*Moiraine's POV*
With the weight of the past heavily wrapped around my heart, I knelt by the pond it all took place at. Just the pure idea of the fright I was living through... the incident still managed to be the cause of my blood to freeze. Eyes fallen shut I attempted to shake off the haunting images of said day.
My mind showed me the situation with an instant. The glowing light painted the water around and seemed to gather in her middle. It was not even the most disturbing thing of them all. What was haunting me was the helplessness I experienced. Nothing I intended to do changed the fear and pain within those ivy eyes and the shame, of me being unable to move, the first moment, kept me awake at night till this day.
An appalling memory.
Four years laid behind the incident at the pond. Four years after yet another challenge had put me to the test. Yet here I was. Nature surrounding me. The brook remained as soft as it had been the first time I had taken it in. The water calmly flowed into the pond beneath, gathering under the clear mixture. The lily pads had doubled it's size and so did the blooming pink flowers on top.
Soft and rather short footsteps approached from behind. From the corner of my eye, I was met with copper brown hair and a tiny figure mirroring my position. My heart swelled with love at the sight of her.
A warm tide of joy washed over me as I gazed over at the girl. "Laena, my sweetling." Right the second I voiced her name we both shared a smile and the way her eyes gloomed both with ivy green and sky blue, reminded me of a certain ginger woman. The single dimple on her right cheek popped out and only ever caused a heartbeat to be skipped. "What brings you here?"
Laena glared into the water at her feet. Perhaps she counted the uncountable stones at the ground, or it was something entirely different that intrigued her. "Mommy says it's dinner time."
My eyes squinted slightly. "And mommy wants you to get me?"
Laena nodded eagerly and rose her gaze to meet mine. Oh, those pink apple cheeks... the soft waves of her hair stretched along her back, it all just added to the picture. She was the spitting image of Raena and therefore of her grandmother as well.
"Crowns," she exclaimed with excitement.
The corners of my lips stretched into a soft smile. "The lily pads? Yes, my sweetling the flowers do look like crowns. You are such a clever girl."
"Why are you here mama?" She asked, dismissing my exclamation and my lungs released a deep breath, once I rose from my kneeling position next to the water. The fabric of my skirt fell down to my ankles with ease again, the color reflecting the sky above. Toes peaking out underneath, I realized how very rarely I wore actually footwear these days. "Mom says you don't like it here."
My hand stretched out and without an ounce of hesitation Laena's small fingers wrapped around three of my own.
"Well, mom is a clever woman, is she not?" My girl nodded and we strutted along a path, leading us to our home. I took note of the single daisy in her hand and could not help myself but admire the way my daughter observed it ever so attentively. "And what did my clever girl do?" I squeezed her hand earning a grinning face to look up. "Mhm?"
Arm stretched in the air, Laena forced the flower to rise. "I get this!"
"You got this flower?" I asked and she nodded quickly, however those soft brows knitted.
"Mama?"
"Yes, my sweetling?"
Her soft pink lips pouted and eyes squinted as she asked, "what is this?"
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I hated to trust you
Fanfiction[Moiraine x OC] Between oaths and honey words, to find the truth is the real trick. Raena, a young novice, is unlike her peers, yet she is greatly unbothered by such. She has what she wants. Moiraine, an Aes Sedai, who made it her mission to keep h...
