The Fall of the Dieties - Ayumi

Hatred and abhorrence, love and passion; our world is filled with those who seek to appease their appetite for the extremes. One finds that emotions could be the whip that drives the charger, the fire that overcomes the ancient forest. When two souls meet who are of opposite extremes, all that we know is thrown into a realm of uncertainty.

Yet, it is the uncertainty of life that makes it worth living.

It is said that those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it, but what if the past is hidden behind an unmovable object? So much of life is held in our past; it is no wonder at all why most people choose to remain living in it. However, what of those who can never look back?

A timid creature, a gentle spirit, toed the border between the Grove and the Gardens, shaking violently as sounds never heard and scents never detected reached her with the fierceness of a summer storm. Perched above her, a linnet stared from a lofty branch as her sides heaved in her discomfort and fear. She was like a child fresh from the womb, but there was no mother or friend to wipe the obstruction from her eyes. She was frightened. She was shaken. She was terribly alone.

There were no recent memories or even flashes of the distant past. Everything that she might have known had disappeared and everything that she might have been was lost. As her amber eyes studied the height of the trees around her and her skin felt the prickling associated with the presence of magic, she groaned quietly, revealing her fear to the world.

A trained warrior makes use of his enemies for our enemies bring out the true weaknesses within us, but Ayumi was no trained warrior. While the stronger would have found value in the assessments of those who stalk in the night, Ayumi was just a dead leaf clinging to a branch. A strong wind would send her falling.