Author's Note - This story is taken from the song – Mistletoe - The Tree of Reincarnation. I do not own the characters (except Meiko) or the main concept of the story. I just mixed the story with my own imagination. The theme is of the medieval period. The cover is a screenshot from the music video of the song.
Characters -
Meiko Tachibana – Older sister of Hilary Tachibana and Queen of Blue Oak. She has brown hair just like Hilary's and is always tied into a bun and has blue eyes representing the Blue Bird.
Hilary Tachibana – Princess of Blue Bird.
Hiro Granger – King of Gui Vermillion.
Tyson Granger – Prince of Gui Vermillion.
Julia Fernandez – Army General of Gui Vermillion and has a crush on King Hiro.
Raul Fernandez – Lieutenant in the Army of Gui Vermillion.
Mistletoe – The Tree of Reincarnation
The land of Mistletoe was ruled by two birds that possessed the power of gods. With time passing, both birds build two kingdoms. The Blue Bird ruled the Kingdom of Blue Oak and the red bird ruled the Kingdom of Gui Vermillion.
Both kingdoms had different ideas about living. Blue Bird believed that no one was good or evil; it was their greed that makes them do bad deeds. They must be given another chance to change themselves. The Kingdom of Blue Oak was preached to be peaceful.
Red Bird believed that one who was evil will always be evil no matter how many chances they are given. The Kingdom of Gui Vermillion believed in violence but the kingdom was as peaceful as of Blue Oak.
With their difference in thinking, both kingdoms started a blood war. Both birds evolve to pass down their power from generation to generation so the chain of mortality will always run.
After a thousand years of enmity, the king of Gui Vermillion fell in love with the queen of Blue Oak. The war paused for a few years. The current king of Gui Vermillion, Hiro Granger, waited for few years to propose to the queen of Blue Oak, Meiko Tachibana.
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Hiro's eyes were fixated at the ring in the box as he waited for the agreement for the marriage. He was 29 and if he waited a few more years the war may begin again.
"The papers are here." Came in General Julia with the message. Hiro tied a ribbon on the box and gave it to General Julia. Julia took in with hesitation, she believed that the Blue Oak will turn the marriage down but her unconditional love for the king was the actual reason for her hesitation. Her unconditional love for the king was left unseen by Hiro.
King Hiro turned to Lieutenant Raul and asked him, "Where is my brother?" Lieutenant Raul replied, "The Prince is once again joking around with his powers, Your Majesty."
Hiro went out of the castle, into the woods to find Prince Tyson. Tyson was sitting on the bank of the pond and frying fishes with his magic. Hiro sighed and patted his head. "You must not use your powers in such a way, Prince."
Tyson smiled and said, "I'm sorry, Your Majesty. I was just practicing what powers I was given. After all, the king possesses the whole power of the Blue Bird."
"You will unlock the whole power someday. Don't worry," Hiro patted his back, "Come on, let's go back to the castle.
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The Queen of Blue Oak, Meiko Tachibana, stared out of the window, at her army being trained. Princess Hilary came in with the box of the ring in her hand. She believed both kingdoms will end the war someday and live together peacefully. She had a smile on her face as she handed the box and the paper to her older sister. Meiko opened the box and found a ring with a blue rare stone that was only found on the land of the kingdom of Gui Vermillion. She read the paper where the king had confessed his unconditional love for her. Queen Meiko had hesitation in her mind as in the past when both Birds decided to work together they were torn apart by a third party.
"Accept it," said Hilary from behind, "We believe in peace and this will bring peace." Hilary was unaware of the thing on Meiko's mind, she always thought of it being a fairytale. She turned away and went out of the room. Meiko looked down at the paper. There were two circles for both kingdoms to draw their sign and between both trees was the picture of the lost tree of mistletoe.
Meiko picked up the pen and drew the sign of Blue Oak with blue ink in the left circle. She still had hesitation but if it was for the peace she would do anything.
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King Hiro was so happy to see the queen's initials on the paper. He drew Gui Vermillion's sign with red ink in the right circle and passed it to General Julia. Julia held the paper with a look of sadness. The paper was sent to the Kingdom of Blue Oak.
The marriage was in the temple of Blue Oak that was situated in the middle of the forest. No one except the King, Queen, and the priestess was allowed inside the temple, or around the temple. General Julia was at the entrance of the temple.
Prince Tyson wanted to see his brother's marriage so he wandered off to the temple. He hid behind a tree and then suddenly heard rustling in the woods. He looked behind in the deep darkness of the forest. Suddenly, Princess Hilary came out of the woods. She was there for the same reason as him.
Tyson fell in love just when he saw Hilary. Hilary saw the first person of the Gui Vermillion and never thought she would fall in love with him. Tyson started chatting with her and wanted to show off his powers to her.
In the temple, the priestess told Meiko and Hiro to unleash their power to join them. Meiko was wearing a blue wedding gown and a blue coat over it that reach to the ground. Hiro was wearing a black and red robe and over it a golden and maroon coat with vermillion fur. Meiko and Hiro were standing face to face and hold their hand. Then, they unleash their magic and transparent wings of their respective color appear on their back.
Back in the forest, Tyson was trying to control the fire on a piece of a stick standing upright from the ground. He failed and ignited the fire instead. Hilary tried to help but she couldn't use much of her magic herself. They both laughed at their failed magic. They were more attracted to each other.
Hiro and Meiko were about to join their magic. Hiro was so happy that he couldn't hide it. Meiko was just smiling. Suddenly, Meiko saw the third party attacking Hiro. Meiko was scared and started walking backward. Hiro was confused.
The god of fate preferred it to sound crueler. In a matter of seconds, an arrow went through Hiro's chest. He gasped for air. His vision started to get blurry as Meiko ran away from there. He felt Tyson was going away from him too and he took his last breath. The current Red Bird was dead.
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Tyson came back to the castle and saw General Julia standing in front of a coffin. He hurriedly went to her. He turned her back and saw her crying for her beloved's death. He saw his brother was in the coffin. All the memories of them started to come in his mind – How he warned him for using the magi carefully, how he saved him when he almost burned himself with his magic, and how he used to play along with his jokes.
'Grieving, screaming, I've lost my voice.' Tyson mourned till night in front of his brother's dead body. 'No matter how much I cry, I can't bring them back.'
The cage of the Red Bird broke.
Tyson unlocked his powers of the Red Bird. He thought that the Queen of Blue Oak has killed his brother. He was furious and went alone to seek revenge.
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Queen Meiko wrapped crying Hilary into her arms as she watched the new Red Bird burning her kingdom in flames to seek revenge for the former Red Bird's death. Meiko couldn't tell anyone about the wedding. She sent Princess Hilary from a secret pathway out of the castle, into the forest, where no one could find her.
Hilary watched from the forest the Blue Bird and Red Bird fighting each other. The Blue Bird and the Red Bird took flight and still fought. From the distance, she saw the Red Bird assassin the Blue Bird.
Memories of Meiko came to her mind – How she looked at her when she went away after telling her to accept the proposal, how she looked at the engagement ring, and fell in love with the former Red Bird and how happy she was in the morning of the wedding. She watched the Blue Bird falling down to the ground.
The cage of the Blue Bird broke.
Transparent blue wings started to come out of Hilary's back as she fell into the deep darkness of truth and became the new Blue Bird and Queen of the Kingdom of Blue Oak.
History repeats itself, the fight is never over.