Chapter One

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"I am normal!" She screamed at the top of her lungs. The trees shook around her, and the leaves began to turn black.
"Sure you are, darling." Nox purred from a branch above her.
"And what, in the gods name, is that supposed to mean?" Her temper flared, darkness spread.
"It means, oh dark one, take a look around. You are not normal, you have never been normal, and you never will be. Stop fighting your true nature." Nox began to study her perfectly manicured nails, her legs crossed as she lounged on the unsteady branch.
"How am I not normal, N? I eat and breathe and.. You know, like any other being."
"Just breath, Darling. Just breath, and look.." Nox swung her legs over the branch and gracefully floated to the ground. "Everywhere you go, darkness follows. Everything you touch, dies. When you lose your temper, look at what happens to the beautiful things that surround you?"
She looked around, noticing for the first time that the forest that had surrounded them had died. The trees looked as if they'd been burned, and the sounds of life had long since faded.
"You are not normal, and that's okay. That's what I'm here for." Nox grabbed her hand and began to lead her away from what she had done. "I'm here to help you.."

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