My Mother's Will
The birds were singing high above. The sunlight was opening its eyes anew. The lush green grass swayed like waves.
Ā Ruǎn stood alone. She clutched herself and her flute and watched the day's beginning. Her companions were all still sleeping. They needed their rest. She sighed, glanced down and watched the earth breathe.
It was a familiar sight. Her mother had often sat, watching and listening. The peace of her silence seemed absolute. She had often envied her, being too young to sit and listen as she so craved to. She spent what time she could with her mother, but she knew the sounds of life would always call her away.
She took to her father's companionship frequently. He would play without distraction and race her through the woods. He was a friend of birds. They flocked to him and he treated them kindly. His favourite, his friend, was gone, had died long before.
Ā Ruǎn took a deep breath. She ran her fingers along the edge of the flute. It was smooth and comforting. She would play, but not quite yet. A sudden surge of bird song lifted her eyes. She sought them out and watched in silence.
She was not a fighter.
She was not meant for that fate. It burdened her and worried her. She touched softly the memory of her mother. It was her fate to be theirs. Their fate had ended. She looked away.
Her mother was not dead, was not re-incarnated.
Her father was not dead, was not re-incarnated.
They were lost, surrendering the existence of their very souls to be with one another for one long lifetime, to find one another, to love one another, to save one another.
Ā Ruǎn was alone when she played her special song.
She was always alone at heart.
Author's Note: I wanted to write this as I did my first Cosplay at my first Comic Con. It was as Ā Ruǎn. I made the outfit myself. It took months but I adored it and I got the hairstyle right! Well, my mother did my hair, and very well, thank you mother. I always wanted to write this as the game (Ā Ruǎn is in the sequel) hasn't been released yet. When it was first announced I thought that she was perhaps Qīng Xuě, but no. Then, I thought, is she Qīng Xuě's daughter?
Thank you for reading my work.
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