by VoidRinkusu » Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:35 am
username: VoidRinkusu
name: Penumbra (A space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light)
gender: Female
story: (500/500)
I was arranging Halloween decorations when I heard a nervous "Excuse me?" from the door of the library. It came from one of three kits, dressed in an elaborate costume. Trick-or-treaters. Their job is fairly simple: ring a doorbell, ask for treats, but since the doors of the library were already open, they had to find another way to catch my attention. I smiled, handing each one a bit of candy and a pumpkin shaped cookie. "Would you like to hear a story while you're here?" The kits seemed to agree that it was the least they could do for someone kind enough to give them candy and a cookie, so they sat around me as I wiped the dust off of the cover of an old book.
There once was a man who loved nothing except for his money, and did not want friends or family. This man heard rumors of a powerful witch who could give him anything he had earned, and he was certain that he had earned at least twice the amount of money that he owned, so he set out for her at once. He did eventually find the witch and asked for her to grant his wish. She asked him what it is he wanted. He said money. She asked what he loved and cared about in his life. He said money. The witch was not pleased with the selfish man, and changed his heart to glass so he could not even love his money. The man went on for one week before he could take it no longer, the one thing he had, robbed of all its splendor. He returned to the witch and begged for her to restore his heart. The witch, believing in second chances, wanted to help this man. She gave him back his heart and told him to appreciate everything he had. The man felt his whole being surge with emotion, and the first thing he thought of was his precious money. Fragile as glass, his heart shattered. He accused the witch of betraying him, but she told him that he brought this upon himself. After what he learned, he still decided to be selfish, and if a heart cannot love, you can see right through it like a well-polished window. The man set back home on his paddle boat, filled with hatred, fury, and sorrow. The fog became so dense that he was blinded. He ran into another boat, and yelled at them to move. They yelled the same thing back, more angrily. He told them to get out of his way. They said the same. This went on until the fog lifted, revealing that he had hit a rock and was yelling at himself the whole time, defeated, he continued along the river. The water shone clear as glass.
As the kits waved their goodbye, I turned to face the small windows in the back of my library, a few heart shaped panes of glass still remained.
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VoidRinkusu on Fri Oct 12, 2018 1:10 pm, edited 3 times in total.