"New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings." Lao Tzu
ARIES, BE MY HERO.
And then there was nothing
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…..
...…
Gently
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Wind rose up
Leaves started slowly falling on Aries`s face
His eyelids felt light touch on them
Barely weight yet enough
Aries finally after the blindness saw a brim of light
Feint sunshine dropped through the shadows of the tree
His head felt heavy.
His vision blurry
As human instincts would do to anyone
He raised himself with his left hand
And the right hand to wipe his eyes after sleep
.
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-OUCH- Aries felt weird pain in his eye suddenly
~WHA… What ~he thought to himself
~I didn't stab myself in the eye with my finger didn`t I?~
He looked again at his hand
His fingers where closed on something.
A handle.
Just to be sure~ he thought to himself.
SLAP. Left hand on his cheek to quickly wake himself up.
-Guess this is real – he claimed after looking again
It wasn`t gone or changed in any way.
His right hand tightly held a well made
Straight handle made of dark-brown wood going to a golden small guard
Extending into a leather sheath tightly sealed with something similar to rope.
Simple yet elegant, not heavy too to bother but enough to feel its weight
Not a long sword, not a short sword. Excellent length for a beginner.
Golden guard wasn't large either. Ample for quick movements, protective for the hand and with a simple design in the middle.
A sword.
Not a thing more and not a thing less.
Aries blinked extensively.
He examined the item, turned it, lifted it, tried to mimic some sword play.
It felt good.
Just now he realized he was no longer dizzy.
Some swings and slaps woke him up perfectly
He finally looked around himself.
Behind him was a large tree, shadow covering the place he was at.
Green leaves high above the ground
Wide trunk, enormous roots all over the ground.
But that was just one tree.
Around him many more, smaller or taller, a whole forest was in front and behind him.
`HIS` tree was different than other, more distinct, more lively, more .....
Everything
It was special.
Perfect place for goddess`s chosen decent ~ Aries thought.
Only light in the middle of the forest.
Light green leaves contrasted to the darker wood of slender trunks around him
~Hmm she chose a good place – said to himself
Well I guess it's true.
There`s nothing keeping me here any longer –
And thus ,he took the sword he just found and started his journey
FORWARD