Rise of the Guardians: One Center For All
Disclaimer: I do not own Rise of the Guardians, nor its characters.
Chapter 1: Moon
It was dark.
She awoke under a tree. Her blue eyes opened, and she took in her surroundings.
She sat alone on a hill beneath the only tree there. Apples seemed to watch her from their perch higher than she could reach. The tree's roots grew along her legs, full of life. The grass in the breeze seemed to caress her bare skin.
She inhaled deeply, taking in the fresh air as she stood. Her toes dug into the soft dirt and she stepped out from under the tree.. She glanced at her bare feet, confused as to why they were naked, before turning to the horizon.
The soft blue glow of the moon shown over the hills ridges, reaching across the land until it shine on her at the edge of the cliff she stood upon. And the moon itself, seemed to smile down upon her with its basking silver light.
"Mother Nature," it said, with no distinctive voice at all.
"Mother Nature?" she asked, confused. "You expect people to call me Mother Nature?" She laughed at this expectation. "That isn't my name. Why would people call me something that isn't my name?" She waved off the demand. "My name is..." she trailed off. "It's..."
She fell silent in thought. She couldn't remember her name? The one thing she was able to claim as her own? The one thing she would ever immediately answer to?
"What is my name?" she furrowed her eyebrows in slight frustration and lack in comprehension as to why she could not remember what she was so often called. She then shrugged her shoulders.
"Well it isn't Mother Nature. " She mocked, turning her back on the moon and leaning against the tree.
The bark under her hand seemed to move and she flinched away instinctively.
The trunk had brown vines, making a wave-like motion, beckoning her to replace her hand where she had moved it. She did, oddly trusting these plants out of instinct.
They pulled her hand to the tree, and tightly secured them in place, throwing her into a gasp of panic. But she calmed once the vines hit her skin in the most gentle stroke.
One vine curled around her right betrothal finger, intertwining and entangling, forming the most delicate pattern with green leaves as soft as silk.
She pulled away in awe when the securing vines released her. Then turned back to the tree as something caught her eye.
Flowers of bright, indistinguishable colors in the night were blooming where she had placed her hand not moments ago.
"What?" she whispered in astonishment.
She took a few steps back, in shock, when the ground caught her attention. Bright pink flowers, recognizable in the moonlight enough, were blooming in her fresh footprints as if they belonged there.
She stepped slowly to the edge of the hill in bewilderment. And as the trail of blooming flowers followed her, she gazed upon the homely lights of a small village in the valley.
Not my first fanfic, but it is my first in years. I am under a new name this time around. Please Comment as you read. I am open to constructive criticism as well as compliments. As long as I get at least ONE reader who wishes to hear more from me and likes what I am putting out here, I will update. After all, why do something if no one likes it, right? lol Hope to hear from ya.