Spring.

The season of budding, of rain, or flowers.

Vibrant in shade and beautiful in view, Spring was indeed a wonderful season, filled with nature's reawakening from the harsh chill of Winter's cold embrace.

What were once barren trees showed faint signs of life, the icicles of Winter having melted off and the smallest of buds appearing.

Gently, the soft wind sails through the land, capturing all in its breeze.

The temperature slowly increases from the once coldness, gradually reaching temperatures in which Winter would end.

Though Winter may leave, its traces never fade, much of it living on in areas such as the Misty Lake.

As Winter makes its final stand, with a certain Yuki-Onna moving into hibernation, another fairy takes up the mantle of the new season.

The moment that fairy appeared, the once hidden sun broke its cloud cover, shining brightly with warmth as a single message rang out across Gensokyo.

"IT"S SPRING!"

The joyous shout comes from none other than Lily White, the Fairy Herald of Spring.

Above the landscapes of barely budding plants and the emergence of several animals, comes the Spring Herald, spreading her message through Danmaku and shouts of exuberance.

As her powers awaken the dormant energy that is Spring itself, the land she travels above begins sprouting and flourishing, nature shifting its seasons to yet another, her voice reaching the core of nature to communicate with the rest of Gensokyo.

Far below, youkai and humans of all sorts emerge from their rest, some annoyed, some overjoyed at the announcement, as the fairy continued to spread her message.

With her good cheer and power at full, Lily let off several barrages of Danmaku, colored green as she preferred, many of the bullets impacting against the ground instead of people, laughing as she did so.

Directly below her resided the Human Village, the streets filled with what was a veritable line of open air carts, many of them florists and gardeners eagerly awaiting her flyby.

For Lily's power was of the awakening of Spring, and as such her mere presence was enough to coax the once dormant plants into full bloom by means of releasing the spiritual energy stored within.

Pausing her Danmaku, she flew to ground level, continuing to announce Spring as cries of happiness and gratitude echoed out as she flew through the main street, the plants reaching full bloom in seconds.

Pulling up to the fading cries of thanks, Lily continued her journey to announce Spring to all of Gensokyo.

The wind blew gently against her, the breeze refreshing and comforting as the feel of silk.

The clear blue skies, with nary a cloud in sight, the sun shining brightly, and the patterns of Danmaku resolved to join forces in the announcement of Spring, with Lily at its head.

The Hakurei Shrine, well kept and cleanly as always came into view, its cherry blossoms opening in a magnificent show of beauty, the storm of opened petals flowing through the area like a hurricane, spreading all over.

Surrounded by the magnificent numbers of petals, she floated through, twirling about with the innocence of a child in the storm.

The garden in its back, maintained by the Shrine Maiden who was accompanied by a large group of others, sprouted just as the others did, their yield growing quickly and elegantly, the Shrine Maiden below waving in thanks.

Speeding on, the fairy continued her journey, finally appearing at the edge of field of sunflowers, her excitement uncontainable as she sped through, straight towards a large pink flower, under which a hint of green hair gleamed.

And as Lily flew through the air, a single message crossed her lips, massive in scale and powerful in volume.

"I love Spring!"