The Maide

Alexander Zabala Gomez
THE MAIDE

Once upon a time, In a land, far
away there was a strange storm. Lots
of dust, water, and rocks fell from the
sky. Specially 8 particulars rocks fell
around the world.
Many families suffered and they had
losses. One of them was Eliza who lost
his parents. Then, she was take cared
for nuns.

It was the XVII century. Eliza was the
handmaid of the kings. They were good
and just. Eliza grew up like normal young
and she received a paycheck for her job.
One day, the king told her: "go and carry
these supplies to the castle in outlands".

Everything was normal. She looked at the
old castle and a strange figure, a man with
a cape, was waiting for her. He asked:
"where is the soldier?". And she said: I
think he can´t come. She did this three
times a week. One day, the man with the
cape, asked: would you like to work here?
She said: I do not know. I have a job with
the king. She thought a few seconds and
she said I would think about it.

She talked with the king. She told him if
he can give her a few hours in the
afternoons. Eliza was thinking about the
paycheck. It was a good opportunity. The
king said yes. Three hours in the
afternoon. No more.
Eliza started to work and the man with the
cape told her his duties. He told her that
he always was busy and almost she
would never saw him. Eliza agreed.
Actually, the castle was alone and it was
very big. Rare but she did not care.
After days, she
talked with him
a few times;
She found out
that he had was
a scientific and
his wife was
deceased.
Also, she knew
his name.
Benjamin.

Eliza woke up a night for a glass of water. She
listened to something. Then, she lost her
conscience. After, she woke up in a big room
and she can saw the king. He was tied up over a
table.
Eliza looked around and saw too many scrolls
on the walls; many bottles and essay glasses.
She did not know what was happening. But she
saw a figure. A person. Benjamin. He was doing
strangers things around the king.

Suddenly Benjamin starts to speak. He says:
where is it?
Where do you hide it? It has spent 18 years
from the storm and only someone like you, it is
capable of had it hidden. I do not know what
are you talking about, says the king. Course
you know it, says Benjamin. The storm
brought with itself, 8 powerful rocks. Powerful
magic rocks that are capable to give wishes.
Surely these are inside you like
the others. Eliza saw the walls
and she started to understand the
draws.
Benjamin said: every stone has a
power. But always they acting in a
stranger way. So, when I went to
the castle, they reacted stranger
and it can felt their power. When
the 8 rocks are together, I will can
to relive to my love.

That is insane, said the king. Eliza listened to
and she tried to cut his chains. “Just miss one;
eight stars in the sky. Eight pieces and I would
bring back my beautiful love”, Said Benjamin.
He put the rocks around the king. These started
to acting rarely. Suddenly, A ray light hit the
room. The king screamed and Eliza too. A light
disc stood over the room. Benjamin asked for a
wish. But there has was no wish.

A giant specter like three meters, it looked like a
lobster; but it was black. It shot a light to
Benjamin and it injured him. The specter got
close to Benjamin who was expecting the dead.
Suddenly something threw to Benjamin far. The
specter screamed and hit with light again. The
light was blocked by an arm and it was bridged
back to the specter who blow away in the air. It
was
Eliza.

After all this commotion, the queen arrived
and the most part of the town. Everybody
cried for the king. Benjamin was taken to the
dungeon. Eliza and the queen met outside of
town a time later. Eliza explained that
Benjamin was looking for wishes. The rocks
are a key to other lands. There is not 8. We
can saw 8 but this is a land too. They are 9. !8
years ago, the storm was the destruction of
the key. One of them was the soul of the
keeper. It touched me. Now I have to protect
these
lands.
The queen moved the head with pride.
The
End