1/25/06
Title:
Windows of the Soul
Author:
Raya
Theme:
Purple
Genre:
General
Version:
Manga
Rating:
G
Disclaimer: All characters were created and are owned by Takeuchi Naoko. I have merely borrowed them for a little while.
Windows of the Soul
Rei sat in front of the sacred fire with her eyes closed, basking in its warmth and letting her mind wander for a bit before tending to her evening chores. Idly, she thought back over her rather boring day of meditation, school, and chores, and sent up a grateful prayer for the three months of peace.
Finally, her mind drifted to the interesting comment that Sister Mary Noel had made during their English class. "Some cultures believe that eyes are the windows of the soul."
Rei smiled absently. 'But, my soul is fire. And fire is red. So why aren't my eyes red?' she mused. 'It would work for ChibiUsa-chan, though. Pink is the color of hope, and she is definitely full of that. But Ami's eyes should not be so dark a blue, and Minako's eyes should be darker. After all, indigo is the color of love. Oh that's right, she's beauty. So, they should be golden instead?' Her smile widened as she thought of how vain Minako would be with unusual gold eyes to match her golden hair.
'But we are all senshi of love, so we should all have indigo eyes, right?' This thought made her pause and consider. She turned it around and around in her mind. And suddenly, an image passed through her mind: light shining through the stained glass windows of the school chapel staining the entire chapel with a rainbow of colors.
'If my eyes were windows made out of indigo glass… And the red of my soul shone through them…' Her eyes flew open wide, and her gaze went to the sacred mirror. For a moment, she swore her violet eyes were actually indigo. Then, she blinked and they returned to their proper color once more.
She turned her gaze to the fire, and began to trace the thought once more, making the comparison to her friends' eyes. Ami's light blue aura shining through dark indigo glass could possibly lighten them to that clear cobalt color. Minako's golden orange light, however, would not make indigo seem sky blue. If anything, her eyes should seem green, unless the light of her soul was the pale, golden color of sunlight. Silver-white through indigo could definitely give Usagi azure eyes. If she stretched her imagination, she could believe that a bright, pale green could transform indigo into Makoto's emerald green eyes.
"Rei-chan? Are you going to start dinner soon?" her grandfather called from down the hall.
Rei started a little, drawn from out of her thoughts. "Yes, sir," she called back as she stood up. She took one last look in the mirror at her purplish eyes, and then smiled. 'Red fire through indigo glass… Definitely a good window to the soul.'
