Heart Attack

Viva la vida

We didn't see him, no instead we were transported into a white realm, slowly the place filled with trees.

"Once upon a time, there were four sisters who were loved by both their parents. Their father made them escape with him one night from their mother" We heard Ra's tell us the story.

As Ra's told us the story, we observed four girls running away with a white-haired man we could only assume it as an incarnation of Oz. He looked at his daughters concerned, kissing their foreheads. I didn't see anyone else but the characters, nor could I hear anyone but Ras.

"Terrified that his daughters would end up being found and used against him, or that the gods would harm them he used an old spell"

I watched as he created a door and the daughters went in, beautiful gardens filled their vision. Four paths were there as well, one per season.

"He prohibited them from leaving until it was safe in the real world. But the girls cried that they would be lonely, so, as the loving father he was, he gave them four countries taking many people towards each. Thus his girls turned into queens at a young age, protected by the people. And for some time, they felt happy, but their father didn't return, instead creatures that were made of shadows got in"

Grim started to surround the four girls who looked uncomfortable.

"But instead"

I watched the girls giggle, petting the Grimm that easily allowed themselves to be tamed.

"This was how their mother came to say hello. The world underneath was no longer in danger from her. But, the curiosity started to eat their minds, what was their original world like? The dimension where magic existed, the one that their parents conquered and non-magic potential humans were separated from?"

The four sisters seemed to be looking at the door, and soon one of them took the handle and opened it. There at the top of the mountain was Ras, inside his home.

"I was a hermit back then, only caring for the Lazarus pit, the fountain of youth that had been searched for centuries. My league didn't see me at all, but respected my existence, never daring to come and bother me unless it was with offerings. My friends were gone, what did I have left? That was one the first daughter of Ozma and Salem came."

She wore a blue kimono, and her hair was black, an enigmatic smile on her face just like the one seen on the Monalisa. Her eyes were a beautiful blue.

"Who are you? I asked her."

The girl looked up at young Ras and calmly smiled as the snow kept on falling as if it didn't affect her.

"My name is Sienna Winter, she said, and I am on a journey to see the world I left. I await my sister's for them to come and share this voyage with me"

Ras seemed confused in the memory, albeit a bit cranky at the girl.

"Something was familiar about her, but I didn't know exactly what. Yet, I invited her in, allowing her to rest on one of my softest kotatsu's I owned. And I couldn't help but sleep as well, compelled when she had closed her eyes so serenely"

I watched how the snow outside of his home started to vanish, and I saw how a girl in a green sundress and a flower crown of colorful flowers came skipping. Her hands holding basket and animals followed her every step, like snow white and the sleeping beauty from the Disney movies I watched on earth. Sienna opened the door and walked out, hugging the girl.

"I woke up when I heard a happy giggle, I was befuddled when I saw a second girl appear under my tree. Her smile bright and warm, and thus I walked out asking about her name"