Anne Shirley.
That name would be the most worshiped for centuries.
And it would all be because she disguised herself as a man...
and saved a world she never knew existed.
~.~
The sea.
Snow.
Darkness.
Ice crystals that trailed down from skies that cried and wailed destruction.
Goosebumps forming on chilled, freckled skin.
Soldiers marching in sand, boots sloshing into the golden grains and only leaving the footprints of death behind..
'Anne!' She can hear the voice of her best friend as clearly as if she were with her now, underneath the depths. Her beautiful face wrenched in pain, her fluttering hands pushing her towards a boat. Begging her to live with her eyes and to flee with her voice.
'Anne please get away from here!'
Harsh cold windblowing into a pale face, hair flying all around and whipping about in the storm...
And then all that could be seen was a pure, blinding white,
the cloth of someone's tunic pressing into that same pale face, all too happy to provide warmth in the storm.
Open mouthed kisses, warm and soft and wet on her forehead, cheeks, chin, and finally lips. Dark brown eyes gazing into hers, staring a beat longer than what is comfortable as always. Silently begging her to promise...to promise him...she hates how swiftly she breaks that vow. She hates feeling like she's failed them all.
Suddenly there was total darkness…until the inky black haze fades and the dark blue depths of the ocean is cloaking and embracing...someone...
Embracing her.
She seems calm.
Well, as calm as someone can be when as they realize they are about to die..
A flurry of water bubbles escape her mouth and her blank eyes stare peeringly into the darkness of the water that surrounds her. Her dark unruly red hair is like liquid smoke swaying in the water, a lone white streak in her mane barely able to be perceived beyond a light gray, and a dark smoky cloud of blood seems to imitate the quality of her hair, seeping out of the wound of her right arm.
'I bet you're wondering why I'm here...'
The girl sighs, her body shaking when more water inevitably rushes into her mouth. She closes her eyes for just one brief second as her body slowly lowers into the darkness of the oceans abyss.
And just as slowly her terrifyingly blank expression turns. If someone were to witness her here and now, sinking into the abyss, they would have seen a small smile grace the girls pale face.
It was faint, but it was there.
It wasn't her time.
'Well, if I'm going to tell you…."
Slowly the darkness covers her body until she can no longer be seen, though there are no eyes to watch her as she fades away. Everything slowly, but surely goes dark once more. And that's when everything erupted in light. Her eyes flashed open, the golden orbs widening before the light indulged all of her senses.
'Then we're going to have to go back in time to the beginning.'
