Prayer

[Ambrosia]

Climbing into a tall tree, up to the highest possible limb and standing until she stood exact;y three feet over the top of the tree, she stared at the early morning sky.

Having left the school dorm around two a.m. and hiding the amulet among some underbrush near the school, for easy recovery and so she could have a few hours where she was herself again- it was about three thirty in the morning now. No sane person, unless duty bound or simply an insomiac would have dark to be awake now- however she was neither insane or an insomniac, she had slept well enough but had wanted to not feel so tired even after resting for nearly two days of nothing but sleep.

She had left a note on a door for whoever cared, simply saying she had left for some fresh air. She doubted they would be able to read her terrible handwriting but who knew? She closed her eyes and raised her hands to the sky as the golden-peach glory streak the starry sky, making it dissapear faster than her life on the farm had.

She smiled softly and told the sky, told her mother and father, "I am well and safe. I saw the storm you sent. I will be wary, do not worry. I have a pet now- I named him Yahto. That's right, after the beta you had, Momma'. I didn't pick him though- he chose me. I guess he's not scared like everyone else gets. It's nice, but then so are the people I'm stayin' with. Mr Long said they can help me learn to control the electricity better and- I really wish you guys could meet him 'cause I bet you'd've liked talking to him. He talks like you used to, Dadda'. And his grandson is gonna' help me find a place for the other four kittens- I guess I can't name them but I'm sure we'll find a good place for them. But- no more livin' outside, so I don't have to worry about being struck by lightning anymore unless I go out during one. Sure, being in the nuilding hurts my ears but it's not so much as to make me wanna' leave. A roof over my head is exactly what I needed- right? Well now I have it and I guess I can make them my new family but you guys are still the most important ones. I miss you guys- more than you could ever know. "

These words were spoken slowly- taking over two hours to complete, overhead the golden-peach had become a brilliant and clear blue- no stars remained and a gentle wind blew in white clouds. She slowly began her climb down, a branch broken under her foot and she fell.

A single electric tear slid down her face as she grabbed at branches desperatly, hoping to find a stable grip even as a shirll of fear escaped her throat. The branches she reached for tore her clothes and her skin, one branch scraped along her arm, tearing flesh open-

Someone, save me- I can't die. I'm not ready! I-

"NO!" she screamed, gripping a branch with all her strength and clinging tightly. Electrified tears streamed down her face and she pulled herself onto the branch and stayed still. Her arm was bleeding and she felt sick, laying on the fork of the brach she stared up at the sky through the branches and smiled weakly, "I'm alright, don't worry."

The clouds turned dark- and it began to rain. Closing her eyes, she shuttered hard, she was too hurt to move, every inch of her was bruised and scratched- she could feel warm blood trail from her eyebrow and from her arm. Her arm, she flexed her fingers, wasn't broken only thrashed, she could feel the huge gash going down it- she could also feel the electricty glowing over the wound to kill bacteria and ease the healing process- the electricity nummed her arm and the rest of her body.

With your name in my mind I say but this prayer, Father above heal me with all your care. I am but your loyal daughter, following along your path, within your spoken words I have found my light- if it be your will O Father save me from this plight laid before me. Give me the strength I need to live, help me along your path if I fail to live. In your name, O Father-

"Amen."

The last words slipped past her lips before darkness stole her into its arms and she found no reason to fight.

[madelyn]

The stars. Someone had told her recently that each person had two stars. One for birth and one for death. One going out and one staying lit. Truthfully she wasn't sure if she believed in that but the story did carry with it a beautiful dream. That maybe a soul can survive beyond death staying forever in the sky looking down on the people and places where it once walked and roamed freely. These small beams of light so far away from the planet she lived on were the reason the silent girl was out at after three in the morning.

The darkness she knew a lot about living in a world shrouded in the dark. Ever lost, ever searching. Forever living in the cold world forever longing for something yet never knowing exactly what it was you were searching for. But her life had changed. It was because her angel .. Jonathan had come to save her. Her soul once shrouded in the great sea of darkness the waves of sorrow and sadness crashing into her shore made of fear. She didn't mind the darkness of the night. Most were scared of the impending invisible dangers that lurked just beyond the edges of sight. But she had lived them every day of her seventeen years of life and so she was not afraid. She would stand and fight. She had strenght, courage, and love.

Madelyn had written a new song. One that for the stars her only friends in her lonely life growing up without words without anything but abuse and chaos. She had taken to being happier lately and she wanted to thank her faithful friends through her only means of communication. Her flute. Her music. These were the tools she used to communicate.

The thin girl dressed in some teal pajammas a loose tank top and cotton plaid pants walked barefoot through the grass. She sat down right in the dew strewn grass feeling the sensation of her pants becoming wet from the small droplets of dew on the blades of grass. She took her flute case and opened it carefully almost lovingly. It was not only her form of communication but this was something special, irreplaceable. Sacred.

Putting the pieces of her flute together the way they shined in the moonlight made her smile. Not the way that she had been smiling lately but a smile that spoke of her love and devotion to her music. She was a true musician one that loved her music above most other things..except one. She put the flute to her lips and took a deep breath ready to thank the stars for over eleven years of constant friendship and support.

But before she could even begin a snap and a scream resounded behind her and she stood up curious as to what was happening. That scream sounded female. Was someone in trouble? She knew exactly what to do. Lifting her flute to her lips she began to play her spell...

Celestial Light. The song would remind those that heard it of the light that brought the most happiness to people. An angel like like shine that could surround anything and brighten even the darkest rooms. The kind the purifies the soul and can take even the darkest soul and shed some light.

Two minutes later a nebulous cloud of pure white light cut through the darkness in the clearing she was in. The light illuminated even the darkest corners of the general area. It was bright made solely to light up a darkened area. Madelyn began to silently look around. She knew there was someone here and hurt she just had to find them. The ground was clear nothing at all but then.. oh yes there it was.. the broken branch. She saw that it had broken and her eyes traveled up the tree. She saw the girl lying in the forked branch and bleeding.

The girl wasn't stirring and the blonde girl knew that if anyone saw a cloud of light or heard her playing they would definatly have turned or stirred no this girl was out cold. A worried look crossed the girls face as she looked around and knew of only one option really. She looked down at her flute and brought it back for another spell this one more helpful to the girl above.

Healers Tear. Those that heard the notes of this melody would imagine angels singing. Thirty seconds into the song and a light rain formed above cancelling out the effects of the real rain. The magical rain was made of pure white light and it fell gently on the girl being absorbed by her body healing her injuries and hopefully unless she had a concussion she would wake from the lack of trama and the feed of magical healing. The spell was still in it's beginning stages and so she could not expect it to heal her completly but the wound would close leaving a small scar and a red mark to testify it had really been there. Those going away naturally later.

Now Madelyn had to wait. She had to find out if her music.. her magic would wake the girl. Would she rise and be okay? Would she have to run for a nurse despite her best efforts. She hoped not. She hoped the girl was okay she would wake and be normal, happy, and get down out of the tree.

[Ambrosia]

As she stirred, a roll of electricty rolled off her skin, striking out harmlessly before she could stop it. She shook her head slightly, having trouble focusing her eyes. She checked her arm, she waved her hand over what had not been miraculously healed the electricity, taking away the protective field from the wound and sighing. It bled freely and she bit her lip as she focused the electricty on the spot long enough to speed up the healing process, though she wished she could heal it completely.

She blinked a few times and wiped a few new electrified tears from her face, she looked up and tensed, she was unfamiliar with these person. Standing slowly, she descided her legs were only scratched severly with little to no reprecussion to have to deal with besides the bath she had- oh wait, she couldn't bathe in that place she'd either die or shortcircut everything around her. She was glad to see much of the cuts and scrapes she had aquired were but a memory as the electricity circulated through her bloodstream with the reminants of the earlier spell, enhancing and spreading.

Gray eyes slowly came into focus on the girl, she was still unfamiliar but at least she was in focus, though still a little jumbled but she tried to talk to them, "I-I- who are-?"