Friday, October 17, 2008 - The Forgotten Princess: Chapter II: The Tree of Elements
This is chapter two of my fanfiction, dedicated to my Twinzie, Hannah! Her comment made me feel bad that I didn't include her in the dedications. Hope your not as upset now Hannah gurl!!
Please enjoy, and comment too! Crit is always welcome :D
~The Forgotten Princess~
~Chapter II~
~The Tree of Elements~
I remember walking alone, a newly twelve year old Firebender, walking completely alone in my Spirit World home turf. The trees loomed over me….the monkeys chattering above me…I shivered, but pushed my feelings away. If my father was watching, I wouldn’t let him see me scared.
When I couldn’t find him….I began to search through my thoughts…If I were my father…would I be in my favorite Tree? That’s exactly where I would be.
I smiled. I had found my answer.
I began to run through the forest, my feet dodging the roots that submerged through the ground. My stomach jumped and turned over and over, forcing me to run faster.
The Bending Tree, as it was named, suddenly came into view. It was the most amazing thing anyone was to ever see. Its dark black oak branches stretched out and twisted within themselves.
Black birds with huge red hooked claws placed themselves upon its largest branch, their two bodies casting eerie shadows along the grass.
My heart broke in half at the sight of these two birds. They symbolized something…no one wants to see. My eyes shut tight, my eye brows clenched, small beads of tears began to form around the edges of my amber and green eyes.
I kept on running though, never giving up. I would reach the Tree, and face The Twins of Reason.
My legs, moving back and forth, were powered by my sudden loss and hatred toward her father. With each thump of my boot against the grass, was like a knock upon the door of my heart, echoing back and forth in my troubled mind.
Only a few feet away from the Tree, the tip of my foot caught a uprooted tree root, and I fell to my knees suddenly. The impact of each knees slamming down upon the tangle of grass and roots forced my cartilage to move out of the way, resulting in intense knee pain.
My arms shot out to catch myself, if indeed, I fell completely forward. Which I did.
Both hands grasping the thick locks of grass for support, I hung my head. Only two feet below the tree I knelt, completely frustrated and lost within myself.
My knees sharpened into a sting, and so, I looked down. My dark black pants were stained deep red were my knees were placed. It would seem that when I landed, I slit them across a sharp rock or a pointy root.
“Just my luck.” I muttered under my breath.
My shoulders pleaded with me to let them rest from the sudden strain…though they would not be answered. Two weeks before, I had pulled my left shoulder out. Running and falling and all, probably upset it.
But I didn’t care. Nothing matter now except me, because there was nothing left that I cared about now but myself…I was all alone…I was…Abandoned.
“Why’d he do it” I snapped, my eyes hard and narrow, my heart cold and solid.
“Why’d who do—” One Bird started.
“What?” And the other finished.
My head raised slowly, my hands taking a stronger, tighter, grip on the grass.
My eyes narrowed with anger, my temper rising, my chi becoming furious.
“Don’t you dare talk to me in your riddles, you leeches!!!” I shouted and quickly jumped to my feet, ignoring the pain somehow, which would have otherwise knocked me down.
Two birds, each with a twelve foot wing span, rested themselves coyly upon the biggest branch the Tree of Elements had to offer.
Their wings, jet black and leathery, curved and long, wrapped themselves around their figures. A pair of red dagger claws submerged themselves forth from each point in their wings, forcing me to gulp out of the purest form of fear.
Their red slit like eyes had no pupil, only a bloodshot canvas of a red oval. These birds, the Twins of Reason, never come out of hiding….unless…
“What have you done with him?! Answer me!” I shouted, fire encasing my hands.
“It is now what we have done—” The first Twin said slowly.
“It is what he has done.” The other finished.
Their voices echoed slowly around the forest, and seemed to linger in the air like smoke, suffocating my lungs. With each muttered word, my mind began to reveal my own answers.
“You only come out of your pathetic hiding when someone has eased their memory….he did it….didn’t he?” I asked, head hung, my fire slowly dimming. My voice sounded vulnerable and weak…not protected and strong as I was used to.
“People change—” The first Twin opened its wings slightly, exposing its leathery and boney form.
“Tables turn—” The second one added coyly.
“But you will always be here.” Their voices joined in unison, like soft and haunting death drums sounding in the distance.
My head fell until my chin rubbed against my chest. I wasn’t going to cry, but I wanted to.
“He…left me…he forgot about me…completely….?” I softly cursed my luck, not wanting the Twins of Reason to say another thing more.
“You have no need to ask a simple question when indeed you desire a complicated answer.”
My temper suddenly melted my sorrow away, all thoughts of logic leaving my mind.
“CURSE YOU! CURSE YOU BOTH!” I shouted as one arm after the other igniting into flames.
My hair began to blow began and forth, the heat of my fire pushing it around.
“He has totally forgotten about me, and you are speaking in riddles!!!” I screamed, turning on my heel and running away.
I began to drop my guard with each passing second as my form left the Tree of Elements.
~Avii(c)2oo8~
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