While I'm surprised by the amount of reviews this story has gained in its first day of creation, I am not so surprised by the lack of knowledge as to which Disney film this story connects to. The movie itself is seven years old, at the time of this writing, and even then isn't really noted as a Disney Classic like Peter Pan or Sleeping Beauty. However, due to rule of not making a chapter devoted to author's note without compensation, I am slightly forced to write this note in a more… novelistic fashion. The next several paragraphs go into detail as to who the two lovers are and what they are but if you're more eager to find which film inspired this tale of love and heartbreak, please do not hesitate to skip to the end.
She is Spring and He is Winter but more than that, they are something as grand and eternal as the Never-Fairies of Neverland and the Fairies of the human realm both big and small.
They are sprites.
Creatures everlasting whose powers are more connected to nature and the elements than any other creature save for elementals and even creatures such as they are still permitted death. Sprites are not capable of death, their powers being so connected to nature that, like nature, they cannot last forever nor can they die. Some, like the Spring, must go into a state of hibernation, sleeping away during the times where their power is at its weakest. Others, like Winter, must flee to realms as close to their elements as possible lest they experience something far worse than death. Reincarnation, for any sprite, is a simple manner of dying and being reborn with their powers and memories still intact. This method is quite common should a sprite die during the time of their powers, but if one should die when their power is at their weakest…
They are either reborn far weaker than before…
Or, like Winter, remember nothing of their past.
As to Spring and Winter themselves, these two sprites are amongst the most powerful of their race though they reside in a single location in the forests of North America, where such destruction brought forth by man is nonexistent for man does not exist in this age of life and death. Though they are powerful, neither sprite has ever been compelled to do evil with their gifts like the sprite of fire and unnecessary death, the Firebird. Even Winter does what he knows must be done for life cannot continue without at least some death along the way.
As said by a wise king, "We are all a part of the circle of life."
If anyone wishes for me to conclude this story on a happier note, you have but to gather enough of those who also wish for such a thing and respond in either review or private-message. However, I will not accept responses that run along the lines of stating that this story is disconnected from Disney because of its angst-ending. I recommend that one watches the story of Disney's "The Little Match Girl" if one does indeed feel that way.
As to what Disney film this tale is based upon…
Why…
It's Fantasia 2000.
The Firebird Suite to be exact.
This is Corvus no Genmu signing off with a few wise words courtesy of my wife.
"Dance as though no one can see you. Sing as though no one can hear you. Love as though you've never been hurt before. Live as though heaven is on Earth."
And, for variety's sake, one of my own,
"Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery, Today is a gift; that is why we call it the Present."
