Okay so I'm only writing this for shits and giggles first and foremost so please no one get attached. This

could just be a one time thing.

I originally wrote this as a small, 13 year old child so of course it was total trash. And now I'm going to

write it as a trashier older asshole. Anyway, here goes.

A Greener Spring.


Spring was always such a beautiful time of the year. The flowers bloomed, and the trees grew their vibrant green leaves back. But most of it all, it was a mesh between warm weather and cold weather. It wasn't icy, but it also wasn't hot and sticky. A perfect harmony considering I was doomed to this horridly stuffy dress year-round.

So I figured a walk along the country side would be quite fun. Against my better judgement, I had went alone. A lady all by herself? That was unheard of! But, you have to understand. This wasn't a walk just for the fun of it. I was trying to remember someone in a very special way. I love nature, and so did ...well. So did a close friend of mine. And I felt like maybe, just maybe, taking this walk would let me reconnect with that person. As each day dragged by, I felt like I was losing memories of my beloved. It felt wrong. I couldn't forget such a wonderful person. A wonderful man. Not that easy. Anyway, I thought it may be too intimate of an experience to share with someone who'd...well, never had the pleasure of meeting my husband. Seeing his eyes light up at the feeling of grass underneath his toes, and smelling the fresh, crisp air. He used to make me so happy...

I felt something suddenly. On my head. Or..the lack of something rather. My hat was gone. It was flying off in the wind now, drifting further and further away from me right before my eyes. Oh no. Not the hat.

"Oh my goodness!" I exclaimed. "Please come back, you!"

I hiked up my dress the best I could and ran after it of course. It was too special of a hat to just forget about. A memoir, you could say, of better times. And besides, even though it was spring, a hat could save me from the bitter cold in the winter. It's not like I have a full wardrobe of fancies, after all.

I kept tripping over myself, this dress becoming more of a hindrance as I fell over bramble and rocks. But suddenly the rough texture underneath my feet became plush as I neared the hat. Seeing it had been lodged into a tree, my determination to retrieve it had fallen.

"Crumbs.." I cursed, brows furrowing. What was I to do? It was so high up. So far away. And I'm not one for heights. I can't climb things like some sort of vigilante, and especially not with this dress weighing me down. But getting this hat dislodged was absolutely necessary. I looked around, trying to find something that maybe I could stick up inside of the tree perhaps? But to no avail. It was well trimmed. The grass was cut low, and not a stick or stray branch was to be found. It looked... much greener than the brown bramble I had been staring at before! That was...strange? I had just been walking through a forest's trail...right?

A bit more investigating led my eyes to this quite magnificent mansion, sitting upon a hill in the distance. How could I have missed that? It was so beautiful. So pristine. I could almost remember it from...something.

But the awe of the mansion quickly faded as I realized I was on someone else's property. An.."important someone." I didn't know WHO. But, I knew I shouldn't have been there. I was just some girl in rags. And whoever lived there was probably some rich entrepreneur or nobleman. They would mistake for a robber..A criminal. Some disgusting lowlife.

But I also didn't want to just leave my hat! It was MINE. One of the only things I was proud to possess!

I was so stumped that I hardly heard someone come up behind me. I jumped in surprise, even yelping a bit when I felt fingers wrap around my shoulder firmly. I turned on my heel to see a young blonde haired boy staring up at me with these big blue eyes.

"Hey, I saw that hat of yours fly into the tree there!" The boy chirped, a smile spread on his face.

"A-AH yes!" I sputtered, trembling a little bit. I was still in shock of seeing this boy. How had he quietly just crept upon me? Was I THAT unobservant?

"It's mine. Definitely!" I had blurted. "Um..do...Do you think you could help me get it down?" Why did I sound so nervous?

He nodded eagerly.

"Of course! You seem like a nice lady! It would be a shame to lose something so pretty!" He exclaimed. I smiled sheepishly, nodding in agreement. I was a nice lady. Not a criminal or a robber. I just wanted to get my hat and be on my merry way.

The boy turned to the tree and reached out, wrapping his hands around the trunk. I watched, not really understanding at first, as now he was hugging the tree with his lithe body. I had expected him to maybe grab a tool and pick at the tree but, that wasn't happening. What transpired next I couldn't forget. In one quick motion, he snapped the tree in half and thrust it above his head. All the while, he wore this huge smile, not even breaking a sweat underneath the weight of the tree. Needless to say, the hat was dislodged. It fell to the ground with a soft plop.

But, I stood, in amazement, unable to comprehend what I had just witnessed. This innocent boy had just snapped a tree in half with brute power! Was I dreaming? Had I just SEEN this? My mind was going a mile a minute. A bit too fast in fact. My vision blurred, and my eyes glazed over.

"Oh Miss, you look a bit pale. Are you okay?"

Those were the last words I heard before I fell to the ground. When I woke up later, a man with red eyes told me I'd fainted.