Alternate Ending Of Aeroas Short Story

The beating of the drums woke her with a start. The festival of Aeroas was to begin and she would be late. The late ones are never picked, everyone knows that. By the time she’d left her home the bone-rattling beat had settled and only a thin twang rumbled in the air. Still, in her nightgown, the girl slipped past the people of the crowd, cutting her way to the front. The front was where all the other girls of the sandy village gathered. There upon a floating rug sat the boy king. He had a sickly smile, like that of a snake.
His eyes met hers, for a brief flickering second, and the girl shivered in distaste. His eyes were clouded and watery. She wasn’t sure if he could see with them or if they were grotesque decorations that adorned his face. She watched, with anticipation, as the boy king raised his quivering pale hand. His veins ran down his arms in streaks of purple. …show more content…
The girl looked around in confusion, and a thick meaty hand pushed her forward. The boy king ordered his carpet to lower and beckoned the girl to sit by him. The girl obeyed, and one of the boy’s arms snaked around her, entrapping her. The carpet balked against their combined weight, and the girl nearly fell off of the hovering carpet.
¨Still.” The boy commands, his voice, a thin wavering thing, reminded the girl of translucent ribbons. The sun broke the horizon like an angry red god bathing the world in light. The boy’s skin held this angry light inside it, so he glowed a light reddish orange. He looked like something from the Otherworld. The carpet settled beneath the glowing child. He stole the crowd’s attention, and they stand like stone statues.
“We must go,” the boy king softly tells the girl. The king’s guards spring to life. They surround the young couple, creating a formidable fence of silver scimitars. The girl’s mother squeezed her way to the front, knocking some of the girls to the ground. The girl’s eyes met her