The Destiny of One

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Writing on the Weekends; Castle Picture

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I did this for Writing on Weekends from Jessica’s blog Literary Pursuits.

Castle Tranquility seemed to be chiseled out of the on which it stood. Its grey stone and sun backed tile roof seemed to have been shaped out of surrounding bits of nature. Its stone walls had vines growing here, and moss there. The trees grew right in the middle of the large courtyard, and right up against the wall, as if they didn’t know that the castle had always been a part of the landscape.

Yes, Tranquility castle looked at one with God’s creation, but today, inside its walls, evil is lurking in the shadows. A most unnatural event is about to take place in the peaceful place.

Gladwin walks stealthily down the hall, careful not to wake anyone else this early in the morning. He clutches a dagger close to his side, not wanting it to scrap against the wall and wake someone. At the very end of the stone hallway, he slowly opens the door leading to Christopher’s room. As soon as it is opened wide enough, Gladwin steps in and closes the door behind him.

The dying embers in the fire place provide little light to navigate by, but Gladwin had lived in this castle long enough to know were Christopher’s bed was in relation to the fire. Slowly he made his way to the sleeping boy and leaned over him in the dark. Then quickly put his hand over his mouth and at the same time put his knife at his throat.

“Quiet!” He commanded as loud as he dared, as he felt the boy squirm and a fight against his hand that then suddenly stop when he felt the dagger at his throat. “Listen to me carefully if you want to live. Get dressed and get your sister out of the castle as fast as you can. Within an hour’s time you better be far from here or you will be dead. I don’t have time to explain further. Just get your sister and no one else, take your horses and get out of here.”

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Christopher and his sister raced down the only pathway down the mountain. What had the just escaped? What was going on that had forced them to leave the only home that they had ever known?

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Today, about 230 years ago, the Declaration of Independence was adopted. Here are some of the words from that great document.

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.