Greetings darlings!
That holiday I had on Monday helped me write this little brief. I hope you enjoy it! The prompt I used was:Help whenever you need it.
Enjoy!
XOXO
Elyzabeth
Make a wish
The frantic beat of the drums
followed her as she raced through the mountains. They were too near. The chorus
of haunting voices echoed through the rocks as she slipped down a slope. She
wouldn’t let them reach her. She couldn’t. Her life depended on it. She didn’t
care that the Gods had to be appeased. She didn’t care about being the chosen
one. She didn’t care for anything except leaving behind the terrible music that
preluded the ceremony that would take her life.
Xandria bit back a scream as she
stumbled in the darkness and grazed her knee against a sharp rock.
Automatically she stood up and continued to run. She ignored the burn in her
legs and the wet warmth. The moon lit her path as it rose across the sky. The
twinkling stars gazed down at her, wondering what she was doing. Pity. Tears
welled up in her eyes as she remembered the story of the stars.
“Pity,”
one star said to the other as it looked down at the creatures roaming the
earth. “I feel great pity for those souls.”
“Why
is that? Their land is lush and beautiful and the mother Sun brightens their days
and father Moon their nights. What more could they want?”
“To
dream. To look up at us and see what we see. To see that beyond the world that
surrounds them lies a galaxy of wonderment. To see that they are not alone in
their tiny planet.”
“And
how will you do that?”
“By
lighting the sky with the Father Moon.”
And
with that, Taekan, drew closer to Earth and lighted the sky with an inkling of
its magic. The people of Earth spent their nights awake, staring at the tiny
pinprick of light, wondering what it was. Jealous, the other stars started to
show their faces and soon a world of magical lights and wonder opened up to the
humans.
Xandria stopped to catch her breath.
Her eyes immediately roved toward the starlit sky above.
“Pick
a star, Xandria.”
She
pointed to the bright little light that twinkled above the moon like a freckle
on a woman’s forehead.
“Close
your eyes. Do you see the star in your mind?”
“Yes,
Pappa.”
“Now,
think of something you truly want. Think of your heart’s desire and perhaps,
the star will grant you your wish.”
Xandria closed her eyes. The same star
appeared before her as it always did when she wished for something. She wiped
away silent tears as she begged the glowing dot in the sky to help her. All her
life she’d made wishes, but never before had she so vehemently wanted something
as she did so now.
Thump. Thump. Thump.
Her eyes snapped open. No. They were
closing in on her again. How could it be? She ran to the edge of the mountain
and skirted across the barely used path. Please let the cavern be where she
remembered. Please, let no one remember it was there. Stones rolled into the
plunging darkness feet below her as she blindly searched for the mouth of the
cave. She could see the lights now. Please. Please. Please. Someone yelled something
from the top of the mountain. She’d been spotted. Abruptly, someone grabbed her
wrist and pulled her inside the cave she’d been searching for. Her air left her
lungs as her back slammed against the rocky wall. A hard body immobilized her
and a hand covered her mouth. Eyes bluer than the sky on a spring morning
appeared before her.
“Do not scream, little Xandria. You wished and
I came. Help whenever you need it.”
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