Freedom at last ?

Once his arms touch that wet sand it send his arms flailing, moving every single one off his muscle until he finally reaches the shore line with one final flop on the sand like a fish out of water gasping for air, caked between his fingers no longer the rock and dirt if their cold cells but the sand bellow as the sand as the waves slowly washed him his hand curling a storm grip as if to never let it go and for the feeling to leave his hands

Gasping a breath and un able to believe his eyes he turns over,Edmund looks back from wence he came the tortuous place that was his prison for what felt like a thousand years now just a small blur along the shore line, his scrambled mind only longing the comfort of the very person that helped him get out of  here,the little island grew more blurry as not only the salty water plagued his vision but his very own grateful  tears

"Thank you preist....thank you" he almost whispers his voice locked away not letting him exprés for a moment before it finally dawned on him...he was free,

He was finally free

Lips quivering and muscles shaking he springs up as fast as lightning letting out a laugh as his legs carry him with fast speed laughing like a maniac as he runs, arms spread wide his eyes welcoming the sight of everything around him

He jumps stumbles and trips but his laughter never faltering as he splashed along the water  tumbling like new born  cheering and yelling as he rises once more

But feeling just about a thousand stare on him his cheerful cries died down as he finally looks in the direction were he felt them

A band of bandits watching him and two in particular tied up and held to the side as the scruffy men in hats ,still glare at the man in front of them, as all the poor man can do is stare at the first new faces he's seen in years moth agape