A Tale Like No Other
The Start of a New Beginning!
*~9 Years Later~*
"Beauty, the quality that gives pleasure to the mind or senses and is associated with such properties as harmony of form or color, excellence of artistry, truthfulness, and originality, the combination of all the qualities of a person or thing that delight the senses and please the mind…" mumbled a teallette with pigtails that reached her ankles, with the same emerald eyes, but this time, she was now a teenager and sixteen.
It has been nine years since the death of her mother and fourteen years since her father had died. She's been staying alone this whole time only having contact with items and no mere humans for people has been scared of her. Reading, playing with her own little made-up dolls, sings along with the birds, and anything that she can do in this barrier of hers, every opportunity of hers was limited. She stayed always the same, the days staying the same, and the time ticking away.
Beauty…in what way was I beautiful? I didn't have qualities that were pleasing to the eyes, mind, or anything really, I turned people into stone instead when they look into my eyes, my hair is teal colored, what kind of person wanted teal hair, and I'm not original, I'm just plain weird. Each day that hits me, it turns my heart almost as cold as ice. Miku usually thought this daily; she believed that she was nothing but a lonesome girl living in the forest, because she was. Her home was hidden within the forest where rarely anyone even came past it. Miku walked around her small fairy-tale like cottage wondering if this was forever her life, lonely and isolated. She always wanted to resign from her position of loneliness but she knew that would be almost impossible, especially with her history with the people of the village right now, she knew very well of the rumors even if she didn't go off to town often.
She never really went to the village really, ever since her mom died, she's been looking for her supplies in the forest. The freedom to live, the freedom to be able to live life to its fullest, have fun, and have adventures or journeys. This was no fun and thrilling adventure or journey, it was nothing but a mountain she can't encounter, a mountain she can't climb over, the height of it was just way too high to overcome.
At first, her mom was always the one going to the market place buying the food, but this time, she was the one. She tried going long ago, but then she decided to go get her own food such as berries, apples, and such. Miku never realized how awkward it must have been for her mom to be out in the store, being stared at…no…not stared at…but stared down at, the feeling of fear yet sympathy, the feeling of hatred, all the negative feelings that she can think of, pain even. What will my future will lead to? This life I was born into, is this really the fate I have?
Thump
Miku closed the dictionary that was held in her hand and looked over to the Greek tales that had Medusa's tale in it as well. The book she read when she was little, the book that had the story of her curse. Turning people into stone when making eye contact. The only thing different was that she stoned them for seconds and she could look in the mirror. She stood up from her usual chair and went over to a white-heart shaped box covered in pink frills and diamonds. She opened it and popped a piece of chocolate into her mouth savoring the taste once again. Even though her mom as gone, she had kept her advice eating a piece of chocolate each and every day in the afternoon. As she always ate the chocolate, feeling the rich and sweetness within it, she always had hope her fate would change one day.
She walked into her little kitchen to make a nice cup of green tea to go along with her nice calming mood. She took a nice warming sip having peace throughout her mind and walked back to the living room. She turned over the window to see the blue sky combined with the green trees working in harmony, again. She slowly walked over to the window balancing her cup of tea to make sure she doesn't spill. It seems like another nice day again… She opened the window completely open and wide. The nice summer breeze escaping into her house and softly hits against her face. The breeze of air was always nice her, it made her feel happy yet melancholic knowing that she's missing out on the world each and every day. She clutched onto her dress and tugged on it to make herself feel relieved and calmed. She always thought her life was very unfortunate, but she felt very thankful for it as well, thankful she's still living a life, thankful she was able to have all the memories she has in her heart. Some were sad, but the happy times were always a nice feeling of warmth that she never wanted to lose.
She looked over to the birds and smile at them while hearing the chirping they produce. The sound of their voices…the way they chirped, it always seemed to her that they were lost and wonderers of this world, looking for the answers of their problems. Nobody could ever answer the complicated questions in her mind, at least not to her. "Where are you from?" Miku asked smiling trying to talk to the bird but not quite looking at them. They replied by chirping in the same tune that gave her the feeling over again. She left her window open and came over to the book shelf and scan through the list of books that she kept. Her favorite kinds of books were always fantasy ones, specifically, the books about people starting out with a huge problem, then in the end, they have a life full of happiness. Afterall, anyone is a main character of their own story, no matter what. Everyone has a problem to overcome; some problems may be bigger than others though. If there is no problem, there was no goal for anyone, or any story plot line to it.
Cinderella, she was a step daughter with mean sisters along with a wicked mother. She started out as the one who was unfortunate and being taken advantage of, but in the end…She was the one who won the prince's heart and married him getting her to a happier life, a life where she was no longer miserable, but happy and full of life. Snow White, another girl who was the step daughter of the evil queen who wanted to kill her due to her beauty. She was kind and helped out the seven dwarfs for a bit, almost died, but had the prince fall in love with her. Sleeping Beauty, a fair maiden who was loved by her kingdom at the moment she was born, but had a curse. She could be killed in an instant if she were to touch the point of a spinning wheel. She was being taken cared by her fairy god mothers for a while, fell in love with a person who was surprisingly the prince before she even knew, and almost god killed as well. The prince also fell in love with her and got her true love's kiss.
A prince always falling in love with the princess…True love's kiss…Happily... Ever…After… Could I even be the main character of my own story? Or will I be the villain of it? Can I be even happy? An ending that is joyful? Is it possible? She sighed at the thought and shook her head trying to get the thought out of her head. A happy ending with a prince? AND someone falling in love with me? Sure my mom fell in love, but I already have a bad enough history here… She grabbed the book called, "The Little Mermaid." (Note: This is not the Disney version of The Little Mermaid) Miku read for four hours, it was already 4:30 when she finished half the book.
A young girl who lived life as a mermaid. She was a very curious girl wondering about the world up abover hers. The time when she turned sixteen, she was allowed to go up the shore to see the truth above the water that sent her questions that went throughout her mind. She swam up there one day but only to be encountered by a storm, a ship wreck as well. She saved the prince of the country and fell in love with him as well. Swimming back to shore, the prince saw another girl thinking she saved him instead and thought he loved here dearly. Desperate to see the prince, the mermaid made a deal with a sea witch. If she captured the prince's heart, she would be able to live as a human living happily ever after, but if she didn't…she would turn into sea foam. Not only that either, but she would have her voice taken away from her.
And that's where she had stopped at. She looked up at the ceiling thinking about the story. The mermaid would do anything just to be with her prince, even if it risked her own life itself. I guess that's what true love is? She sat back up straight and scanned through the book to get back to her place. The mermaid agreed and lived life as a human from then on. She tried winning her prince's heart time to time always spending time with him, but that wasn't enough. The cost of his life was too big of a price than plainly spending time with him making him propose. Her sisters knew of this plan and decided to call her out to the sea. Then they tossed a knife to her and said to kill the prince, and the deal would be over. She took the knife agreeing to the idea. At midnight, she snuck into the prince's and his fiancé's room. Just when she was about to thrust the knife…she stopped. She came into tears knowing she loved him way too much to be able to kill him…She rather turn into sea foam and put an end to her treacherous journey. He soon got married with his fiancé and the mermaid was gone. After she was gone, he then realized, he really loved her, for her, not because someone saved his life, but for who she really was…but by that time…it was too late…it was too late to save her.
Miku closed her book and set it down on her coffee table sighing. An actual fairytale with a sad ending… she thought to herself. She went over to the kitchen and made another cup of tea, herbal tea.
Knock
She heard the sound and looked around, "An animal?" she said to herself.
Knock! Knock!
By that time she knew what it was…it was the door…The door to her cottage…Being knocked on? "No way…" she mumbled to herself, "An animal, it's gotta be that…" she said trying to convince herself.
"Hello? Is anyone there?" asked a voice outside her door. The person kept knocking on the door. Miku was having her eyes opened wide by then. She was dumbfounded, ignorant, and oblivious. She never had people knocking on her door, especially when she was alone as well.
"A person… An actual person. A person, knocking at my door?" Miku said to herself quietly. She was so confused on what to do in the situation. Without warning, Miku dropped her ¼ finished herbal tea from shock. It traveled across the floor while she was just looking at the door like a deer watching a car drive up to them.
"Hello?" the voice asked again.
