Chapter 1
The cage made of gold and silver was always an infamous legend in the Twelve Kingdoms, one about a girl with long auburn hair and pointed ears trapped in a cage with no where out.
Concealed.
Trapped.
Locked away.
The girl in the cage - Yosei Tsubasa. She opens her mouth, the legend says, and you can hear her singing at the edge of Mount Hou.
"Turn out the lights
Feed the fire till my soul breaks free
My heart is high as the waves above me
Don't need to understand
Too lost to lose
Don't fight my tears 'cause they feel so good
And I, I will remember how to fly
Unlock the heavens in my mind
Follow my love back through the same secret door
Look past the end
It's a dream as it's always been
All life lives on if we've ever loved it
And I, I will remember how to fly
Unlock the heavens in my mind
Follow my love back through the same secret door
I, I will remember how to fly
Unlock the heavens in my mind
Follow my love back through the same secret door~?."
Enki's ears perked. "What was...?" This time, the one who heard the girl was the Kirin of En, Enki. He kept his ears perked for the same enchanting voice he heard before, but nothing came.
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"Queen Youko, I have come with a package from King Shoryu of the Kingdom of En!" A messenger exclaimed. Youko raised a brow. "A package?"
"Yes, I think it's a book about Mount Hou." The messenger replied. Youko thanked the messenger and took the package. Opening it, she found a book titled, The Legends of Mount Hou - Final Volume: The Girl in The Cage.
"The girl in the cage?" Youko said out loud. Opening the book, there began a story.
In the Twelve Kingdoms, there was a hidden Thirteenth. This kingdoms was full of winged elves. There was a King and a Queen, and they had a daughter. The princess of the Thirteenth Kingdom had many names, but the most famous was the Fairy of Beauty. She had the looks, the voice - oh her voice was that of an angel's. But the kingdom was on the verge of destruction.
A few years later, everyone from the Thirteenth Kingdom was gone. They died from an illness, and the only one left was the princess, who showed no symptoms. Running to an allied kingdom, she was caught by an evil Youma. The Youma put the princess into a cage on Mount Hou - a cage made of gold and silver, charming the cage so she could never leave. Every six moons, the Youma returns to the cage to ask her how she survived the illness. The princess never answers.
Now, if you go to the edge of the forest on the west side of Mount Hou, you could hear the princess singing. This is the story of the Girl in The Cage.
I've been sitting on this story for about...half an hour. So here it is. At least until I can remember the original TK story I had.
Enki x OC
