Moonlight Pact
Under the silver glow of a full moon, the ethereal boundary between realms thinned, allowing two vastly different beings to cross paths on the pebbled shore of an ancient sea. Elara, cloaked in a gown spun from the finest moonlight and lace, her head adorned with roses that had bloomed from starlight, stood face to face with an ancient creature from a world forgotten by time.
He was a being of legend, a beast with wise, deep-set eyes that spoke of centuries passed. His horns twisted towards the heavens, and his robes were a tapestry of history, rich with the embroidery of a thousand tales woven by the hands of fate.
They met at the shoreline where the water kissed the land, in a moment as fleeting as the night itself. The creature, known as Thorne, had traversed the veil of worlds on this special night when the moon was most sympathetic to the whispers of old magic. He sought the counsel of the human maiden whose purity of heart was said to hold the power to grant a single wish to those who truly deserved it.
In the silent language of the universe, Thorne presented his plea. His gnarled hand, an intricate map of his long life, held a single, withering rose—an echo of his dwindling time. Elara, with a gentle touch that belied her hidden strength, took the rose and understood the unspoken bond they now shared.
With a nod, she granted Thorne's wish, not with a spell or a potion, but with a simple act of compassion. The rose in her hand bloomed anew, a symbol of the time he had left. As the first light of dawn threatened the horizon, they parted ways—a temptress of light and a creature of stories, their paths intertwined for a brief moment under the watchful eye of the moon.
In the world beyond, legends whispered of the night when the maiden of the moonlight met the ancient one, and how the sands of time were granted a reprieve by the power of a pure wish.
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- Bill Tiepelman
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