In Time | The Flash

Prologue | Aspen and Trillium

Music is "The Flash Theme" by Blake Neely from CW's The Flash OST.

Picture is the Particle Accelerator explosion at S.T.A.R. Labs.

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"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

- J.R.R. Tolkien

"The beginning is perhaps more difficult than anything else, but keep heart, it will turn out all right."

- Vincent van Gogh

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PROLOGUE

>>> Aspen's P.O.V. <<<

I'd like to say that life is one, big fairytale. Princesses and princes, kings and queens, fairy godmothers and magic wishes upon the second star to the right. Faith, trust, and pixie dust sort of thing. I've instilled into my daughter that magic is all around us, that miracles happen, and that wishing upon shooting stars and birthday candles will bring about a change in the world that can rival deity.

But nothing could have prepared me for the science that ravaged Central City.

I remember that night as clear as day. It was a calm, October evening. Persephone, my daughter, and I were outside in the garden of our home that resided just outside the boarders of Central City. We preferred it outside the business of the city, where the light pollution wasn't so bad that we couldn't see the stars at night and where the noise was muted. Spending an evening by ourselves, watering the flowers and pretending to be fairies. Persephone was nearing seven years old; I knew that my time playing magic with her would come to an end soon enough.

"Look, Mommy!" Persephone shouted, holding up a dandelion with lots of fluff, a huge grin on her face. She looked adorable after her bottom two teeth had fallen out earlier that month. "A dandelion!"

With a wide smile, I waved her over to me. I sat under the large sunflowers that swooped over my head, turning their faces towards the last of the sunlight. "Beautiful, my Darling!" I told her in an excited voice as she sat on my lab, showing me the flower. "You remember what I told you about dandelion fluff, yes?"

Persephone nodded, her dark blonde bob waving as she did. Her dark brown eyes gazed into mine. "I do! Dandelions grant wishes."

A proud look covered my face as I wrapped my hand around hers. "That's right."

Persephone pulled the dandelion closer to her, eyes growing wide. "Wait! There's a ladybug on there!" I let my hand go, and Persephone gently allowed the ladybug to crawl onto her finger. She looked at it with such intense curiosity before putting it on the nearest hydrangea bush. "There you go, Mister Ladybug."

I chuckled as she sat back down near me, holding the dandelion in hand. "Now, close your eyes." She did as I told her. "Take a moment and think of a wish." A pause. "Got it?"

Persephone nodded. "Yep."

"All right. Now, take a deep breath in and blow the fluff away."

Persephone took a huge, dramatic breath in and blew forcefully outwards, blasting all the fluff away into the breeze. When she opened her eyes, she smiled at me with a toothy grin. "Now there will be even more dandelions!"

I hugged her tightly to me as she squealed in delight. "There will be! And Mother Gaia heard your wish. I wouldn't be surprised, if you're a good girl, that wish comes true."