The Path Of Destiny - The Blue Moon Ch 11.

The Path of Destiny - The Blue Moon Ch 11.

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This one chapter will be little bit shorter.... I just must make the mood. I am not called “Drama Queen” for nothing ;-P

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„What problem?“ asked Arian.

„It's just that we don't love to have humans around. It would be probably better if you stayed a little away and hid.”

„Well then. We´ll hide.“ said Arian. „But we are not humans. We are elves.“ he added.

„That would be perhaps even worse.“ he muttered.

„Why? Is something wrong?“ Eunis asked.

„It's a long story.“ Selim ended. They continued on.

The more they approached the home of Selim, the more light was passing through treetops. Eunis has been able to recognize more details of the surroundings. All around grew tall trees with wide trunks and exposed roots. They had to be hundreds maybe even thousands of years old. Here and there she saw a small bird fly through. The air was filled with the scent of flowers. From a distance she could hear the sweet singing of birds. Eunis was surprised how much life is in this gloomy forest. When they approached the brightest part of the forest, Selim unexpectedly turned to the dark corners. Eunis with Arian exchanged glances. Selim explained everything to them.

„Just before us is our village. Here in the bushes is a good place to hide. I have verified it. No one will see you there, and the wind blows from the village to you so you won´t be smelled so easy. But you have to be quiet. It´s not sound proved. Sit here. I'll be right back.“ he said, and disappeared among the bushes.

Eunis quickly crawled under a bush and pulled aside a few branches to see. Arian joined her. She was curious how werecats lives. She never has seen their village before. To her surprise she saw nothing special. It looked normal. Like any other. Wooden houses with thatched roofs, large doors and many windows were arranged in a circle. Because it stood in the clearing, there was a bright light. She noticed Selim, how he cautiously sneaks along one of the houses. She wondered why he sneaks. However, she could now, at least from a distance, take a look at him. His fur was short and sand color with darker almost rusty stripes. Short hair, similar color as his fur, was falling over his forehead. By the left ear, she sometimes saw flashed something. He was dressed in a brown sleeveless vest and little lighter pants that reached his knees. On his neck dangled a red bandanna clasped with gray round buckle. He seemed nice. That's not how she pictured a werecat. In fact she thought it would look more threatening. But she liked him more this way. Arian was also looking at him with interest.

Selim slightly stretch through the door of a large house in the back. After a moment, he glanced from behind the door. In the mouth he was holding a small beige bundle and was nervously looking around. Recognizing that the air was clean, he quietly closed the door and on all fours he ran through the village. He headed off to the side from where Eunis with Arian had been hidden. That if he had been caught.

From the shadows of a nearby house, something rushed off. It quickly flashed through the air. It steered to Selim. The moment he bounced off the ground, he was hit in the legs. He yelped in surprise and dropped the bundle. He lost his balance. He was outweighed. He landed right on his head. He did a couple of somersaults and finally he lay still on his side. Eunis jumped to her feet and wanted to run after him, but Arian stopped her. She wanted to protest, Arian shook his head. Eunis looked back to Selim, then to Arian and again to Selim. Finally she sat resignedly and watched everything from behind the bushes. Arian was right. If she would ran there right now, everything would be just worse. Who knows how the others would react, if they saw her. And was there anyone? Eunis looked around the village. She didn´t saw no one.

Along one house, something moved.

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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This one was one of my first shool-work stories. But honestly, I don´t know if it will be as good as in my language. Also the “rule” doesn´t have to be valid in other countries. This story was made just to make fun of some people´s behavior, so please don´t take it personaly. Have fun :D

In the evening I am a witness of instinctual behavior. Unfortunately, in every means of transport our instinct is simple slogan: “Just me, just me!!”. Everyone has seen this.

We all know the unwritten rule, first exit and then enter. Vain attempt. Life is a struggle, and even such a trivial thing as exit from the means of transport, is sometimes an impossible task. If we add the panic in the eyes of entering passengers and maliciousness of the driver who lights up the warning light to signal the approach of closing door, it turns out we have really hilarious scene! Well, only in the case when you are currently not in the area around the doors and do not belong to one of the two groups of entering or exiting.

Amused, I watched this scene from the seat, which I fairly seized. The exiting crowd instinctively ducked behind spatially significant persons to had more easy way to exit. The problem occurs at the moment when you and other exiting person choose the same spatially significant person. We are where we were. Crushes to the freedom. The entering people also certainly have not helped. Those, who waited in the station, rushed to the sides of the door, and those, who need to free up space at the door, must exit with the intention to enter back.

Door area is getting rapidly thinner, so the first wave exiting by three suddenly became noodle exiting by one. It certainly does not add the speed, not to mention the often grumpy driver who demonstratively plays the record: “Accelerate the access and exit!”. I think the person, that the voice from a record belongs to, had a lot of fun while recording. The intonation is excellent.

So the result? The exiting crowd indiscriminately struggling to get out, and to make matters worse, nervous entering passengers are pushing in. Physicists should be pleased by this experiment, the resistance of opposite sides is perfect. Weaker pieces drop out, that one with a small balance fall or better yet, gave up attempt to exit completly. The entering passengers look around the other door, which is not at such crush. Metro closes, strong pieces survived, though some fought for their life with the closing door and we go to the next station. I'm going to slowly prepare onto the battlefield, because the next warrior to exit is me ...

The Path Of Destiny - The Blue Moon Ch 11.

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