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Golden Sand

His tears were gold…

She hadn't noticed at first, in the haze of her anger, but the tears that flowed down his cheeks were a beautiful golden color.

She watched, fascinated, as the tears slowly traveled down his face, lighting up her vision of dark shades of grey.

She never noticed the Sandman's look of confusion at her stare of fascination, never noticed that she had let go of his throat, in favor of staring at the new wonder of gold.

Wherever the tears touched, beautiful gold followed, and she was startled and amazed at the sight.

Even The Darkness watched with rapid attention color slowly filled their world.

Rising one of her hands, The Keeper wiped a way a tear, and watched in awe as she too began to have color.

She flicked her eyes back up, and with a start she realized that The Darkness had fully let go of the Sandman and The Sand.

The Sand was floating around the Sandman now, in protective hover.

They were both golden now, she saw. Where they had been shades of grey in her mind as she tried to kill them, now they were both a stunning gold sand...

Gold…

Sand…

Gold sand…

The Sand, The Darkness breathed in realization, for the first time truly seeing just who it was they had attacked.

I…we….we attacked The Sand? The Sand…oh by the Stars, we tried to kill The Sand and its child…

Horror filled The Darkness's words, and she felt just as horrified at the realization.

The anger faded away, an it was as though a cloud had been lifted from her eyes- which were slowing returning to their usual red color. Her mind cleared, and she could feel The Darkness's own senses slowly return from its blood-lust.

They had attacked The Sand…the Sandman….and Insanity.

Insanity! Where was the younger spirit now? Had she killed him? Was he was alright?

Horror and shame flowed through The Keeper and The Darkness. The Keeepr quickly backed away from the Sandman and The Sand.

Why? Why had they done such horrible things?

She…she need leave, she need to find Insanity and see if he was okay- s-she need to just go.

Staring at the striking color of gold one more time, she locked eyes with the Sandman- and then flew off, as quickly as she could, leaving a confused Sandman and Spirit of Old behind.

The two looked at each other.

What had happened?

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A long time ago, when there where no other spirits other than that of the elements and the land, a being called The Darkness was hidden to the world, in the deepest, darkest cave underground. It never knew that there were other like it above, it never knew of color, or life.

That was its world.

Darkness.

That was all it knew, and it was in the darkenss of the underground that the Spirit of Old remained until one day another found its cavern.

A being called The Sand had found its hidden place, while looking for shelter during a storm.

And it was then that The Darkness learned of another world, so unlike its own.

The Sand, like a gold beacon in the darkness, spoke of trees, wind, water, and life. It spoke of the animals, and the humans, of other Spirits, and the worlds in the great beyond among the stars.

The Darkness was fascinated, by The Sand, by the gold, and by the stories of a world unlike his own.

There were other like it? The Sand and it were the same?

Like child, The Darkness absorbed all the information, eager to learn more.

And when the storm stop, and it was time for The Sand to go, The Darkness was amazed when The Sand asked it to come with it.

The Sand wanted The Darkness to come with it? The Sand…was not afraid of it?

Grasping part of The Sand lightly, The Darkness slowly came out of its hiding place, scared, yet excited beyond belief.

And when The Darkness first laid eyes on the world, it was amazed and awed at what it saw.

With laugher, The Sand rose into the air, begging The Darkness to join for a dance, as Spirits of Old often did with those they saw as 'friends'.

Shyly, The Darkness slowly followed after it.

As they danced across the sky, The Darkness slowly began to smile.

Perhaps there was more to its world then darkness after all...

And that, my dear friends, is what they say was just the beginning of series of unforeseen events.

And it all started with the introduction of golden sand...


A little more to the story, no? Keeper's on her way to try to find Insanity, the Sandman and The Sand are confused, and a little peek about the past of The Darkness. That beings said...I updated early! Hope you all enjoyed the chapter, let me know what you think or if you see any mistakes! XD