PIECE OF MIND #2 - SCARLET

SCARLET

By Lemony Lemon

            It was cold that night. She straightened up her coat as she walked down the street. The icy cold wind slapped her face few times. Still, she doesn’t budge. The weather seemed nothing to her. She smirked.

Useless.

No matter how thick the coat she wore, or how long the scarf wore around her neck, she won’t feel warm.

            Why?

            Because the cold doesn’t come from the atmosphere, it came from her heart. She is a cold-blooded hunter after all. She hunted down her prey and gets a generous amount of pay from it. She looked normal from the outside. But inside, only God knows how she led her life.

            Her name is Scarlet. It suits her as her life is filled with red, the colour of blood. Yet, she probably named due to the colour of her eyes. Deep red.

            Her hands were dirty. It is so dirty and there is no way it can be cleaned. She never intended to quit her work nor will she feel guilty of what she’d done.

            Until the day when she received a new order to kill a man, everything changed. Her life take a detour, their fate intertwined. Meeting him, it changed the way she sees the world. She was unsure of what she’s doing. She felt wronged. She tried to stop doing something that she lived for. Killing and money no longer in her dictionary. She finds the purpose of her life.

            But of course, it won’t end easily. She can’t lead a happy life after what she’d done right?

             

THE REASON I START WRITING....

Assalamualaikum...

I just finished one of my paper in the evening. So, tonight, I was thinking of reIaxing myself by blogwalking. The first blog that came up on my mind is secawan kopi belonged to Aidil Khalid. I was drawn to read his blog because he is a good writer, his idea was fresh and his writing style is awesome. TALENTED, I would say. To even comparing himself with me, who is just an amateur is an act of violation against him.

Then one of his post stated why did he start writing. He said it came to him when he first read a short novel entitled Twenty Fifty Seven. He realised literature is a channel where we can deliver a message through a storyline. The message can be universal and we can deliver anything in mind. that's his story. what about me??

SITUATION #1 :

What did you feel when you were so absorbed in reading a novel and when it come to an end, it was so ABSURD??
I am sure, curses flying from your mouth like a dagger. Piercing through the novel, shredding the pages into pieces.
    
 " I can do so much better than this!!!".

There you are. My first reason.

To write something you like is easy, but to write something others will like is a different story. I take this a challenge. To prove myself. I always like English and I am more confident in writing English. It is not like I am a snob or what. It is just that I think I can do better in English than Bahasa. I can write in Bahasa but it will take a LOT of time and an ENORMOUS effort in achieving it.

SITUATION #2 :

you woke up from your sleep with a weird dream roaming through your head. It was interesting yet so weird. With a little bit of alterations and a spoon of imagination, you can make it ROCKS!!!

LET YOUR IMAGINATIONS RUN WILD!!!

my first fiction STOLEN came from my dream. Of course I changed it a bit... erm... actually a lot in the storyline and the characters. I started to write it since I was fifteen. Up until now, it is not finished yet. Time, perhaps since I was busy with my studies and probably because I kept on changing the plot. It is getting strong and stronger as time goes by. Your writing kept on maturing as the time flies. I will try to finish it as I had another one coming with the title "HUNTER". It is actually a short fiction and I already finished it. Maybe a little bit of alteration will make it work.

SITUATION #3 :

You strolled down your facebook account and came across an issue. You think the issue was seen at a  wrong perspective and you think it was your duty to change the way they think. Writing it in a professional manner without taking side indicates your ethique...

HUMANITY ROCKS!!!

I wrote about Lynas and MLM based from my own opinion and facts. lastly, it depend on the readers to evaluate.

I loved reading books. so, practically I loved literature and beautiful words to the extent that I want to do it myself. I write for myself. I write for my own satisfaction. I write for others. Surely, I don't write for money. 

FIRE AND ICE

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

 

Robert Frost