Khulhedra's Story

By: Kaelyn Posted on: March 16, 2007

Her eyes stared out at the lake before her, a gentle wisp of wind causing havoc with her hair before finally letting it rest upon her face. She swept it away, blinking slightly before looking towards the lake once more, a look of deep despair riding across her face.

"Khulhedra, Khulhedra! Where are you?"
"Mother, mother! Oh if only you knew!" Called back a distant voice.

She sank to her knees, her legs folded beneath her in a sweet elegance. A frown formed on her gentle face as the thoughts long held back came flooding forth, and with them glittering tears.

"Khulhedra, Khulhedra! Where are you?"
"Mother, mother! Oh if only you knew!" Called back a distant voice.

Looking out at the lake once more, her eyes glistened as the light fell upon them in a quiet tribute to their beauty; pure, blue and deep as a fathomless lake. They wept silently as the time went by, the tears running down her face to fall into the depths of the lake beyond her.

"Khulhedra, Khulhedra! Where are you?"
"Mother, mother! Oh if only you knew!" Called back a distant voice.

The sun was setting and the shadow's crept over the lake to form dark shapes within the water; monsters set on upsetting her even further. A whimper escaped her and she moved her hand to her mouth quickly to stifle it. Shaking her head she looked to the red glow of the sky and smiled slightly, for she knew that the rest of the world could share the beauty of it.

"Khulhedra, Khulhedra! Where are you?"
"Mother, mother! Oh if only you knew!" Called back a distant voice.

A ripple on the lake grabbed her attention, the movement that'd caused it stirring a deep twinge of pain within her. She rose to her feet, her eyes wide and her ears listening for the faintest of sounds. Putting her hand above her eyes to shield them from the ever-present sun, she looked about the lake in hope.

"Khulhedra, Khulhedra! Where are you?"
"Mother, mother! Oh if only you knew!" Called back a distant voice.

Nothing appeared from the ripples that now lapped against the lakes edge, nor did another one occur to mimic the first; the lake was smooth save the winds attempts at minuture waves. She sighed, her hopes now dead and her emotions too high to fully concentrate; forever would the guardian, her daughter now lost, remain in hiding.

"Khulhedra, Khulhedra! Where are you?"
"Mother, mother! Oh if only you knew!" Called back a distant voice...