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Chapter One
the world and Sky
The horrific scene played out before my eyes. Demons were attacking,
they weren't killing us though. I watched as many of the others were
shrunken down and caught one by one in small glass jars. They took those of
us they shrunk away, and then they turned to me. I looked around for
something to aid myself with, but found nothing. When I turned to look back
I felt myself shrinking. The world seemed to tower above me as it gradually
darkened. What were they planning? To simply get some of us out of the way?
To make our army smaller so they would have an advantage? I couldn't
imagine, and then, I couldn't think. My mind felt like it was loosing that
ability, like it was loosing everything. The last thing I saw was a glass
jar surrounding me. Then I heard a scream. I soon realized it was my own. I
managed to stop myself and looked around my home. Everything was as it
should be, my bed of leaves, my stash of berries and nuts, everything. It
had all been a dream, just a terrible dream. And yet, it had all seemed so
real and familiar.
I shrugged it off, just a dream and nothing more. Like any of that
would be real! I stretched out my wings. They were slightly jagged at the
ends with blue edges and yellow on the rest. My hair was blond and layered.
I wore a tan shirt that was slightly long and covered up to my thighs, the
edges torn, and blue star patterned pants that covered my legs completely
including my feet. I walked out of the small hole in the tree and out onto
the branch. I live in a hollow, not a large one but big enough for a fairy
my size. I looked up at the sky, wondering what color my eyes were at the
moment. The sky was clear so my eyes would be a deep blue. There were a few
clouds streaking across the vast blue and I added them to my mental picture
of what my eyes would look like. My eyes are never one color like other
fairy's are, they change depending on what the sky looks like.
My mind ventured back to the dream I had just had. That wasn't the
first time; I had been having them every so often, almost frequently. I had
told some of my friends about the unique dreams, to see if they had had any
similar ones. They hadn't, none of them have. I leaned inside and grabbed a
blueberry to eat. Then I flew to a small stream that I had always liked.
The best thing about this stream was that there were small pieces of glass,
smoothed by the water, under the water on the bottom of the stream. They
made the stream glisten more than it would without them. And yet, there was
always something familiar about them, it gave me a feeling that almost
seemed like terror to sometimes look at them.
"Sky!" I turned to look at the person calling my name. Then smiled
"Hey Maple." I called over.
Maple flew over and landed on the bank next to me. "I knew you'd be
here. HEY GUY'S SHE'S OVER HERE" she put on a smug grin as my other friends
flew over. "Told ya she'd be here." Maple had light green wings with dark
green around the edges. She wore a short green dress and green and white
striped pants, also covering her feet. She had auburn hair and green eyes.
"Yea, you were right. So? We all knew she would be here Maple it's
not that surprising. She's ALWAYS here in the morning." That was Violet.
Her wings here violet with green edges. She wore a short auburn dress with
light purple sleeves, collar, and fringe she didn't have pants. Her hair
and eyes were, not surprisingly, a dark violet color.
I waved to Violet, "Is Flie coming too?" I asked.
"No I'm not coming." Flie said sarcastically. She had landed next to
Violet and Maple. Flie had dark wavy brown hair; she wore a purple
spaghetti strap top that turned into something like shorts at the bottom.
Her pants, the same designs as Maple and mine's, were black and light
purple striped. She had dark purple wings the same make-up as dragonfly
wings. That's probably where she got her name from. "Sorry I'm late, my mom
made me clean up my room a bit before I could come."
"I hate it when parents are like that." Violet added.
"Yea," Maple chimed in, "last night my mom made me clean the whole
house." After she said that a startled look came to her face and her hand
flew to her mouth. "Sky I'm so sorry, I completely forgot you didn't have
parents."
I smiled very slightly, "It's alright, not like I really know what
I'm missing anyway. No harm done."
Flie and Violet looked equally sorry. Then Violet said, "Oh I almost
forgot, Autumn wanted us to go to her party. And you know how her mother
insists that everyone invited has to come."
"Your right," Maple said. Flie nodded in agreement.
I sighed exasperatedly, "Why do we have to do everything she says."
They looked at me, slightly shocked, "Sky your always like this,"
Violet said, "She's the queen, we have to."
"I still don't like the idea of having a queen." I said.
"You're lucky she even let you stay in this area." Flie piped up.
I gave her a confused look, "let me stay? What are you talking
about?"
Maple gave Flie a 'nice going' look and then turned back to me,
" know how you don't really remember how you came here or
anything..."
I nodded slightly, "And?"
"Well," Violet continued for Maple, "We saw you laying on that rock
in the middle of the stream, unconscious by the looks of it. And went to
tell someone."
"And then," Flie continued, "The queen came and had a look, she
brought you to the hollow where you live and set you up your house. And let
you stay there."
"Oh please don't be angry for us not telling you," Maple said
pleadingly, "we just didn't want to ask too many questions. And then when
we realized you had no idea what had decided not to bring it
up."
"And you just assumed that I wouldn't mind nobody telling me the
little of my past that I would have been able to know!?" I asked, almost
furiously. These were my friends, and they hadn't told me about this!
"Once the Queen found out you didn't know, she told us not to tell
you." Violet said quietly.
"Please Sky; try to understand that we would have told you if we
could, you know we would have!" Maple pleaded.
I sighed again, allowing myself to cool off. Maple was right; I knew
they wouldn't, even though the whole thing just made me dislike the whole
queen idea even more. "I'm sorry guys, I shouldn't have yelled."
"We're sorry too." Flie said
"Definitely." Violet agreed. "Well we better go get ready for
Autumn's party. Come with us Sky, it might be fun." She smiled.
"Alright, I'll come." I gave in. "You go ahead, I'll meet you back at
my place."
"If you're sure," Flie said. And then they flew off, waving back.
I returned the wave, when they were gone I flew over to the rock they
had found me on. I sat on it and looked around; maybe there was something
here that would help me find my past. I looked into the water and saw the
glistening glass. That was one thing sure, but not much. Then I saw
something that glistened in a different way. I squinted my eyes at it, but
couldn't tell what it was from this far. Flying over to it I picked it up,
well more like picked the pieces out of the water. They were four small
pieces of metal; it almost looked like they might have formed a ring at
some point. I looked closely at them, something about them was familiar so
I put them in a pocket at the edge of my shirt, it was just big enough to
hold them. Making sure they wouldn't fall out, I flew off in the direction
my friends had gone, maybe the party wouldn't be that bad.
AN- I don't know where I'm going with this story really yet, but I promise I wont stop writing! Please REVIEW!!