lady in black

It's late at night, but the cold wind doesn't blow, there's no sign of coldness although the winter is not finished. The warmth between the couple is more powerful than the cold weather. The lord is combing his horse which is completely in black! A huge and complete armor covers it in the way that seems it can't move. But the horse is stronger than this. The lady is trying to wear her armor which was made by hands of the knight. A silver armor from her toes to her neck. With special metals in the chest to overprotect her. When she wears her armor the lord comes to her, hugs her, kisses her forehead and put a metal handle in her hand. When she releases it, its weight overcomes the lady in the way that she can not handle it!!! Opening her eyes, she sees a sword with long blade and a hand made handle on which the name of the knight was stock. "My lady this is yours from now on you have a very special weapon in your hand, although I know it's a little bit heavy for you to carry but you must learn. The important point for you is not only to catty it but also could learn how to move it, dance it, defend of yourself and kill. This is a part of me in your hand. However it is your friend but it can be your enemy too. So always respect it and never betray it!" her smile and deep breathe shows her satisfaction and acceptance. After all when they become ready the lord helps the lady to get on the black horse. She knows how to ride but the lord gets its rein because it disobeys from anyone except him.

They start to walk to a town where his family is living. The breeze's going through her pony style hair like it combs them. Sometimes the lord has some glance on her with a sweet smile which is so strange on his brutish face. But he's like this just for his lady.

The lady gazes straight like she's so inpatient to reach to the town. They arrived to a hill that the knight tells the town is behind it. Top of the hill, a green tree winked!! They are amazed because the green tree with lots of branches and leaves is odd in this season. The wind moves the branches but this sound is different from the sound which was heard in the dark forest. They climb the hill up; on the top of it they stand. The town is under their feet. In the moonlight, the shadow of the lady on the horse and the young knight beside her is really glorious. The knight draws his sword, touches its blade, looks at it carefully and tells the lady so calm: "My lady, look at this town, I left my whole family in it, because they didn't respect me! I've got a lot of power from 13 years ago, I stood here exactly in this season, I was alone and promised to myself that never comeback till I gain power, I cursed them and left. Now I am here exactly in that situation but not lonely, and now I promise 10 years later I become the most powerful knight on the earth. We go on but I know you will face with many other or better to say new problems. Are you ready for them?"

"Yes my majesty" she says with shivering voice.

They start to walk to the town. The sun is rising from behind the mountain when they arrive. All the people stop doing whatever they've done and gaze at them. They walk proudly among them. Some children pointing them by fingers as they've heard a story about the knight and his lady!!! The strange silence of the town makes the OLD lady come out of the house with eyes full of tears but she's more proud to show any emotions. The knight takes the lady's hand, helps her to get off from the horse, goes toward his mother, the lady is following him with 5 feet distance behind, kneel on one of his knees, put his head down, takes his mothers hand and kisses it. The old lady hugs and kisses his son and tells him how she's missed him since he had gone! They have really nice time there. Drink, dance, eat, play, exercise…

The old lady tries to teach many life rules to the young lady and the lord is thinking about future and his battles while they're laughing and doing their chores. Days and nights pass, everything is good till one morning:

The sun shines to lady's eyes among the satin curtain of her room window and tries to wake her up. She wakes up, closing eyes, touching the bed to find her knight but he's not her. She is afraid, getting out from the bed quickly and running in the alley, looking left and right but no sign!!! She thinks he might have gone to a battle, but no, without her?!! In the way back to home she sees him dancing with a lady in red in a café, cheek to cheeks laughing and flirting. When he realizes she's behind the window releases the girls hand and runs toward her but she escapes. Finally he could find her near a frozen river after a long running. She cries and her tears are like a crystal on her cheeks. The knight sits beside her angrily because he thinks she wanted to put her nose in his works and spy again but he's wrong. "Why did you betray me? Why did you break the rules? Why did you break your swear? Why did you lie to me? Do you love …?" he closes her lops by a finger and says" hush, I didn't betray you and didn't break any rules, the lady whom you've seen was a spy from our enemies, she wanted to buy me and I decided to hunt and get out all of their battle plans from her. She is a filthy girl and far from the beauty I love. So be patient my lady from now on I promise to inform you from all my plans".

The lady tries to believe because she wants to!! But this time is the second time that her heart breaks. She accepts and goes with the knight again but a dark point remains in corner of her heart.

One day the lord gets to the house in a hurry. He's so furious and his hands shivers, his face is like a bowel on fire!! The lady is practicing her exercises by sword when she sees him" what's up my lord?" "Look what you've done?!! You've broken the rules not me!! See what they say about you! You've done all the things I said not to do any more, you've wear forbidden cloths in the feast and you've talked with those who were prohibited to talk with, that was not the time for it, we should have been prepared for the most important and dangerous battle but now…" he shouts. "You're wrong this is a misunderstanding" she cries, but the knight doesn't pay attention and leaves the house angrily, jumps on his horse and rides to the far!!!  The lady can not tolerate, she wears her armor, takes her sword, gets on her white horse which was a gift from the Old lady and rides to find him.

After riding miles the sound of swords and yelling men attracts her attentions. This is the place where the lord might have been found in. she rides without hesitation, takes out her sword and rides toward the battle field.

The knight is killing anyone who wants to get near to him; he's surrounding by 10s but can overcome all of them just by one move of his sword. She is watching them, doesn’t know to interfere or not. After killing many, he gets between two huge enemies, one of them if fighting by sword and other one is an axe man who is getting near from back. She sees this situation and thinks there's no time for hesitation. He moves his hand up to cut the knights head from back, the lady, shouting with her sword up, passes from his side with and with a move of the sword drops of blood fills the face of the knight and enemies hand with axe in it fells down.

The knight turns back to see what it was! That he sees his lady with frightened face. "What the hell are you doing here? Who told you to get in?" he says with wonders. "I want you my lo…" she's interrupted suddenly, gazes at him a drop of blood comes down from the corner of her lips and she fells down. Yes she was attacked by an arrow from behind in her back. Both of them are surprised. He thinks to himself "I killed every body, who the hell was he?" He hugs her and tries to rise her up and takes her to a cave where seems to be a safe place. "Why did you fight my lord?" she asks with pauses. "I've heard your tribe thinks I've stolen you, they came to fight and took you from me", He replies. The lady is wounded so hard. Plenty of blood is getting out of her body and the wound is going to infect. The knight says that he should go to find something to heal her wound and stop bleeding. The lady worries that he might not come back but the only thing he thinks about is how to survive her. That night is really hard night for her, her lord has left her and she can hear the voice of her tribes shouting and calls her name. She is freezing but not because of the blood she lost or the cold weather, because of the lack of hope she shivers. She doesn't have even a candle to light up. So she decides to close her eyes to see her knight dream.

The knight goes to his town suddenly he sees the township are gathering soldiers and making new weapons, he runs to his mother who is the patriarch of the town and asks her what's going on there. She answers that they're preparing corps to attack your lady's tribe because they insulted us!!! The knight knows a disaster will be happened if so. He tries a lot to satisfy them not to do that even he has to fight with them and not only this fight doesn’t bring good things for him but also takes many valuable thins like honor and proud from him. They order him to obey or leave for ever and he chooses to…. 

The sun is setting but no news of him. She decides to go and look for him again!!!! She gets near the town but bodies on the ground tell her something else!!! She sees the border is destroyed and the knight stands gazing at destructions. "What's happened here my majesty?" she asks.

"Don't call me by this name again girl!!!!, see your tribe have done this mercy to me and my family. Look at the innocent people who are killed because they wanted to defend. The most powerful knight's family should face with this disaster!? They've destroyed all the things I gained for 13 years. They told me to leave them. I've lost my honor and told you before never let them attack, destroy and break my border. They've done this so you should be punished for that too.  Hey girl, from now on you are not my lady, I've chosen my life to destroy anything which has done this to me even you. I leave you because if I don’t they will revenge from you and spoil all the things you have. Now you are kind of enemy to them, so I've chosen the best way to get you out of reach of them that not hurt you!!!!" he says with hatred.

"No please wait. You are wrong, I was with you, I'm not with them, and I promise you to relief all of them!!! I've left all of them because of you and you shouldn't leave me alone in this situation, please give me one more chance" she begs. But nothing can change his decision. He has become a heartless and cruel guy for the lady too.

"Girl, you think you were! But you've left me alone and break my concentrations when I needed it. I do this believe this would be better, if they attack your tribe both of us will ruined and nothing will leave. I want to live in a nasty way. Even I made decision to sleep with other girls, if you are okay so come on and if not GOODBYE. So let us be separated with honor" he says and leaves her in that destruction.

Now she is alone with a broken heart and destroyed mind. She doesn’t know what to do, wait or … she doesn’t even know he will do those nasty things he said or not... But she knows something clearly:

She doesn’t have any way to return to her hometown, she doesn’t want to live in fancy. All of her dreams are ruined and she is afraid of getting filthy. She knows she can not love anyone because he has taken her sense and soul. She can not trust on anyone because he was the only one who she trusted on!!! She knows if he didn’t leave her what would happen. Yes, a new battle and a slaughter. He might have done the best thing maybe he has done a favor to her but…

Life seems to be ended. Nothing can do this crime except a CURSE. She hopes it is broken and doesn’t chase the rest of her life however life is meaningless to her as many other things.

Destination separates the teacher from the apprentice…

The sun is setting, she sits lonely with an open wound and gazes at the dust which is raised from his riding horse, and a big question is in her mind…..