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It is peaceful when you finally discover what your soul has been fighting for, when the battles and storms of life settle into a quiet understanding of purpose. What you love—whether a person, a place, or even a fleeting moment—becomes more than just desire; it becomes a sanctuary. True love, the kind that resonates deep in your bones, has the power to feel like home. And a home not merely walls or a roof, but the place where your heart rests, where your spirit can breathe, where time itself seems to pause in gentle recognition of belonging
Nova...Nova where are you this is not funny, what happened talk to me, it is almost sundown, you can hide forever
That would be my little sister Nyx you can guess my mom likes starts named all three of her kids after one, she often says that the stars guide us, without them we would be Lost . But what if the star is lost what if there is something wrong with this star…. No stop that it is just in your head you are ok you are fine you just have to breath in for me out for you, for the trees and the birds for the wind and the leaves,
“In for me out for you” Nova whispers to herself
She is tucked up into a tree one of her favorite places to go when things get rough
“There you are, you want to talk about it” Nyx is at the bottomed of the tree looking up to her
“ no, not really, it paced already just thinking to hard I guess” she responds knocking her hard back to look up at the branches above her
“Well you know I’m her if you ever want to”
“ I know, well it is almost sundown so we better be going” Nova starts clinging down Nyx walking around the tree looking at is like it's telling a story tracking Peace’s of bark...
“Do you think trees have memories Nyx says looking at Nova”
“Well…. I don’t actually know, I suppose that every tree has a story a beginning an…..”
“And eventually a end” Nyx finish looking up at the tree
“Yes a end”
Nyx is a very special girl always finding questions that nobody thinks of, always thinking about every possibility. Mom says she lives to much in her head. And I do say she does, never really make friends with the other village kids her age, always choosing to sit in a field of Flowers drawing them naming them giving them a place in this world she says.
“Come on mom is going to be yelling up a storm if we don’t leave now”. she goes to grab Nyx’s hand leading them out of the forest to the town.
It is almost sundown so when they get through the mane market streets it is mostly empty, just a few people making their way to a tavern or home. There town is different then the other towns they make the clothes and fabrics for the green willow or as they like calling it the greed willow, but in order to make fabrics different coolers they need big tubes of color and more space to let it dry, so there town is built in a circle split into three parts half of it is the factories, one forth is the market and shops, and the second forth is the housings
They wake through the housing gates that lead to long ales of house each one looking defeated then the next, suddenly a boy bumps into Nova from behind he is wearing a Browne cloak the hood pull up
“Hay watch where your going” Nova yells pulling Nyx behind her
the boy looks up reviling his face and golden eyes staring into Nova’s green eyes, scared is the first emotion but it shifts the s he takes in Nova his face goes soft she thinks, a scare right under this left eye is what she spots next then brown curls piking from under the Hood, and is that no a pointed ear but that would mean…..
Sorry he mumbles passing swiftly then starts ringing
Down one of the streets, two black lights stumbled from the direction he was running from.
”where did he go the trader where”
“ he went that way” Nyx points in the opposite directions from the truth
“ thank you” the other black light says more nicely then the other one
They start running in the direction Nyx posted in
Was that a shadowfae what is a shadowfae doing in the midl of town and his eyes where well gorgeous
“Come on let’s go” Nova pulls Nyx arm and they start walking
“Was that a shadowfae” Nyx asks turning her head to Nova
“ I think so”
“ well……”
Hear she goes with 10 million questions and theory’s
his eyes when gold
And those black lights where chasing him
Wonder if he stole something
I hope he is ok he looked nice
Actually he only looked at you
Funny I don’t thank he even saw me
And the way he looked a you
And the what you looked at him
He would have…..
“ ok ok I get is you are curious”
“Well yah it is shadowfae, do you understand how weird it is for someone how is hunted by us to be inside are town is ”
“ yes I do, ok it’s just”
Nyx stopes walking leading to Nova to stop she terns to Nyx who has her arms crossed over her chest, she raises one eyebrow
“ what are you not telling me” she says smiling a little
“ nothing, nothing happened” she feels her cheeks get hot and oh, ok yes something did happen she looked straight into the most gorgeous eyes the word has ever seen
“ well you’ll tell me at some point I guess” she stars walking turning down are street Nova fallows turning the street and stepping in since wit Nyx
“You girls are going to be in so much trouble”
A boy siting on one of the rock walls swinging his lags smiling his day away is what they are met with
“hi Sao, your not home either, so I guess that means all of us are in trouble with mom” Nova says rolling her eyes
Sao jumpers of the wall as the girls pass walking with them now
Sao is her oldest brother exactly one year older she is borne on April 9th and Saos birthday is on April 8th one-year older, yet he actually like a 12 year old most of the time, he is smart tho has the brains just doesn’t know how to use them sometimes, mostly getting into trouble and making messes.
Nyx gives him a look that look she very much dreads it’s the look of she had a episode take it easy on her look, yess ok occasionally her thoughts get out of control and she does stupid shit, its not her fault and she hates when they tiptoe around her afterwards like she might explode
“I’m fine ok, it wasn’t the end of the world so stop looking like it is” ok maybe she might explode but its fine
“ well if you say so” Sao says raising one eyebrow
“well new topic, guess what we ran into or more like he ran into us” Nyx says skipping a bit used now trend around to face them especially walking backwards hands clasped together big brown eyes shining
“ a shadowfae, a boy shadowfae to be exact” she says squealing a bit smile as big as the sun
“ a what, your joking” Sao abruptly stopes eyebrows raised
“Yup bumped into us whale getting chased” she can feel the redness on her cheeks when she remembers those eyes.
She snaps back just in time to see Saos eye shift just foe a second worry but it is pushed down within seconds he smiles at her looking up and down
“ and you like him” raising one eyebrow as he lands on her eyes
“ no no no know one seed anything about liking him, I mean we didn’t even talk how can to feel for someone you didn’t talk to” she says in a rush taking a step bake and putting one hand up shaking it no
“ well that’s not what you checks say” Sao smirks putting his hands on his hips
He takes a step forward lining in squinting
“ dos my little sister like something” he smiles as big as he can, the smile fades into a scowl when he is met with a hand in his face
“ stop it its nothing, we need to go mother is definitely going to be mad” Nova says starting to walk Nyx following and then Sao
Ass they walk she replays the seen in her head over and over. She does like him that’s the truth but to like a shadowfae well it’s shameful the shadowfae are the magical and well we aren’t so when are Kingdom began growing and taking more of their land they began having problems with us way before the three of us where born, there was a war the sun and fire war no one really won but no one really lost the shadowfae just stopped fitting going deeper into the forest and settling there ,some people say they are just running from there problems, mom says that they are just getting stronger. So, you can see how having a crush on one is not good.
They tern at the very last house it is a beautiful house she thinks one side is covered in vines the other you can see the red brick stacked there’s smoke coming out of the chimney Nyx opens the gate for them walking up to the porch the sun yellow door chipped and dirty gets open by Sao and all follow it’s not very big just enough space for 4 people to live in comfortably we all take are muddy boots of by the stairs. Nyx skips down the hall to the kitchen Sao steps in-front of me turning his head to the door to the left the sitting room he walks in I follow.
“Did he get out his eyes narrow a point like this is important” he says the second both are in the room
“Did who get away ” she whispers narrowing her eyes at him now.
“The shadowfae” his eyes flick with fear and shame putting a hand to this mouth dragging his knuckle along his lips
Nova’s eyes go wide in confusion “ why”.
“Did he get away or not”. His eyes getting fiery and getting impatient.
He was never good at bing patient nor was she that’s Nyx job and she does has enough for the both of them. And now she is getting fiery now why does he want to know and why is he so fearful of it.
“Sao you have 5 seconds to tell me what is going on”. her eyes fixating on his no a little worried because what the fuck did he do and how is she going to fix it
“He is just a friend” his eyes flicker down to his shoes a subtle pink in his cheeks he picks his head back up and looks eyes with her
“ did he get away or not” his hand now fidgeting with his other
Ohh she gets it now, all that angry is gone now because well my brother doesn’t just have a friend he had a someone, and oh he is a boy, why didn’t she see this before how could she not see this, did he not tell her because he thought she wouldn’t accept, this boy Is import to him….. oh no now she has a crush on him well fuck how did I not see that coming.
“Ohh” she finally says her eyes softening
“ he is not just a friend is he” his eyes look down then up again he smiles opens his mouth then closes it,
“ yah” he finally says
I’ guess you fell in love with those eyes to I see” Fuck he is in love with him… fuck fuck no I’m not taking this away from him Sao has given so much foe me its my turn
“No I told you I didn’t loser”she pushes him playful
“You’re a shit liar you know” Sao says frowning a little
“Well I mean those eyes are pretty your lucky gold only my brother would fall…...”
“What” Sao says confused cutting of Nova
“ he doesn’t have gold eyes there gray”
No’ I’m pretty sherry they what gold Sao I mean I was staring right at them” wait if I saw gold and well Sao is dead serious that his eye are gray…. Ohh there a two of chores there a two so that means I didn’t fall in love with my brothers lover.what no no I did not fall in love with him I don’t k him I just rely like his eyes, Those very very pretty eyes.
Like he is reading my thoughts Sao response with big eyes
“Wait are there two for fuck sake I really hope there are two”
They both look at each other in disbelief Sao smiles and start laughing Nova follows with more laughter
Nova has to brass here up against the wall because of how hard she is laughing. There has to be two right that the only exception right oh she really hopes
Steps stomp on the wooden floors and take the corner into the room
“What are you two laughing at” a voice echoes talk Middle age women with brown hair wearing a apron covered in flower stops in front of the two it is none other than Emma Blackwood or as we know her
“Mom” the two say together Sao helping Nova get up from when she landed on the floor
“oh nothing just” Nova starts and Sao jumps in
“We when talking about how I saw Lucy slip in a The puddle of mud and fell”
“Yah” Nova continues
“she got her fancy dress all dirty”
Lucy is this Rich kid that lives two doors down. She always picked on Nova for not not having enough money to buy fancy dresses. Once Sao dropped a bucket of cow manure on her, she ran home crying to Mommy. Mom didn't like the family either so she laughed when Lucy's mom came to complain that her children were bullying her perfect little girl.
“Oh how wonderful” mom says smile
“hope that prick of a mother can’t get those stains out” she she turns around walking back to the kitchen
“You two hurry up food it going to get cool”
They both look at each other and start laughing as they start walking to the kitchen.