as she turned around the beast lunged at her and grabbed the cheese from her hand. After he devoured the cheese he ran to her and licked her face. This creature was not fierce he was alone and hungry.
Keyna realized this beast was a rare dog from a far away land. She promised him he would never be alone again and that he would travel with her. Now to give him a name because beast will not do. Keyna started to list a few names…Henry, Theo, Isen, and Firoth? The dog did not seem interested in any of those names. She thought about it a bit more and spoke the name Fritz. Just as she said the name the dog perked up and barked once. Keyna named the beast Fritz.
Keyna and Fritz spent the next seven years traveling from village to village. Sometimes She could work for food by singing, telling stories or painting portraits. Other times Keyna had to do some sewing or baking to earn a loaf of bread. Fritz would eat anything and could always find some sort of food if he sniffed around long enough. One traveler even gave him the name prince butterball.
I had grown accustom to calling him Fritz, the warrior pug. He likes to think that he is fierce. He stands tall and barks at all signs of danger. When Fritz is faced with the cause of that danger he cowers behind me. When the threat is over he runs out in front of me, and barks while standing tall and proud like a warrior.
Keyna and Fritz had found a village where they were comfortable. Keyna found work in a manner as a servant. She and Fritz had lodging and food. The work was not hard because only a rich older man lived in the manner. When she had finished her work for the day she and Fritz would go for picnics by the river. Keyna thought they had finally found a home.
One day soldiers raided the village. They burnt down cottages, ravaged woman and killed the lord of her manner. Keyna and Fritz had been by the river when one of the soldiers came towards them. The soldier grabbed Keyna and threw her to the ground. She was struggling and trying to get away when Fritz ran over and bit the soldier’s arm. It was just enough for her and Fritz to get away and run into the woods. The soldier followed shortly behind them. Keyna and Fritz just kept running further into the woods. After awhile they realized they were no longer being followed, but they decided to keep moving as the soldiers had horses.
They kept moving for two days when hunger and exhaustion set upon them. They came into a fog that seemed to thicken the farther they went. Fritz had fallen and appeared to be sleeping. Keyna tried to pick him up and continue walking, but she was too weak. Before long she is lying next to Fritz and struggling to breathe through the fog. She quickly falls into a deep sleep.
When Keyna awakes there is a shadowed figure in front of her. She does not recognize anything around her and inquires about her location. “Mittelmarch” is all she hears before falling back into a deep sleep.
