Two Kingdoms: A Short Story

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Two Kingdoms

Snow still has been falling from the sky in the little town of Coventry since the day started. The little orphanage from the crossroads was almost buried in snow, but the kids were excited. They have never seen so much snow in their entire lives. You could’ve heard their laughs from a mile. They quickly started to build a snowman, to ride their sleigh or have a snowball fight. All the kids were outside playing, but a little girl of seven, with fair and wavy hair, down on her shoulders. Her deep brown eyes were sad, but he was quite pretty, even if she didn’t know that yet. She had the looks and the manners of a prince, though she was a girl. Her favorite things to do were reading and writing stories. He had great imagination. She wished other kids would play with her, but she often seemed invisible to them. Her only friend was a boy of 9, with blue deep eyes, who promised to watch on her and he often played with her.
“Ray, come out …you would never guess how much snow is outside…It’s like our dream came true”
Her name was Rawiya, which signified “storyteller”, but her friend called her simply Ray.
She turned her eyes and opened them wide in unbelief.
“Alexander, it can’t be true. It can’t snow with such a rainy climate that we have. You must be kidding”
“No, Ray….I’m telling the truth…Please, come and see for yourself”
Rawiya got out of the little cottage and her eyes brightened seeing the beautiful, white and fluffy snow from under her feet. She ran and threw herself in the snow and started making angels in the snow. She was dancing like never before and you could have seen the joy in her eyes. Alexander looked at her mesmerized, and the other kids were stunned. But they quickly came to their senses and started to ...

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...again. None of the animals could make her happy. On the third day, she heard her name. Someone was calling for her. She thought it was Orlaith, because he was the only one who could somehow comforted her aching heart, after losing her beloved brother. But she raised her eyes and she saw something wonderful. She couldn’t believe her eyes. Her brother, the unicorn, was coming towards her in all his splendor. He was even glorious than before and whiter than snow. The horn was shining even more.
“How could this be?” she asked. “Is it a dream?”
“No, my dear Rawiya”. “I am real. I overcame death and here I am. And your friends are here also. I overcame death and now they can be humans again”. It was true. In front of her, there were standing four elves, joyful and merry. They all hugged each other and celebrated Lafiel’s victory over death at a ball they had in the palace.

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