Chapter 3: -Almost An Anamnesis-

{Revised: 24 Aug 16}

After walking around and exploring with Zinfra for a few hours, Alivia was feeling hungry.

"Would you like to get something to eat?" asked Zinfra.
"Yes, that would be nice."

The closest place for food was a tree house with smoke rising from somewhere inside, something that smelled tasty, and a faint glow from the windows.
The two entered and saw fairies eating blueberry muffins, strawberry cake, chocolate fig cake, and triple chocolate delight. The main course had already passed.

Despite the general knowledge and brief history that all fairies and sparrowmen receive instantly after arriving, there are certain feelings and experiences that are still completely unknown. Alivia had no idea what food was like or what taste was.

A serving-talent fairy came over and offered choices of dessert.
"That one looks interesting, I would like to try it."

"It's the triple-chocolate delight, very popular. I'm sure you'll enjoy it."
Alivia's mouth watered as she inhaled the new aroma.
She took a bite and was pleasantly surprised.
"It's absolutely delicious! I've never tasted anything like it before! Actually I never tasted anything before."
"I hope you're not disappointed by other foods."
"Would you like to visit your room now?"
"Sure."

The two traveled to Section 729, Rose Glen.
Along the way, many fairies and sparrowmen gave Alivia strange looks because of her pink glow and murmured amongst themselves.
"Freak!"
"Incomplete!"
"I heard all of your...disorders!"
"Are you contagious?"
"Leave her alone," said Zinfra.

Alivia wished she could be invisible and hid behind her guide.

When they arrived, Zinfra waited outside while Alivia entered room #43.

Inside, she saw her room lit up with her talent's theme. Her bed was made from autumn leave sheets, mixtures of furniture made from wood, ash, and pumice. There were some paintings on the walls of flames, arrows, and flowers made out of fire. Also there was a painting of a flaming sword above her bed.

She wondered how fairies painted so fast, and guessed their talent must give them speed. She gazed at the obsidian decorations...their glossy texture and unique color were pretty. It reminded her of her own shiny black hair. She saw a pine needle hairbrush, peppermint leaves for tooth brushing, orange blossom petals for face-washing, and a magnifying glass. She wondered why there were supplies of flint, red phosphorous, and other ingredients for fire. Couldn't fire-talents make a fire without these?

She went over to her open closet and checked out her clothes. She was impressed that there were talents that could get a fairy's measurements so accurately just by looking. She saw beautiful dresses, pajamas, casual clothes, and work clothes. There were dresses that were pink, red, and white-red (the same as her Arrival gown). She especially loved the dresses made from spider silk and dandelion fluff. She preferred modest clothing with reasonable amounts of skin exposed. In her work clothes, there were pockets for flint and other tools, again wondering why she would ever need them. Perhaps if fairies ran out of Dust and needed to continue their work in the art of constructive fire.

Her Arrival gown was nice, but she thought it was bland. She changed into a dress that was made from a red carnation with a few subtle glowing orange highlights. She loved how red carnations carried meaning...love and passion. She hoped that one day, she could find someone who didn't mind her glow and accepted her the way she was.

She laid down on her bed, enjoying the softness and cozy new room.

She then left, meeting Zinfra outside.
"I would like to visit the Scout-talents."
"Okay, but first lets go to the Royal Ordnance Factory, there's someone I want you to meet."

They moved on to Pixie Hollow's Royal Ordnance Factory, under the Royal Defense Forces. This was where the arrows, spears, and other weapons were manufactured. Despite the happiness and innocence of the fairies and sparrowmen, there were still dangers such as hawks, snakes, wasps, and other hazardous creatures.

"Welcome, its good to see you again Zinfra."

"Good to see you too, this here is Alivia, a new Arrival and one of her talents is 'skill in battle.' We shall see if that is true."
Alivia was hurt by that last comment.

"Alivia, I want you to meet Fieva, she is the greatest mastermind Pixie Hollow has ever known. She is super smart with chemistry and weapon design. Nothing is more important than her work."
"...Okay."

They were led into the drawing room which doubled as the chemistry lab.

In thick, grey, unisex laboratory clothing, an unusually tall fairy stood pouring chemicals into glass containers. She had short hair which was black, but glowed violet as if it emitted its own light. She was focused on the experiment and seemed to not want to talk.
"I give you, Her Majesty's Master of Chemisty, Royal Prerogative, Privy Council, Field Marshal, Storm-Talent Fieva."

"How do you do? I was just- What is that?!" Fieva exclaimed in a cold, harsh voice. Her name was pronounced ["Fee + Ay + Vuh"].
"What's what?"
"You, get out!" Fieva shrieked pointing at the sparrowman who introduced her.
"What is your problem, your glow is pink!"

"I...I'm Incomplete."
"I can see that! I'm not blind! Why would someone like you be in a place like this?"
"I am interested in the designs."
"Don't speak unless spoken to! You insolent Incomp!"
"You're right, the pink glow is freaky. She is Incomplete," said Zinfra, looking disgusted, and leaving.

Alivia was hurt, her guide abandoned her. She tried to stay strong until now, but tears were escaping from her eyes.
"I've heard about you. You think you got skill? The only one with more than one talent? You are NO MATCH FOR ME! I am the greatest chemist Pixie Hollow has ever known. I control the weather! I am strong and I NEED NO ONE! I am MORE POWERFUL than ANYONE ELSE!"

As the Chemist said this, her hands charged up with electricity. Being a storm-talent, she could manipulate the weather, generate rain, lightning, hurricane-force winds, sleet, and hail.
"No one can design weapons like I can. No one knows Pixie Dust like I do. You should feel HONORED that I am even speaking to inferior vermin like you. You think you're cool? I AM SO MUCH BETTER THAN YOU!"

Alivia cried uncontrollably and left.
As she was running away from the factory, she was lost in thought. She was just born. Why did so many hate her? What was wrong with being Incomplete? Why did she have to glow pink and be different from everyone else? She wished she was born "complete" and didn't have a "medical diagnosis."

Fieva cast lightning past her, missing on purpose, just for "fun." She laughed in the distance.

Alivia ran away, blindly trying to escape.
She ran towards a nearby river, used to cool the production facility.
She sat down on the bank and cried, wishing that people would stop hating her, just because of her glow, just because she was Incomplete.
[What is wrong with me?], she thought.

[Why do I have to be different?]

Suddenly, she slipped and fell into the river!

She struggled, trying to escape.
She flapped her wings, but to no avail, as they were absorbing water, she only got weighed down.
"Help!" she screamed.

She didn't know how to swim (It wouldn't matter, fairies can't swim anyway).
She was sinking until only her hands were above water now.
She knew she was going to die.
 She didn't get to live a full life.
She felt she would soon only be a short-lived memory…

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