And now...for the shortest chapter, don't blink you'll miss it. But we're getting closer...closer to that moment we're waiting for...
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Chapter 4
A midnight blue silhouette stood out against the clear night sky that held the brightly shimmering moon. His cape billowed gently and he looked up with a face so lovely it put that silver white orb to shame. He walked on swiftly, blending with the balmy night as perfectly as if it bent to his will.
He entered a courtyard with dark trees draping beside the carefully tended walkway, and to a very respectable if not quite large manor. The nightbirds trilled as the door shut with a gentle thud behind him. He walked down the dark hall picking up an atomic candle as he passed, then sat down at a large desk.
"I can wait no longer little flower." He mumbled to himself in a very uncharacteristic manner, and pulled a few sheets of paper from a drawer.
The sun beat down mercilessly on the small frontier town, bathing the land in a blinding radiance and a baking heat. It was quite extraordinary the way the harsh land could change from deadly cold ice and blizzards, to blooming with sudden and bountifull life, and then again to heat so intense it dried the life out of even the toughest weeds and grass.
A woman slowly walked along the dusty path, long brown curls lit with streaks of fiery red and gold swinging free behind her. She walked as though she was heading nowhere in particular, and stopped often to bend and admire a flower, or to listen to the trill of a bird. She turned suddenly as a cloud of dirt settled around a lone fast approaching figure. A smile bloomed on her lovely face, and she lifted a hand.
"Mia! I'm here!"
After a moment the smaller girl reached her and had to bend, hands on her knees, to catch her breath.
"Hey sis." She gasped, "You got a letter today."
"Really?" A look of confusion passed the elder's face. "But...who would be writing me I wonder?" She took the letter from Mia's hand and turned it over. A look of surprise passed her face, quickly melting into a smile. "I wonder..." She murmured as she tore it open.
"Who is it from O?" The younger girl asked in excitement.
A secretive smile lingered a moment upon Ophelias face. "I'm afraid it's none of your concern." She chuckled and turned her back on her sister.
"But I brought it here doesn't that count for something? Tell me, tell me!" Mia doggedly chased after her retreating sister.
"Please?!"
Ophelia chuckled and kept walking.