Heart
Chapter 9: Falling
"The story goes on......." Won said.
Princess Thaleh removed herself from his embrace and stood up and away from him. Pethe stood up and walked towards her.
"Stop!" Thaleh said but somehow with such little time they had already fallen for each other. The mighty princess that was yesterday had turned into a innocent and weak person. She tried maintaining her balance but couldn't as he walked towards her and helped.
"You should sit!" Pethe said as Thaleh sat down.
"What are you doing here?"
"because i wanted too."
"You should go back, after all what happen last night. Also that women your fiance tell her to mind her own business before I really hurt her."
"Your sick and your saying this...." Pethe said as Thaleh hot up, she seemed to have all her strength back and yelled at him.
"Prince Pethe you and your people seem to underestimate us sea people alot. After all don't forget you already lost." Either i'm sick or not I can still fight for my people and what firmly belongs to me and my people. Something that you never understand. Sp please have you and your people go back where you came from and never returned here."
"Princess Thaleh!"
"Another thing, i'm sorry about what I said yesterday at you and everyone. You can leave now."
"I will not leave, I will stay and prove to myself worthy of you Princess! Another thing......" Pethe said walking towards her and grabbed her hand gently. He didn't care if this was only there second time they have met but he admitted he has fallen in love with the princess. He has fallen so deep and too deep towards this love where there is no returning. He placed her hand on his chest and looked into her eyes.
"I have already fallen in love with the sea goddess. The most beautiful women in my life is only this women standing right in front of me. Two days it took and I........."
"Stop!" Thaleh said removing his hands. "I don't know what your trying to do or what your trick is but i'm not buying it. Also you have a fiance so stop." Thaleh said coldly at him, she started to cough again.
"Princess!"
"Don't come near me! I'm perfectly fine." Thaleh said wiping her lips. She couldn't help but feel the same feeling he felt for her. "I cannot accept this, I can't feel this way." thinking to herself.
"But your...."
"You can go now I have nothing else to talk to you anymore." Thaleh said leaving her chambers. Her father came and took her away as soon as she arrived outside. Pethe stayed within the palace close to her palace and and watched her from afar. He helped out the people and stayed close to King Mon whenever Thaleh was with her father. Some of the times he would touched her hand or even hold onto her hand tightly. He once realize how different they lived from how he lived. There was no status between the people and they help each other out well there was peace not just that but to be compare to his people they lived with sickness and with no peace. As the time past she became prettier and she tried to remove herself from him as far as possible but somehow she always finds herself falling into his trap. One night where to come and she sat by the river under a tree, looking up at the stars shining brightly. Pethe walked with his guards following him everywhere as he spotted her and gestures his guards to leave. He went to her side and sat next to her.
"It's beautiful tonight isn't it." Pethe said with a smirk on his face. She looked at him and smiled back. His voice became husky and strong.
"Why haven't you left yet? We have nothing here for you."
"I don't need anything. If I get to see you only." Pethe said. She looked away from him knowing she has heart problems she cannot love anyone specially when the time comes it will be to painful to endured.
"You know what I have, sooner or later I will leave this place. I don't want to hurt anyone and you if you keep this up there will be war. Something I will not risk of doing. My people is at peace and if war breaks out our people will not survive. Without me, there is no more of our people. I am the only one who can control them, my father was hurt enough when my mother passed away. He wasn't able to control his people and that's when I came in. I brought my people into its place and now when I will leave this place I want it to stay that way. forever in peace without war"
"Your words are true but I can't maintain my feelings for you."
"Today you say this and tomorrow it changes I can't believe in your words. I can't trust you. Your people and my people will not get into a understanding if they already look down on us."
"My people will understand."
"but Chaya won't!! Your fiance is the richest in the nation. If she breaks out war you will lose and we will too. So stop your nonsense and wake up. This is how we live and this is how it will end. You marry her and everything will be fine."
"Do you really not have any feeling for me."
"Even if I where to...I cannot say......."she was going to continued as he came closer to her and hugged her from behind.
"hey, what are you doing? Let me go until someone comes and see."
"Listen to me. Thaleh, I will say this one more time I will not look any other women except you. You are my life without you there is no more meaning to this life of mine. If only we where born to be commoners, then I will be able to be with you. Our lives wouldn't be so complicated."
"I think you've said enough." almost getting up as he held her tight.
"This does not surpassed my feelings." Pethe said and remain quiet like they where already communicating with each other. They remain silence as she lay in his embrace.
Days past they seem to change towards each other they talk more and went sight seeing together more. They stayed close together all the time as time seem to change rapidly.
Pethe's country
"Your highness, Prince Pethe does not want to come home yet. It looks like his soldiers seem to say he acts weirdly around the princess herself."
"The Princess you say!" King Samon said.
"Yes! They act weird together as in they are lovers. They say they often hold hands whenever there alone."
"Get the soldiers ready and go give them the news."
"yes! your highness."
Pethe and King Mon walk together discussing the average daily life of people. After they did they had gone away from the palace to hunt.
Thaleh watch him from afar as she teaches the children to make garland, inserting different types of colorful flowers together. But later on that same day the clouds became dark and grey, thunder roar across the sky of the sea and the rain started to pour violently. A soldier ran through the pouring rain and ended up at Princess Thaleh's feet.
"We have a big problem now, Princess!"
"What is it? What's wrong Suay?"
"War! We need to get ready and send Prince Pethe back home as soon as possible. We need to get ready for war right away."
"What do you mean, war?!!!"
"Prince Pethe's country is raging war on us. We have to hurry! They are sending troops here into our land. Thaleh got off from her set and grabbed her sword and arrow. The rain had just stopped and she raced up onto the horse and ran out of the palace. She was close there destination and until she saw them. Pethe was riding on his horse talking to King Mon, with one sudden move he dodged the arrow rapidly coming towards him making him fall. His guards came to his side and help him up as he searched before him seeing Thaleh put her arrow down. He stood up with confusion, he thought they where doing well and final understood each other. She got off of her horse and walked towards them with her swords ready to strike them. His guards ran towards her finding her a enemy of their's and strike her. She pushed them away and harmed them by the hands. They fell onto the ground and was ready to strike again. The pain started again inside her heart. The pressure raised inside of her, the pain back again, and she endured the pain coming back not falling again like the first time she did crying in pain. It had started to rain again and finally striking against him, clashing swords together. He watched her as they fought against each other a third time. They pasted each other in every move but he refuse to open his sword against her. They fought for a awhile as tears mixed up in her eyes within the rain. With one final stroke she went against him forcing herself once more and clashed into him as they stared at each others movements. With one final push he pushed her away and threw away his sword. She came back at him with her sword against his neck.
"Why are you doing this? I thought we where already starting to understand each other."
"I thought that too once I came back to reality. You came here to learn our weakness. That's you came and tried to trick us."
"Why do you believe that? I Love You!" Pethe said as it started King Mon. He didn't seem to realize all this time they had formed a relationship.
"Stop! I don't believe you anymore." Thaleh said as her heart started to ached, endering every bit of pain forming inside of her. She squeeze her hand against her chest and started to cough covering her mouth. Coughing up blood, she finally fell onto her knees and kept coughing. Her sword finally fell and Prince Pethe went to her side. Embracing her once more she tried pushing him away as he took out his handkerchief and wiped her mouth. Tears ran down her cheeks and he wiped them away.
"I don't believe you, let me go."
"Then kill me like you wanted to when you strike me in the neck."
"You! Get away from here and take your people also and go back to tell your father that there is nothing between us so that there won't be war." Princess Thaleh said and pushed him away. She got her sword and stabed it to the ground helping herself up she walked away from him. She started to cry when she was far enough and fell under the rain.
Prince Pethe went back home afterword and talk to his father. His father had said to him to get marry to Chaya and after that he will end the war. He did as he was told but that didn't mean anything marriage is just marriage he stayed true his words and loved only one women in his life that was Princess Thaleh. When the Princess Thaleh was told he had gotten married she fell deadly ill the people cried over her illness and preyed for her every minute. The news carried all the way to Prince Pethe and he came escaping his own country just to visit her. When she heard he had finally come she ran out of her chambers and went to find him. There he stood in front of her, she stood there as tears ran down her cheeks. He felt guilty but as long as he was with her everything will be fine. He walked towards her but she ran to him and hugged him tightly. She started to weep and hugged him tighter.
"Why have you just come? Don't you love me anymore? I believed you and i'm sorry for everything I had ever said to you." Thaleh said as her father watched them and just let be.
"It's alright I know you didn't mean it but are you alright."
"I'm alright! nothing serous so don't worry."
"Then may I take you somewhere with me?"
"My father you have to ask him......" she was about to finish when she started to cough again.
King Mon gave him permission but tonight was a full moon he then new what was going to happen and let it be. Fate had chosen it path for them to take.
King Samon Country
"Where has he gone?"
"Sea!"
"Don't tell me that sea girl."
"yes! princess he has gone up there to meet her."
"Go have your people take him back here"
King Mon Country
Pethe took Thaleh to the temple as they sat there praying. She was far from sick but was too weak to do anything. Her heart was giving up on her and so was her body. Night had came and they where still there when they heard people yelling to find Prince Pethe. He stood up quickly and held his sword tightly. She held his arm and signal him to stop. He looked at her and they looked upon the Buddhist. He took her hand and laid it upon the Buddhist.
"Till this life, the women I've ever loved will be this only women Princess Thaleh because of our two nations of hate our love did not last in this life of ours. To be in our next I wish to be with this women and only women Thaleh. Never to be apart we live to be soul mates in every life time. I will love this women only." Pethe said and his soldiers had already come. There last words where. "I promised for eternity." Thaleh had gotten up and fought against them along the side of Pethe. They fought for awhile until with one detraction Pethe was hit Thaleh was detracted and was stab. The soldier pulled the sword out as blood rushed out of her body she fell, Pethe ran towards her and caught her. He looked at her shock as he fell on his knees watching her dye before him, anger rose inside of him and he got up with one swing he fought everyone of them and the last one standing was him covered in their blood he looked down upon Thaleh and kissed her final lips and died beside of her. Swearing to god he and Thaleh will be together forever but with such commands, there comes prices and there their lives began, the life of vengeance and love. Leaving Chaya to revenge Thaleh in every life time for stealing the person she once only love in her life time. With the test of god Pethe and Thaleh was tested for there love by vengeance.
Won finish the story as the maids looked at him crying there eyes out.
"So sad!" One of the maids said wiping away her tears. As Won continued.
"So do you understand Krai why I had to let your sister go. It will be easier for them to fall in love once again instead of taking revenge on one another.
Finally the story is told. I know this chapter is long but touching. I really hope you guys like it. Thanks for reading and I will update soon, until then stay tune........♥