Disclaimer:

Don't own Mahou Tsukai no Yome, never will (though a girl can wish). I only own any OCs that show up and any original plot that I create. Enjoy!

Chapter 1: Higanbana

The Tuath Dé [1] had long existed even before the birth of mankind.

At first, many of the Tuath Dé were ambivalent towards humans, choosing instead to seclude themselves by hiding or by roaming the earth, being as elusive as the wind. However, seeing how fragile and frightened many of the humans were of the new world, some of the Tuath Dé decided to grant them their protection and guidance, giving them the gift of sight and magic.

For this they were loved and revered as great deities by mankind. But as the years went on, humans soon began to lash out towards them, fearful of their power and abilities. Some of them even started to view themselves as superior to the Tuath Dé, their confidence in their magical abilities making foolish and arrogant.

Infuriated and hurt by this change, many Tuath Dé retaliated violently in their anger. The earth trembled with their rage, ravaged by pestilences and magic induced disasters. Only after a great big flood that almost wiped the human race off the face of the earth did their anger subside.

No longer blinded by their emotions, the Tuath Dé saw all the destruction that they had caused to their beloved earth and also to the humans whom they had once loved. And when they saw this they regretted ever having interfered with human affairs in the first place.

Combining all their strength, Tuath Dé created a magical barrier that separated their world from that of the humans. Still feeling remorse for their actions, it was unanimously agreed that they would reinforce the barrier with their life essences, protecting both worlds from each other while no longer interfering with human affairs.

However before they went into their deep slumber, they left their children, the Aos Sí [2], in the care of a young child of the Tuath Dé. Claiming that she had no part in the older generation's crimes, they entrusted her the duty of leading the future generations.

Appointed Queen of the Fae and anointed with the name of Gealach [3] of Tír na nÓg [4], they bid the young Titania farewell and became one with the great barrier surrounding the new world.

Titania obeyed and dutifully carried out her mission in guiding her people, eventually finding love in the young and free spirited fae by the name of Oberon who would soon become the queen's consort, whose eyes shone like emeralds and whose hair reminded her of the dark forest foliage in the springtime.

Both sharing the love of nature and the wild, the young couple wandered and roamed the earth for a couple centuries together, finally settling in a place where the trees grew tall and the rivers flowed sweetly. Their presence imbuing the forest with ancient magic, it flourished and attracted all sorts of fae, becoming the center of fae world.

Season after season passed, years turning into a millennia, and eventually the Aos Si spread throughout the different lands, giving birth to the different cultures and races of fae that we recognize today.

And as time went on, both their boredom of the monotony of life and their curiosity of the other human world grew, pushing many to, even the queen and king, to slowly begin interacting with humans once more.

Placing a bookmark in the musty old book, a girl closes it and gently put it by her bedside, right next to a vase full of flower that her older brother had brought her were. Gingerly touching the glass of the window in front of her, looked up into the night sky, admiring and enjoying silvery glow of the full moon.

A painful feeling twisted in her heart at the thought of not ever seeing it like this again. No matter the trials she faced or the many different places she was hospitalized, the moon was her faithful companion. Ever changing yet still ever beautiful. However, in a month the full moon would appear once more, and in a month she would be no more.

In an attempt to get rid of such dark thoughts, the girl slid open her window and allowed her eyes to flutter shut. Basking in the light of the moon, a light breeze blew gently on her face.

'If only if it could blow her far, far away from this place.' She mused, glancing at the wheelchair that sat at the foot of her bed. Slowly her gaze fell upon the book that she just had put down. 'Or if some fae would spirit me away.'

Shaking her head, she let out a mirthless laugh. Even if that were to happen, it wasn't if she would live long enough to enjoy it anyways.

Suddenly feeling a heavy wave of drowsiness hit her, she slides shut the window and slips underneath the cold covers of her bed. Shifting a bit around in order to get comfortable, she allowed darkness to slowly slip over her consciousness.

The next morning a nurse entered the room carrying breakfast meant for the girl. However as she got closer to the sleeping girl, her heart clenched to see that she wouldn't be waking up any time soon.

No matter how mature and strong the girl had tried to be, she was still so young. And knowing how lonely the girl was at times, especially with her family being unable to visit all the time, the nurse regretted not being there for her when she passed.

Staring sadly at her still form, the nurse brushed a stray lock out of the girl's face.

'I know I'm not the most religious person out there, but if there really is a greater, higher being out there…wherever she ends up, allow her to live a long and full life, the one she never got to live in this world…she deserves at least that much…'

Turning around in order to alert the doctors of her patient's passing, she didn't notice that the once sunny daisies in the vase next to the girl were gone, replaced by a fresh batch of red spider lilies.

[1] tribe of the gods, deity like figures

[2] people of the mounds, faeries

[3] moon

[4] land of the young

Higanbana (red spider lilies) are used in Asia to represent death and are thought to help guide the dead to reincarnation.

I'm probably making people out there cringe with the inaccuracies of the mythology here, but hey it's fiction so I'm allowed some creative liberties.

This is my first time writing fanfiction, so any comments or constructive criticism is greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading!