Journal of a Lost Traveler: Kaliya
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"My God" her father hits her "What have you done, how could you tell him that. We don't have the rations required to feed his servents, let alone our family. Do you want to starve" "No, she replies with anger in her voice we must work harder if we plan to keep the farm." her Father hits her again " what do you expect us to do? You made oaths that we can't keep you don't speak for our family."
Kaliya "he was going to take me away from you, what should I have done?"
Father " I don't know, I am sorry" slightly tears up
Kaliya " we must take our supplies and leave Father for this is the only way, give him our land that is what he wants."
Night Falls and the Snow begins to come
her father wakes her and her mother up in the middle of the night
Father: Grab your necessities, only the things you require over the hill there is a group of farmers and gypsy's making there way off the Isle. We will be traveling with them in haste
Kaliya grabs her sling and leather coat with a wolf pelt to cover her from the snow, as her mother rushes her out the door
They make haste over the hills to join the Gypsy Camp
GYPSY CAMP
GYPSY: Who goes there?
Father: Farmers seeking aid to get off this wretched Isle, and away from the Evils of the Lord who is controling it
Gypsy: Come come
lanterns come closer and a female puts her arms around Kaliya to lead her into safety
Music plays silently around a camp fire as twenty to thirty people eat in total silence
Kaliya: Father, I am sorry for saying those things back at the Farm, I couldn't think of being without you or mother
Father: It is okay Kaliya I do understand, we are making our new life in a far continent from here: Narfell. I know it will be much better then having our lives destroyed daily from the evil ruler that has come to the Isles. We will move to the plains near Jiyadd and Norwick to Farm and live a happy life, You, Your mother and I.
DAY BREAK
As the Gypsy's begin to move Kalyia and her family's bond grow stronger by the hour as they begin to lean on eachother more and more.
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Moving towards the docks to get off the Isle, the Gypsy's tell of the distant land of Narfell, and the dangers that await. Through persuasion the gypsy's begin to teach Kaliya their ways of survival.
Landing in Narfell
Though convinced, her parents seem nervous of the trials that may lay ahead of them in this new land. They begin to travel in Narfell with the Gypsy's
Gypsy Leader: We need supplies, We should travel towards the Gypsy camp before we move towards the City.
Nightfall outside the Gypsy Camp
Dreary, wet and very dark the gypsy's make camp, when they hear movement out in the forrest.
Gypsy: Gnolls, Take arms
Father: take your mother and hide while we take arms.
Kaliya: Give me a sword Father I can help
Father: No it is not wise, hide
Kaliya runs to the other side of the forrest from where the gnolls are attacking.
Kaliya: yells Mother make haste hurry.
As an axe flies through the air from around the caravan and hits her mother in the back, as Kaliya sees the axe peirce her mothers spine, as she falls.
Kaliya: yells No, Father, come hurry they are too strong.
As the gnolls and Gypsy's fight there is blood everywhere, People falling as the gnolls are rampaging through the Caravan as if noone was defending. Arms and Legs are being cut off and used for weapons against other humans. Kaliya's Father moves towards the forrest when hit by a large club across the face, as the gnoll looks up and stares right at Kaliya, as she runs from the evil look on the gnolls face. Tears and sorrow fill Kaliya's heart as she has lost her entire family to the gnolls, with no survivers in sight. Kaliya slips into the darkness of the forrest, as if she was one with it.