I walk down the worn and beaten path towards the wood kicking small stones along the way. I let out a low whistle and a small sparrow returns the call.
As I enter the wood the sweet smell of moss and bark greet me and I smile. Leaves crunch beneath my feet and the morning dew soaks through my thin canvas slippers. After I get a ways into the forest I change into my spirit form and swiftly fly through the tangled branches until I see Rooty.
Rooty is our big tree. The four of us live here along with the other spirits in the neighborhood. A little farther into the wood is where the dryads and river nymphs live, but we rarely associate with them because we tend to not get along.
I walk around Rooty until I find the elvish carvings running down from the largest branch. I place my hand on top of the carvings. Within seconds they begin to glow and the trunk opens. I walk in and start to walk down the uneven dirt steps to our little hole in the ground. I hear the trunk shut behind me and the lights inside the stairwell turn on.
"I'm home!" I yell.
When I get downstairs I see Brianna and Phoebe working madly on computers.
"Hey Yasmine!" Says Brianna. "We've saved twenty lives today and kept anyone from getting sick."
"How are your blood levels?" I ask.
"Fine." She says. "Plentiful as usual. Full circulation around the body you know. It's tiring work."
"At least you and Phoebe's phlegm get to circulate the body! I'm stuck in the gallbladder most of the time!" I complain.
"I don't get much time around the body either Yasmine." Bailey interjects. "Don't start fighting now. We've had such a balanced day."
I walk towards the furnace and throw my hands forward. There are a few sparks and within a snap there is a full on fire.
"Thanks. I was just about to have Phoebe put water in the cauldron so I could make tomato soup. I just picked them from the garden today!" Says Bailey.
I laugh at Bailey and her green thumb and sit down in front of the fire to relax. Living the life of a Humor isn't easy.
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Humorously Balanced
Science FictionThis story is about the Four Humors and their struggle to keep mankind alive when Hera challenges their power by attempting to kill one of the humors. The four humors are the four bodily fluids that Hippocrates and other doctors of Ancient Greece b...
