On the edge of a small port in a small town is a girl who stands quietly. Looking out to the sea that holds her memories a story that she cannot tell.
Reanne stood in the water; it went up to her ankles. Her hood was now down and her hair was tied up. The fugitive princess still wore her deceased brother's clothing. She shut her eyes and remembered when she and Lanius went to the shore.
When she was 11 or 12, she wore a light pink dress with the strap going around her neck.
Lanius caught up to her, panting. He wore a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up and black pants.
She turned around and puckered her lips, slightly blushing.
He placed his hand on the back of his neck and breathed heavily.
"Let's write a wish on paper and send it out to sea in a bottle. If it doesn't break, then surely there, a wish will be granted."
She was holding a bottle with a piece of paper in it.
Lanius walked up behind her, grabbed her arm and made her toss the flask.
It landed in the water and bobbed up and down.
Reanne pointed at the bottle then looked at Lanius.
He smiled softly and started to blush, as did his sister.
Floating away is a little glass bottle that holds the wishes of two little children.
It fades into the horizon without a sound to be heard
They laced their fingers with their own and silently made a wish.
Always you did those things for me, even though they were troublesome.
I've realized that I've only been selfish, and hurt you for so long.
A younger Reanne stood in a passing crowd, crying. Her hair was tied into pigtails and a cap adorned her head. She has a simple brown shirt and black shorts.
Lanius wore a white shirt with his sleeves rolled up. A black vest covered most of his shirt. Black pants were his choice of bottoms. His hair was tied up in a simple ponytail.
He reached down to hold her hand, but she rejected it.
The boy furrowed his eyebrows and turned away.
She rubbed her eye and the other hand was curled in a fist.
Lanius patted her head.
You are the only one who would hear me, but you're no longer here.
The sea will express my gratitude. It will express my only wish.
She held out a golden pocket watch and thought of Lanius' smiling face.
Reanne bent down and gently set down the bottle containing her message.
Floating away is a little glass wish. That holds the regrets of a girl that finally saw how she sinned; however, she couldn't repent.
The girl smiled, but only for a second. It turned to a frown. Small tears were stinging her eyes. She smiled largely.
A thought of her 10-year-old brother standing in front of her and smiling stuck in her head. He wore a blue vest with a grey shirt and orange tie. His arms were behind his back.
The next was of him age 14, wearing a white shirt, sleeves rolled up again and a blue apron around his waist. Lanius was holding a tray of muffins.
She cried softly, and wiped her tears.
Reanne looked toward the sky.
Floating away is a little glass bottle that holds the wishes of two little children.
It fades into the horizon without a sound to be heard.
Images of Maria, the red swordswoman, Kyle, the Prince of Blue, Michelle, the Princess of Green, and Lanius, the servant to the Princess of Yellow, passed through her head.
She kept towards the sky.
Floating away is a little glass wish. "If only we could be reborn..."
A thought of Lanius smiling ran through her mind again.
She clasped her hands together and shut her eyes, making a wish over her bottle.
A pair of footprints was all that she left, but soon the tide washed them away.
To the side of her was an image of her dear brother. She turned her head, but saw that it was only her imagination.
Reanne smiled and walked off.
If we could be reborn, then I'd want to be with you again.
If only….
Fin