Life itself was a fantasy for Maera, not one where the hero always rose in triumph or where the picture perfect family stayed together -- it was missing the happy ending she longed for. But she still held the hope that it would arrive in time. It would come back, along with Larus and Daddy and the fairies her current vigilator had told her about not more that two weeks before.
Suddenly the girl's fuel ran out -- her legs wouldn't carry her any step further and her heart had gotten too heavy to lift alone. With a loud thump, the girl allowed her rear to fall onto the floor. Her hazel eyes traced the outlines of her toes, carefully jumping from one to another as her lungs expelled jagged breaths off her tiny body. She was still unaware she was being watched. If she had known perhaps she would've fallen to the ground much sooner, coiling up into the dirt knowing that Danica would come and provide the gentle touch she was so desperately seeking.
But she was alone -- as far as she knew.
So there was no use in letting out tears when there was no one to wipe them off her cheeks.
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