𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧

story of two swans

dong hua pov.

,,Two swans in a Western world. Two cranes in the middle of the world. Apart because of the universe", that was a sentence I read in a book seventeen thousand years ago when a girl named Yang Xia gave me a book to let me know her feelings. 
Sadly she died in the war between the Ghost tribe and the Nine Heavens. 

So that I was wandering around I didn't mind where I was about to go. Since I was thinking about long-ago stories I was wondering if I ruined the girl's life by not doing anything when she said in the book's words that she loved me. 

Suddenly I gazed up and looked at the beige stairs. Not again, I thought and saw the way up to the Zhu-Xian-Terrace and the Rock of Three Incarnations. Annoyed I squinted my eyes together. ,,What am I doing here? Such an unsuitable moment...", I mumbled and rubbed my forehead. I was about to turn around but something unknown changed my mind.

I guess a little visit would not change anything, I thought and rolled my eyes and went under the white marmor archway up to my 'favorite' place.

When I arrived up there something heavy laid on my shoulders. Slowly I stepped forward to the stone. It was still blended. Then I stand in front of the beige rock and raised my hand to let the chinese characters appear. 

Then I searched for my name by whispering: ,,Dong Hua Dijun" but the characters didn't change because this name didn't exist. As my confidence flew away, it made my shoulders sink and I looked down for a moment before I whispered the name: ,,Bai Fengjiu" and there was her name. Still beautiful like it was a thousand years ago. 

And there was still the name of this prince next to hers. I really shouldn't have come here. I smiled lightly and my hand ran over her name. 

,,May I know what you are doing here?" I almost winced and quickly withdrew my hand together with the magic of the rock.

I turned around and looked at Lian Song. ,,I felt an evil presence here so I looked up here but it was just a lost spirit that never found his lover in a war. I send it to the human realm to give it a better life." I answered calmly and gazed at the rock. 

,,Why does this spirit remind me of you?" Lian Song mumbled and crossed his arms. I turned around to him and raised an eyebrow. ,,Obviously not" 

,,So may you tell me what brings you here?" I changed the subject quickly.

,,You know why" he said if I would know anything about the world. ,,Because of Cheng Yu?", I spoke and ended his thoughtfulness. ,,Apparently yes..." He said and he stepped next to me to face the rock. 

,,You need to accept that she forgot everything" I said knowing I still couldn't let go of the day my hair went white when I destroyed my love life. ,,I know but... I still have this hope you know Dong Hua? That she will remember our past life in the mortal world. Don't you understand me?" he looked a bit sad.

,,No I don't" I said straightforwardly because I really didn't. I couldn't really feel love. Until...

,,Could you at least try to be sensitive?" He said sarcastically and gritted his teeth. ,,I guess then  I let you and your love problems alone" I said as I was turning around to go but Lian Song grabbed my arm.

,,Before you go could you help me to think of something else with playing Go?", he said pleading and smiling convincingly. I looked down at him and raised an eyebrow again. ,,Fine" I said finally and he thanked me.

*

Finally, we sat in his palace and silently looked at the game board. I put a black stone forward. ,,You sure that you want to play that with me since you lose every time?" I said while I thought about what move I should do next.

,,Yea" He answered shortly. He sighed and looked at the sky while fanning with his white Baishan fan. I watched him and his thoughtful expressions. ,,Maybe one day she will" I spoke to cheer him up. He turned his head: ,,Hopefully... ah by the way I heard Cheng Yu and Si Ming gossiping about something that was apparently very interesting. They called it the story of two swans. Do you know something about it?"

I didn't look up. ,,Yes. Do you remember Yang Xia?" I asked and looked up as I said her name. He leaned forward and pointed with his fan at me: ,,Right! That girl that had a crush on you 17.000 years ago when Ghost Tribe and the Nine Heavens had a war"

I nodded. ,,The story of two swans is a story between two lovers. Two fated cranes and the two ill-fated swans. The cranes live their life happily and the swans have broken hearts. Do you know why they can't be together? Because one swan; one is black, one is white, the black swan was a god and said to the heavens he will never fall in love because it was his punishment but he wasn't able to fulfill his promise and so the gods did something terrible as his heart was broken...they killed the white swan in order to let him remember his promise..."I ended.

,,That's a sad story." Lian Song whispered. ,,But what about these cranes?" He asked and looked at me. ,,They are happy. It's like they are in the parallel universe of the two swans. The happy side that they could never be" I answered thoughtfully.

,,Why does this story remember me of you?" He laughed and raised a Jinteng-tea cup to drink. ,,I guess if it's that what makes you happy" I sighed annoyed. 

,,By the way you lost" I said and pointed with a nod to the game board. He almost choked on his tea. ,,How did you do that? I thought you told me just the story of these two!"

,,Since we are finished I have to do something. See you around" I replied and turned around to leave.