Phyra threw the contents of the cup at Eloise’s face. After a moment of shock, Eloise let out a blood-curdling scream. “Mother! What have you done?” Scarlet cried.
“Shut up! We’re going home! Don’t touch her unless you want some too!” Phyra yelled, grabbing Scarlet roughly by the arm.
Tears were streaming down Scarlet’s face, “I can’t just leave her here like this!”
“Oh, but you will!”
“There is only one thing to do with monsters like you. I know you cannot be reasoned with, but I have just the thing to make you leave my Scarlet alone.” Phyra made a container full of a strange liquid materialize in her hand as she spoke. The girls could only look on in bewilderment.
“I am not a monster! I may not be a fully living being, but I would never hurt anyone!” said Eloise, looking down in disbelief.
“But you are! You’re hurting me! You’re going to take my daughter away! You’ll convince her to follow you to the Underworld just like your father did to your mother,” Phyra barked.
“You’re crazy! I would never!”
“I shouldn’t have let you have so much freedom! I should have known that you’d end up doing exactly what I told you not to do! How many times have I reminded you that the deities of life should never be fraternizing with these undead monsters!” Phyra screamed.
The day was ending as it always had done before. Scarlet and Eloise were spending time together in their favourite spot, having fun and laughing away. This time, however, Phyra had heard them and had come to investigate. Her eyes suddenly lit up as if they were on fire, “So this is where you’ve been spending all your time!”
*****I just want to give a warning that this next bit might be intense for some people even though it’s cartoony.*****
The children continued to visit Eloise, although some visited more often than others. As the children grew older and aged into teens, only one of them continued to visit every single evening. That teenager was Scarlet.
Ayla was the first one to spot Scarlet as she came running up the hill, “There she is! Finally!”
In between heavy, tired breaths, Scarlet spoke, “Sorry I’m late! I came as fast as I could!”
“You must be Scarlet!” Eloise said excitedly.
“That’s me!”
“We were worried your mother wasn’t going to let you come. Neil told me a little bit about her.”
“I just told her that all my other friends were coming,“ Scarlet grinned. “She let me come because she didn’t want me to be left out.”
Unlike many of the other supernatural beings, the Sun Goddess did not need a partner to have a child. Using her own life-giving magic and clay from the waters in the Lady of the Lake’s domain, Phyra created a daughter named Scarlet Spark.
Kelsi Ortiz is now Scarlet Spark and she’s going to become a regular around here. I’ve been working on something concerning her while I’ve been away. ❤
I love both her “Kelsi” look and her Scarlet look, so we’ll still be seeing alien Scarlet from time-to-time. =)
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