Snippet #2151101

Maria Odess

Maria was walking about Shadow town now. The tall shadowy people had gone back to work all except the rather tall one that was following her like a loyal dog. It was only when she got closer to the dark black and gray forest that it stopped following her. "Are you going to follow?" She inquired to the creature. There was a pause and the air seemed still and uncomfortable before the shadowy creature shook its head. "In darker places there is far worse then us." Maria raised an eye brow and turned to look into the dark trees. She took a step forward daringly and a swarm of crows flew out squawking making her jump back a little.

Maria blinked once the crows were gone and simply shrugged before taking another step then another until she was in the forest and the trees enveloped her in darkness. Maria looked up and through the gnarled branches and dark green leaves light pored into the darkness illuminating patches of water and patches of thick green grass. To most people the forest would seem a haunted dark place and it probably was. But to Maria there was something about it that drew her in. Not in a bad way... In a good way in the way that meant there was something here she needed to find. And so she set off.

As Maria wandered through the trees weaving and dodging branches and finding her way about she discovered she liked the place more and more. It was oddly warm and though certain parts of the forest looked mangled and twisted in a dark way that made Maria back up and turn around there were odd parts of the forest that seemed immune to the darkness. There in the pockets of light she would stand for a minute or two basking in golden sun light and looking at the pocket of purity around her. At one point Maria found a little tunnel and on the other side was had once probably been a garden. There was a small wooden bench and flowers of all sorts. One half of the garden looked corrupted and dark with strangled plants and dark shadows. But the other half was fighting back with lovely foliage and bright colors. But Maria was not sure which side was winning.

She roamed around some more until she was quite positive that she was totally lost. She had passed marches and strange trees but now everything looked the same. Not sure what to do she walked around in a circle 6 times before darting off in a random direction. After a few minutes of walking and still being pretty sure she was lost she saw a house up ahead. Thinking it was Shadow Town she moved closer until she came to a small clearing with a little shabby looking house. She moved closer to the house then froze. It felt dark and cold. She felt a chill run up and down her spine but moved closer anyway. Somewhere inside her Maria had the oddest feeling something in the house needed her attention...

Maria touched the wooden door slowly letting her hands feel the lines of age and cracks and smiled. Despite the darkness of the place there was something left pure. Some warm memory's the house had never forgotten and kept close to its heart. Maria lifted her hand from the wood then knocked twice. There was silence. She knocked again. Silence. Without hesitating she grabbed the handle turned it and opened the door as if it were her own home. Walking in Maria's nose was assaulted with all sorts of smells. Sulfur and all sorts of poisons but oddly enough Maria thought they smelt good. She looked around the house at all the bottles and pots and the house in general before her eyes noticed a lump on the floor.

Maria moved over and poked the lump with a stray twig that must have caught in her hair earlier. When it did not move she flipped it over revealing an... Elf? That was definitely an elf... The elf Maria could tell was sick. She wasn't sure with what but she could tell he was fighting it with every last ounce of energy. She blinked and smiled before picking up the elf with great difficulty I might add because of her small skinny build and dragged it over to a chair before sitting the elf down moving over to close to door before she too took a seat and stared at the elf.

While her bright golden eyes stared at the elf her hands kept busy tugging and brushing through her long chocolate brown hair with her fingers. After awhile of staring at the elf she began to sing a gentle song. As she sang softly the air rippled and various objects and things around the room began to change from dull to bright. Things that were broken repaired. And she noticed the sweat on the elf's head dissipate. The song was a lullaby. Simple and childish but with Maria's ability it became a song to fix things that were broken and change colors but mostly to bring hope and strength as if the person had already slept a thousand years of peaceful rest. And being a lullaby it was also something to dispel the darkness, and already the house was feeling warmer and less dark.