Elemental Love

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My solo frolics through the forest, to the majority of my friends, sounded absolutely ludicrous. A death wish, one would say. However, I've never felt threatened. It's odd, actually, the silent comfort that I have felt all these years, almost protective in its shield. Like water lapping at the shore: Calm. Serene. Powerful. Oh, so powerful when it needs to be.

I've always felt like there was something more to this life than the Monday to Friday, nine to five job; Where one goes to university to pave the way to their 'future'. Future, I scoff to myself, what a vague and unpredictable word. I didn't belong in this mundane existence. Let's be honest, I never have.

Brushing my hands against the soft branches of greenery surrounding me, I eventually find what I'm looking for. There you are. Stepping out into the familiar opening, I'm awarded with the shimmering and beautifully transparent body of water. My oasis.

Every year, ever since I was seventeen, on the night of my day of birth, my soul is called to this place of sanctuary. It is as if La Luna herself is looking down on me, always at her fullest, radiating an undeniable and gravitating glow.

Digging my bare feet into the soil. A deep inhalation of fresh air. Palms facing upwards, eyes closed, i allow my head to lull back, facing the moon in a silent tribute to whomever is above.

One day, La Luna, one day I will be with you.

What was that? My eyes flying open, instantly alert, but oddly not alarmed.

Aumm

The body of water was calling me, the Aumm sound increasingly becoming louder to the point where I needed to move towards it. Find out what was in there. What's calling me? Was it La Luna herself, was she answering my prayers?

Almost as if it had always been there, shimmering gold dust was swirling under the service in a clutter almost forming a perfect ring.

Hesitantly, I touched it with one finger. Gasping, I jumped back. Where did my finger go? As soon as I had touched the ring, it morphed into a shimmer of gold dust and became a part of the circle.

Eden.

I've lost my mind. There is no way this gold circle was now saying my name.

Eden. Follow your intuition.

"Follow my intuition?" I laughed hysterically. "I'm currently talking to a golden-dust-circle-thing that just came out of the middle of nowhere. I have one hundred percent lost my head."

What does your heart say?

That stopped me in my tracks. What did my heart say. Funnily enough, I had been avoiding her completely. My heart, like every other year that I had come to my... (could I still call it my oasis after the way tonight has unfolded?) Well, Whatever you wanted to call it, she always felt home. Sparks, feelings of adoration and, above all, an undeniable feeling of love was felt in her heart. Almost as if there was a piece of my heart missing in this body of water.

Come to me, Eden. It is time.

Looking up at La Luna, saying a hasty last prayer for guidance and protection, I stepped towards the golden dust.

Ah Eden, your mother always told you that your heart would always win, regardless if it was the right decision or not.

Ah well, I thought, only one way to find out.

As I submerged my body into the ring, i found myself being whisked away to an unknown place... before directly landing into the body of a male.

Warm silver eyes clashed with my own, deep blue ones. Recognition. Comfort. Sparks. All of the sparks.

"You finally found me" the stranger sighed in relief, before abruptly crashing his lips to mine.

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