The Guard

  The first time I saw her, I was hiding behind a bush that had been freshly trimmed and I knew she had seen me. She wasn't as obvious as I, but theway she was staring at the bush was almost menacing. I had my left hand clenched around my gun holster and my right was against the ground for balance. I was out of breath and hoping I had lost the guards protecting her.They were very oblivious to just how talented I was then. Now I stood in almost the exact same spot, almost three years later, only as I was looking at the princess, I was glancing down. My left hand was no longer on my gun, it was covering her mouth. My right hand was holding her next to me. She was trying to get away desperately and I was giving up. I could hear her father, the king, shouting her name. No one knew how she had just suddenly dissappeared but tey did know that she was now gone. Who knew somone as kind as I could commit such a terrible deed?
I know what you must be thinking. I am insane. I said I was so kind but I just kidnapped the Korean princess. But I do it for good reason. My own queen, the queen of Spain is trying to take revenge on Korea for taking the life of our own king. Her plan is to kill the princess, but after visiting Princess Ali for two years, I could not just kill her. So I have decided to go against one of the only people I trust. Now, I must take care of Ali.
I told her two nights ago that I would be here at this time on this very night. It was now 11:30 and she was resisting. "Stop!" I hissed in her ear. Ali was trying to get away and I couldn't let her. My energy was draining quickly. I knew we had to get a ship before thay all left port at 12. It was going to be close but I knew we could make it as long as she remembered why we were fleeing. I told her again "Stop!," more meaningful this time and she did.I started walking with her in front of me. Ali was whispering something to me but it was so muffled between my fingers that I couldn't hear her. I removed my hand so that she could talk freely. Her hair smacked my face as she whipped her head around to see what was behind us. Ali's eyes got wider and a scared expression crossed her face. All she could manage to say was, "look." I turned my head sharply to see what was there. I realized what it was immediately even though i could barely see my hand in front of my face. I knew we were in danger and I knew we had to ge tout of here. Fast.
I let go of her and grabbed only her hand. I started sprinting now. I could see my breath and hear shouts behind us. Ali screamed. They were gaining on us. We reached the docks and as I looked for a boat, I noticed an opening. I jumped off the dock and I felt Ali let go of my hand. But it was too late. We were already suspended over the cold water. When we hit the water, I felt a sharp sting and I could feel her dress surrounding us. I struggled to find Ali so we could resurface but all I could find was her dress.
I found her hand in what seemed like hours later. I grabbed it and swam to the surface. When we reached it, I gasped and almost choked. I glanced at Ali and I swear she could have been dead. Maybe she was. But that didn't matter at the moment. I looked at Ali again. Her face was pale but she was alive. She was coughing as well. We moved under the dock and fell into an eerie silence. The only thing I could think about now was finding a boat to escape on. We had lost the other guards and I was pulling Ali up onto the dock now alongside me. I saw a boat a short way down the dock. As we got closer, I saw it's name. The Spanish Armada. This had bad luck written all over it but we boarded anyway and set sail.
--Karley