SUYA MOONLIGTH-JOURNEY OF A WOMAN

2nd part

After the capture of the Pirate, life in Ranir resumed normally, the beautiful Suya never missed an opportunity to pass in front of the office of the magistrate Darian, sometimes she sat on a wooden bench in the center of the square, from where she could clearly see the door of the office, she placed her basket in front of her with a small gift prepared for Darian in the hope that he would come out.

    The Magistrate did not miss the maneuvers of that little red-haired peasant girl, with her glasses and her dress protected by the apron, one morning the Magistrate finally went out to stretch his legs and take a breath of fresh air, the day was splendid, the sun high in the sky and the butterflies fluttering on the flowers of the flowerbed in the square, he nonchalantly approached the beautiful Suya, asking what good thing she had in the basket, she was red in the face, redder than her hair, at first she could not speak because of shyness, then she took courage and said I have some freshly picked fruit and I would be honored if the Magistrate wanted it, he accepted it and one word led to another they began to tell each other the story of their lives, Darian was attentive to what the girl was saying and often asked him for further information on her travels and her life.

By now it had become a habit and day after day they met on that bench, ignoring the suspicious looks of the other women passing by, until one day Darian asked him if he could ask the administrator Sir Fred to be able to court her, and that was how they began a happy relationship made of looks and handshakes, then Darian asked him if he would help him in the office as an assistant and seeing his good application he asked him if he wanted to become a Scribe, he would give him the necessary lessons and in the end after the exam he would be able to work with him.

    But fate is sometimes around the corner and you never know when it will pop out, so one morning some ships arrived in sight of the small port, it was later learned that they were the friends of the arrested Pirate, come to take revenge for him, they landed on the beach not far from the city, and attacked the village from the least protected part, killing and setting fire to everything they encountered on their way, I together with Suya, Hassif with some slaves and some warriors escaped into the nearby forest crossing the river and headed to Port Kar, we lost track of the others, there were too many bandits they would have killed us all, so we ran away, and that was the end of the village of Ranir.

     When we arrived in Port Kar Darian spoke with a Captain who was an old friend of his from the time he lived as a Lawyer in that city, and found us two places on a ship headed to the island of Landa, from there we would continue to his Oasis of the Seven Palms, while Hassif, Ans and others remained there waiting to return to their homes.

Arriving at Landa Island, we didn't even have time to get off a ship and met some merchants headed to his Oasis, we joined them and finally arrived at our destination, I was amazed by the lush green of the palm trees and tropical flowers, I had always lived in the north and in Ranir, Darian gave me a room, I was very happy, I settled into his wonderful room and started studying again, I wanted to become a Scribe, I was very intelligent since I was a child, I remembered everything and wrote in a simple and clean way, until my teacher, free from his commitments, gave me other important lessons on the work of a Scribe.

     Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Suya, Darian was organizing their companionship ceremony. Suya had told him that if one day she would get married, she would do the rite of the people of the North. She then learned from a passing merchant that Sir Ans had returned to his home and was living there, while Hassiv had built a small modern city called Saluria with cozy houses and clean streets together with Freya and others. There was no news of Lady Patsy, nor of Sir Fred and Sir Hassan with his companion Lady Pity.

When Darina asked him to become her companion, she accepted happily, her dream was coming true. I asked Darian to invite old friends and organize the party in the grove outside the walls of the oasis.

     I was very busy with the preparations together with the girls who had arrived to decorate and then dance at the ceremony. And finally the day arrived and she was radiant in her new Blue dress, who in the meantime had taken the exam and had become a Scribe, and became the companion of the Magistrate.

    Little red-haired Suya with her glasses had fulfilled the wish of her parents who wanted her to be a rich and important woman, but now she was also a Queen because her partner is the Emir of the oasis and everyone loves and reveres her, if only her parents could see her but now lost for many years .....