Far From Home || Lucy + Dot
“Dot. Dot, wake up!”
Lucy was kneeling down at the side of Dot’s bed when her older sister finally opened her eyes. It was dark, the only light emitting from the small candle Lucy had managed to find in her cabin.
The party from Catalonia had been scheduled to set off from their port hours earlier, but the weather had not been in their favor. Not wanting to be late for the coronation festivities, they’d boarded the ship just after sunset and set out after dark with promises from the captain they would arrive in Avenia with plenty of time to spare. Everyone had retired to their cabins and turned in for the evening, but Lucy had forced herself to stay awake. She’d spoken to the captain and he’d confirmed exactly what she suspected and when she finally saw a speck of light in the dark, she hurried to her sister’s side as quietly as possible.
“We have to go up to deck,” she whispered, her eyes brighter than they had been in ages. She pulled Dot’s shawl from the end of her bed, handing it to her sister before grabbing her hand, pulling her towards the door. Once up on deck, Lucy pulled Dot towards the side of the ship, the lights growing in number in the distance.
“That’s it,” Lucy said quietly, leaning over the railing of the ship slightly, as if that might bring her closer. “That’s Farnley. The captain said we’d be able to see the lights from the city...” she looked over to her sister with a sad smile on her face. “We would have been able to see land if we’d left during the day. Perhaps even Carhall...”
Lucy turned back to the already fading lights as the ship moved quickly away from the tiny island. Lucy wanted to watch it until she couldn’t see any of her homeland. This moment was the closest either of them had been to Farnley since they were children.
“Do you think the rumors are true?” Lucy’s voice was barely above a whisper at this point, undoubtedly drowned out by the wind and the crashing of the waves. “Do you really think Alexander and James will be at the palace when we reach Caermara?”
