The Triple Moon Fairy
By: Sugarplum Sweetheart
Prologue
It was anything but a perfect night. The dark sky filled with bright yellow, orange, and red flares that burned everything in sight. Houses crumbled to the floor as the fire engulfed them. Trees and shrubs lit up like torches as the wild fire continued to spread. Shrieks filled the air, but were drowned out by a thunderous roar from a mighty beast. The regular civilians ran for cover as all the ninjas raced to tame the offending species. The animal threw back its massive head and let out an ear-splitting cry. It lifted its monstrous paw and swiped down at a group of ninja advancing towards it. The ninja were thrown back through three buildings before crashing into a wall and lay motionless in all the fallen rubble. The other fighters only had a moment to mourn for their lost comrades before the enormous mammal let out another mighty roar and began attacking once more.
Not far from the location of the destruction, a quaint little house currently sat, untouched, on a grassy hill, occupied by a small family. The mother held her four year old daughter close as she watched the mighty beast through their dusty kitchen window. Embers from the fires that rose into the air reflected in the glass.
The hurried opening and closing of the front door distracted her from watching. The father had finally come home. The husband dropped his marked mask on the cream-colored couch near the door and rushed to his huddling family. The sleeping daughter opened her drowsy eyes to see her father wrap his strong arms around her and her mother in a warm embrace. The girl noticed this hug was different from all the others she received. It was hurried, tight, and desperate. Something was terribly wrong.
She felt something wet drop on her arm, and looked up to find crystalline tears streaming down her mothers face. She heard her father repeatedly whispering 'I love you' into her mothers' long wavy hair as he softly kissed it. Her mother just continued to weep as she tightened her grip around the man and her daughter.
After a couple minutes, he said one last 'I love you', and then sluggishly let go of them. The little girl watched as he turned around and walked briskly to the door, picking up his discarded mask on the way. When he reached the door, he hesitated opening it. He stepped outside, then turned around and faced his family one last time before closing the door.
A couple seconds ticked by and her mother gently placed her on the floor before falling to her knees. The child watched helplessly as her mother's sobs increased and grew louder.
The small child remembered the pain-filled face her father made before he left, and the foreign hug. She wondered why he did that. Since her mother was busy, she thought that she could ask her father.
The girl quietly opened the door without notifying her mother, and stepped outside. A sudden blast of heat hit her like a tidal wave as she turned around to face the village. In the middle of the place she called home, was a humongous animal.
Its narrow black eyes, razor sharp teeth, and enormous size scared her. But somehow, the beast also fascinated her, despite how fearful it was. The one thing that caught her interest the most were the nine tails that flicked back and forth.
She watched in awe as the bright flames seemed to enshroud its body and surround it. She snapped out of her daze when she heard the terrified screams from the villagers.
She began running towards the sound as fast as her little legs could carry her. Many times she tripped on the broken cobblestone, but she picked herself up and continued on, trying to ignore the stinging of her legs. Suddenly, she stumbled over a large piece of fallen debris. Her strength left her as she lay there on the cracked ground. The girl urged her body to get up and slowly but surely, she painfully pushed herself to her feet with her bruised arms. Her entire body trembled as her knees buckled inward, almost causing her to fall again.
She lifted her glazed eyes from the slightly red ground to see the monstrous nine-tailed fox standing 25 feet in front of her. She watched with widened eyes as it bared its gleaming white teeth at her. The hairs on the back of her neck stood and her body shook violently as it raised one of its front legs. She heard someone shout her name, and right as the paw was about to squish her like a bug, she was pushed 15 feet away. Her back forcefully hit against a slab of rock that had once been part of a building, and she shut her eyes tightly as pain filled her body.
In the process of rescuing the girl, her saviors' mask flew off. The little girl opened her eyes and looked up just in time to see the most horrifying and dreadful thing any four year old should never have to see. There, kneeling where she had once been was her very own father. She watched in mortification as he turned his head and gave her a tired smile, before the large paw crushed down on his body. Red blood sprayed everywhere as the furry appendage crashed to the ground.
Tears flowed down her cheeks like a waterfall. Her tiny body shook as she couldn't stop the earsplitting scream that tore through her throat.
"DADDY!!"
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