In the middle of nowhere

Aria was exhausted.

She..betrayed of her efforts by the people she trusted the most.

The person she considered her friend just pierced her heart with a bloodstained blade.

"Ariaaaa....!!"

A voice she loved which now sounded like a curse was getting near but her body had given up with her heart destroyed by blade or hurt..don' t know

Today she stood and took the blade instead of Lucas her beloved...

Even though he never loved her she was still his precious childhood friend.

Aria fell in love with Lucas at first sight...how could she not..when such an angelic boy he was?

But fate was never by her side because he never considered her more than a cherished friend...

There parents proceeded with there engagement as they thought of them to be perfect match for each other.

She too thought that someday he might fall for her...

As if mocking her he fell for her...her bestfriend

And now his voice only sounded like a shackle that held her from thinking for herself...finally destroying her completely.

"Goodbye my one-sided lo..ve..(blood gushing from her mouth)...Let..us..never...meet..again...

(closing her eyes)

**** ***** *****

Lucas saw Aria get stabbed instead of him by his dear friend Mark whom he considered his best buddy and a faithful aide..

Lucas stood there desperately calling her name which he thought would always be responded..

But now there laid a dead friend, fiance....but did he consider her as one other than a friend?

But now its all over....too late to consider any mistake as it now has only become a deep regret..

For the girl he loved...today died a precious friend instead..whyyy??

Why did Aria stood for him to die instead...when he only abandoned her for his love....

"Whyyyyyy??"

(screaming uncontrollably while crying and holding Aria in his arms)

Aria died protecting Lucas who loved her bestfriend...

Lucas never thought that he would lose her for she was always by his side smiling beautifully...

But now what?..what should he do without her...who will he go to when he's troubled...who will he fight with for a few biscuits... who will comfort him when he is exhausted..WHOOO??

**** **** ***

When Rubina reached the scene she saw Mark collapsed with blood all over the place.

Her heart started throbbing with immense fear...

And there she saw her lovely friend with no life in the arms of the boy she loved..

"No...no..no..Ariaa..Ari.."

(Rubina collapsed as her legs gave out in shock)

Crawling to reach her friend Rubina extended her trembling hand towards Aria...

"Arii...Ariaa..answer me..Arii..." (Tears started felling down Rubina's cheeks)

Her only dear friend had left her...

"Howw...Howw did this happen...who did this Lucas? WHO...WHO...this horribly...To Arii...ahhh..noo..no..noo.."

Horrified with the amount of blood her friend laid in...Rubina sobbed miserably... finally fainting.

"Huh...Where am I??"

Aria woke up with a heavy pain in her head.

Looking around she realised, this was not the place she had been before...the place where she died.

"But how am I...alive?? Didn't I just..??"

'I died at the hands of Mark so how am I still conscious? Am I dreaming right now..but this is too real for a dream'

Aria tried to recall everything that took place before she opened her eyes here.

'Right when I was stabbed I fell unconscious but before then I heard his(Lucas) voice...calling for me.

But it was too late..it was so painful to be stabbed right into heart'

Remembering everything was so painful that Aria had to scream to endure it. Due to her loud voice the door which has been shut all this time opened with a loud bang.

"Ariaa!!"

"Ariii !!!!!"

A man who seemed to be in his late twenties and a woman with similar age had entered.

They seemed really worried from their expressions, they even hugged her immediately as soon as they saw Aria.

'Mom..Dad..'

'I missed you...how much I had wanted to return home from that damn place..'

"Mom...Dad....aaahh..haa..(Aria hugged them back while sobbing)

'But how are my parents so young? When I left for the academy they where not like this.'

That's when Aria realised that something was wrong...terribly wrong.

Aria jumped out from her large bed and ran towards the mirror..but while running something felt different.

But it didn't take much time to realise it when she stood in front of her mirror.

A small girl hardly 6 years old with beautiful dark red colored hair and hazel eyes was seen.

She came back...to her 6 year old self.

She realised it so soon because the last mark on her mirror was number 6.

When she was small Aria had wanted to grow up quickly and marry her dad...so she used to write her age on the mirror every birthday so that she would know that she was growing up.

But soon that too stoped when she met him...she was 8 and he was 10 years old.

That's from when she slowly started losing herself to love him completely but now it's all over..

'So there's still 2 years left before I meet Lucas...

I don't know how I ended up coming back in time but

now that it has already happened...Let us never meet again Lucas!'

*****

Aria was the youngest daughter of Marquis Cristine.

Her elder brother who is two years older than her was an affectionate brother.

Her mother who was a proud knight had always been such a lovely mother to her.

With such a precious family she didn't need anyone else now...

Not a useless love nor a traitor friend.

This time she will chose herself and live a life with the people worth her love.