Future Destiny

Mountain peaks touching the dark sheet of cloud in the sky, a wild storm sways all the snow everywhere but nowhere. Treacherous landscape, beyond anyone's reach, yet, one creature stands at its summit. At an ancient entrance between the crafted pillars that hold the mountain above. The blurry figure does not move, nor does anything on them move. Flashes of thunder, revealing its bright flesh and menacing look for a split second. Another flash of thunder hit the summit of the mountain above, crumbling its peak down, as the ground shook, the statue broke its oath of stillness, instantly appearing in front of my face.

I hope there is a hidden message behind this. Waking up at this time and wasting my parents' candle could get me into trouble. I can’t risk forgetting this, but who could I talk to about this?

"What do you think, Ruu?" I whispered to my pet kitten as he crawled around on my lap.

"Mrrr meow," Ruu replied cheerfully as he continued his crawling.

"You're right, we should head back to sleep, but this time do not leave me or I will have strange dreams like this again, all right Ruu?" I asked him as we walked back to my bed.

Tomorrow… who should I turn to…? Maybe the priest will know something about the mountain woman, he is a very knowledgeable man, they must have a book about it somewhere! At least, I hope so… This has really thrown me out of my sleep cycle. Never have I been shaken from slumber like that. At least I have Ruu's soft fur to cling to, he is always here to protect me when I need him.

As the darkness of sleep approached me, a face slowly crawled right before me, though blurry, its mouth moved and spoke to me. The words this figure chanted to me… “You are the one… Join me… the god calls for you…”. Each word they said had a charming aura to it, irresistible,

The sound of the curtains being split apart, giving way for the glistering sunlight to flood my face, burning my light frail skin followed by a light breeze of the morning air brushed my hair and cooled me down. As I left the world of dreams the harmonic chirping brought me back to the real world.

“It is time to wake up, miss.” Said the house maid. “It is already late in the morning, breakfast is ready, please let me dress you quickly.” She added.

“Yes, of course, I’ll get up now, sorry Casilda.” I replied as I began to move out of bed.

“No worries, come let's get this sorted quickly.” She answered while picking out an outfit from my wardrobe.

Casilda always does her best to help me, though I don’t make it easy for her, she takes care of me as if she was my actual mother since she is usually absent.

“Now, Miss Roza, put your arms up, please.” She requested kindly as she took off my sleeping gown and put on a breast girdle, undergarments and a light white dress. “Let’s get going for breakfast shall we now?” She added while putting away my sleeping gown.

With a nod, we enjoyed our spectacular breakfast that she had prepared. As I bit into my bread, I tried to recall what happened last night, the weird dreams, the weird figure that appeared. Wait, I am forgetting something really important, what was it that I heard after I went to sleep again… I know I heard a voice, but what was it? My mind suddenly went blank, fully removing any other thoughts, bread dropping from my hand. This face.. A blurry visualisation is slowly rendering into my mind, very vague, but the words, something about ‘god, wanting me?’

What do I do with this? If god wants me, does that mean I will die? Am I supposed to join the church? I don’t understand…

“Casilda…” I quietly called out.

“What is it, Miss Roza?” She softly asked as she knelt down towards my height

“What would you do if you had a dream where something says that god wants you?” I unsuspiciously questioned,

“Well, Miss Roza, I would most likely go see the head Priest of the town. He will be able to guide me in the right path, so that I can be closer to god.”

“Is the head Priest a good man?”

“If he wasn’t, I wouldn’t trust him, would you like to go with me? Take a look for yourself, Miss Roza?”

“Yes, please, if you could Casilda.”

“Finish up eating, I will prepare some clothes for you to wear and we can head out, I will use that as an opportunity to buy some fresh vegetables for dinner today.” She replied with a smile as she patted my head while getting up.

“Thank you.” I told her as my shivering hand grabbed the bread back up from the table.

Casilda took me to my dressing room, grabbed a few dresses and gave me the option to choose from myself. In the end I chose a white and silver dress, considering the purpose of this outing is to find out the truth.

“Are you ready to head out, Miss Roza?” Casilda spoke to me with her hand in the door preparing to open it.

“Yes.” I replied with a rough smile.

I gripped onto Casilda as we walked down towards the town square, the Head Priest is usually at the main Church in the centre of the town, hopefully it won't be too busy.

We continue along the path towards the church, as we pass through the main centre of the village I couldn't help but notice the crowd surrounding the area. I tightly wrapped my arms around Casilda, afraid of the dangers that might lurk.

Many eyes were pointed towards me because of my dress. They’ve probably never seen a noble pass through this district, my arms that were around casilda tightened. I closed my eyes and continued to tighten my grip.

“Miss. Roza? Are you okay?” Casilda noticed my cries of help.

“I-I’m scared… Of the outside world…” I stuttered with anxiety as tears slowly started to flow down.

Casilda took a stop and looked at me with a reassuring face. She knelt down and comforted me with a motherly hug.

“It’s okay, it’s okay Miss. Roza, I'm here, don't worry now. You won’t get in danger, trust me.” She gently patted my back.

“R-really?” I replied with tears in my face.

“Really.” Casilda wiped the tears off my eyes and rubbed my head.

After I sobered up, she grabbed my hand and stuck close to me as we began to leave the town centre. We finally made it through the busy streets of Tesialyrodi and walked onto the front gates of the church.

“See? I told you we wouldn’t get in danger Miss. Roza.” Casilda looked at me with an assuring expression.

I nodded in response, happy to be taken care of by her. She placed her right hand on the door knob of the massive door leading inside the church.

As Casilda pushed the door to the side, the atmosphere immediately changed as I stepped onto the holy place. I saw the head priest standing in the middle of the church looking at the altar. I held onto Casilda’s hand and cautiously stood behind her while keeping one eye out on the Head Priest.

“We aren’t disturbing, are we?” Casilda asked respectfully.

The priest didn’t say a word, he raised one arm and pointed towards the benches. Casilda grabbed me and we followed the instructions of the Head Priest. My eyes were locked in on him with each step we took on our way to the bench to take a seat. After a few moments of us sitting down he finally moved from his stone-like position and bowed down.

“So, what pleasure do I have seeing you two?” The Head Priest asked as he came towards us.

“Miss Roza said she wanted to meet you, she had something wanted to talk about.” Casilda replied while she bowed her head as he approached.

“Oh? Well I am pleased to meet you little Miss Défteros!” He replied while looking towards me.

“Please, if you could Miss Roza, feel free to say whatever you want to say.”

“Well… uhmm.”, Something was holding my words back, “When I…”, I don't know why, “I saw…”

“What is it, little miss? Don’t be afraid to say anything, we’re under god's protection here.” The priest encouraged.

“Miss Roza, had a dream. A dream where god was calling out for her. Isn’t that right?” Casilda stepped in saying what she recalled from this morning.

“Y-yes…” I answered quietly.

“Oh good Heavens! What a miracle that is!” The Head Priest called out in shock. “Please little miss, come with me, this is a revelation for us and our future!” He took mine and Casildas hands and took us towards the altar.

“YOUR SIGN WAS FOUND, I WILL LIVE UP TO YOUR EXPECTATIONS. I WILL NOT DISAPPOINT YOU!” he screamed at the top of his lungs while looking at a statue behind the altar.

What is even happening, Casilda looks equally as shocked as me. What is he talking about, what is going to happen?? What expectations is he talking about!