Fairy

 

fear sat in her stomach

like an anchor weighing heavy on her heart

the silence crept on

time did not

it stood there frozen

it’s eyes wide

with worry and surprise

her mind wandered

here and there

calm did not come

thoughts scattered

 

she paced the dusty floor

pacing, wondering, fearing, over thinking everything and knowing

yes, she knew

she Saw it more than a year ago

she was a Seer

she prayed on everything

her vision was wrong

 

they never were

 

she begged him not to go

he saw his death in her eyes

and ran right toward it

 

her long black hair swaying in the cool night air

she sat on the windowsill

peering into the darkness

perhaps if she were a little higher…

in the middle of her back

sprouted wings

growing above her dress

like silver leaves

fluttering delicately

once high enough about the cottage

she saw

smoke rising among the hills

burning houses of everyone she knew

 

humans, terrible creatures

 

she fought a war with herself

to keep from crying

 

she walked over to the corner of the small cabin

there set a cradle

asleep

was a being

almost identical to herself

except much smaller

gold wings unlike her silver

but, they would grow silver with time

and underneath purple lids

were blue eyes

his eyes

 

As she stood there

things began to blur

and another image

far from now

away from her own life

began to sharpen

and play itself in her mind

she left the room completely

and all the fear and anticipation

vanished

to reveal another place

someone else’s fate

 

she came back to the present

gradually

in a state of realization

she walked over to a small desk

to make the future live

with words

paper and ink

 

 

noises shown in through the window

humans

"fayre"

said one in a heavily accented tongue

she crumpled the paper in her pocket

and rushed out the door

taking only the baby

still fast asleep

and a crude knife

awake and ready to kill

 

she was in the air

before they saw her

but, she tired of flying soon

and ran the rest of the way

to the boat dock

 

only one boat

was left

and in it sat a lumpy little brown fairy

a healer fairy

they pushed off

and she couldn’t help

looking back at the island in flames

 

the healer fairy

whose touch brings comfort

seeing her despair

reached out to touch her

she jerked away

wanting to feel the rest of what was real

 

she found the crumpled future

deep within her pocket

she stuck it in with the bundle which was her child

and without a second glance handed her to the healer

she climbed over the edge of the boat

knife in hand

as she held onto the edge of the boat

a shiver ran through her

her future vanished

and the knife found her chest

 

the healer fairy

sad but not surprised

pried her fingers off the side of the boat

and watched as the last Seer drifted off to sea

 

holding the futures unfinished words

in a bundle on her lap

Author's Note

This is the introduction to a story I�ve had in my head for a couple years and figured I�d better write it before I lost it. It�s not much but, tell me what you think.

For best Read:

Read on a cloudy rainy day [much like this one] in a dark room while listening to Lighthouse by the Hush Sound probaly best in headphones so they have straight access through your ears into your skull :]

Reviews

[One Last Drop...]

Very well written. The ending is sad, but hey, why does it have to be a happy ending? Anyway, I really like this one. It's emotional, and the way it's written keeps a person interested.

[Tanner]

This was really sad, but also really interesting. You use a lot of interesting words to get the point across. It could be listed as a poem, it's so...lyrical.
I would love to read the story that it introduces. It sounds like it would be really cool:)

[Rylan Batten]

i really like the idea, and i really like how you presented it...

overall, i guess..i really like this story
keep it up

[Broken.]

I like it very much.
Indeed sacrafice but of course for the best cause.
Perfect ending, it seems as though you'd just be leaving us there
But I believe in its perfection, The Healer rocking the baby, as they float away...

Wonderful.

you definately must finish this story.. i loved it! I really want to know what's going to happen to the baby and the healer!

[Leah Elisabeth]

I really enjoyed this. I hope you do more of it, especially because I am really wondering just what those words of the future were, and what will happen to the baby. There is definitely an atmosphere of sorrow and despair to it. I think you did a very good job of setting the scene. Keep it up! I hope to read more of it someday!

[Tony]

This is a very haunting and sad story. And I liked it a lot. The 14th paragraph in particular.
Well done!

This is great! I loved the seer taking her own life. I think this is a great intro to a longer story!