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Kasanip
Sonata and Fayruz at The Olm
"Let Us Sing."
As the dragons disappeared into the distance, before Fayruz's beauty could be turned sorrowful with worry or dark thoughts of the warning, a gentle hand came to her shoulder, and Sonata gave a comforting smile as she watched beside her sister, the disappearing dragons.
"Though the darkness is before the horizon, dearest sister, I cannot see your face turned to sadness again." She hesitated, and took Fayruz's hands gently, leading her to look back at the Olm, the softening purple and red sky of the evening spreading out the wonders of color on the walls and roofs. And as she led Fayruz gently through the streets, she spoke wistfully.
"Do you remember, dearest sister, when a wrong note was played, what it was the conductor always said?" Sonata's smile turned mysterious, a shared memory as night fell. And she released Fayruz's hands for a second, climbing gracefully the stairs as her dress swirled about in the twilight.
And she pointed carelessly to the rising red moon, and with three words
"Continue to play.", so the moon seemed to glisten if only a little brighter and more purely.
And she turned in her spin to be beside Fayruz again, taking her hand gently towards the market square. And the sounds of the busy ending day and people seemed quiet and tranquil beneath the moon, so that it was only Sonata and Fayruz who stood there.
"Do you remember, dearest sister, the motions of the Elude to Heaven?
Can we not find that comfort again, and turn it's song here, let it echo in the Olm, like 8 million birds and flowers?
I would play this song, but only together." And her hand held Fayruz's tightly as Sonata's face turned to the moon and hidden from her sister, though it could be heard emotionally.
"We, who fell from our home above... I feared what had been lost. But now, I have found things in this world. And I have found you, and the others again.
And now I know why I sing. Something that had escaped me, while used to I watch your harp and played my flute. When you stood at the banquets, and those times I fought with Nieve. The peaceful things, the hopeful and light and pure things that were there. And my heart aches for what we lost that day. But it isn't gone. We still have it, in these memories and in our hands and voices, and that is very precious to me." She turned back to Fayruz, and hugged her.
"I can still hear your beating heart, and breathe, and the loving, joyful song that is you. And that is sacred." She chocked on the words emotionally, and pulled back, her tears hidden with a smile that was so genuine to remind of the white moon, and not of foxes or dragons, or falling, or humans.
"Let's play a concert together. You and me, the princesses of the White City, of Dusk and Dawn. Let us play together and for one night here, let it be without sadness and misery, without pains or worries. Let us return the moon's beauty, and be at peace for one night more. So that tomorrow will be brighter, and so that we may celebrate, if only for these little joys and blessings." She touched her forehead to Fayruz, and then placed into her hand the sapphire jewel she had received from the dragon lord. And in this tender moment she also revealed the red jewel she held. And she whispered to her sister.
"That is Seiunju, the Blue Cloud Jewel, given to me with it's twin sister Sekiunju, Red Cloud Jewel, by the Dragon Lord who watches my domain. Someday may it be you will come to visit me. But for you, I would give this jewel, for we are the same."
She stepped back, and held the jewel to the sky.
"I dedicate this Sekiunju to my Home in the Moon, so Far Away, may it's melody forever ring truly in the hearts of my family, and of all who hear it's memories of our past." And there seemed to be rain around her singing it's melody, but the raindrops were as diamonds, each with their own unique note as a chorus, and the rain washed over her like the many shared and shed since the fall, and under their feet, the market suddenly was a grassy field, and where the white diamond rain fell grew white flowers gently.
The Sekiunju as it was hit with this diamond rain sang it's own song, and as Sonata held it to her lips, and breathed into it, changed and began to become a flute.