Chronicle Ten: Those voices inside of my head got stronger, before eventually, even they began to tune out. Fear led to that, fear and ignorance of those around me. This was the psychic side, the Power of mankind. It comes in many shapes and forms, but for me, it was simple. Seeing what was really there, knowing that monsters were real. Knowing of events as they unfolded and shifting. The ability to manipulate matter. The first time, it was myself that I moved. I remember the wind. I had always felt an affinity with it. Restless and strong, mellow and happy. It changed as the moods of the earth did. And I wanted to fly, wanted to feel my feet lift off the earth and soar. I was nine.There were wind advisories. Strong enough that everyone was indoors, but not I. I went out into the backyard and spread my arms wide. Who was there to see me? No one was out in this. And I went up. My hair whipped, I felt the wind beneath my feet and the loss of earth. It felt like a ribbon. Caressing me as it lifted, as I lifted. And as the wind dissipated. I remained elevated. Feet above the earth, elevated. Not noticing my mother in the doorway. Not knowing her thoughts until years later when she admitted seeing me. This ability, this Power of man came from my mother. She was strong. But she grew up in fear. In a home that was supposed to shelter her, offered instead brutality and judgment. Before she even realized what she was doing, she was already teaching me to repress my gift, out of her fear. She tried to stop it, after she finally realized, but the damage was already done. Fear and ignorance destroy innocence. It was many years later that we discovered that the Gift came from both sides of her family. One side held Seers and the other, those the ability to read the Cards. Both accurate, both strong and both only practicing in silence. Hell waited for them it seemed? For Gifts given of the Creator. I felt anger at their stupidity. A universe was waiting to be claimed, to be discovered, and I lived in fear because of what they caused. © 2013, Aelfwynn MacGregor
Posted on: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 15:25:37 +0000
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