Tuesday, February 8, 2011

letter to lemon lime snowcone lover #1

Nexan picked up Daxjorn's first trial mission report off of her neatly made bed.  The entire room was bare and standard; the room of someone who had no heart...Except...On the desk lay a hand written letter.

It read:

Dear lemon lime snow cone lover,

At least I think it was lemon lime flavored: the snow cone I was making for you.  The colored syrup was a yellow green so I don't know what other flavor that could be...  Anyways; I need to write to someone but I have no one to write to and you are all I remember from before I was found.

It was a bright and sunny day in Twilight town; it was warm but not hot with a cool breeze.  I let the sun light sink deep into my pores and smiled.  My short brown hair was ruffled by the wind.  I was serving snow cones though I can't recall why.  I'm not sure if it was for friends, a festival or I was selling them.  I handed out melting ice in cheep paper coated with colorful syrup to a huge crowd of people but I can't remember a single face.  Then you show up.

You have brown hair and a bright smile.  You are about six inches shorter than me.  You smile and point at the syrup you want.  I ruffle your hair teasingly and you start to poute.  I don't know how or why but you were important to me in my past life.  I make your snow cone slowly to bug you but I also make it with care.  I'm laughing and about to hand it to you when a shadow sweeps over everything.  I turn and a dark figure slices my chest and I drop the snow cone.  My tank top is shredded and syrup squishes between my bare toes not protected by my flip flops.  As I sink to my knees you run forward and I remember looking away and thinking 'let the last I saw of him be his smiling face not his fear. 

It isn't like I have any emotions or feelings about these events... I just think about them a lot, searching for emotions that I know should be there.
I didn't die though.  I became something much worse: a nobody and the next time I was awake was a long time later...


I must have been dragged far away from Town because.  I lay in the woods somewhere; it was cold and damp.  I had no idea how long I had been out but when I scratched my head I found hair.  I traced the hair with my fingers and not only did it come down to my waiste but it was now light blue!  I don't know why but this didn't bother me: it was just a fact.  I heard someone move behind me.  I turned swiftly and the wind picked up. 

It was a boy about the age of fifteen holding a sword in a quivering hand.  I glared at him and we both stood frozen for a moment.  He didn't look dangerous; just scared but I didn't take any chances.  I snatched the sword from his hands and ran.  The wind ran with me and soon I was flying.  He chased me though; I had not expected that. 

There was no way he could possibly catch me but then my long hair snagged on a branch.  I cut it with the boy's sword and kept running.  He was close when I reached a small creek.  Suddenly I was exhausted.  I fell to my knees at the water's edge.  The last thing I saw before plunging into the cold water was spikey white hair where I had cut my formerly blue hair.

I will tell you more later but now I have to go.  I wish you knew how much I think about you.  I can not say if I miss you but you stick in my mind and I can not forget you no matter how hard I try.

-VII 


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