Chapter - 1 : Winter Sprite

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When I was young, I was a wayward child. And a deep-rooted curiosity intact to me.

I wanted to know more about the world, about these warm beings called humans. But I was told that I'd be shattered if ever I touched them. I was warned to keep my distance. But curiosity got the better out of me and I ended up walking to the nearest village with stark white snow beds behind my trail.

I started mingling with the children of the village. We played all day and it was all fun and games. But at the end of the day, I was still a snow sprite.

And eventually they realized that I was different. And hence, they started fearing me.

Mist, my sister once said that humans were fragile beings, both in mind and body. They feared things that were foreign to them. They detested them, and finally attempted to destroy the things that pose even the slightest threat to them.

I was naïve into thinking that my sister was over-reacting to things.

The village people dawned me to be an omen, someone who would bring misfortune to their village and thus I was tried to be burned alive.

However, Mist got to me and when she tried to protect me, they captured her. And in the blink of an eye, my whole world crumbled to the snowy ground as I watched my sister burn to a crisp in front of me eyes.

It's been very long since then.

Time flew off like rays through window panes and I remained invisible to the human eyes, like I was supposed to be. A snow sprite wrapped up in frosty solitude.

Every winter, I walk through this earth with flakes of snow looming over my head. And I look at the world that goes by me, silently. Frowning to myself, how could such frail beautiful beings be so cruel?

To be Continued........