I look towards the sky in the middle of the night. There was a moon and not a single star. I quickly climb to the top of the tree I was sitting on.
There, I see a few stars in a distance. But not over my town. My people always thought I was bad luck and now this will be another reason to blame me.
I got of the tree and grabbed my bad to get out of the town. Unfortunately.....
“The demon is back! Catch her!” And before I knew it. I was thrown in behind the bars of a cell
The night was cold and the people’s hearts towards me were even colder. Hopeless, I looked out of the small window. As expected, there was no star in the sky.
The next day, the guards came to get me. They tied me to a wooden log and kept small sticks near my legs.
I thought this was my fate. A man brought the flaming stick. I thought to myself. “Poor me dying without seeing a star in the sky. I mean everyone’s as seen a star in the sky. Maybe even wished on a shooting star or something”
I didn’t have much time time to think. But dying at the age of 14? What a shame
And just as the fire was about be kept to the wood, A loud, high-pitch scream came from the crowd.
It was the mute girl everyone seemed surprised. No one ever heard a word come out of her mouth.
She spoke in a loud voice with tears in her eyes “let go of her! She didn’t do anything wrong! Just because you think she is bad luck doesn’t mean she is!”
I looked at her, she was the only one who ever cared for my life. To everyone else, I am pretty much dead.
She spoke once again. “You did the same to my mother and my sister. You are just jealous because she is more beautiful than anyone in the town!”
That hit me. Before me, even more people were burnt to death. Just because they were prettier than the everyone else.
Everyone realised what was happening and everyone started supporting me.
It was not the people’s fault. It was the kings fault. He manipulated everyone!
Soon enough, the king was thrown into jail. His secret came to the people’s eye.
He used to burn only the girls feet and set them free. Not actually free. He used to sleep with these half burnt bodies.
Finally that night the stars where seen in the shy. It turns out that I was not the bad luck, he was.
Guess I am not going to die as early as 14 that too without seeing stars.
