disclaimer: i do not own a great and terrible beauty Libba bray does ... (i dont know if i should put this but to be on the safe side can you tell this is my first post EVER!) >.
A Great And Terrible Beauty Poem
It's the year 1895 and I just turned 16, my name is Gemma Doyle
Ever since my birthday weird things have happened to me
My mother was killed and I watched it happen in a vision
And there have been other visions
I'm being moved from my home in India to
Spence academy in England said to be one of the best around
In schooling young girls to be perfect for husbands
And taking care of children
There's a boy in the woods he followed me from India
He keeps telling me "you will not bring on any more visions"
If I could I would but I don't know how so for now I ignore him
I've made other friends Felicity, Pippa, and Anne
We sneak out every night to the caves
There we tap into my "magic" and bring the door of light
And past that is the realms where I talk to her, my mother
She tells me I've got to find other members of the order
A group of women who once ruled the realms and its magic
That is until 20 years ago when Sarah Rees-Toome began to lose power
And she convinced Marry Dowd her best friend to do something terrible
And the end result was the realms were locked away
There was a fire and they were believed dead
But Sarah aka Circe made it out alive and so did marry
Ever since Circe has been looking for a way back into the realms
So she has sent creatures that were once alive around to look for marry
For she had the key that would unlock the door
Circe has no more power so she needs me to take her in through the door of light
She just wants the magic that was sealed in the stones of the oracle
Then her creature found me while I was with my friends in the realms
It hurt one of them and another ran toward the river we couldn't find her
I had to save Anne and Felicity so we left without Pippa
I feel terrible I have to go back but this time by myself
The monster tricked me to get the magic but I pulled it away from the mountain
Brought it away from the magic it got mad and attacked me
But when I destroyed the stones of the oracle it disappeared
I went to the river and pulled out Pippa she didn't want to leave the realms
So it was her choice … poor Pippa
And I have yet to really meet Circe
I have to beat her and reform the order for this to be over