Serial II

They were very large. She had probably the biggest fireplace in the whole castle. It had a roaring fire in it at the moment. She had a large canopy bed, bookshelves that touched the ceiling, colorful and artistic paintings, and tapestries that lined the walls. A light grey, long haired cat curled up on a rug in front of the fire. Hayden brushed her wavy brown hair with a whale bone comb. Her brown eyes twinkled with excitement. She loved the outdoors, and took every chance she had to venture out. Even during a summer rain. Hayden didn’t bother to pull a cloak over her white and pink dress. She wore her hair down where it stopped right above her waist. She laced on brown sandals, and made her way out of her chambers, and out of the castle. She cut through the gardens, and went into the meadow dotted with wildflowers, and lonely trees. She began to run about, picking the prettiest flowers she saw. She smelled their sweet scents, and the moist grass and smiled. A wild wind whipped her hair around her head. she pulled at it with useless attempts. She didn’t really care though. It was such a beautiful day, no matter what. Hayden sank down on her elbows in the grass. She gazed at the sky covered with grey clouds. She knew more storms would come. She didn’t mind storms though, they brought back happy memories of running in that exact meadow with her older brother when they were children, and dancing like barbarians in the rain. Hayden smiled. Her brother was her best friend. He was of course four years older than her sixteen years, but the age difference meant nothing to them. Hayden had never had any sisters to play with, and so she had had to content herself with her older brother. Hayden laid the flowers she had picked on her chest and began humming. She spread her limbs out as she felt chilling rain drops touch her face. She laughed gleefully as she felt the sweet release of all the thoughts that had been consuming her mind. She began to sing the song Fredrick had been playing:

When the sea falls from the shore, as the light sinks low, will I see you anymore? As the rain falls from the sky, can I bring you back from a distant lullaby? Show me your vision, the story begun. Two lights are rising, burning as one.

Hayden breathed deeply as she smelled the new rain falling from the sky, and the breeze blowing against the form of her body. She closed her eyes and smiled. She felt a hand on her arm.