I Can See
I can see the orange Sprite floating around you every time you come to see me. I saw it the second time we met, when you returned the green bell and revived the wind over these fading lands, but I did my best to hide it. As I watch you spend time with the other guys like the Wizard, Chase, and Jin, I can't help but wonder why you can't see me like I see that Harvest Sprite, for what it is pure and simply. Though I don't show it to you, I hide behind my walls and push you away with my seriousness, just like most of the town are to blind to see through the magic of the one that is always with you.
You must wonder why I can see what most cannot?
I don't have an answer to give you for I am not sure why I can see the Harvest Sprites, the glow of the bells, and the Goddess herself at her tree. All I know it is something I was born with, when I was young I often spent my days playing with the sprites at the spring and begging my mother to tell me stories of the Harvest Goddess and Harvest Sprite. She would tell me all about the tree and the magic the bells contained as well as what they meant for this land. I wasn't the only one to be able to see them though, all the children could and played at the spring as well.
As we grew older, the others could no longer see or remember the sprites and the goddess as their friends. They looked upon me as if I was insane after the death of my mother when I would mention them while I could still see them as clear as day. I began to hide it from all, never visiting the spring and it's mythical inhabitants again. I forced myself to forget the stories my mother told me while she was alive so when these lands began to die, I left in search of the answer not even thinking about the Sprites and their magical bells. When I came back after starting to find references to the bells in ancient stories like those she told, I received a shock to see you returning the Blue Bell of water to it's frame. I was so preoccupied with asking you questions, I didn't even notice the new Sprite as he hid behind your shoulder.
I locked myself away in my room, researching the Green Bell of wind non-stop, trying to discover where it and it's frame was at so I could ring it and help this land. When I went to see the bell finally at the windmill, I heard the tone of it and felt the wind pick up outside while inside I found you. The Harvest Sprite gave himself away causing me to look at him when he spoke, I was in shock to see one there after all this time that I had been making myself forget. I quickly hid that I could see him in case you couldn't like most our age, though I can say that was what made me interested in you.
Time kept flowing and the more I saw you, the more I figured out you could see him as well and the closer I felt to you. Perhaps we both were forced to grow up too quickly so we have kept the heart of a child which makes you and I special.
Hikari, when will you see me like I see your Harvest Sprite?
Akari, haven't you realized that we are both the same?