ba-dump-bump XD

Mariposa ambled to the bridge that was adjacent to the patch of flowers she was just lying in. Hesitantly, Mariposa took a step on the hard, stone floor of the bridge. Then another step and another until she was in the center of bridge. Mari turned and faced the pond. She enjoyed the pretty view from the bridge. She watched the gently ripples that spread throughout the pond. The willow trees' branches flowed from side to side in the tender twilight breeze. Mariposa could barely make out the little flares of orange and red, the colors of the koi that dashed to-and-fro in the water.

The doe inhaled the air of the early morning, an aroma that she had always found so sweet. Suddenly, she saw someone else who was up quite early. She cocked her head to the side with curiousity and wondered who the stranger could be and why they were up quite early.

Mariposa's ears flickered in eagerness as the doe approached. She nodded and gave a little bow to the new doe. "Hello," Mariposa said sweetly. "I'm Mariposa...and you are..?"

Mariposa smiled as she repeated the name, "Phaios...That's a lovely name." Mariposa walked past Phaios as she said, "I haven't seen you around the forest too often Phaios. Are you new to the endless forest?"

Mariposa was quite curious of this new person. She turned her head and looked at the doe.

Mariposa's smile faltered only slightly. She turned her head forward again as she spoke, "Oh..umm..No..not as a fawn. I was different, I was.." Visons and flashbacks lit up her eyes..she had faintly remembered..

Hot..so hot..A desert. Dry and endless. Thiiiirsstyyy. She was there for what seemed like an eternity...


And then falling..falling...falling. Forever. Unconcious. Away from her love...


Human.


And then finally..


BOOM!


She landed.


Here.


A deer.


"Rapunnnnzeelllllllll," a voice hissed at her as the visions flew by.
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Mariposa blinked and the visions were gone in seconds. She gasped from the speed of it all. She didn't remember. She'd force herself not to..

Her legs were jittery now and her eyes were a bit watery. But she tried to compose herself; make it look like she wasn't in a panic.

"I-I...don't rememeber," Mariposa said, surprised that her voice was shaky.

"I suppose," Mariposa chuckled nervously. Mari walked beside Phaios as they walked to the willow tree. She slipped through the trees long, limp branches that drooped down like hair. Mariposa settle down on the ground; her extremely long black hair gathering at the ground where she lay. "I...I wasn't from here when I came to the forest," Mariposa said, gazing down at her hair. She stretched out a hoof and placed it over her hair, as if stroking it. Another flashback.

But this time she was in the forest, everything looked blurry.
She was running.
Trees and deer passed her. But she paid them no heed. Only running absent-mindedly. But...where?

Mariposa shook her head, ridding of the memory. A smile tugged at her lips. She looked up at Phaios. "I guess you could say I was as mad as a hatter back then."

"Well," Mariposa explained, searching for the right way to put it. "I...was a human before...Do you know what that is?"

"A human is...very different from us deer," Mariposa said. Her ear flicked when a little bug landed on it. "I lived in a very different world from here. I lived in a place that was very high from the ground...So high, I could see over the land past the sea..." Mariposa's voice drifted off for a moment, remembering the puffy green trees that dotted the earth. She could smell the sea..

Mariposa shook her head once more and continued. "I stayed in that high place for a very long time. But I survived and managed to entertain myself with what was there. And then I met...someone. They were very special to me. My hair came in handy then, for I was not allowed to leave the High Place. But they would come to me." Before Mariposa continued, she paused to make sure that Phaios wasn't too confused with what she was telling her.

"My hair was very, extremely long in this human world. It could reach the bottom of the high place. The High place was," Mariposa thought of some sort of comparison for Phaios. "It was like an extremely large, tall tree! Yes, very very tall. One could not get up there if you flew!...And I could not leave because my foster mother forbid me from leaving. She wasn't evil, but she was protective of me."

Mariposa nodded. "Yes. They could not climb it otherwise because there was nothing to grasp to help them climb. A bare, branchless tree. See, humans don't walk on four legs; they have two instead of four. And they have human faces, like I do."

(XD I love rps too! And it's okay, you can join in if you want! :3)

"Only two?" The doe sounds doubtful. "They would fall over like a pinecone standing on its nose in the wind." She studies Mari's face curiously. It looked like a pretty normal face to her. Lots of deer had flat faces underneath their masks. In general, she was the odd one out, with her long, tapered snout.
With her attention focused on the deer beside her, the one hidden among the trees farther back goes unnoticed.

Mariposa's ears pointed in the direction of where Thanatos was talking. She turned her head to him and said, "Please, don't apologize."

Slowly, Mariposa got to her hooves. She glanced back at Phaios and then to Thantos. Mari took a hoof-step forward. "Would..Would you like to join us?"

(Can I join? Although Violet's in Mariposa's cure RP, we can imagine this happened later, after Mariposa was cured somehow.)

(Mkay. It shall be before then. I shall start, if that's okay. If you didn't want it, then you can start your own xDD . Sorry, it's a bit long, but I have an idea. This is where Violet didn't know her own name, she named herself soon and was a newphew in The Forest. Is that alright?)

It's a pleasant, quiet eve in The Forest. The trees sway in the breeze, birds put heat on their evening songs, squirrels start to sleep and frogs do their opera. The grass swings from side to side and everything is so peaceful and idyllic. A fawn, not wanting to sleep at all, steps around. She's in a strange mood today. Like angered, but happy and sad all at once. Anger-for wolves killing her family, sadness-for losing her family and happiness-this forest seems to be so peaceful and safe. Violet still remembers the horrible memories... She has a hard heart and tries to not think about it. But it recalls itself. Violet is confused, alone. Shaken, trembling, cowering. Only a few days after she came here. The female fawn is unsure about everything. She sees other deer, but doesn't even dare to talk to them. Violet goes in a lone tree-free meadow in the heart of The Forest. There are so many adorable flowers here. All, violet. Violet and beautiful. The fawn doesn't know her name, but feels very happy in the middle of the violet flower meadow. The fawn sees butterflies fluttering about, and she lies down. She lies down, curls up and dreams a bit in the tall grass. It seems safe again here. Now the moods are gone. She feels empty.

The fawn woke up from her dreams, rose her head and she looked up at a very beautiful doe. The doe reminded something from her mother... The voice, so sweet. The fawn replied with a tired look: "Hello..." She looked the butterflies flutter around the doe. The doe was like the queen of butterflies. The fawn gathered energy from the friendly doe. After a while, she smiled happily.

Violet thought she had to whisper, and have a reply only hearable to Mariposa, not a single flower even could. "My name... I don't have a name, Mariposa. I am sorry, but I don't remember... I didn't remember what my mother named me... Nor father. But they're dead... For now..." said the fawn, with a disturbed, quiet voice. Violet fought with tears, because she wouldn't like to show sorrow inside her. The memory... Repeats itself.

The fawn was happy now and smiled. Mariposa was a wondrous doe to be with. But, the fawn now, with the lilypad tilted funnily on her head (She had moved her head.) was picking the violet flowers along in the grass and entwined a lovely flower wreath. She did it quickly, like her mother taught. "Flower crown. Violet it is..." she mumbled slowly. She took the lilypad and put it nearby and replaced it with the flower wreath. Then, she made another wreath and placed a comfy 'flower crown' on Mariposa's head as well. It fit excatly. The fawn was good at it! "I love flowers... Especially these wondrous purple flowers... How about Violet as my name? I like roses too... Red ones, like my mother wore sometimes... Is it possible to have two names, Mariposa, because I would like to be Violet from my purple flower crowns and Rosie from red roses?" the fawn said. The little fawn was indeed a creative one.

"Thanks, dear Mariposa!" said Violet. That doe is very caring and friendly. It seemed that Violet started to forget what has happened. And, when hearing the question, she replied: "I sure can. My mother taught me to how to do them quick. I can teach you how to make very beautiful and fitting flower crowns! They are actually very easy to make! Just few tricks mom told me to do... Makes doing them very easy." Violet, or Rosie, was very talkative and friendly already. She trusted Mariposa and wasn't shy anymore.

Violet picked up stalks of tall grass, and some flowers with long stalks. Then, she started to show and she said: "Look, let's pick up this long stalk of tall grass. Then, we take others and entvine them together. Like this. And you can tie them together like this, so they won't break and fall apart." Violet showed it very accurately. It is impressive how she did that. And the tutorial is very good to learn how to do these as well. When a lovely circle of grass was done, Violet showed Mariposa how to put flowers on it. She entvined it by talking how to do it, and soon, the flower crown was done. It was as adorable as the others. Violet said then: "Here. Now you try, I'll be right here, righting your wrongs, when you do it, but I think the tutorial was clear and good enough. This is excatly as my mother told me. Very accurate and clear." Violet took the materials and put them in front of Mariposa.

I am so so sorry for the delay! My computer was 'timid' and it's one screen wire broke. However, I can get to few other computers when I have time (Library's computer.).

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"Ahh, this is perfect! See, it's easy! And easy to remember. I think, at least. Well, let me put it on your head now, just to try on." she said and took it. Then, she put it on Mariposa's head, and to Violet's thought, it fit nicely with Mariposa's thick hair. "Beautiful! No one could even see something's gone wrong!" she expressed her thoughts happily.

"Because you look like a giant butterfly! Like the queen of them all!" she exclaimed happily. It was like a compliment, meant to Mariposa. Violet had wished that those butterflies would flutter around herself. So she would not feel alone most of the time.

I am so so sorry again for the delay. It drives me crazy that I have to walk a long way to the library to get to a computer . However, I'll try to be more active.

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"Thanks, Mariposa." said Violet. Violet thinked a while about her enthusiasm and giggled. But when then Mariposa said she'll race her, Violet couldn't resist. Above all, she loved running. When she looked Mariposa almost flying with grace and beauty, Violet stood awed looking at her. But then, Violet took a steady pose for running and let go. She ran truly fast for someone as small as Violet. That little fawn jumped next to Mariposa with small laughters. Violet felt like she was near her mother again. Then, Violet remembered it wasn't her mother, but would care less now and still ran and jumped happily.

Good, good.

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Violet laughed. She didn't had fun like this since her mother was alive. Violet lied down near the statue and looked at it. "I wonder who made this sad idol...?" she said, her sight nailed at the statue.

Violet looked at Mariposa. "Gods... What are the Gods...?" she asked curiously.