Beautiful Chaos

Le Ash pt. 1

Do you have that one person who you would do just about anything for? Someone who could ask you to do something so outrageous, and you wouldn't think twice about doing it? If you could do anything to please this person, or to show off to this person, you would do it in a heartbeat.

That was my relationship with Rafael. You see, Rafael is someone who contains a rather odd soul inside of him. Instead of being blood thirsty, and being a murderer like his father and his whole race is, he is caring and extremely loyal to those he cares about the most.

Only I know the real reason behind the stark contrast of Rafael and his people. 

It didn't make sense to me as a child why someone like him would ever think to tell someone like me his secret. I was just a little spoiled brat back then that followed him everywhere he went like a lost puppy. I told everyone we were dating, and of course no one believed me, but even as a child I thought Rafael was mine.

I do not understand where I get my selfish nature from. My father is very kind and my mother, very gentle.  I wasn't at all like them in the least. I knew what I wanted and when I wanted it. I fought like a savage and raised ten types of hellfire whenever i was ever told I wasn't able to have what I wanted.

When I found out about Rafael's betrothal to another woman, I went through a lot of trouble just to find out the woman's information. I now know everything from where she is from, to the first pet the girl has ever even owned. I know the bloody wench like the very back of my hand, every last little line.

I don't yet know what I will do with this information, but it definitely makes me feel more empowered knowing that I know that wench is allergic to phoenix's.

I grunted rebelliously as I sprawled my figure across an old water fountain that was in the shape of a fish spewing water pathetically from his mouth.

"Asherah, there you are! I've been looking everywhere for you." A pair of tan legs entered my line of vision. I looked up and found myself studying Noel's figure in front of me. Her tan legs were barely covered by a white cloth styled as a "skirt". A bit of her belly was showing, and then above that was a yellow, long sleeved shirt that hung off her shoulders. Her vibrant red hair was bone straight until it reached her shoulders and then spontaneously turned into huge body curls that stopped at her lower back.

Her face was a mask of worry as she gnawed on her naturally dark pink lips. Her nose, sprinkled with freckles, was scrunched slightly, and her eyebrows drew together to meet at her almost too large forehead. She was a pretty  human. If she were to be born back in elfin times, when the elves ruled this land, she would surely have been captured and used as a pet. 

I sat up, and let Noel sit next to me. "Noelani you shouldn't be roaming about by yourself. It's ridiculously unsafe for you."

She finally released her lip to answer me. "I was just worried about you Ash. I've come to enjoy your company. I'm afraid I've come to rely on your company a bit too much. I'm afraid you'll grow tired of being here with us and return home."

I looked away from her and into the treetops. The thought has crossed my mind on several occasions.

"I see you have become more comfortable in our customs." I observed quietly, still studying the beautiful trees that have lived life far longer than anyone else has. The trees here are enormous and so full of life, sometimes I wish I could just become one with nature.

"How do you get that?" She asked incredulously. I can see myself as a star, always there but invisible during daylight hours. I can see myself as the moon. Very mysterious and yet so alluring.

"You've discarded those ridiculous things you call "shoes" that you wear on your feet even in the Summer." So ridiculous. We wear shoes when it's cold or snowing outside, never when it's warm enough to go walking barefoot.