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the energy tonight is so intense. cherish it, work with it, and most importantly, respect it.

this type of energy is rare. remember to light a candle to honor the blue moon, amidst whatever else you have planned for tonight.

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The Path of Destiny - The Blue Moon Ch 3.

Since the previous chapter was pretty long I decided to make this one a bit shorter.... Hope you enjoy :D

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It was dead quiet. Just Arian was still talking quietly. Karmisha started to close her eyes. Eunis carefully stood up. She went to the kitchen and took shallow wicker basket. When she returned to her room, she put the basket on the floor next to the bed. Then she looked to closet and took some blankets. Karmisha already fell asleep. Eunis quietly gestured for him to put her in there. He nodded and gently laid her in the basket. They sneaked out of the room and closed the door. They sat on the doorstep of the front door.

“Thank you very much. Without you, she could die.” Arian said quietly.

Eunis smiled little: “It was nothing. If you didn´t bring her I wouldn´t be able to help.” Then she frowned little bit. “Anyway… what were you saying her?”

Arian was looking forward. His face was sad: “That was part of my mom´s lullaby. She sang it to me before sleep.” He hardly holds tears.

“What happened?”

Arian wiped his eyes with the back of his hand and smiled sweetly. “Nothing.” Eunis saw sadness in his eyes, but she smiled back anyway. Arian stood and looked up at the sky. “There is still lot of time till the lunch. What if I teach you the next dance? “

“Sounds good.” Eunis also stood and followed Ariana way to a nearby clearing.

“Don´t laugh at me! That´s not funny.” Eunis shout him down. Arian was writhed with laughter. Eunis stood up and offended crossed her arms over her chest. “Sorry. Try again. “ he encouraged her once he caught his breath. Eunis sighed and tried unsuccessful part of the dance. But at the same part she tripped over again and fell down.

“See? I told you.” She said sadly and sat down.

“It´s not anything hard. The beginning is the same as from the before. And then you won´t go forward here, but you take two steps back. Then you jump, turn and bow.” He showed her his words. Eunis was impressed by the lightness of his moves. They tried it together. Step by step. But she fell again.

“See, I´ll never learn this part.” Eunis felt clumsy and stupid.

“Don´t worry.” he gave her an encouraging smile. “It´ll maybe take more time, but you´ll see. Tomorrow it´ll be much better.” Eunis nodded and they try it again. They were too busy with dancing that they didn´t notice that was already lunch time. Until the singing of Armis brought them back to reality. His sweet voice floated through the woods like the sound of the flute of moon Goddess Artemis, which was made from the very moon rock. According to her, the bird was also named. It is said that when misery and poverty ruled in the village, Artemis helped them. Thanks to her village was again filled with joy and singing. In return, villagers gave her beautiful and rare bird from the local forests. But he could not sing. It was completely silent. Goddess took pity on him. She put into his neck a part of her flute. Since then, every Armis sing a melody that Artemis though them. His singing also serves as a reminder of her noble act. Armis sings only once or twice per day, so his voice won´t become common-place. Eunis looked back. In the crown of high Plantago she saw the brightly colored feathers of Armis. Eunis been kidnapped by his beauty. Armis honored them by last known tunes, he flapped his wings and disappeared into the trees.

“He is gorgeous.”

“He is. It´s pretty late. I think we dance enough for today. After lunch, come to the statue. I want to show you my favorite place.”

“But I still must practice.”

“Come on. You are good. And even training should not overdo it.” Eunis hesitated for a moment but then she nodded.

“You´re right. I´ll see you later.”

Eunis was humming Armis´s melody. She didn´t even noticed dark yellow eyes from behind bushes.

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The Path of Destiny - The Blue Moon Ch 2.

“Eunis! Wake up! You have some visitor.” Erin shouted.

“Alright, alright. I´m up.” she answered and quickly enmeshed her hair. She opened the door.

“Good morning. Are you ready for unveiling the altar?” Arian was standing in the door and has a soft smile on his face. Eunis nodded and let him lead her to near glade. There was a lot others elves. Some decorated their homes others turn hung up trees in various ribbons. There were a lot of colors. Some elves were trying to transport really big thing to the middle of the glade. It was about 2, 5 meters high and covered with blanket.

“What is that?” Eunis asked curiously.

“You´ll see. Just wait a bit.”

It took a lot of time to move the thing to its place. But finally, it was placed. The blanket slightly shivered. Suddenly the wind started rise. Eunis looked up on Arian. He had closed eyes and he breathed slowly, it looks like he breathes in the same rhythm as the wind.

“Hey, are you ok?” she asked him. Arian flinched.

“What? Did you say something?” He looked confused.

“Nothing… I just want to know what it is.”

“Don´t worry. They´ll take the off blanket soon.” There was silence. Everyone looked up on the strange thing. The main headman came and had a speech. A pretty long speech. He spoke in their immemorial language. Each tribe had its own immemorial language. Eunis was still learning it so she didn´t understand everything. And the headman spoke fast and he mumbled. It sounded like prayer to the Goddess… Mynai?

´Great. Now I don´t know her name.´ Eunis told herself. The headman spoke faster and faster. Then he turned and pulls off the blanked. In the sunlight there stood enormous statue. It was wonderful elf woman. She had long loose hair. Her dress was longer than pedestal on which she stood. They were simple, but magnificent. They were encrusted with tiny glittering rhinestones. Perhaps diamonds. Around her waist she had a thin belt from the vines with leaves. The statue was made from grey stone. Her face was calm and somewhat had pensive look. In one hand she held an oddly shaped stick. It looked like braided branch, which had a head branched into a kind of star. In the middle was set a relatively large crystal. From each angle it had a different color. In her other hand she held a large book. On the cover was a round hole. Perhaps there was a stone, but it probably already dropped out. Around her neck was suspended smaller round necklace decorated with an odd character.

“Mykénai.” Eunis whispered. Arian gave her astonishing look.

“How do you know this?”

“I know her. I already saw her, but I don´t know where or when.”

The headman started speaks again. Now it was shorter and more understandable. He was talking about the ceremony. It has to begin before sunset. It must be done properly in order to protect our village from… God… Mordred?

´Mordred. Weird name. But it´s oddly familiar.´ Eunis was confused. In the end the headman say goodbye with traditional greeting. He crossed his arms over his chest, bowed and gestured to leave. Eunis he wanted to leave, but Arian stopped her.

“How do you know her? Nobody has seen her more like thousand years ago. How is it even possible?”

“I have no idea.” Eunis didn´t know what to think.

“EUNIS! Where are you?! You didn´t eat your breakfast yet. Come back home NOW!” Erin shouted over the whole forest. Eunis winced.

“Sorry. I must go or else I am in trouble.” she smiled weakly.

“That´s alright. I´ll see you later.”

When Eunis came home she found a bowl with fresh fruits and juice of forest berries on table. Erin wasn´t here. It was really tasty and it lifted her mood. After breakfast she went to her room.

´Ok…´ she told herself. ´You saw a statue of someone who you saw for the first time in your life and you know her? And not to mention that she have been gone more than thousand years. This is weird even for me. Come on. From where do you know her? I need to talk about it with someone. But who? Oh, man. She would think I am crazy.´ Eunis went to the kitchen and looked around. She found Erin cleaning the table.

“Aunt Erin, can I ask you something?”

“Of course, dear. What do you need to know?” she said giving Eunis soothing smile.

´Ok. How do I put this?´

“How did I get to our village?” Eunis asked carefully.

“Do you really want to know it?” her smile was gone. She frowned and her voice was cold. Eunis slowly nodded regretting her question, but she has to know. Maybe it has connection with the Goddess.

“As you wish. It was ten years ago. I went with others to the forest looking for some food. The winter was coming closer. We went deep to the woods. We almost crossed the border of our and Cornwood forest. Then we found debris of one small village. It was terrifying. Not a soul anywhere. Grass was burned, trees were charred, things were strewn across the ground and the wind was blowing through destroyed walls. It was dead quiet. We were about to leave but suddenly I heard weak crying. We followed this tiny voice and we found little girl sitting in the corner of one house.” Erin posed and looked Eunis into her sapphire eyes.

“That little girl was you.”

Eunis bewilderedly gasped. “M-me?”

“Yes, you.” Erin said calmly. “You had similar dresses like today. And that necklace is also from that place/time.”

Eunis ran her fingers over pendant in the shape of tear made from the grinded blue topaz, swinging on a silver chain.

“We felt sorry for you so we took you with us to the village. It took a long time to decide who will get you in charge. In the end they chose me because you refused to go with anyone else. I christened Eunis, which, as you know, mean ´found´. You haven´t told us your real name. Probably you forgot it in all the confusion. Since then I sew you the same clothes, and raise you as my own daughter. That is all. Anything else?"

“No, thank you. That´s enough.” Eunis was too confused to ask something else.

“That´s a good girl.” said Erin and she returned to cleaning. Suddenly Eunis overheard knocking on the door.

“I´ll get it.” Eunis blurted. When she opened the door Arian was smiling at her.

“Oh… Hi. What brings you here?”

“I want to show you something. Come on.” he waved his hand to follow him.

“Sure.”

Arian led her through the forest. It was obvious that Arian knew the way well or else they´ve got lost. The forest was pretty deep. After long time they finally stopped.

“Wait here for a moment. I´ll be right back.” Arian left Eunis at the edge of dense forest. In front of her was small clearing. It was fascinating. Green grass has been quilted with small flowers of various colors. It looked like a soft carpet. The air was filled with sweet scent. Eunis never seen place like this.

“This is AWESOME. How did you find it here?”

Arian was kneeling in front of one bush on the other side of the clearing.

“I just found it when I wandered around the forest. Almost there…”

Eunis wondered what he was doing. After a while he stood up and went back to Eunis, holding something in his arms. When he got closer she realized that he was holding tiny animal. It was green ball of fur with long ears and bushy tail, both adorned with dark stripes. Big brown eyes looked around fearfully. It was little Morphix.

“Aw… It´s adorable. It helped you to find this place?”

“Well… Kinda. I found him about a year ago. I found out that he was alone so I made him company. Every evening he returned here to hide to the bushes until the morning. We became really good friends, but something happened and he is always scared now. It looks like I scare him and I don´t know why. I am not good with animals and I thought that maybe you are. Can you help me?”

Eunis nodded. “Let’s see what I can do.”

She closely examined the small fur ball. At the first sight it looked to be alright, but then she noticed small cuts and strangely bent right front leg. Eunis carefully took plush paw in the hand. She had to avoid sharp claws.

“Careful! They are tiny but really sharp. Trust me.” Arian warned her.

“Yeah, I know. I just forgot it. So… this is young Morphix. It´s female because it has green fur. Males are more like brown. I suppose she is about two years old. And if you look closely you can see small cuts and strangely bent right front leg. It looks on fracture. She maybe fell from tree to some thorny bush, I guess. We´ve got to clean the cuts and fixate the leg.”

Arian was patting small animal on head.

“Ok. So… It´s a girl, huh? What should we name her?” Arian thought for a moment than he shrugged. “Nothing I can think of. And what about you?”

Eunis looked into big brown eyes.

“Karmisha.” she said simply.

“Karmisha?”

“Yep, Karmisha. This was the second suggestion of my name. Eunis means ´found´ and Karmisha ´adopted´. It seemed like a good idea to me. What do you say?”

“I think it´s genial. But we rather go now. We need to take care of her.”

On their way home they discussed different possibilities of Karmisha´s treatment. In the end they agreed that they´ll spread her paw with an extract of Borthensis, which was local medicinal herb, and they´ll fixate the leg with splints and bandages. When they returned to her house, Erin blocked the door.

“Where were you?! I was looking for you everywh… What on earth is it?!” Erin yelped and shakily pointed at Karmisha.

“It´s Karmisha.” Eunis explained.

“She is my friend and she is hurt. She needs a treat.” Arian added.

“No way! I will not tolerate any wild animals in my house. It could bring here flees or who knows what else.” Erin refused to let them in.

“Karmisha is hurt and she needs a treat!” Arian started shout. He looked pretty angry. His voice was strong but he sounded little desperately. “So, if you don´t want to help us, at least move away.”

Erin was shocked. She was staring at him for a while but then she moved out from the door.

“Thanks.” retorted Arian.

Eunis turned to Erin: “We´ll need an extract of Borthensis. Where can I find it?”

“The rest of it is in the kitchen. Top shelf.” she answered shortly. Eunis went to the kitchen and took a small battle and from drawer she pulled out some splints and bandages. Karmisha was lying on bed and Arian was sitting by her.

“Alright. I have everything I need. Now, I need your help.”

Arian gave her skeptic look.

“Don´t worry. It won´t be so difficult. I need you to hold her. Tight. So we don´t have to avoid her claws or teeth. Hold her legs and under head. Be careful. Make sure that she can breathe.” Arian did what he was asked.

“Great. Ok. Now… sorry but it will hurt a little bit.” Eunis grabbed her paw and started to spread it with an extract of Borthensis. Karmisha started to wail in pain and struggle, but Arian reduced her chances to move. After a while Karmisha gave up and just bared her teeth and growled. In the end Eunis fixated the leg with splints and bandages.

“Done. You can let her.” Arian willingly obeyed. At the moment that Karmisha realize that no one is holding her, she clumsily stood up and she tried to run away. But the fixed leg won´t let her make another step and she toppled over. She whined as she tried to stand up again. Arian took her in his arms, even if she struggled, and began whispering in her ears. Karmisha suddenly froze, staring straight ahead.

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The Path of Destiny - The Blue Moon Ch. 1

This is the first part of this story. I decidet to add new chapters every Monday and I hope you´ll enjoy reading it :D

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It was beginning of the summer and the forest was waking up to a beautiful and sunny day. Birds were singing, roes were jumping on glades and elves were preparing for celebration. This celebration takes place once in twenty years. That´s why everyone pays it a lot of attention. Well… everyone except Eunis. She has no idea what they were preparing. She asked almost everyone. But they said her to don´t interrupt.

“Would someone finally tell me what´s going on?!” No response. She knelt under big old tree. No one bother to even look at her. But then she heard kind voice.

“We are preparing the celebration of the Blue Moon. It will be in few days.” Eunis twitch. There was a young elf. He has short blond hair and emerald green eyes. His smile was honestly kind. He wears short sleeved linen shirt.

He noticed that she twitched and said: “Sorry I don´t want to startle you. My name is Arian.” He also offered her a hand and helps her get up.

“That´s ok. I am Eunis and thank. Everyone is apparently busy. By the way… what is this celebration about?”

“You seem to be new here. I didn´t see you in the village before.”

“Something like that. I live here for ten years but I don´t go out so often so we haven´t met before.”

“Oh… That quite explains it. Never mind… This celebration takes place once in twenty years. That´s when the blue moon shows up on the night sky. Last time it was almost thousand years ago. Most of us know about it just from stories and legends. It is very important. In the middle of glade we build big sacrificial altar. But don´t worry. We don´t sacrifice animals or anything like this. The sacrifice is the hard work we put to the preparation for the celebration. This all is for protection of our forest and village.” he said overly importantly.

“This evening we will practice some dances for the ceremony. These are pretty long and difficult so kids learn them since they are six. Everyone dance. Just some elves plays on instruments. Wanna come?”

“I would love to, really, but nobody teach me how to dance. I think will just stand aside and watch as not to obstruct.” she said sadly.

“I can teach you.” Arian said encouragingly. “I don´t want to brag, but I am perfect dancer and excellent teacher.”

“That would be nice, but you said kids learn them since six… How can I learn it in few days?” she said disbelievingly.

“Trust me… You´ll do great. I bet you can learn them in no time.” Arian said with bright smile.

Arian was right. It wasn´t that hard and he was really good teacher. It doesn´t even began to get dark and Eunis can dance almost half of the first dance.

“See? I told you. Tomorrow you´ll know to dance all of them.”

“You are really amazing. How long it takes you to learn? I suppose about five years. You are certainly the best dancer of all.”

“Firstly, I learned it when I was fourteen, so it´s three years. Secondly, you are probably right. I might be the best.” said Arian proudly and then laughing fell to the ground. He lay down on his back and watched the clouds floating in the sky.

“Look, Eunis. This one looks like deer. Come take a look.” he said pointing somewhere in the sky. She lay beside him.

“Yeah. You are right. It looks proud.” She looked at him attentively. It looks like it wants to tall her something, but it can´t. It was just cloud that slowly began to fade.

“DID YOU SEE THAT?! That deer just winked at me!” she shouted.

“Winked? I don´t think so. It´s just a cloud.” he pointed to the sky.

“Well… was. It´s gone now. Maybe you are tired. We´ve had been dancing almost all day. And it´s getting dark. We probably should be going home. Tomorrow, early in the morning, the altar will be placed on the glade. And it would be shame to miss it.” Arian said and escorted her to the village.

“Thank you for everything. I really enjoyed this day. I can´t wait for tomorrow.”

“Me too. I´ll come to get you. You won´t believe your eyes when you see it. I heard it is breathtaking.” He led her to a crossroads.

“See ya tomorrow, Eunis.”

“Good night, Arian.”

Eunis came home excited. She didn´t even notice the noncomprehending expression of her nanny. Erin had to grab her by the arm.

“Where were you so long?”

Eunis pulled away and said with a smile: “I was preparing for the celebration of the Blue moon.” and went to her room. She untwists her braid and spread her auburn hair on the pillow. She was so tired after that dance that she immediately fell asleep.

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earth and moon

you and me earth and moon

and our melting sky so full of shadows

aflame we’ll meet again quietly like this

let the world wonder our longing

we’ll tiptoe a little closer and kiss.

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