Hey! Welcome back! Thank you for following this series of stories. Foot Falls has been an amazing journey. My best friend and I have been writing these stories and are having an amazing time sharing them with everyone who reads them. We're trying to keep each story in the same tone of the original while still keeping the OC's fun and relatable. In this story you'll start to see an over arching storyline within the fanfics. If this is the first Foot Falls you've read we encourage you to go read The Legend Continues in Hercules the Legendary Journeys and New York isn't Ready over in TMNT (Or click on my profile name and you can find them there).
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"You have done well, but your job is not yet done." The voice from the antiseptic room filled her head and she saw the room around her fading into a field of white. The phone crackled and static filled her ears as vertigo dragged at her senses. "You have done well but your job is not yet done." The voice intoned again and she felt reality slipping away. She didn't know who the voice belonged to, a voice that sounded like all the voices that ever were and ever would be but it seemed familiar. Images of four giant turtles, a huge bipedal rat, a woman with dark hair and eyes, a Large blond man and a smaller blond man then more images of people who seemed so familiar but the names were always just out of reach.
"You have done well but your job is not yet done." The voice again as the whiteness overtook her and she slid from consciousness.
She woke up laying on a bed of moss so soft she almost mistook it for a mattress. When she sat up she stared around at at towers of luminescent blue crystals, stalactites and stalagmites formed columns of softly glowing blue, a pool of water reflecting the soft blue light with moon white flowers decorating the pools edge. A table with a soft white cloth sat near the bed of moss she was sitting on with a matching chair of the same crystal the cave seemed made of. She shifted and felt something tug at her back, a glance over her shoulder revealed a pair of huge luna moths wings in a deep dark blue veined with silver. They fanned slowly back and forth as she shifted her hands clutching the cerulean blue skirts of her dress.
The woman looked down at her pale hands as they clutched her light blue dress and fingered the material, the soft fabric shifting comfortably under her fingers. Her dress was long with splits that ran up the sides and stopped at her hips, exposing white, form fitting pants beneath it. A white corset was laced around her waist with light blue and silver embroidery worked in various floral and vine designs. The sleeves of her dress were long and elegant, laced at her biceps and the rest of the ribbons flowing down her arms with the sleeves. She looked at her feet and found them to be covered with boots that stopped mid-shin and were laced up the front. Her wings fluttered a little bit when she shifted on the moss and this made a small smile appear on the woman's soft, pink lips. "What is this place?" She wondered quietly, looking around and noting that she was alone. "Where am I?"
Slowly getting to her feet, the woman walked the short distance to the water's edge and fingered the white flowers for a moment before looking down at her reflection in the water. She touched her cheek, watching as her reflection did the same, and then moved to her pointed ears, tilting her head to the side. Her long, black hair fell over her shoulders in rivers of soft silk before she could push it back and her blue eyes gazed in awe at her surroundings. There were a few things she wanted to know, things she needed to know... but the most important one came to her as she looked back down at the clear water. "Who am I?" She asked, watching her reflection's mouth move in the water. "Why can't I remember anything?"
The crystal cave remained silent though as she looked into the water a vague memory formed in her mind, words on a page, laughter, high and delighted and the name Adessa appearing in text again and again with a sense of familiarity to it. The name brought a smile to her face and a sense of anticipation, like an event she had waited for many times. "Adessa... Adessa..." The woman mouthed out loud to herself before nodding. "Yes, that has a pleasant sound to it... Adessa, that will be what I call myself. Now I have to find the answers to so many questions, but I don't know where to start."
Looking over her shoulder again, Adessa eyed her constantly fluttering lunar moth wings and felt her shoulders twitch on their own, causing them to flutter slightly faster. A soft giggle escaped her lips and she gave her wings another flutter and watched as they kicked up enough of a breeze to stir the moss behind her. Adessa gently touched the white flowers again and smiling before standing and walking to the towering crystals. They were massive to the point that she wouldn't even be able to wrap her arms around them and could only stand in awe of their beautiful blue colors. The crystals glowed softly, illuminating the cave around her and seemed to be the only thing that cast light at all.
"These crystals... they're so strange, but beautiful." Adessa said softly, touching the cold crystal and then turned to the table with it's snow white cloth and the chair of crystal that sat beside it. "Who did this I wonder... when will they make their presence known? And are they friendly? Surely whoever inhabits a beautiful place like this can't be all bad... I can only hope."
The cave was empty save for herself, she could hear the faint humming coming from the crystal pillars and the faint sound of wind from outside the caverns. A sense of curiosity filled her making her wonder what was outside the cave. The gentle wind twisted and weaved around the stalactites and stalagmites, causing a low whistling noise to occur. It was an almost eerie sound like that of an ominous presence looming in the darkness, but still Adessa's curiosity couldn't be controlled. She looked back at the crystals and with a slight flutter of her wings, Adessa stepped out of the circle of rock and crystal, letting the gentle breeze brush against the hand she outstretched in front of her to guide her to the opening of the cave. The air itself was sweet and cool, but that could have been because of the atmosphere in the cave and from the water that flowed out of the rock to the pool that the gorgeous flowers clustered around and floated upon.
"What could be beyond this cave and what I might find." Adessa said quietly, stepping slightly forward and then blinking her blue eyes and rivulets of light peeked in through streamers of creeping vines that burrowed into the rock and hung in curtains.
Slowly pushing the vines out of her way, Adessa started the shield her eyes from what she thought was sunlight, but was instead moonlight. Adessa carefully ventured out further from the cave's hidden entrance and looked up at the twinkling stars and brilliant full moon. Her eyes sparkled as she watched the stars for awhile. "Such peace and wonder."
The wind picked up and caught her wings and she had the urge to fly, without really thinking about it she opened her wings and flapped them and let the wind lift her up and carry her up into the sky while the pale light of the moon caressed her with an almost physical touch. She felt as though the light was suffusing her, nourishing her as she hovered above the ground. A small smile flitted across Adessa's lips as she slowly rose higher above the ground and loved how light she felt, loved how weightless her wings allowed her to be. She only glanced back at her wings to see how fast they were going and softly clapped her hands together in glee. "I wonder if this is how my kind get their nutrients... but perhaps this is only a temporary solution." Adessa mused, watching the moonlight dance over her hands. "Until I figure out what's edible and what's not, I guess the moonlight will be my sustenance... I wish I knew what I was and what I'm doing here."
She let out a sigh and a shrug before looking up at the moon again. Her spirits seemed to lighten her mood to the point, Adessa's wings carried her carefully through the trees until she alighted onto a sturdy branch and sat down. The vantage point from the branch was perfect as the full moon illuminated the forest in front of her and let her see far beyond the cave and trees she had been surrounded by. She caught sight of a faint glow under a stand of trees not far from where she sat and even though it was dark she could see as easily by moonlight as she knew she could by daylight. She could see a figure silhouetted against the glow and without really knowing why she moved on silent wings closer to the glow. A few trees away she stopped and stared at the figure sitting against a log seemingly asleep. His faces was both delicate and masculine, silver-blond hair braided away from high cheekbones and pointed ears. He wore a pair of tan pants and a dark green tunic of some soft looking material. A sword rested by his leg and a bow lay cradled in his arms while he slept.
She almost thought she recognized the face, not from a personal memory but as though she'd seen him at a distance before. She felt drawn to him but didn't know why and that sent thrills of anxiety through her. Adessa placed a hand over her heart and felt it throb almost painfully but stayed out of sight, looking back up at the sleeping man with curiosity. Her wings twitched a little bit before she lightly angled herself upward to the branches above and came closer to the camp site, making sure to keep herself hidden for now. Lightly stepping over the branches, Adessa made sure she didn't disturb any of the thinner branches or rustle any leaves with her wings. Those she carefully tucked close along her back so they wouldn't draw any attention to herself.
'Who is this man and why does he have pointed ears like me?' Adessa asked herself, peeking around a solid specimen of tree, twice as thick around as her body. 'What is he doing here and what is this strange feeling? Hm, so many questions and never enough answers.' Biting her bottom lip, Adessa shook her head and didn't think it was a good idea to get closer, her eyes shifting around and looking off to see if anyone else was present or hiding in the shadows. But there were none and even so, Adessa stayed where she was.
He shifted a little and sat up looking around. She saw the bright blue of his eyes as they peered into the dark but never anywhere near a high as she herself was hidden. After a few minutes he shook his head and settled back against the log. "Must have been hearing things." He murmured.
He closed his eyes again and was as still as he had been when she'd first seen him. She had felt a sharp spike of fear when he'd moved and it made her think of the safety of the crystal cavern.
A soft breath escaped from Adessa's lips and she put a hand over her heart, hoping that he couldn't hear it throbbing in her chest. Shaking her head and tucking some hair behind her own pointed ears, Adessa stayed at a low, crouched position behind the thick tree and gave the strange man a final look before crawling away to a clearing in the trees. Here she felt close to the moon again and she opened her lunar wings again, letting herself fall forward slightly and taking off. She headed back to the cave entrance, though weaving in and out of the trees and keeping close to the shadows as to not draw unwanted attention to herself and give away the location of her safe place.
'I should probably stay there until morning and then do a little exploring.' Adessa figured, tapping her fingers against her chin while she flew silently back to the cave and set down just before entering to have one last look around and then going inside. 'I've gotten pretty good with these wings of mine, I have no doubt they'll come in handle.'
Adessa gave a soft laugh and pushed the vines and creepers out of her way and letting them fall behind her, obscuring her from sight.