Of Dust and Shadows

by riverofmemories

After falling through time, Lucy Heartfilia finds that history – both the world's and her own – isn't as black and white as she thought it was. With the discovery of magic and the fact that she's arrived in a three-year period no one knows anything about, Lucy is determined to stop the devastation she knows is coming – all while being irreversibly tied to the one who creates it.

129. Part V: Ash

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PART V:

Ash

[ash]

Noun (1)

1] any of a genus (Fraxinus) of trees of the olive family with pinnate leaves, thin furrowed bark, and gray branchlets

2] the tough elastic wood of an ash

3] [Old Englishæsc, name of the corresponding ruinc letter]: the ligature æ used in Old English and some phoenetic alphabets to represent a low front vowel

Noun (2), often attributive

1] something that symbolizes grief, repentance, or humiliation

2] a] the solid residue left when combustible material is thoroughly burned or is oxidized by chemical means, b] fine particles of mineral matter from a volcanic vent

3] ashes plural: the remains of the dead human body after cremation or disintegration

4] ashes plural: deathly pallor

5] ashes plural: ruins

Verb

1] to convert into ash

2] to remove ash residue from usually by flicking or tapping

Synonyms: charcoal, cinders, embers, dust

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"You may kill a fire. And everything you know falls to dust and ash. Yet the remarkable treasure in this seemingly hopeless pile, is hidden deep within. The burning embers incarnate the perpetual desire to go from spark to flame."

– Akilnathan Logeswaran