Where should I begin? There is a lot to know about me. My ancestry is one that I am not proud of... My family history goes down my fathers bloodlines...
Long ago there was terror upon the land, everything was set ablaze... You could not walk two steps in front of you without being burnt... All this was caused by a terrible ixi... Who's main goal was destruction. He couldn't control the power that surged within him. Such power had originated in a birthmark... The birthmark has been passed down through out each generation of his kin for 50 years... And each child bearing the birthmark had lost control of their senses, their humanity... All... Up until now that is... I too bare the notorious birthmark, yet somehow, I am unaffected by its controlling power... I can actually control it to my will. But not many people know that... .†She looked down sadly†. That is why I wear this scarf, it hides the mark, and no one runs from me. I do not wish to scare or hurt anyone...
While the majority of folk run from me, there were people that gave me hope. Audoku, Kacey, Emoku, Raz and especially Kai, have shown me what friendship
truly means, and don't judge on appearance. I hope that there are others out there, just like them... And I continue my search for friendship.
I haven't made that many enemies but there is one in particular that I fear... Devil... He has no heart... No soul... He is only after one thing and he doesn't care who he hurts to get it... He is my ex boyfriend... But I never loved him- I only went with him because he promised to take me away from it all... Away from the mother that cursed me
every time I entered the same room... Away from the many people who either looked down there noses at me, or ran away in fear... I thought that I would be free... But how wrong I was... This is the story...
I was 15... Upset and confused... Not knowing what I was going to do with my life... But
there was hope.. There was Devil- I dated him for about a year... Lived with him even. But
it's funny... I never once kissed him- It was a remote relationship- If that. All he seemed
to do was stare at me day after day... But he seemed to be growing restless and upset with
me. And on my 16th birthday he said to me-
Come away with me... I'll take you far away. Where all your dreams will come true.
The thought of leaving my home town was too great for words, so I agreed and packed my bags.
Next thing I knew I was on a cruise ship, on my way to Terror Mountain, with him...
Later on I found out that it wasn't exactly me that he was interested in... He thought I
would be a lot of "fun". But I just wasn't ready for that... He got mad and I left him to
go up to the deck and watch the waves roll by... I returned to the cabin as evening set in,
only to catch him "in the act" with two girls and a guy all at the same time! I was furious
and ran out to the deck again. I hoisted a dingy and set sail. Not knowing where I was going
to end up, I let the wind take me. I was on that little boat, in the middle of the sea for
3 whole days without a drop of drinkable water, nor a scrap of food... But it all turned
around for me... When I awoke, I found myself and the dingy caught upon the sand of a
tropical island... I got out, forgetting to grab my suitcase and began looking around.
An hour of searching and I bumped into a very tan man with hair as white as snow, with
the tips tinted aqua, the same colour as his eyes. He wore but a loincloth. He was running
along the beach at the time, playing with the fishes, then he fell.
Damn fish! They always beat me! Oh? Hello... He looked up at me with those soft
friendly eyes... I couldn't help but giggle.
Are you alright? You took quite a fall.. I helped him
up and introduced myself. His name was Kaiipoe, and it turned out that I had shipwrecked upon
the coast of Mystery Island, his home. We broke out into conversation and kept talking through
out the afternoon, topics like the tropical fish and what fish taste good... And then... Since
I felt so comfortable around him, and I felt he wouldn't run, I took off my scarf and showed
him my birthmark... He didn't run, nor scream, nor gasp- But he did say this-
M'lady Hira. You have a gift! A gift? That's what he said... But I still don't
understand what he meant by it...
Try telling that to the hundreds of people I've scared off with it... They don't
understand that I mean them no harm... I just want to make friends that's all... I
then told him about my heritage- It then lead to him talking about his family... And I got
the biggest surprise of all...
Well... There's Kacey my sister, she lives in Egypt and is their princess...
My parents died a while ago. First my father. My mother then remarried another...
He also had a son. My step brother, Devil... Do you know him? It hit me like
a ton of bricks... There's no way this guy could be related to that slime! He was just too sweet!
Uh... I may have... But I don't remember the meeting... I felt bad having
to lie to him... And trust me, I didn't want to... But I didn't want to alarm him..
. But I did tell him about it, leaving out my exes name and things related as not to
get him suspicious.
It was getting late. We watched the sun set as he taught me how to spear fish. A delicious
dinner before falling asleep on the bit of beach in front of his hut...
The next morning I left as the sun began to rise. I came back later with my suitcase. He was
awake when I came back, he looked like he had been very worried. I told him about the dingy.
There's a Hotel nearby. You can stay there until you're ready to leave if you like.
I agreed and in a few minutes we had set off for the hotel on the island... But during those
few minutes something happened... I forgot my scarf! Kai picked it up and handed it to me, but
I said no.
You keep it... I've gotta stop hiding. Besides, I'll have a reason to come back to visit
you again. And with that said we took off towards the hotel, with him holding my scarf in
his hand and in the other, being a real gentleman by carrying my suitcase.
He came into the Hotel Lobby with me, to check me in at reception. But it all went wrong! The
receptionist saw my birthmark and let out a gut wrenching scream! She ran into the next room to
get as far away as possible... You'd think I'd be used to it by now? But you'd be wrong... I fell
into deep tears, Kai bitter and angry at the woman, tried his best to comfort me... I felt his
arms wrap around me in a close hug, trying to calm me down, telling me that it was her problem,
not mine... That she doesn't understand what a fantastic person I am... It didn't seem to change
how I felt... He put down the suitcase and took me around the corner... There he wrapped the
scarf back around my neck and said a few very comforting words, making me feel very light...
Then the most strangest, yet wonderful feeling surged through my body as his lips touched mine
so softly... So lovingly... That I almost collapsed... But his hold was strong...
We decided that it'd be best that we left and started walking back down the beach... On the way,
two voices caught our attention. Two little boys, crying and screaming... They were caught in a
rip and couldn't get out! Kai and I dashed for them, through all the fuss, and the harsh blowing
wind my scarf flew off! The kids screamed and ran away in fear... It left me feeling
extremely
sad...
I-I didn't want to... I didn't want to hurt them... Not anyone... I said to Kai out of
shock.
Little brats... They just don't get it... It makes me so mad... Oh Hira... It's not your
fault... But I felt as though it was... I sat there, shocked, confused, sad and angry and
not moving... Just staring out to sea... He ended up carrying me back to the hut...
That's were our
love continued to grow... And I think I'll leave it at that.
As time went on many things happened... I fell pregnant to Devil after he used me against my will...
He came after me and bashed me something terrible causing me to loose the baby that I was going
to
abort anyway... Kai and I grew even closer, then he proposed and now? We're enjoying
life now- No more upsets... Or is there? Kai's royalty... Of course there will be upsets...
So many girls wanting to be me- The Fiancée of the prince... I don't care for the Royalty, the
title or the riches... Kai is all I need, all I want and so much more.. My security, my friend,
my love, my soul mate... Nothing will ever bring us apart....
Childhood Memories...
Believe it or not, Kai and I grew up together. I didn't realise that my new love was actually my best friend from boarding school when I was little.
I must've been about 5 years old when I was put into that horrible place... There, where the kids were so mean that everyday they'd pick on me just for the fun of it... Aweful jeers were shouted down the hall way at me, and I couldn't understand why they were being so cruel... But of course back then I was blissfully unaware of my birthmarks origin... But I knew by the way that they pointed at my neck, that the mark was the cause of all the harrassment...
It was a stormy wet day in the middle of December, during the yearly Talent show at the boarding school. I had my own little piece that I was to perform, and I was as nervous as anything... I had planned to sing a song that was very close to my heart, as I waited for my name to be called out, there were awful whispers going around and by the looks of things I knew they were about me...
(to be continued)
hits since 17th July 2005
