Home over Heart - Part 5
Maeve chewed the end of the pen. Writing to Thomas was a lot harder then she had thought. How was she supposed to tell him she'd spent the last year pretending Annwn was a bad dream?
Dear Thomas, she wrote, then stopped.
Oh, bother this, she thought. What am I supposed to say? I'll just... write.
I'm living in St John's, which is in the same place as Temair. I suppose I've survived, but I still have very little- a couple- no- friends. Most of the time I read. I'm trying to join a community theatre.
How is it that Rhiannon can pass between Annwn and the Shadow? It doesn't seem possible. I remember you said those born in Annwn are unable to leave, and those in the Shadow don't seem to be able to go through.
And... I suppose it is that I have no idea what to say anymore. After I left Annwn, it felt like part of me had been torn away, and the new person that was starting to form got left behind. It was like all life here is pale and thin and less real, in a way, though Isuppose it is. There is less magic. All I have left now is an apple tree a street over. There at least I can pretend I never left.
The problem is, I've been trying to convince everyone, including my father, I never came to Annwn, which makes me feel like I'm betraying you all somehow. Life has gotten so complicated all of a sudden.
Please write back. Perhaps we will meet again on Tir Nan Og.
Maeve.
Maeve put the letter down and passed a hand over her eyes. It wouldn't do to have the letter stained with tears.
Maeve chewed the end of the pen. Writing to Thomas was a lot harder then she had thought. How was she supposed to tell him she'd spent the last year pretending Annwn was a bad dream?
Dear Thomas, she wrote, then stopped.
Oh, bother this, she thought. What am I supposed to say? I'll just... write.
I'm living in St John's, which is in the same place as Temair. I suppose I've survived, but I still have very little- a couple- no- friends. Most of the time I read. I'm trying to join a community theatre.
How is it that Rhiannon can pass between Annwn and the Shadow? It doesn't seem possible. I remember you said those born in Annwn are unable to leave, and those in the Shadow don't seem to be able to go through.
And... I suppose it is that I have no idea what to say anymore. After I left Annwn, it felt like part of me had been torn away, and the new person that was starting to form got left behind. It was like all life here is pale and thin and less real, in a way, though Isuppose it is. There is less magic. All I have left now is an apple tree a street over. There at least I can pretend I never left.
The problem is, I've been trying to convince everyone, including my father, I never came to Annwn, which makes me feel like I'm betraying you all somehow. Life has gotten so complicated all of a sudden.
Please write back. Perhaps we will meet again on Tir Nan Og.
Maeve.
Maeve put the letter down and passed a hand over her eyes. It wouldn't do to have the letter stained with tears.
