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Underneath The Elder Trees

                     I trek through the wooded grove that surrounds my sheiling as the setting sun peers through the towering elder trees, the prosper of my hunt hanging over my shoulder. As I near the foot of the hill upon which my dwelling sits I sigh "It has been such a long few years since she had passed but it never gets easier, does it?" My question lay still in the air until the wind drags it away.

                      I set up the small hill, the crows sounding in my ear. As I near the door The deer over my shoulder feels heavier. I grasp the Iron handle as I swing the door open to see the empty space of my home. The room is sparse except for a good size bed and a chair next to the sole window, held shut under an iron latch. At the center of the room sits a small fire pit long turned to ash as new wood waits in the corner to be used. I hang the deer on the rack as I begin to bleed it. She used to be the one to do this as I set the fire but now I must do it all alone. After I start the fire. I sit in the chair as I wait for the blood to all drain. I open the latch on my window and leave it open as I close my eyes listening to the wind. "If only I had company once more." I say as my words once more drift through the wind.

                       The crackling of the fire begins to lull me to rest until I hear something new. Outside my window I hear humming. I look outside to see the origin of the noise. And down amidst the trees I see a beautiful woman dancing to the murmur from her lips, her eyes shut as she moves with such grace you would believe her a feather dancing along the breeze. The woman with her porcelain skin and fiery red hair continues to hum as her forest green dress flutters in the wind, her legs hidden in the brush. The humming slowly becomes singing.

"Come my love and sway with me,

   Underneath the elder trees."

                        My senses are dull as her voice draws me in. Her sway and voice beckoned me to join her in this dance. As I stood and began for the door I stopped as my hand reached for the handle, the voice suddenly becoming silent. My mind begins to clear as my rationality returns and I pull back my hand. What is going on? Who is that woman? Why did I start for the door? My questions fall dead as I look back at the window and catch a look at her scarlet eyes. Once more my mind dulls as before I even know I have opened the door and began to walk towards her, the deer forgotten as the fire blazes behind me. My hand reaches towards hers as she reaches to mine. As our hands grasp my mind clears and I notice what I could not before. Her long dress which concealed her legs among the brush now reveal, in the place of feet, she has hooves not unlike that of the deer hung up in my home. Realization dawns upon me as I realize who I am joined hands with. But just as I move to pull away my mind dulls once more as her song begins anew.

"Come my love and sway with me,

   Underneath the elder trees,

    For I am the Baobhan Sith,

     Darling close your eyes"

                        The song continues for hours as we dance, all along my body feels colder and colder. Until finally the first rays of dawn show and she brings me close and the song comes to a close.

"Come my love and sway with me,

   Underneath the elder trees,

    For I am the Baobhan Sith,

     Darling close your eyes

     Come my love and sway with me,

      Underneath the elder trees,

      For I am the Baobhan Sith,

       And the sun is set to rise"

                        As dawn finally breaks overhead she separates from me in her scarlet hand lies a mysterious chunk of red as I collapse. All feeling has finally left me and the world begins to fade but before all turns dark I hear that beautiful voice once more.

                        "It was a wonderful dance my dear but I'm afraid we are unable to continue, but worry not for your heart shall no longer suffer."

                        Her voice becomes quieter and quieter as she concludes her words and my world finally goes dark forevermore.

A/N: This will be the first story I publish on this website but I had fun writing this for as dark and sullen as it seems my 

My inspiration for this story was a song I recently heard called Baobhan Sith by a band called Syr I will link it below

Lets hope the link works for you as well.