Leap to Fly:
Trinity-
I stared at the woman in front of me. It was the same one who had been standing by the doors. Her cheeks were flushed, and a light sheet of sweat covered her. First she bowed to Oberon then she turned to me. The sense of longing returned with the warmth. My insides began to itch.
"What do you mean he isn't my father? I've lived with the man for sixteen years; I think I would know if he were my father or not." Of course it was a lie. I looked nothing like my father. Or like anyone on my fathers side. He had told me every time I asked that it was because I took after my mothers side. There were no pictures to prove it. When my mother left, everything left with her. The only thing that was left was the necklace that hung around my neck and rested just below my chest.
The faery approached me, a look of pride edging onto her features.
"Look at you."
She took my hands into hers. The woman looked me over, and I stared at her. Along with everyone else in the room
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"What is the meaning of this, Rose?" Oberon demanded.
Rose bowed her head and stepped away from me. She gestured to the seats around the table. "Sit and I will tell my story."
After we were all seated on the table, Puck on my left and Meghan on my right, Rose began her story.
"Eighteen years ago, I traveled to the mundane world. It was my first time there. I met a man, and as most stories tell it, we fell in love. It wasn't less than a year later that I discovered I was pregnant. When I told him, the man ran away. I was in an unknown world, pregnant.
"I walked around for the longest of times. I was sitting at a park ready to give up. A man sat on the bench beside me, looking worn and weathered from life. I offered him happiness as long as he offered me shelter for me and my baby."
My heart sunk in my chest. This had to be a lie.
"Months passed by, and I found myself caring for this human. We got married by a pastor then I went into labor, all in the same night." Rose looked over at me. "I have birth to a baby girl. She became my world as did she for my new husband. That little girl was precious to me, better than money or gold. Years went by, and I could feel my powers fading. I was becoming sick. It was a sign that I had spent too much time in the human world.
"The one trod leading back here was in a nearby park. My baby begged me to take her with; it made me forget of my sickness. We had spent hours at the park before I realized my heart was slowing. I did the only thing my mind could think of. " I could feel my heart cracking as she started to cry though it wasn't breaking for her sake.
"I left my child sitting on the swings. I left and I never looked back. I was sick and desperate." She said in a pleading voice, watching me. I kicked back the chair so that it flew behind me.
"You were sick all right, but not in the way you're talking about." I snapped at her before walking out the door. Meghan found me an hour later sitting behind a statue crying. She sat beside me, but didn't say anything.
"When I came here a while ago," she started, "Oberon told me he was my father. I didn't believe him of course. My father had been a salesman from Louisiana. It would have been more hard to believe if I weren't turning into a faery. The way you see me now is a glamour."
I looked at her and could see straight through it. Her eyes had gone wide, and her eyes stretched out.
"Do Puck and Ash look like that too?"
" Yes and no. Yes they have the faery quality. No because I'm part human."
"Do I look like that?"
"Your eyes have always had a slanted look like theirs. And you have sharp features but your ears are normal."
We went back into silence. It was funny. All my life I had seen things. Flashes of unnatural color, sharp teeth, scales. Those things made sense now. What didn't make sense was why my father lied to me.
I groaned. I feel like I've been thrown into an episode of the Vampire Diaries. Everything that I thought I knew about my life is a lie, and everything that belongs in a fairy tale is my life.
Meghan left after I stopped crying. I sat, motionless. Memories of my father and I slowly played in my head. My first time riding a bike, roasting marshmallows over our stove, that one day every year when we wouldn't exchange any words. There was that one time though. About a year or two ago...
I sat on my couch, sniffling past my previous sobs. My dad came down the stairs with his eyes red. His expression matched mine. Upset, confused, angry. He sat next to me. His shoulder brushed mine.
"Pal...I wish I could explain to you why she left. Your mother...she had this darkness she always fought against. I guess it got too much." My dads bright blue eyes were sad. His rough calloused hand held my dainty one. "I just want you to know that I will always be here too hold your hand and to wipe away your tears."
For hours, we sat. No words were exchanged. The way he talked about her had made it se like she truly loved us. A bitter laugh escaped my lips. She didn't even love us enough to say goodbye. I laid back into the grass and a breeze rustled my hair. The clouds passed over the blue sky, and fey passed by me, whispering and giggling. I didn't pay any attention to them. I just let my thoughts pass over my mind like the clouds.
Nobody came to find me until the nights finger tips reached across the deep blue. It wasn't Puck, Meghan, or Ash. It wasn't even my "mother". Much to my surprise, it was Oberon. His faery robes billowed around him with the wind. He didn't look down at me but instead looked out across into the forest.
"This force is strong. I can feel it this time. Whatever it is, will come to destroy. This fiend who took your father took him because of the power you behold. No, you can't feel it now, but when the time comes you will. Until then, we have to prepare you to fight using weapons and hand to hand combat. Do you think you can handle that?"
It's short and I've been gone a while. My charger to my computer broke so my laptop is dead :( I hope you all had a Merry Christmas! Leave your thoughts and if you would like, you may leave some ideas on what you would like to happen. Love you guys!