Re: Ignorance is Bliss (Alex)
"Perfect!" Cherry announced, quickly flying over to him, and silently gesturing with her hand at the other fairies to come with her. "Gather hands!" she directed, and all of the fairies gathered at Alex's feet, grabbing each other's hands to form a circle around him. Then they all started to dance, as the circle of fairies moved, and rotated around him. They began to sing, 'Ring Around the Rosie' as they danced. And about halfway into the cute song, a strange thing occurred beneath Alex. Some kind of disc of light began to form under him, engulfing him in the warm radiance of the light. And right near the end of the song, which was not very long at all, suddenly the light bursted forth from the ground, and consumed Alex, and the fairies in one clear, beautiful moment...
Alex was lost in a sea of what looked like the colors of the rainbow. He felt strange, in such a way that could hardly be explained. He could see, but did not have eyes. He could breathe, but didn't feel his mouth was there. He felt warm, and happy somehow, but could not think. This place, which might be called a type of Heaven, or purgatory by others, was all Alex knew. Time didn't have meaning. Nothing did. He could not think, or wonder, or even realize what was happening. All that there was... Was pure bliss.
Then, the light started to fade, and his senses started to return to him. He could think once more, think about that strange place he was in. He could smile, a smile that came on it's own, happy from how gentle that strange plain of existence was. He could breathe, and found the air that greeted his lungs to smell wonderful, and pure. He could see, and what greeted his eyes was a large castle, the likes of which he'd never seen before in his life, even the place he grew up in was put to shame by the magnificent structure.
Alex was standing in very green, very healthy grass, with various colors of flowers all around him. No imperfection could be found no matter how hard one looked. No dead grass, and even the few trees that were about the field had little leaves to speak of. The only word that could barely be used to describe this new world, was beautiful.
There were women with wings, flying in the sky, mermaids playing, and socializing off in the distant ocean, Harpies occasionally flying from windows, and some perched in trees. Not to mention, similar little girls to the fairies playing just as the ones Alex met were, just enjoying themselves, without a care in the world.
And as Alex's eyes searched the world before him, suddenly, Cherry was right in front of him, flying so she didn't have to look up at him, and smiling at him warmly. "Welcome to our kingdom!" she said happily, "It's beautiful, isn't it?"
