Part One: Larrenelia's EscapeA Chapter by ElinaA small excerpt from a serial novel that I am hoping to create.“Feather
fluff!” The red-haired figure glared at the chamber’s single
window. A snapping sound, accompanying odd flashes of light, came from the
opening. After a few brief moments, the sparks fizzled out, and the sound
disappeared with them. Groaning in frustration, the diminutive female draped
herself across the window sill, allowing her arms to hang over the edge. “Why won’t it work?” With eyes the colour of pale jade, the figure gazed out
at the world beyond her place of entrapment. Towering pine and spruce, sturdy
oak, gossamer willow, pale-barked aspen, and all assortment of other trees and
vegetation filled the landscape within her range of vision. A slight gap in the
endless treetops revealed the winding path of the Síran River, which flowed through the valley of the same name.
In the distance, mountains far grander than the ones in which the female dwelled
were capped with snow. Releasing a
heavy sigh, the lavender-clad figure moved away from the window. She swept her
hand through several locks of bead- and feather-adorned hair. With forlorn
expression, the female moved across the richly decorated chamber. Shelves lined
a majority of the walls, books filling most of them. Interspersed with the
countless volumes of literature were odd trinkets from distant lands, Seer
Stones, sketch books accompanied by various art supplies, small wood figures in
the likeness of an assortment of creatures, and even an old, abandoned bird’s
nest. From the beams near the heights of the round-ish chamber hung all manner
of plant life. A moss of rich green hues clung to the hickory joists, cascading
from them with wisteria, fuchsia, and sweet alyssum blossoms. Several clusters
of dried and drying herbs also hung from the support beams. The female
moved past several delicate pedestals topped with as many candles as each perch
would hold. The flames flickered as she swept past the elegant stands, nearing
the dressing table. Issuing forth another sigh, she dropped herself upon the
feminine bench. Resting her chin in her hands, the female studied her
reflection in the looking glass. She was fair
of both complexion and feature. The hunger and longing she felt deep within her
heart seemed to radiate from her eyes. Behind, and extending above her fiery
tresses, the female watched the gentle movement of her gossamer wings. “That’s
right,” she proclaimed, while striking the palm of her hand upon the vanity. “I
am Larrenelia, daughter of Rivanlorr and Oremendelia, princess of Fae F’erren,
the kingdom presiding over the Realm of the Fae. I shan’t be bested!” With renewed
determination, Larrenelia stood and returned to the window. She knelt down and
scooped up the book she had dropped in her earlier frustration. Dusting it off
with care, the faerie princess apologized to the volume, and opened it to the
page she needed. “Right, then;
shall we have another go at this?” Larrenelia inhaled,
gathering her thoughts and focusing her attention on the task she had set for
herself. The princess considered the desire of her heart, recalling the
countless tales of the Realm of the Morde. Allowing these recollections and
longings to fuel her, the young faerie lifted her right hand, holding it
parallel to the window. She then began reciting the words scrawled within the
book. “Illen illen
Morde den Raem, fille selven Fae den Raem. Baearnem billedt deeran vindar nem.” Following the
instruction of the enchanted text, Larrenelia lifted her hand to touch the top,
base, and each side of the window’s opening. With heightened resolve, the
princess carefully placed the book upon the floor, and performed the final
portion of the incantation. Placing the tips of her fingers at the center of
the windowsill, she stretched each hand outward and up, until her fingertips
brushed against the sides of the window. She continued moving her hands upward,
gradually drawing them closer, until she brought them together at the window’s highest
point. The red-haired faerie brought her palms together, dropping her hands
until they were centered before her torso. At last, Larrenelia extended her
palms outward, toward the opening in the stone wall. As she
reached for the open space beyond her window, the faerie’s hands came in
contact with an unseen surface. The princess blinked in surprise and fought the
urge to snatch her hands away from the unusual sensation. It reminded Larrenelia
of the smoothness of her looking glass, though it lacked the strict solidity of
the reflective article. A golden light shimmered, starting from her hands, and
expanding to fill the entire window. Once the radiance had reached the edges of
the opening, it faded. The ethereal pane seemed to soften and -- with a most
peculiar fluttering sort of feeling -- it settled into a consistency like that
of spider’s webs. The elated
faerie barely dared to breath, afraid that, by some chance, even her smallest
exhale would buffet the unseen curtain into nonexistence. With caution, she drew
her hands away from the window, clutching them near her chest. Larrenelia
leaned close to the window, amazed at how well-camouflaged the portal was. “How
remarkable. There remains not even the slightest trace of it.” With
trepidation, the princess extended one of her hands. After taking a shaky
breath, and with all manner of caution, she inserted her appendage into the
unseen portal. A silky, though slightly sticky, sensation skirted across her
hand and up her arm. Having reached into the portal up to her elbow, Larrenelia
waited to feel something that would give her a clue as to what the other side
held. Feeling nothing, she waved her hand about. It was a
rather peculiar experience to the faerie’s thinking. She could not see the
portion of her arm that was within the portal, and yet she could feel that she
was moving it about the opening. While her fingers never brushed against
anything on the other side, Larrenelia continued to feel the webby curtain
gliding across, and partially clinging to, her hand and arm. “Larrenelia!” Startled, the
princess snatched her hand out of the portal, and closed the shutters to the
window with haste. Heart pounding in her chest, the red-haired faerie retrieved
the book from its place upon the floor and dashed to a section of shelving.
With no undue amount of panic, she tucked the volume behind several other books
of a more studious nature and took three leaping strides to her dressing table.
Candles flickered at her passing. Larrenelia had barely taken hold of her brush and began running it through her curled locks when the door to her chamber was nigh flung open. © 2018 ElinaAuthor's Note
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