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The wind bit his skin as he trudged forward, his breath taking form in the air around him. Given life from the chill of morning. Light shone through the trees and he saw the hill. He turned excitedly to inform Serenity that their goal was near and stopped in his tracks.

She leaned against a tree her skin pale, and the clouds forming from her breath shrinking. Without hesitation he dashed forward fear clutching his heart.

"Serenity what's wrong?!" He half yelled as he caught her before she fell to the ground.

"Roram...I.. I cant move." She managed to whisper, the mere act of speaking seemed to drain. Her energy.

"Serenity c'mon we're almost there c'mon not now dont do this now." He hoisted her up in his arms and began trudging forward towards the hill. As he neared it he tripped over a stump hidden by the tall grass and muttered a curse, his weary muscles no longer had the strength to stand. He cradled Serenity against his chest, noticing how cold she felt. He began trying to claw his way up the hill knowing that the St Cloven mountains lay within sight of the top.

"Roram stop..."

"No I cant were almost there!" He gnarled, digging his nails deep into the ground making little progress.

" Roram listen... to... me ..." she said and he stopped as he felt her hand touch his face. She looked up at him staring into his eyes.

He did not see fear or pain, nor any of the emotions he himself felt that very moment he looked back into her grey eyes and saw acceptance, he saw peace.

" Serenity please not now were so close... I cant loose you yet not until"- his words cut off as he saw a tear begin to well in her eye, he turned to see the source. The northern wind blew softly across the valley and upon it flew hundreds of thousands of dandelions.

" I wondered why I felt so

..... so... cold, look Roram we... saw it, real snow!" She looked up and smiled as one of the wisps fell upon her cheek, as it did she smiled one last time at her older brother. She had finaly seen what she had yearned for her entire life. She had seen and felt real snow. "Thank you Roram."

Before he had even finished his reply the last vestige of strength left her eyes and he felt the life, the last bit of his baby sisters life leave her body. He stared down at her tears welling in his eyes. "No please Serenity no...." his body began to shake and his tears fell from his eyes down to hers and slid down her face taking with it the dandelion that had fallen there. He stared up at the sky and let loose a wail that shook the forest, all of his anger and his sadness, filling the sky with sorrow. His body shook as he looked back down at her, tears blurring his vision blessedly so he would not have to see her like that in clarity and kissed her softly upon her forehead.

Snippit Saturday [3]

From: Tales That Were Lived

Looking out, Cassie saw Tachi making his way through the dancers and over to where she was. No one else was even in this area so it only made sense to assume he must have been coming over to see her.

Quana was raging inside of Cassie at the bullying her human half faced and this feeling was only met with Cassie’s own emotions as she stared Lia in the face.

“You better tell him you’re not interested and that someone else wants to talk to him, okay?”

Cassie kept her mouth shut, but once her arm was let go, Lia and her friends quickly walked off away from the area. Cassie didn’t even sit back down.

“The hell is their problem?”

“Quana… relax, okay?”

“Relax? How do you expect me to do that?”

Tachi made his way over with a smile on his face.

“Because we’re leaving.”

His smile slightly faded. “Oh, you are? Well, can I at least walk you out?”

“Why?” She asked.

“Just because I don’t feel right leaving you. I tried to find you earlier, but I’m okay just walking you out.”

Cassie shook her head. “No, that’s okay.”

“You sure?”

“I’m sure…” Her voice trailed, but she remained looking at Tachi.

Cassie felt her heart beating rapidly again. She wasn't upset she was being bullied, she was upset that the entire night people had been giving her attention for reasons she disliked. One for being dressed up and two because of jealousy.

Was she so irrelevant on her own…? Her only means of respect was on the arm of a boy or in the eyes of suitors. She did have her own strength and Tachi or her clothes weren’t the gauge of what she could and couldn't do.

The girls had awakened something deep within Cassie and she felt as if she needed to prove herself now.

So, her mind was made up.

"Cassie? You're really warm." Quana now had a quiver in her voice.

Cassie didn't respond. She took Tachi’s hand and pulled him over to a more crowded area. The small clearing on the dance floor made them more visible to anyone who happened to be looking their way.

"Hey, what are you-"

Cassie wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him down. There was only a split second where Tachi couldn't tell what was happening, but the second he felt her lips on his, the rest moved as suited. He was only shocked for a second, as this didn’t feel like the Cassie he was so used to. As they kissed, it didn’t occur to him that that this was the shy girl who barely made eye contact with him. This felt like any other kiss he had and he was eager for more.

Despite the teachers watching out for this exact thing, they—alongside the others making out—were left to do what they wanted. Being vastly different heights, Tachi was leaning down quite a bit to reach Cassie, her own body stretched to ease the difference; but at some point, Tachi pulled Cassie upward a bit, her delicate flats almost lifting off the ground.

Cassie's own hands moved through his hair, making the intentionally messy look he came with more mangled. Tachi's hands were more experienced and brought her body closer to his, but the moment she felt him against her, she pulled away; leaving him wanting more.

This wasn’t the dream moment her memories would hold onto, no, this was a testament to her ability to do what she knew she always could. When the realization hit her that she was actually kissing, Tachi she started to move away.

“I'm going home,” she said, her lips barely ghosting his.

Tachi’s eyes opened, breaking the moment, but Cassie slipped out of his grasp before he could stop her.

“Hey, wait.” Tachi’s shoulders were grabbed. He was pulled back by a few members of the baseball team.

"Dude, is this your way of saying she's yours?"

"You never do anything like that at school!"

"That shy girl's a freak!"

Despite being clamored, he was able to get out of the group, run out of the room and into the hallway looking for Cassie. Knowing he probably wasn't going to find her, he tried to feel around for Quana and found where they were headed.

With fast steps, he jogged over to the back of the school. He was just able to catch Cassie before she exited through the back entrance.

"Cassie!" He yelled, which made her stop.

Right as he was about to get closer, it was like a wall appeared in front of him and he could no longer move.

Cassie let out a small sigh. "I told you I'm going home, just stay here and have fun."

Tachi couldn’t understand why he couldn’t move, but it was like his body and mind were fighting against one another and he remained standing there while Cassie continued to walk out of the school...