Snuper story here:
The sun veiled her divine face with a crimson shade as she began to descend into the voluminous mountains; her hued ladies began to dance in the heavens as she left the scene. The majestic women pranced around leaving trails of orange, red, pink and purple; making the stage so beautiful that the envious sky schemed to hide them behind its dark bitter pelt. A pale delicate creature rested in the meadows which glistened gold with the last touch of the sun, she held her knees close to her chest with her fragile arms and it seemed like those were the only two things keeping her from fallings apart. Her eyes sang a song of despair and heart ache, they aligned as she smiled emotionlessly though sweetly and irresistibly at the frail creature which hopelessly fluttered in the sky. The sirenic grin lured the butterfly who had become a prisoner to her smile into the palm of her hand. The creature being so mesmerized had no choice but to close its wings and rest from the great journey. "There's nothing extraordinary about you, but cruel is our world..." the afflicting remark was accompanied with a deep sigh from her sore heart. The girl's hand reached out and felt for the gorgeous wand that lifelessly lay beside her; she grasped the cold piece of metal and decided to introduce it to her new captive. The wand it self was of glacial silver; with a lot of design carved into it- stunning work of a professional welder. At the mouth of the staff the metal bent; hugging a dark aqua crystal. Inside the admirable sphere was an imprint of a butterfly, the fossil was glamorous it possessed wings of unspoken beauty that were of an azure tone which glistened with a touch of light. The girl brought the butterfly near the wand and then the small creature began to panic, as it was gently placed on the sphere it froze; crystallizing into ice, and then melting away. The drops of water grasped around the dim crystal until the harsh wind pulled them away. The girl was amazed, though this wasn't knew to her. She closed her eyes and let the last of the pleasant rays warm her sweet face.
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Takes me years back, into what I recall a small village of green plains and rolling hills. "Kai, look a rainbow" my mother would exclaim joyously, she noticed every forgotten rainbow. The weather was not of the greatest - rained mostly, sometimes for days...which would seem like forever. But as my father would always say: 'after a storm, there's always a rainbow'. Though his image faded away many years ago I can still hear his rusty voice say those exact words. My mother would say how special rainbows were, and by that she'd mean how special I was, since I reminded her of one. She loved me - I knew, I know that...but still I wish I could just forget her. It isn't fair; this isn't how it's supposed to be. She hurt me, she lied to me, "Na ihh ohh (Forget me never)" her bitter sweet voice still sings in my head, her face sourly forgotten but her words live on inside my treacherous heart. Resentfully forgetting; I don't want to remember- I want her to vanish completely, the idea of her living somewhere else, singing the same song bruises me and haunts me till this day.
I trailed away from a place I thought was home one gray afternoon that whispered mischief. Leaving the surreal protection behind, I greeted the world alone and began to walk the real life, the path that fate had set for me. That depressing day brought a majestic rainbow which lured me to its despair, so mesmerized by its charms I wandered into the heart of the forbidden. The huge green guardians tried to rouge up the war between the two different worlds. Warriors standing on the border line of changing swayed from side to side; mercifully inviting me into their world. Behind their naive backs were the mislaid gates of heaven, there a voice spoke to me; 'if you walk with me, I will protect you' the charming voice alit hope in my pitiful heart. It was then crystal clear- there was no turning back. Foolishly I wanted to leave, run away but curiosity grasped onto my soul and whispered sweetly for my stay. I froze breathlessly waiting for the worst until I was there were everything was so perfect yet everything felt so wrong. The cloudy paradise, the warm happy sun and the fresh summer breeze all urged me to smile, but I couldn't. This disgusting ideal world seemed so familiar though so forgotten.
The voice that spoke to me that lonely mid summer's afternoon was Leavi's, a sirenic sorceress who made the rainbow to astonish and capture a godly child. Leavi was like her siren mother; enticing; had eyes of death deep as the ocean and just as cursed. I despised the wretched woman- those feelings were unexplained until I knew the bitter truth. "Akaizea, daughter..." her saying those two words were enough to make me fall to pieces and want to stay that way. That horrendous moment made everything so lucid. I remembered everything; this was my home, where I was born; where I was never loved- never wanted though not excused to leave. A curse lullabied the hearts of sirens from birth, when the two fell in love and became one, the curse would decay emotions and the organ would disappear into dust. Unbearable pain destroyed the flesh and the enchanting sirens turned into suicidal monsters. A cruel fate was bestowed upon a sirenic queen and her daughters for their error of stealing a creature of happiness from Venus, that curse passed through generations of sirens and still lives today. Hopeless were these women until Gods prophesized of a child who'd take the cursed wand of Queen Zeideani, fly like the Gods and capture the butterfly which could take away the captivating voices of the curse and free the dying beauties. With this hope the sirens craved to know the child's name but Gods left with their secret and hope alas was lost again. A stupid woman who didn't know her magic sold her talents for a child with no name. Leavi let go of that child- me easily, for she had a thirst for power. It was in later years when Apollo; being madly in love with Leavi gave her a gift- he gave her hope, he gave her a name; Akaizea. The sorceress grieved over her lost child, for the girl was that godly child. It was then that Leavi schemed to steal the child with a rainbow.
When all that was lost drained back into me I ran with fear, I ran nowhere, but somewhere. I ran not looking backward nor forward, I ran until I no longer could. I knew it was real, I knew but I wished it wasn't. Tears ran down my cheeks like water in a fountain- I was mad; I had lost my mind. I then set for open sky, but couldn't fly, I couldn't fly. Raindrops of lies criticized, they laughed at my anguish. It was really all too much, I wasn't sure of what I should have felt. I had enough; I've had too much and was sick of the worthless drink of lies. I felt just barely alive and I felt so lost. I was lied to, I didn't know who I was, I just knew I wasn't who everyone hopes I could be. I felt empty inside, I tried to remember, but I had forgotten.
Loosing track of time when tragedy strikes, everything was so dark- I didn't want to be anything but dead. I was haunted by my future; I wasn't a god sent child, I was miserable. I wished I could become translucent and disappear. "Stop weeping!" Leavi's harsh voice awoke me from my misery, "You can make it you know...try your fortune." I knew what she really meant was 'you can make /me/ better'. All hairs on my body then stood up like an army, the small faithful wings that fluttered forever at my sides fell off like dead petals of a rose. Scales grew on my soft skin; they were of a dark night's sky and glazed aqua in the sun. Nails became larger; I tried to claw Leavi with them. My attempts became useless when a barrier formed between me and the wretched witch. Clawing I was again, trying to break through the force field but it was useless. The woman on the other side smirked at me and my weakness, she then made a square shape with her small wand in the air and it made a mirror which stood between us. I gasped in horror when I saw what had become; an unnerving creature. Huge dragon wings flapped viciously at both sides and my pale green eye turned to the colour of stale blood; dark aqua with a tint of red. My heart was beating fast in fear, I remember breaking the mirror in disgust. My claws became normal again and scales were swallowed up by my pale skin. I didn't know what had just happened nor did I want to, I was scared of looking in the mirror again and seeing that monster that was...me. At that moment Leavi grabbed me and pushed me out of the heavens- down to the earth. I fell though the sky and hit the ground like a rock making a loud thud. I lay motionlessly in pain on the cold earth, then fell a silver wand and stuck in the field. "You are under the curse as well, you saw your true self; the monster that you are, your heart is turning from scarlet red to a night's dark hue. It will make an opening in your chest, bring you horrible pain and soon will kill you. You can meet your fate if you wish. Find the blue butterfly which will queen that cursed wand and it will set you free. The old Cuagaki knows where to find such a creature. Find him, the butterfly and you can farewell your curse." Those were the last words I heard until pain grasped hold of my mind...
------Kai, wake up!" A young girl said alarmed while shaking the creature that had been screaming in pain moments ago. Sweat was on the brow of the creature, she wiped it off just as soon as she was back to reality.
"It was a dream, only a dream" Kai whispered with relief. She pulled up a leg warmer that had slid off her elbow.
When she realized there was company her cheeks rouged. "I'm sorry to worry you" Kai said humbly bowing her head. "You sure know you did, Kai, you got' to stop dreaming 'bout that stuff you 'know...It's been a year you' know. You got to let go" The caring girl smiled sweetly and gave Kai a comforting hug.
A small brick house stood on the edge of the field; protecting it and its inhabitants. A young man wandered around the room, he criticized all the artifacts that hung on the walls. "Well here they are" said an old fat man as he wobbled downstairs bringing the handsome man some arrows. "Good as new!" The boy replied in amazement as he took the arrows and examined each one. "Thanks Cuagaki" he said gratefully while making his leave. The old man took a look outside his small window and waved a warm farewell to the vanishing stranger. His eyes then scattered across the field looking for Kai, his heart felt at ease when he saw her and Sachee walking and prancing through the gossiping golden grass. Cuagaki then went into the dark basement which was under a huge lock, he took out a small silver key which charmed the lock and let Cuagaki pass into the dark mystery. It was a dim welder's room where on a wall hung a huge framed picture. "Papa?!" Sachee's tiny voice came from upstairs. "I'm down here, Kai please come down, I need your assistance for a moment" replied the old man with his rusty voice. The beautiful girl came down into the room to meet Cuagaki. "I want you to look at this" He began, then pointed to the picture. Kai made way in his direction and was astonished by what she saw in the picture; a wand that rested in a glass jar and an old man who rested his elbow on the huge jar. Akaizea quickly glanced at the wand which she held tightly in her hand then back at the picture; a perfect match. "My great great grandpa made this beauty... He was quite a welder, he fell in love with a siren and gave her a gift, he died of course after that" the man chuckled but stopped realizing this wasn't a funny matter, he cleared his voice and went on. "Everyone knows what you are Kai...I know why you're here but sadly I no longer know of where to find her. I knew years back, my wife knew- but she passed away and so did that great secret. I must warn you, she is quite something, you wont be able to catch her easily...you need to train, you need to learn how to use the great magic that you possess. May I?" The old man reached out his hand and made a gesture asking for the wand. Kai peacefully handed him her wonderful possession for she trusted the kind fool. As soon as the silver metal was placed in his hand he yelped in pain and dropped the wand. His hand where the wand touched him was white as snow, "Thawing ice that burns" he mumbled. The girl panic and rushed to see whether he was alright. "Amazing!" he was frantic, astonished unlike the confused Kai who stood not knowing what to do. "You see my great great gramps was quite a welder but not even his skills could impress Queen Zeideani so he sold his soul to a sorcerer so that he would put magic into it. So the sorcerer did just as was wished by the welder. The great sorcerer knew of the curse knew that Venus possessed a creature of happiness so he put a spell on the wand that would attracted the creature for it was the most beautiful thing one could see in his lifetime. That spell made the silver thawing ice which burnt if touched by the wrong person. Only the Queen could feel the silver. But then here you are holding on to it like any other metal. Kai you are what the old men's talk had for ages 'a god sent child'!" Cuagaki explained to Kai. "No! I'm not any of that, I'm not..." Kai hesitated and his accusation upset her. The old man was terribly confused for being that child meant great honor. He thought for a while then moved around the room where he pulled out a book of knowledge out of a cupboard. "Then I can't help you, here read this. This is supposed to be a book of spells and directions or something. It was writing by a siren so I can't understand any of it. But maybe you can put use to it. That's as much that I can help you, Kai you need to go now, no longer can you stay here" Cuagaki handed Kai the book, though she was disappointed at his request she accepted it and left immediately, she was grateful for the hospitality that was given to her in the past year in Cuagaki's house.
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Water pranced away from the water fountain, clinging onto anything that was within its reach. Kai peacefully sat on a cold rock reading the book. She repeated a spell she just read, took her wand, waved it in the air; "Ku ra haa boo ihh" she pronounced the spell aloud and the dark crystal lit and the running water turned to ice. She waved the wand again trying to reverse the spell but failed, trying to reverse her spell for moments until she knew she could not. "Um..." she said embarrassed, then she quietly took her backpack placed her knowledge in it and plunged it on her back. She made her way through the snow, making small foot prints in the snow, walking, learning and searching for a better future.
