Zephyr
I was simply lying.
Rosalie was doing fine. She was still sad that Luna had left her, but she was safe.
Luna had accepted again. It was working.
After I told Luna that I had lied, she was infuriated, yet also satisfied because she got to feel the triumph of acceptance again.
"What do we do now?" I asked.
"Zeph, I'm sorry... but I feel like I should go back. To the orphanage. I need to reunite with everyone. I'm sorry. Aeluin just isn't... I'm not part of Aeluin anymore. I have Aeluin blood in me, but I'm not part of Aeluin anymore." her voice broke. "Though I wish I still were. I'm sorry."
I stared at her, dumbfounded. This wasn't real, was it? She couldn't be leaving.
"But what about me?" I asked. A wave of melancholy was engulfing me.
Her eyes shone with pity. But I didn't want pity. I wanted friendship. I needed friendship. I couldn't live like this for the rest of my life.
"I'm sorry." Luna whispered. "But I don't think Aeluin is my home anymore."
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"How will you get back?" I asked desperately.
"Yilania will take me there," Luna smiled sadly. "I-I belong there. And I owe everyone there apologies."
You also owe everyone in Aeluin apologies, I thought.
She smiled again. "Smile, Zephyr. It'll be the last time I see you do."
The last time.
I smiled bitterly.
"Goodbye," Luna said at last. "I hope I can see you again sometime in the future. If not, I'll remember you and our times in Aeluin."
"Goodbye," I said.
My only friend, gone.
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Shatter
FantasyShe sees the man in the mirror every day. Running away into the path of horrific monsters only made it worse. She and her friend will enter multiple worlds, gathering information and adventuring through the good and the bad just to achieve one goal:...
