Author's Note: here's a new set of stories I've been working on, I hope you all enjoy them. There are four of them, centering around the four elements, but for me there are five. Basically each story has to do with witches, but you'll see I intend to write about them differently. You'll understand what I mean as you read on, enjoy and e-mail any comments my way!
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Earth, the Mother giving birth,
Air so free, inside of me,
Fire higher, ignite your Son,
Water Daughter, the Circle is One.
Spirit makes all Four alive,
Spirit makes the Elements Five
By Link c 1997
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Beyond the Emerald Earth
Prologue
Mayo, Ireland
1605
They met under a full moon, where the light washed over them and the chill in the air blew around them. Shadows watched from the dark, eyes peering through the night, watching as five women came together and formed one.
The land spread before them and behind them, secrets in the hills and valleys known by them all. They joined together for the fear, joined together because each had loved and lost, and needed to begin again.
"Will we return?"Laoise asked, her green eyes filled with the darkness of shadows.
"We should. This is our home, this is where we began."Anya's calm eyes met each of her sisters in turn, watched them nod."We make a promise, here and now, that we will return."
"Years from now, when the practice is no longer feared or shunned, we will return. When we do we will face one another and the men we have lost."Muirin spoke quietly, her voice filled with sorrow.
Saorla strode away, strode back, anger in her movements, her thick, silvery hair glowing under the moon's light."Why do we have to return? Why?! Can we not leave this place, leave and never return? Go to where we may find peace?"
Laoise' eyes glittered in the night, with fury and vengeance."No, we will return. We must."
Saorla stopped pacing to look at her, nodded slowly."So be it."she stood under the nights sky, spread her arms high as her sisters surrounded her, mirroring her stance."On this night, in this place, a vow, a promise, we shall make."
"To come together in this land."Laoise lifted her arms high, felt the earth tremble beneathe her."Earth, my right, hear my command."
"To face one another, to face our past."Anya spread her arms and tilted her face to the swirling sky."Air and wind, forever last."
"To see our loves, won and lost."Muirin lifted her arms, heard the crashing waves, scented the salt of the sea."Water and tide, whatever cost."
Saorla's eyes flashed, two sapphires that seemed to gleam in the night."Fire and heat, blood and flame, we make this vow, this fear we tame."her voice rose, a shout over the crashing of the sea, the rising of the air, the tremble of the earth."Destruction and Creation, the power of our lives, we make this vow, the elements five."
Thunder rumbled, lightening split the sky, and the air circled fiercely around them. Clasping hands, they held on to one another as the night became violent, as a vow was made and seared into time. When the fire rose high, when the rain came down from the billowing clouds, they pulled back from one another, and the land was still once again.
Stay tuned for chapter 1~sailorperfect@yahoo.com
*****
Earth, the Mother giving birth,
Air so free, inside of me,
Fire higher, ignite your Son,
Water Daughter, the Circle is One.
Spirit makes all Four alive,
Spirit makes the Elements Five
By Link c 1997
*****
Beyond the Emerald Earth
Prologue
Mayo, Ireland
1605
They met under a full moon, where the light washed over them and the chill in the air blew around them. Shadows watched from the dark, eyes peering through the night, watching as five women came together and formed one.
The land spread before them and behind them, secrets in the hills and valleys known by them all. They joined together for the fear, joined together because each had loved and lost, and needed to begin again.
"Will we return?"Laoise asked, her green eyes filled with the darkness of shadows.
"We should. This is our home, this is where we began."Anya's calm eyes met each of her sisters in turn, watched them nod."We make a promise, here and now, that we will return."
"Years from now, when the practice is no longer feared or shunned, we will return. When we do we will face one another and the men we have lost."Muirin spoke quietly, her voice filled with sorrow.
Saorla strode away, strode back, anger in her movements, her thick, silvery hair glowing under the moon's light."Why do we have to return? Why?! Can we not leave this place, leave and never return? Go to where we may find peace?"
Laoise' eyes glittered in the night, with fury and vengeance."No, we will return. We must."
Saorla stopped pacing to look at her, nodded slowly."So be it."she stood under the nights sky, spread her arms high as her sisters surrounded her, mirroring her stance."On this night, in this place, a vow, a promise, we shall make."
"To come together in this land."Laoise lifted her arms high, felt the earth tremble beneathe her."Earth, my right, hear my command."
"To face one another, to face our past."Anya spread her arms and tilted her face to the swirling sky."Air and wind, forever last."
"To see our loves, won and lost."Muirin lifted her arms, heard the crashing waves, scented the salt of the sea."Water and tide, whatever cost."
Saorla's eyes flashed, two sapphires that seemed to gleam in the night."Fire and heat, blood and flame, we make this vow, this fear we tame."her voice rose, a shout over the crashing of the sea, the rising of the air, the tremble of the earth."Destruction and Creation, the power of our lives, we make this vow, the elements five."
Thunder rumbled, lightening split the sky, and the air circled fiercely around them. Clasping hands, they held on to one another as the night became violent, as a vow was made and seared into time. When the fire rose high, when the rain came down from the billowing clouds, they pulled back from one another, and the land was still once again.
Stay tuned for chapter 1~sailorperfect@yahoo.com
