I sort of dedicated this chapter to Kama and Spiro, because I don't feel there really enough said on their part.
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Kama's POV.
I paced back and forth outside Spiro's tent. I'd been like this all night, chewing like a garden rat at my hair, while scrapping my feet across the wet grassy earth. Tranquility washed in with the morning daylight over the meadow, and all the animals that basked in it. I hated that at this calm hour I couldn't find peace, I hated that it was my fault Selene was missing.
Well she wasn't missing she was just not with us, it had been two days since Damon had screamed at her, two days since she threatened to run away and never return. I would have taken her seriously but my sister had an act of being melodramatic and untrue to her words. One day in years to come they'd make a story about her called. "The girl who cried bear", or something like that.
I half smiled a little. I'd read that book. Then grunted as I heard Spiro's feather rustle open. My mind kept wondering back to Zoey, and the girl trapped inside her body. How long would she not remember us? When would she snap out of this state?
It was hard to hear her scream the night before. To watch her struggle under Draco's weight as he tried to make her fall asleep. I could remember stroking Cronus' dark hair as he stirred restlessly beside me. I remember getting up and peering in to the crack of the tent. Where only a pale strip of moonlight lightened the dark room. I watched silently as he caressed her soft cheek, I watched him reassure her that he would never hurt her. Then I watched finally her eyes slowly reluctantly draw to a close.
"How long have you been up?" I shrieked a girlish scream and hissed. As I spun around to face Spiro.
"Why did you sneak up on me like that?" I snarled, baring my teeth at him. He stared blankly back at me for several seconds, with sleepy red eyes. Finally he yawed and replied.
"I thought you heard me" He stepped quietly from out the tent. His brown curtains whipped in to a close.
"Next time make a noise!" I snapped and moved two pace apart from him. He shook his head sadly while staring up at the sunrise.
He defeated me, I sighed a tired sound. "I haven't slept". My shoulders slumped as I looked to watch the sunrise.
"I have had a lot on my mind".
Spiro nodded slowly. "As you would".
I guess I sort of liked the calm regarding completely selfless tone in his voice. It felt like finally someone was listening to me. He didn't pry for me to carry on, and I liked that too instead we just stood there watching warm colors flow over the sky.
"Why are you weeping" He said so softly that I smiled. My gaze turned from the sky to my hands.
"Because I'm losing my family" It sounded so foolish to my ears, but yet more salty track rolled down my cheeks.
Spiro shook his head slowly I could see the sad smile in his eyes as he spoke. "Kama everything that is lost one day in time will be found, expecially people. Near the end of Zoey's life she discovered the truth about her distant past".
"Is she really the Goddess?" I sounded little and scared.
"From what Draco has told me yes" he said.
"Then I guess I'm a fool to weep over that." I looked back up at him.
"No" He whispered, he was starring directly over my shoulder. I turned to follow his gaze. As I watched Zoey step from out the tent. Dressed in the same white buck skinned dress. She yawed and stretched, her head raised to the sun and eyes closed. She spread open her arms. The warm light danced across her skin, almost shimmering against it?
"Daylight reveals what night conceals" I whispered my eyes fixated on the shimmering. Instantly, she dropped her arms back to her side, her eyes snapped open. In and unnaturally graceful way her head turned our way. I snuck in a a sharp breath of air, my body tensed under her stare. Those golden eyes sparkled in the daylight, but they were cold lost and bewildered. Finally she broke eye contact, took a step further in to the growing daylight, and suddenly she was gone.
For several moments I starred after her. My mind ran for once blank. The wind ran cold, as I forced myself not to shiver as Draco emerged from his tent. His dark wings fully opened as he stretched sleepily to the sky. His black hair looked ruffled in a cute messy way. For the second time in a row, I imaged running my fingers through it.
"Kama" I jumped. My cheeks suddenly burned with embarssesment. Draco frowned down at me, just as Spiro was giving me a clearly worried look.
"Could you wake him then." Draco said to Spiro over my shoulder, I felt my cheeks burn even brighter.
"Since Kama is clearly off in Kama land". He chuckled before meeting my gaze briefly. I could hear Spiro faintly laughing, as he reentered the tent. Two long moments passed us by in silence, I snuck a peak at him. Admiring the way the warm orange light from the sun made his bronze skin glow. Also the way he clench and unclench his jaw.
"did you sleep well?" I asked brilliantly.
Draco stared blankly at me for six long seconds before he nodded. I noticed that finally after those long months, the thick dark circles that were beneath his eyes was beginning to fade.
"son" he sounded exhausted , he brushed pass me glided towards Cronus. My nephew stood in Spiro's shadow, rubbing at his tired eyes. while Spiro rolled his fingers through his black scruffy looking hair. Draco lifted him up on to his shoulders. He turned so that he was facing both of us.
"Kama your brothers are guarding the dead valley, and Spiro I heard news from Lith that your brothers are close. If you are to fly tonight stay away from the mountains".
"They are still alive" I blurted out. "but we killed them."
Draco frowned grimly, but Spiro answered. "my brothers are immortal just as yours".
"But I thought-"
"It is about power in this world Kama and Eros is powerful. How much he holds determines the destiny of his children. They could have died last summer but they didn't. Eros has passed power to his children just as Cain has done with you."
I shivered. Spiro stepped around me and stared into my eyes. "Remember there are no such thing as an all powerful mortal."
"What is an immortal father?" Cronus asked.
Draco smiled and stroked his hair. "Something you will be some day."
"Zoey went north" Spiro directed. I groan, and sat on my butt.
"Do you want me to look after him, while you go and find her." I asked.
"No I am fine."
"I noticed she is a bit reluctant" We all stared at the breach through the trees, at the giant red tailed hawk hidden shadow.
It flapped its huge wings once and hoped into the sunlight. Diligently it stalked forward. Its silver golden eyes sparkled in the light. "Felix?".
" The one thing this damn animal form lets you keep is your eyes". He stood up straight and flapped his wings once more.
Draco laughed. "A good thing to otherwise you'd just be your average man size red tail hawk.".
"How did you...umm.. morph?" I stuttered.
"Lith showed me."
The hawk shook his head savagely, the shiver of feathers rumbled down his body and jerked out his tail.
"the only problem is." he sounded frustrated as he nibbled at something under his wing. "I'm itching to fly".
I laughed as I pushed forward at his feathery chest. "well fly you idiot".
Felix hoped back, "Cut it out I'm not that bold yet" He through back his and screamed a piercing sound, I felt my bones tremble even after I squeezed my hand over my ears.
"Ah Felix!" We all groaned.
"Sometimes I can't help it." He bobbed his head up and down, then tucked it under his wing again.
"Did you have to think about changing into a hawk?" Cronus asked.
I was surprisingly intrigued as I waited for Felix to reply. "No I thought about flying like Lith told me to think about, and this is what I end up as"
I pictured him shrugging his shoulders nonchalantly. "So Its like your soul bird?" Immediently sounded silly for saying it.
Draco raised an eyebrow. "Soul bird." I felt my cheeks warm again.
"I think what Kama means is that, every half breed and immortal has a chosen in bird, they can morph into and only that bird. For instance Felix the red tailed hawk, Lith the bold eagle. and you Draco the sliver falcon." Spiro turned to me a slight smile in his eyes.
"Thank you" I whispered for his ears alone. I took a shallow breath before I continued.
"I was thinking, that maybe we were all born with the ability to shift, we just need a kick in the right direction."
Draco nodded considering me theory. "That may be true, you half breeds are not in need of Lith's power to transform any more. I guess you may be right." He smiled indirectly as his gaze wavered from me to Spiro and then out across the meadow.
"If thats true I want my bird to be a falcon too." Cronus grinned down at his father. "Are we still going hunting?".
"Yes son, I'll teach you about tracking today". Carefully He set Cronus on the ground next to him.
"We will be back by nightfall maybe sooner." Reluctantly he moved away slowly, I knew what he was waiting to hear.
"I shall look for..." I was fully aware of the curios gazes Cronus was directing at me.
I opened my mouth again. Draco nodded, "It would be wise to start your search now".
In slience we watched them move across the meadow,Cronus pranced and darted forward shouting enthusitically for Draco to hurry up.
"I better get to work" I through my hands up in the air and stretched.
"You are going to need this" Spiro handed me my favorite brown dress. I hissed at him and snatched from his grasp.
"So now you steal" I snarled.
"You left it here last night".
"Aw don't tell me you and my sister are lovers" Felix laughed.
"Shut up" I punched him in the chest.
"Oww that really hurt" Felix flapped his wings and shuddered, he wailed and back up. He stared up at me with those strangely beautiful colored eyes. He shuddered again and burst from a rain of hawk feathers was the grey wolf.
"I'll see you at home" He snorted and ran off, his mighty body pushed forward as he leap into the shelter of the forest.
"I will hold it for you" Spiro said.
"You will-"
"Explain to me how as a wolf you were going to hold it." I wanted to hit him, I actually did. He was so annoying, I could see now why his father disowned him.
"Fine hold it". Heat rippled through me as my limps elongated, and burst from my body came the brown wolf. "Hold on" Instructed, not giving a spiro more than two seconds to climb up on to my back, with my dress.
In a instant I caught her scent, it shifted in and out of the trees, over logs. Adrenaline pumped through my veins, as I twisted through the forests trees. It seemed the rush of tracking her trail, drove my instincts to a new high. My paws slashed down in the cool crystal clear refreshing stream, my nose thrashed against the flowing stream. Suddenly she was gone.
"I've never seen this land before" Spiro said sounding awe. I grunted and rolled my eyes. I pranced forward, my nose dived back in to the water as I sniffed around. Spiro's grip tightened on me.
"Kama look at this place." He urged.
I growled sniffing at the water again.
"Kama look". He patted my side.
"No, She is gone I've lost her and your not helping!" I snapped. My body jerked back, Spiro fell down into the stream.
A growl wavered through my chest as I rounded on him. The raven creature scurried back, at my attempt to bite at his arm. He wailed when my paw crashed down over his chest. My dress flutter into the water.
I don't know what it was about the scene that calmed me. But as soon as the light breeze whispered in my ears, a chilling sense of Tranquility burned inside of me. The forest was wider here, grass and flowers flowed across the forest floor. It wasn't cramped like home woods, with the damp scent of moss and animal droppings. Tall sycamore and pines stretched out towards the sky, and in between those large spaces were the fresh morning light. To my left (I felt my paw ease up) was a sharply abrupt hill, covered in grass It was steep and high. As darker trees casted shadows up at the top there was no telling how high it actually was.
"I think she is up there" I tried to ignore the hollow guilt in my chest, at the sound of his pained voice.
My ears pinched forward, he knelt down his human looking fingers grasped tightly around the soaked dress. Carefully he rung out the water, not meeting my gaze he waded through the stream. His feet were dirty with muck from the water. I could see now he still had a tiny limp in his step. Soundlessly he shifted forward with his head ducked, he moved up the steep hill.
My wolf body ached by time I caught up with him, the shadows of the trees swallowed us completely. Spiro struggled behind me, he grunted softly. This hill was beyond steep, it wasn't even a was a cliff. In all my life I had never come across this sort of thing. Grass still tickled between my gripping paws. Sunlight light shone only from down below us. The trees had created a tunnel covering us with darkness, the further we climbed the narrower the trees got.
"How you doing back there" I shuddered as a rock pierced my stomach.
"I'm getting by" Spiro sounded a thousand miles away.
It seemed like an eternity ago that we started this climb, light had been taken from the both of us. So when I next push forward; the ground knocked up and out from under my paw, that final shudder of aching muscles stopped shaking. My body felt heated with sweat, and exhaustion. On my belly I spun around.
"Spiro" I whispered.
He was breathing hard I could see thanks to the sunlight that pooled out from below us, his shape moving up towards me.
"You are human again". He was breathing hard.
"Yes" I laughed shakily.
"Can you see anything up there?" He sounded a lot closer. I gazed around squinting in the pitch darkness, at nothing at just black.
"No" I sighed. "I think we should turn back."
His warm hand wrapped around my wrist, I had to admit I whimpered as I pulled on his weight. Spiro wasn't heavy but my muscles ached. I groaned as I heaved him up and over the edge.
His warm breath tickled my leg. "First..let..me-rest". He said in between shaky breaths. He shuffled and threw something wet at me. Not even apologizing for it.
"You are still naked."He said. I laughed a tired sound."look all you want, at this moment I only care about resting."
He shuffled again, "I'm not ready to give up because of a little darkness. His soft finger tips brushed against my stomach I sighed a little, and took his hand. He pulled me up into a siting position. His hands fumbled around my thighs.
"Stop" I laughed softly, as I pulled the dress from off the ground beside me and put it over my head. It squelched in my ear.
"Do you have it on?" As he spoke his breath licked at my lips.
Sound track 1: The Prince of Egypt Soundtrack- "The burning bush"(track8)
"Yes". For the first time in a long time his eyes glistened a brown/misty green color. I didn't know why I did it but my hand stretched up, I suddenly felt compelled to touch him. A bright dot of yellow light, tiny but bright, drifted down from above us. Both our eyes moved up following the little speck, as it floated towards us. The trees swayed through the whispering wind softly. My eyes followed it down and down till it was within reach. My arm on its own stretched up to the little speck, it rested on my palm. Slowly I pulled it back towards us. Hoping it would give me enough light to see his face.
"What is it?" he asked.
When my eyes flickered up, to the human with the brown misty green eyes! I screamed.
Spiro's POV
"Kama what is wrong?" Spiro moved towards her. She was shaking starring wide eyed at him.
Spiro softly took her small wrist between his hand. Another spect of light drifted between the both of them. It flashed against her face reveling wet strikes.
"Why are you weeping?" he inched closer to her.
"You are human". Battered by emotions he had forgotten he had, Spiro lay on the edge of the hill. His gaze wavered from Kama's still startled eyes and the dozens of shinny lights that drifted down from the dark trees.
His hands lingered at his cheeks, and brushed through soft dark hair, that didn't belong to him. Shouldn't be on him. At times salty tears would escape from his eyes. "Why?" he asked to no one, but everyone.
"I don't know why" Kama crawled over to his side. Her warm fingers brushed against his cheeks.
"But we have to go find Zoey".
He nodded slowly, letting his aching body forced to stand back up.
"The world up here seems distant" He said in awe, as he watched the light twirl down to the earth.
He moved forward following the path of the light. Kama grasped his arm firmly. He glanced back at her worried eyes. "What if it is dangerous?"
"Then we will protect each other". A weird tugged pulled at his cheeks, his lips parted, and his mouth felt strange and bare.
"You have a nice smile" She said softly. Her golden eyes jerked forward. Spiro raised the arm she wasn't holding and touched his lips.
"Smile" he whispered to himself. They continued down a dark path following the bright speck of lights.
"How long have we been here?" moonlight eased through the trees and caught the soft lines of her skin. The light specks flowed in a gentle line like waves, dancing in the moonlight. A small stream ran out from the dark trees. It flowed over their toes, as they crossed on to the dry green grass. The sky shuddered and red clouds caught in the twilight, stretched over them.
They gasped and watched the clouds, "We are definitely not at home". Kama said.
Her hand softened on his arm as they gazed up at the ever flowing red sky. Light specks shimmered around them, suddenly growing restless. Spiro patted her hand."I think we should move on" he said still gazing up at the sky. He flinched as cool water tipped over his feet. Kama shuddered next to him as the stream brushed up against her foot. The sky wavered again, gold, orange and pink merged into one. White clouds shifted elongated. And became spinney white shapes.
"They look like feathers" Kama said softly, unaware that she had begun stroking at his elbow.
"They do" He agreed.
The trees parted and slowly as if they were moving through time. The stream brushed up against their feet again this time they sighed, a peaceful sound. Full of wonder and inspiration. The feathered clouds blurred together and became one. The little specks of lights shot up into the sky. Above them, and became a bright sun behind dark black clouds. The sky became layered with only black, yellow and golden clouds.
"It is so beautiful" Kama whispered. Stepping back the short grass grew long and tickled at their feet. Kama slowly sat down. Her golden gaze on the sky. She closed her eyes a faint smile on her perfect lips. Spiro starred around at the thousands of miles of valley behind them.
He crept to his knees and lowered him self beside her. "The world is a beautiful place". He closed his eyes every now and then a spray of wind delicate and soft, brushed against his skin.
"The specks are back" He could hear the smile in her voice. His eyes fluttered open, it was night fall again. One speck brushed against his nose. It was warm and gentle. Spiro inched up onto his elbows like Kama. Instead of floating down from god knows where, they floated from the path they had just taken. In seas of golden light, they poured out over the valley and pass the both of them.
Kama laughed as she reached out cupping her in their direction. "This place is so beautiful" She laughed.
"It should, I spent over a Millennium creating this releam". Spiro jerked back, and pulled Kama behind him.
The woman was standing in front of them was amazingly beautiful. Her skin a gold and perfect as the sun. Her arms were wrapped with intricate vines of wonderful tattoos. Her hair was straight so gold that it blinded him. She was wearing silver fringed dress, that was wrapped at the edges with tiny specks of light. Her eyes were a pale gold. Her full lips curved up into a smile.
"Zoey" Kama whispered.
"Eris" Hemera smiled.
"What happened here?Why is Spiro human? Why don't you look like your normal self?" Kama babbled on, Hemera's brilliant smile widen.
She held up her hand, as she moved sunlight poured off of her skin. "This releam has no time. But it is ancient. It can only be ancient, therefore we have transported back in time. When I leave this place I will return as the maiden Zoey with A-ya's mind. I chose my natural form instead of my reincarnation. I made this releam for my comforts and others Spiro was never comfortable in the skin of a raven mocker, only in the skin of a boy would he be comfortable.".
"So I will return to my normal self when I leave this place" Spiro said.
"Yes" she said solemnly.
"Rise" she raised her finger towards us. Their bodies lifted till their feet were beneath them.
"If you are an all powerful goddess, then why do you chose to let yourself forget who you are?" Kama asked.
"It is because of what I am that prevents me from remembering. I can not twist the hands of fate, my mother taught that to me. I will remember in my own time who I once was." Hemera outstretched her hand so that the specks rested in her palm. There was so much joy in the way that she moved, No wonder my father is in love with her.
"What are they?" Spiro leaned forward.
"Sun's from different worlds" She smiled.
"You called me Eris" Kama said accusingly.
"You remind me of my sister".
"but I am your sister" Kama said.
"Not in this lifetime". A shrill wind crept over the valley. Hemera looked eerily around her.
"Come we must go" She rushed forward and ushered us back through the path we had taken.
"Why what happened to the sky?" Kama called.
"Lately darkness has been watching me-"
"No what about the sky?" Kama cried. The specks swarm and rushed around us. Water splashed over Spiro's face as he stared back up at the hill.
"Let go of me!" Spiro jerked forward ignoring the throbbing pain in his side.
"Come on Zoey we have to go back" Kama tugged at A-ya's arm.
"No you can not make me go back" She pulled Kama into her and bite at her wrist. Kama screamed her body sank to the ground, Zoey ran west.
"Are you okay" Spiro kneeled at Kama's side.
"Why are you here! go get her!"
It wasn't long after he followed her trail west, when he heared her scream. He found her on the coast on a cliff before the mighty waves thrashing hungrily beneath them. Dangling by her neck in the hands of a beautiful dark haired woman. Her breathing was hard and fast as her gaze fixated on his father! Spiro hide behind a large pine.
"Dawn let her go" Eros pleaded. In all his years Spiro had never seen his father look so undeniably desperate.
"What does she mean to you?" the woman shouted back. Against the evening sky, her amber eyes glowed against her too pale skin.
As if out of the shadows themselves another woman appeared on the woman Dawn's side. Her looks similar to Dawn's though she was slightly taller. She sneered disdainfully at Eros. Her fluid movements remained Spiro of a cobra. She was lethal in her steps the evening sun glowed against her pale skin. Movement in the bushes behind the tree where Spiro crouched caught his attention. Kama moved slowly towards him, her beautiful golden eyes caught in the sun as she gazed at the scene. "I'd never seen a creature so lovely". Delicately she touched at his arm as she peered around him.
"Don't be so naive Dawn your lover was never faithful to you he wants her" Her voice was a smooth cruel hiss.
Spiro turned slowly. "It would be wise to watch only Kama". He instructed pointing to the sky. In the distance he could make out the giant bold eagle flying towards them.
The woman snaked her arms around Dawn's chest."Now is not the time to be foolish, there well always be other men". She stroked at Dawns arm affectionately.
"Do you know these women they seem to know your father?" Kama whispered, Spiro pulled his eyes from his pleading father, he watched her lips frown as he spoke.
"No I do not" he whispered. "You they are Tsi Sgili?" She gazed up at him and shook her head furiously.
"Stay out of this of this Nerilla" Dawn hissed, Kama eyes grew round.
"You know this woman?" He looked deep into her eyes.
She stared trance like at the tsi sgili. "My father's mate. She's suppose to be dead." Kama let lose of his arm she began to move into the sunlight.
"Let her go"Eros hissed.
Spiro grabbed her wrist and yanked her back behind the tree, she fell flat on her butt. "Was she not the one who tried to murder you twice."
"I-I can't remember" She stuttered rubbing at her templates.
"I loved you Eros!" Dawn cried a sickly sound almost more animal than human.
"Think logically Kama" he hissed and whirled around.
Dawn raised Zoey higher.
"Dawn put her down" The woman Nerilla hissed. "You'll ruin every thing!" Nerilla snarled, Dawn slashed her nail down the woman's chest. "I said stay out of this" Her amber eyes sparkled with tears.
Eros started towards the both of them. "If you do anything to hurt her I will destroy you". He roared.
"Go ahead" Dawn released her grip on Zoey. The sound of wings, the shrill rush of cold air. The tearing of cloth. Zoey's scream. And the cry of a bold eagle. Blurred in Spiro's ears as he charged off the cliff. Together with his father and the giant eagle, they dived down wings stream lined as they press against their backs. A growl forced it's way through the the shrieking air just before, their bodies followed Zoey down behind roaring waves.
Kama POV
I hadn't known how long I laid there in wounded girl's blood. My limbs shook violently my eyes set on the horizon. I only tore the flesh off her thigh before suddenly I had no interest in killing. Her blood still dripped down from my gore soaked teeth, they tickled my taste buds. I hadn't know I was deaf until he touched me. My ears flatted against head, the wolf whined against my will.
His eyes were wide and his lips constantly moved. He was speak to me, the expression on his face scared. I should have been able to hear him but I couldn't.
"Kama whats wrong?". His voice should not have been inside my head. The wolf whinned and scampered back out of his arms. His worried grey eyes starred into mine.
"We have to go" he said again. He moved towards me careful and slowly. I felt the wolf's fear as my own. I jerked away from his out stretched hands.
The other. The one with the black wings and golden eyes. Pulled the winged boy away from me. Their lips moved again, the boys face was leaking, the man was frowning, lips peeled back over his teeth. He looked away from me his mouth snapping together, the wolf whinned again. Eyes the color of rain clouds rested on me. The boy struggled in the man's arms his face soaked with water from his eyes, as the golden eyed man with dark wings stood up.
The wolf wailed and whimper scampering back, as the face of a bird stared into my face. It had arms like the other people, its beak flapped together. but again I couldn't hear it. He moved again in my direction slowly, the wolf retreated backwards.
The raven man stopped and backed away. The thing stood beside the body and the struggling boy. I hadn't notice his black feather was crawling with dripping tears all over his body.
Something terribly familiar broke the silence. The noise of my own kind rippled against my ears.
"Whats wrong with her, why won't she talk back?" The Raven's beak moved along side with the words.
"I don't know but we have to leave" the golden eyed man said.
"No not without aunt Kama!" The weeping boy said. He was still struggling in man's arms.
"Cronus, your uncles will take care of her". The man said.
"Why do you care whether she lives or dies this is my aunt!". The boy had managed to pull him self out of the mans arm. He backed up towards me. The wolf scampered back into the darkness of the trees. The winged man moved towards the winged boy.
"Cronus" The winged man said harshly.
"I don't care about her!"He screamed.
"Get back here."
"the wolves will look after her Cronus" The raven creature said.
"No I don't care I'm not leaving her. Father for all I care that woman can die!".
"She's your mother!" the winged man cried. The familiar lonely sound of my kind drifted out through the trees. The wolf lifted her head and howled. One by one a large black male joined me. He licked at my chin. Then a silver I got the impression he was the alpha. They pranced around me, a grey/ brown slightly taller than me bit my scruff playfully.
I followed after them with out hesitation, away from the winged creatures.
Zoey POV.
There was no point in leaving this tent, they'd only case me down again. They kept me here warm and safe, I felt like a prisoner. But of course I had to be grateful the raven creature saved my life. Even though I wished he hadn't. I wished they'd left me to drown, maybe that would take away my pain. "I imprisoned Kalona" My mind wondered back to the same thought a thousand times.
Sound track 2: Memoirs of a geisha-01 Sayuri's theme
My love was gone.
Kalona.
No matter how many times I tried, to escape the the nor ring hole in my heart. The
mind numbing guilt that pressed down on my chest
I could never forget the love in his amber eyes
dancing foot prints in watered down mud
his flowing voice whispering stories in my ears
the smell of the forest in the morning outside our tent
my hand sliding in to his
love
he laughs softly at my expression at the ancient magic
grass pressed against my skin
my new dress the one he made for me
I
My hands wrapped around his soft neck
Will
Stars stretched out over the navy blue sky
Never
Endless evenings, with, me in, his arms
Stop
Delicate careful lips pressed against mine
Loving
I am here for you, A-ya
You
Fur pressed against my cool sweat prickled skin. My hands rubbed over my bloated stomach.
"Is she okay father?" The boy whispered. My body froze.
"No son, go play" footsteps moved away from the tent. I wasn't going to remain here imprisoned in this tent I refused to. They could watch me all they'd like. A stinging pain shot in to my stomach. I whimpered I didn't care if he was watching as the furs fell of my bare shoulders.
"Ssh" I whimpered. The man made frustrated noise when I pulled away from his touch.
"Leave me alone" I whispered through my teeth.
He ignored me, and pulled my hands from my stomach. I shuddered when the furs fell off my bare chest. He didn't even glance at my chest. I snuck a glance at his face as he stared so intently at my stomach. Tears flowed down my cheeks. He remined me of Kalona.
He looked back at me, his eyes glistened with tears. "How could you do this to me Hemera?"A single tear flowed down his cheek.
"How could you allow that demon make you pregnant?" He cried. He let go of my hands. Pregnant. My breath caught in my chest, I rubbed at my flat stomach. I felt cruel for smiling so blatantly in his face.
Wordlessly I pulled on my dress. "I love him and I love this baby."
He stared up at me his eyes glowed scarlet in the setting sunlight. "I love you!" He shouted.
"I don't know you-"
"But I know you" He cried.
"I don't know you" I repeated, backing out of the tent. Shakily I ran my hand down my face. There was pots and pan neatly laid behind a camp side fire place. As I walked into the brilliant meadow, swaying along with wind and the trees. I noticed the howl joined along with wind, it was not the wolves howl it was something different.
The winged boy, my eyes scanned the area I found him at the east woods. He was crouched sniffling, with the nasty smell of fowl blood covered his hands.
"Why do you weep?" I asked and crouched down beside him.
"I've lost my mother and aunty" He sniffled again. His grey eyes stared hard down at the earth.
Not really knowing what to say, I tried to change the subject "Why did you have meat in your hands do you not like it cooked?"
"It's for my aunty, she's lost her humanity and is trapped in a wolf's body" His tears slowly ran down his smooth cheeks.
"Come here" I whispered and opened my arms for him. Without hesitation the winged boy climbed in to my arms. Sobbing into my chest, I stroked his soft dark hair. He cried harder and wrapped his small arms around my neck.
"Why don't you remember us" He cried. His words pierced my heart
"ssh Hush". My hand rubbed at his shaking back.
"What is your name?" I whispered.
"Cr- Cr..Cronus" He cried.
To my surprise my lips kissed his head. "that's a handsome name".
"My father named me" He said shakily.
"I could look after him, no child should be without a mother figure"
"Come" I lifted me and Cronus up. He wasn't heavy as held him on my hip, careful not to touch his beautiful colored black wings.
"Where are we going?". His storm grey eyes lifted to meet mine. With my free hand I wiped away his wet face.
"To find your aunt". I said simply his smile warmed my heart.
I think this was the craziest chapter I've written. I have had such a hard time coming up with ideas that's why I took soo long.
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