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Title: Coincidental Destinies
Rating: G for now...
Disclaimer: I don't own anything that you see in the movie...
The Kingdom of the Fairies was unusually quiet that night; only a few lights glittered in the little homes among the village. A small gathering of people met in the bedroom of their Queen, watching her pale figure as she slept. Tonight was the night, the night that the Fairy queen would choose a new queen to take her place and then pass from the world, leaving her memories with the new ruler.
This Queen had been no different than the others, only allowing this small group to watch her death: her closest allies and most trusted mentors. They sat silent in the darkened room; only the pale flickering of the fire in the fireplace lit the room, showing the sorrow masking all of their faces.
The doctor that watched over her laid a cool hand upon the Queen's burning forehead, frowning slightly, her time was growing short, and she only had minutes left within this world. He watched the large 13-hour grandfather clock as it ticked by the minutes. He glanced at every person in turn, they watched the Queen intently, not speaking, hardly breathing with fear that they might disrupt something in the process.
The Queen's eyes fluttered ever so slightly as a low shaky breath pushed past her lips, slightly startling everyone in the room. Her head rolled to one side lazily as she tensed suddenly and then relaxed completely, her long hair falling over her face like a veil of darkness, contrasting deeply with the whiteness of her face.
"It is time..." The doctor's voice was low and sorrowful as he lifted the dark green blankets up over the Queen's pale face, as he had done for the previous Queens. The grandfather clock struck the thirteenth hour finally, with low, barely audible chimes that sounded deafening to the people sitting in the room. They watched as their Queen faded slowly from the world, the blanket covering her slowly deflating and laying crumpled and flat as she departed. Every person in the room bowed their heads, saying a soft prayer for their former Queen to aid her on her journey from this life.
"What will happen now, Mommy?" The tiny voice of the fairy child that sat in her mother's lap watched everything with curiosity. The girl's mother smiled sadly, looking down at her daughter and trying not to shed any tears for the death of her dear friend.
"Now she will choose a new Queen, sweetheart...one to take her place as our ruler and protector."
* * * * *
Sarah tilted her head up and closed her eyes as a cool breeze floated gently past her, pushing her dark hair from her face and smelling of the oncoming storm which already darkened the sky with calm hues of gray and blue. She stood on a quaint little bridge which was overgrown with dark green vines with beautiful white flowers and that overhung the gently trickling stream full of clear water which showed the dark gray and black rocks lining the streambed.
Sarah opened her eyes again slowly and looked down at the churning water below her, the sound of the icy water rushing against the smooth rocks and tumbling over itself was oddly comforting, reminding her of her childhood, of those few short years she spent wandering through this beautiful park near her old home, when everything was perfect...or at least perfect by most standards...perfect compared to now.
It had only been three short years since she had last wandered this area, acting out her favorite books; three short years since her childhood came tumbling down upon her. There still wasn't a day that she didn't think of that fitful night, the night her parents had gone out and left her with Toby, the night she battled and defeated the Goblin King and his Labyrinth, the night her parents were killed in a car accident on the way back home...
She had received the call close to midnight; the police had found their car about ten feet off the main road, apparently the roads had been slick from the rain that had fallen just that evening, and they had swerved off the road and hit a tree. They had been killed instantly...
Sarah allowed a hot tear to roll down her cheek, stinging against the icy numbness her cheek had acquired from the cold wind blowing against it and dropping into the swirling waters below. They had taken Toby from her as well the same night. Karen's mother had decided that it was her responsibility to take care of the baby, but Sarah had been none of her concern, they weren't technically related after all...bitch. Because of that woman's coldness Sarah had been forced to live in a foster. A week after her eighteenth birthday her foster mother had kicked her out of the house...she wasn't even wanted in a place where the people had willingly taken her in, where the people had chosen to have her there!
Sarah's throat ached from the effort to hold back the wracking sobs that threatened to break through. Why was life so unfair? Why had everything she once held so dear turned viciously against her, pushed her away, secluded and tortured her, torn at her insides until she was forced to grow up far quicker then what should have been, forced her to face these tribulations alone...horribly depressed.
She knew deep down that it was all her fault; that it had been her own actions that had caused life to turn against her in such a way. If only she had cared more, if only she had learned earlier not to take anything for granted, if only she had been more aware of her surroundings and the way her actions played with them like a marionette on strings...things may have been very different now.
She once again bowed her head to peer into the swirling water below her, the icy wind blowing harder against her, causing the large old trees around to sway in an unheard rhythm, their leaves clashing together with a sound like waves rushing against sandy beaches. She didn't move her gaze from the churning water beneath her, her unblinking eyes trained on the tiny whirlpools forming the chilly depths. She noticed a small colorless leaf float through the waves, catching itself for the briefest of moments in a small whirlpool before moving to the next one. Something just wasn't right about it, all of the leaves this time of year were green, and it didn't seem to sit right on the water, tumbling more than it was gliding.
Sarah leaned further over the bridge, looking closer, her eyes trailing over the small pale form of a...her eyes widened and a startled gasp tore from her lips. She ran from the bridge, ignoring the rushing wind and the cold rain as it started to fall gently. She dipped trembling hands into the numbing water and let the little being float gently into her waiting hand. A low cry fell from her throat as her eyes scanned over the little body, fear tightening in her chest, please don't let it be dead! The fairy was wearing a tattered yellow gown that Sarah was sure had been white at one point in time, it hardly covered the creatures deathly cold body. Her beautiful iridescent blue and green wings where dripping and limp at her sides, one plastered against her back and another wrapped around her middle. She had long dark hair that fell to her waist, now tangled and dripping wet, which framed a beautiful face with soft, gentle features and perfect pale skin.
Sarah cradled the graceful creature in her hands and sat up, looking for a place to get out of the now pouring rain, which pounded fiercely against her, swirling with the wind. She noticed a small gazebo about 10 yards off and took off towards it with a shaky run. She crashed up the steps awkwardly and sat soaking in the middle of the hard wood floor, trembling with the cold and the fear that tightened her chest.
The fairy's eyes fluttered open slowly, and the little creature spluttered out drops of now warm water. Sarah felt a great relief fall upon her and held the beautiful creature tightly within her icy hands, hoping that whatever bit of warmth she had left would be enough to warm the creature up again. The fairy peered up at Sarah with deep violet eyes, her little body shivering violently and her light breath coming out in short wheezes. Sarah met the fairy's gaze, her fear renewing slightly. Something was obviously very, very wrong with the beautiful being.
"You- you have been chosen, kind human..." The tiny voice startled Sarah slightly; she wasn't expecting it to talk. The fairy's voice showed how unbelievably weak she was, and it trembled with her body because of the cold that washed over her despite Sarah's attempts otherwise.
"Chosen...? Chosen for what?" Sarah leaned closer to the fairy, struggling to distinguish the faint words that flowed from the creature's slightly blue lips.
"You-" A shuddering breath ripped through the fairy, and her sentence cut off as evidence of a sharp pain showed on her face. She waited for several moments before she tried to speak again, struggling to breath properly. "You have been chosen...be the new Queen..." Her sentences were broken, forced. Sarah's eyes widened, did she just say 'new Queen'??
"But...But I-I don't know how to be a Queen!" The fairy smiled faintly, her dulling eyes sparkling ever so slightly, but she said nothing, her eyelids slowly growing heavier. It was her time...
"N- No... Please don't die...I-I can't...I'm only 18!" Sarah was trembling now too, her voice shaky. The fairy's eyes closed completely, one last shaky breath tumbling from her pale lips. Sarah continued to mumble 'No... No...' A sharp wind suddenly pounded through the gazebo, the fairy disappearing slowly as if it were all an illusion to begin with. A gentle whisper floated with the wind, wrapping itself around Sarah:
"We will be with you, kind human...Fairy Queen..."
Sarah tried to hold back her tears of fear and sorrow as the last hint of the little fairy faded from view, leaving Sarah's hands empty and trembling. She didn't understand...what did the creature mean by 'we'?
And then she understood, she didn't know how the answer came upon her, it floated with the now comfortably warm wind that surrounded her and wrapped her in its embrace. She felt great waves of power soak into her body and mind, giving her and understanding of...everything. She felt other minds float into hers, strong presences that where always there in the back of her mind. She knew this was the 'we' the fairy had spoken of, she even felt that very fairy's presence inside of her, slightly stronger than the others, calming her troubled mind and soothing her. She felt the minds and souls of the previous Fairy Queens, had their memories, their emotions. There were five all together, all of them gentle and kind, helping to ease her mind and calm her doubts. She felt glad that they were there to help her, felt better about the whole situation now that she knew she wouldn't be alone in it...
Sarah wrapped her arms tightly around her trembling body as the wind swirled faster, catching her in a tornado like flow and forcing her to squint her tearing eyes tightly shut. She felt the earth move beneath her, and a sudden feeling of exhaustion washed over her and everything turned black as sleep overcame her.
Sarah opened her eyes slowly, her vision was fuzzy and her entire body ached. She still felt the overwhelming weight of exhaustion covering her, her mind barely registering her surroundings. She noticed she was in a bed of some sort, a large four-poster bed with a dark green canopy that loomed over her. The sheets, also of a dark green, were cool and comfortable, inviting her back to sleep. She saw several people standing around; watching her with worried but still relieved looks. She struggled to study them closer, but her body had different ideas, her eyelids grew very heavy and she fell into the comfortable blankets of darkness that consumed her. Letting herself fall prey to the sleep that she so desperately needed.
Title: Coincidental Destinies
Rating: G for now...
Disclaimer: I don't own anything that you see in the movie...
The Kingdom of the Fairies was unusually quiet that night; only a few lights glittered in the little homes among the village. A small gathering of people met in the bedroom of their Queen, watching her pale figure as she slept. Tonight was the night, the night that the Fairy queen would choose a new queen to take her place and then pass from the world, leaving her memories with the new ruler.
This Queen had been no different than the others, only allowing this small group to watch her death: her closest allies and most trusted mentors. They sat silent in the darkened room; only the pale flickering of the fire in the fireplace lit the room, showing the sorrow masking all of their faces.
The doctor that watched over her laid a cool hand upon the Queen's burning forehead, frowning slightly, her time was growing short, and she only had minutes left within this world. He watched the large 13-hour grandfather clock as it ticked by the minutes. He glanced at every person in turn, they watched the Queen intently, not speaking, hardly breathing with fear that they might disrupt something in the process.
The Queen's eyes fluttered ever so slightly as a low shaky breath pushed past her lips, slightly startling everyone in the room. Her head rolled to one side lazily as she tensed suddenly and then relaxed completely, her long hair falling over her face like a veil of darkness, contrasting deeply with the whiteness of her face.
"It is time..." The doctor's voice was low and sorrowful as he lifted the dark green blankets up over the Queen's pale face, as he had done for the previous Queens. The grandfather clock struck the thirteenth hour finally, with low, barely audible chimes that sounded deafening to the people sitting in the room. They watched as their Queen faded slowly from the world, the blanket covering her slowly deflating and laying crumpled and flat as she departed. Every person in the room bowed their heads, saying a soft prayer for their former Queen to aid her on her journey from this life.
"What will happen now, Mommy?" The tiny voice of the fairy child that sat in her mother's lap watched everything with curiosity. The girl's mother smiled sadly, looking down at her daughter and trying not to shed any tears for the death of her dear friend.
"Now she will choose a new Queen, sweetheart...one to take her place as our ruler and protector."
* * * * *
Sarah tilted her head up and closed her eyes as a cool breeze floated gently past her, pushing her dark hair from her face and smelling of the oncoming storm which already darkened the sky with calm hues of gray and blue. She stood on a quaint little bridge which was overgrown with dark green vines with beautiful white flowers and that overhung the gently trickling stream full of clear water which showed the dark gray and black rocks lining the streambed.
Sarah opened her eyes again slowly and looked down at the churning water below her, the sound of the icy water rushing against the smooth rocks and tumbling over itself was oddly comforting, reminding her of her childhood, of those few short years she spent wandering through this beautiful park near her old home, when everything was perfect...or at least perfect by most standards...perfect compared to now.
It had only been three short years since she had last wandered this area, acting out her favorite books; three short years since her childhood came tumbling down upon her. There still wasn't a day that she didn't think of that fitful night, the night her parents had gone out and left her with Toby, the night she battled and defeated the Goblin King and his Labyrinth, the night her parents were killed in a car accident on the way back home...
She had received the call close to midnight; the police had found their car about ten feet off the main road, apparently the roads had been slick from the rain that had fallen just that evening, and they had swerved off the road and hit a tree. They had been killed instantly...
Sarah allowed a hot tear to roll down her cheek, stinging against the icy numbness her cheek had acquired from the cold wind blowing against it and dropping into the swirling waters below. They had taken Toby from her as well the same night. Karen's mother had decided that it was her responsibility to take care of the baby, but Sarah had been none of her concern, they weren't technically related after all...bitch. Because of that woman's coldness Sarah had been forced to live in a foster. A week after her eighteenth birthday her foster mother had kicked her out of the house...she wasn't even wanted in a place where the people had willingly taken her in, where the people had chosen to have her there!
Sarah's throat ached from the effort to hold back the wracking sobs that threatened to break through. Why was life so unfair? Why had everything she once held so dear turned viciously against her, pushed her away, secluded and tortured her, torn at her insides until she was forced to grow up far quicker then what should have been, forced her to face these tribulations alone...horribly depressed.
She knew deep down that it was all her fault; that it had been her own actions that had caused life to turn against her in such a way. If only she had cared more, if only she had learned earlier not to take anything for granted, if only she had been more aware of her surroundings and the way her actions played with them like a marionette on strings...things may have been very different now.
She once again bowed her head to peer into the swirling water below her, the icy wind blowing harder against her, causing the large old trees around to sway in an unheard rhythm, their leaves clashing together with a sound like waves rushing against sandy beaches. She didn't move her gaze from the churning water beneath her, her unblinking eyes trained on the tiny whirlpools forming the chilly depths. She noticed a small colorless leaf float through the waves, catching itself for the briefest of moments in a small whirlpool before moving to the next one. Something just wasn't right about it, all of the leaves this time of year were green, and it didn't seem to sit right on the water, tumbling more than it was gliding.
Sarah leaned further over the bridge, looking closer, her eyes trailing over the small pale form of a...her eyes widened and a startled gasp tore from her lips. She ran from the bridge, ignoring the rushing wind and the cold rain as it started to fall gently. She dipped trembling hands into the numbing water and let the little being float gently into her waiting hand. A low cry fell from her throat as her eyes scanned over the little body, fear tightening in her chest, please don't let it be dead! The fairy was wearing a tattered yellow gown that Sarah was sure had been white at one point in time, it hardly covered the creatures deathly cold body. Her beautiful iridescent blue and green wings where dripping and limp at her sides, one plastered against her back and another wrapped around her middle. She had long dark hair that fell to her waist, now tangled and dripping wet, which framed a beautiful face with soft, gentle features and perfect pale skin.
Sarah cradled the graceful creature in her hands and sat up, looking for a place to get out of the now pouring rain, which pounded fiercely against her, swirling with the wind. She noticed a small gazebo about 10 yards off and took off towards it with a shaky run. She crashed up the steps awkwardly and sat soaking in the middle of the hard wood floor, trembling with the cold and the fear that tightened her chest.
The fairy's eyes fluttered open slowly, and the little creature spluttered out drops of now warm water. Sarah felt a great relief fall upon her and held the beautiful creature tightly within her icy hands, hoping that whatever bit of warmth she had left would be enough to warm the creature up again. The fairy peered up at Sarah with deep violet eyes, her little body shivering violently and her light breath coming out in short wheezes. Sarah met the fairy's gaze, her fear renewing slightly. Something was obviously very, very wrong with the beautiful being.
"You- you have been chosen, kind human..." The tiny voice startled Sarah slightly; she wasn't expecting it to talk. The fairy's voice showed how unbelievably weak she was, and it trembled with her body because of the cold that washed over her despite Sarah's attempts otherwise.
"Chosen...? Chosen for what?" Sarah leaned closer to the fairy, struggling to distinguish the faint words that flowed from the creature's slightly blue lips.
"You-" A shuddering breath ripped through the fairy, and her sentence cut off as evidence of a sharp pain showed on her face. She waited for several moments before she tried to speak again, struggling to breath properly. "You have been chosen...be the new Queen..." Her sentences were broken, forced. Sarah's eyes widened, did she just say 'new Queen'??
"But...But I-I don't know how to be a Queen!" The fairy smiled faintly, her dulling eyes sparkling ever so slightly, but she said nothing, her eyelids slowly growing heavier. It was her time...
"N- No... Please don't die...I-I can't...I'm only 18!" Sarah was trembling now too, her voice shaky. The fairy's eyes closed completely, one last shaky breath tumbling from her pale lips. Sarah continued to mumble 'No... No...' A sharp wind suddenly pounded through the gazebo, the fairy disappearing slowly as if it were all an illusion to begin with. A gentle whisper floated with the wind, wrapping itself around Sarah:
"We will be with you, kind human...Fairy Queen..."
Sarah tried to hold back her tears of fear and sorrow as the last hint of the little fairy faded from view, leaving Sarah's hands empty and trembling. She didn't understand...what did the creature mean by 'we'?
And then she understood, she didn't know how the answer came upon her, it floated with the now comfortably warm wind that surrounded her and wrapped her in its embrace. She felt great waves of power soak into her body and mind, giving her and understanding of...everything. She felt other minds float into hers, strong presences that where always there in the back of her mind. She knew this was the 'we' the fairy had spoken of, she even felt that very fairy's presence inside of her, slightly stronger than the others, calming her troubled mind and soothing her. She felt the minds and souls of the previous Fairy Queens, had their memories, their emotions. There were five all together, all of them gentle and kind, helping to ease her mind and calm her doubts. She felt glad that they were there to help her, felt better about the whole situation now that she knew she wouldn't be alone in it...
Sarah wrapped her arms tightly around her trembling body as the wind swirled faster, catching her in a tornado like flow and forcing her to squint her tearing eyes tightly shut. She felt the earth move beneath her, and a sudden feeling of exhaustion washed over her and everything turned black as sleep overcame her.
Sarah opened her eyes slowly, her vision was fuzzy and her entire body ached. She still felt the overwhelming weight of exhaustion covering her, her mind barely registering her surroundings. She noticed she was in a bed of some sort, a large four-poster bed with a dark green canopy that loomed over her. The sheets, also of a dark green, were cool and comfortable, inviting her back to sleep. She saw several people standing around; watching her with worried but still relieved looks. She struggled to study them closer, but her body had different ideas, her eyelids grew very heavy and she fell into the comfortable blankets of darkness that consumed her. Letting herself fall prey to the sleep that she so desperately needed.