"It seems to me that we have a lot of story yet to tell."
-Walter Elias Disney
A Storyteller's Promise: I Believe - Prologue: The Beginning of the Beginning
And the clock struck midnight.
Echoes coming from the bells rang into the land where only the whistling wind could be heard. It echoed. It echoed as it shouted the announcement of yesterday's farewell and tomorrow's arrival. It echoed. It echoed, touching the dreams of sleeping children and children of hearts as a mother would. And it echoed. It echoed in the palace that stood tall and proud in the center of the land.
Age of long might make the architecture bow down but it didn't. Eras of eras of time ticking second did not ceased the life this building surrounds. Spires still reached the endless star filled skies. Flags still danced the three circles of symbols that represent the kingdom. That at time, it played the moon when the skies. Selene painted the palace with her favorite pale silver, enlightened the land to protect it from any harm the darkness was said to cause.
The palace must be alive then. Such work of art was not a mere building anymore. No, it wasn't a mere building from the moment it was built. It was a representation to everyone who sees it. It was a wish that came true. It was the evidence that if you could dream it, you can do it. It was the tribute for one's beloved younger brother.
And it was breathtaking, she mused.
Do you still remember the sky that we used to dream all the time...
The one that we prayed for would return...
Do you still remember the times that we always spend together...
I wish for them to return to me but then...
Please just close your eyes...
Singing a voice of singularity, a voice strummed the winds of midnight. Words were let out with a small note, barely being heard in the silence. There was no audience to hear it in the first place. Yet she raised her voice high to be heard. She let her song fill the firmament with voice. She sung along the rings of the bells. She sung along the whispers of the wind. She danced. She danced with the wind. She danced with the aura of happiness. Because even she was alone, a innocent smile was presented in her face.
The things that we have done are now just memories so far away...
They are but a few things that are gone...
The many night that you had spent to be so sad and be alone...
All these things will now just disappear...
Now that we are finally together again...
That voice came from a girl down the main street of the town. In a time like this, she was the only one savoring the moment of serenity. Coldness of the night wrapped around her but her cape, made out of warm luminescence of gold itself, protected her from not just from the lonesome cold but also from the deafening darkness. Its hood may hid her eyes but not the wonder her gaze held as it never fazed away from the architecture.
So very slowly we are falling...
Please just look deep into my eyes and promise that you won't let go...
Letting out the highest of chorus, she cast her own magic. Like the ringing bells, it announced her song to the land. It echoed in each step she take. It resonated in each note she sung. Excitement swelled in her chest. Determination rushed with her thoughts. And forward she went and dashed straight to the direction of the Magic Kingdom Castle. With a heart racing and eyes gleaming, the golden songstress had arrive in the kingdom come.
Will you come with me so we can just underneath the sky...
The trace of all your bad fears will move and go with the dark night...
With you hand in mine no more sadness shall ever get near you my love...
Please just be here next to next so that we will never be apart...
The book was open...
Chapters were being unfold...
Words were flowing from the page...
A story was being written...
And this was its beginning...