A chance encounter or fate

He sits on the same chair as before and asks me to continue the moment I sit next to him

I look at him with narrowed eyes and say " do you not even greet me lad, where are your manners". I tease, as he smiles and says " I left it at home. Now please continue, for I want to hear as much as I can before time runs out". I sigh and continue with my story "I saw her on a night when the moon was hidden behind the clouds and not a single star was to be seen. I was sitting on a broken tile of an ancient temples which was abandoned. I was not expecting any visits but what I saw that day, captured my heart forever.

She rod the horse with her treeses flying behind, wearing a black robe that was darker than the night itself. She gets down and walks towards the edge of the cliff and just as soon as she goes there the moon shines through the clouds as if breaking free. She slides her robe gently to the ground and picks it up carefully with her foot . Her white skin glistening in the moonlight, she starts dancing like a wild flower on a windy day, with so much passion and intensity that I am at loss for words. She is not really pretty or beautiful, her face is covered with a deep scar and she's looks menancing. I'm mesmerized at how she even manages to be graceful even with that face. She gracefully puts back her robe again and I knew there was little chance of finding her there again, Yet I used to visit that temple almost every day for weeks in hopes to see that dance again and my efforts were not futile for I saw her again on a full moon night where the clouds covered the moon just as before, the process was same each month but her dance was different each time . I watched from afar for 3 years every month on a cloudy full moon day. The way even the moon shines it's moonlight on her everytime she comes, exhibit her passion. But on that particular night I only see anguish and anger in her dance which later turns into sorrow so great that I end up having tears in my eyes. By the end of the dance I could discern that she was not alright. She suddenly stands tall and is about to jump into the nothingness below the cliff and I do not know how I sensed it , maybe it was instinct or maybe it was destiny but I caught her just in time and when I looked at her face, I was struck not by the hideous scar but by the sorrow I saw in her eyes. She struggled for release but only for a while, she then fell into deep unconsciousness. She hadn't seen my face as it was coverd while I rescued her. For that I was thankful so i laid her on the broken tiles of the temple and hid behind the pillar, I didn't want to leave her alone because to me she was precious and for her I was a person who snatched away her last salvation.

She sees around everywhere and tries searching for me but I'm an expert at hiding as my job requires me to. Giving up she gives a searching gaze towards the temple and a final look at the cliff then rides away into the darkness. I was worried at this point that after this incident one cannot be sure what strange stunt the girl might pull again.i admit I was afraid she'll try to kill herself again, so I followed her, for the first time. She stopped at a palace which was very familiar with me. I stand aghast and notice how the maids treated her with respect, I assumed she was some aristocrat but never had I ever imagined her to be the girl who rescued me few years back and a princess.

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