Midnight clouds move in the sky as the wind dances through the darkness...the Dark Fairy stands upon the cold, bare ground, her sword in its hilt….

….a double edged dagger held within her hand.....thoughts swirl within her mind catching her heart and throwing it to the wind as it blows in gusts, cold first and then warmer as the moon sets and the sun rises over the frozen lake….spring is on its way and soon the ice and snow shall be gone…..and she hopes....for laughter….for peace......for freedom…and for love in the moonlight beneath the stars on a warm summer’s night with stars sparkling in the skies above the ridge of the nearby hill… As the sun rises, she walks into the shadows to gather the darkness within and to seek the light that is there for her…just waiting… In dreams, she sees lost loves smiling and hopes in her heart for more than before…and then there is the faceless one…the one who she is meant for…and she wonders within her dream who he is…and her mind slips deep into sleep to gather strength to face another night alone…for now…

Shimmering snowflakes fall upon her lashes as the Dark Fairy stands before the frozen lake’s edge with the icy wind blowing......

...the fur of her cape brushing against her face feeling as though it is the hand of a lost lover......all she has ever wanted was love…….a love that would shine within her heart and drown her soul with light…..but now she realizes that she must walk on alone….at least for now in the darkness…….and she smiles knowing that it will come in time……just time…….for if she looks into the darkness, she will find the light……..

Before her eyes, the ship turns toward the horizon, drifting slowing beneath the moonlit sky as she stands in wait……..

…….as she stands upon the wet sand with her sword thrust downward, the ship moves away and beyond the horizon………away………for now she is alone and free to seek……to seek within herself to find what she has been hoping for……when she knows this…….then he will appear out of the darkness and into the light…….not the demon but the knight…….the one she will fight beside…..the one she will love……and the one who shall love her as she is……..the demon slayer…..the dragon slayer…..the woman she has never known existed within her soul……….and only then will she be loved again……she pulls her sword out of the sand, from within the ground and cleans it…..returning it to its steel and leather hilt at her hip………one last look at the ship sailing just out of her sight beneath the moonlit sky and she turns and walks away to find herself among the shadows she has lived within for too long…….light is coming………just time………..in time……the shadows will be gone and the stars will shine brighter than ever before……..

Moonlight lights her way as she moves toward the starlit water that beckons to her.......

….and she stands at the edge of the starlit water that beckons to her with each wave created by the wake of the ship sailing in the distance beneath dark moonlight……and she wonders who stands upon the deck in shadow of the tall mast that pierces the sky. Her hands rest upon the sword she holds before her with its point thrust into the wet sand and she waits with anticipation……will it be one of the undead that she must take down or will it be the one her heart has hoped for as she has wandered these shores alone for so long…..waiting……hoping…….longing for someone to banish the heartache she feels within her soul………

All seems lost to her as her mind wanders....not heeding the creatures of the night lurking within the shadows....

…..and she, the Dark One, walks along the path with her head bowed and tears upon her face not caring if the undead shall rise…..for she will be ready and without fear…..but in her heart she hopes that he is gone, never to return so that she may raise her head and gaze at the stars with joy once again……her mind is drawn to the one who smiled at her from the edge of darkness……..he has disappeared as if into thin air….but he will return…..she feels it within her as she walks on with her eyes toward the stars knowing that they will lead her in the direction fate wishes her to take……for the lessons have been dark ones and she hopes for light as bright as the stars so far above to shine within her heart….

The Dark One walks with her hand upon the hilt of her sword.....

The dark fairy nymph walks among the shadows clad in black armor, her sword sheathed upon a braided leather belt with silver stars hanging from shining chains…….the blade shimmering with light…..as she waits for the undead to rise…….for if a rising becomes, she will be ready with wrath and fury to drive her sword straight into the heart of the demon for a final end to the plague that has existed in her land of peace……and she will overcome the evil and goodness will reign without any threat of discord or discontent……only hope and joy will be forever more……

The shadows hold evil as the dark fairy nymph makes her way among the shadows......

As she walks upon the mortar and bricks, he lurks in the shadows watching………waiting………for his prey……that dark fairy nymph whose heart and soul he could not take…..and she feels his hunger…..the hunger of a demon in disguise…..and reaches for her sword…..he lunges at her throat and she slashes her sword in the air…taking his head to the ground and he turns to dust before her eyes….. She holds her sword up and the moon strikes it with light and stars glow blue…… Another slowly steps out of the shadows….one not of demon blood but with heart and soul of the living…..and smiles……she sees the one she has been waiting for….and she is free to love without the threat of dark clouds casting shadows upon her any longer…...the evil has been cast away to the depths of hell and she is safe in her place of peace and beauty……