ample chest and released a sizable sigh. "I hate going through this every time this happens."
My eyes narrowed and I leaned forward to rest my elbows on my knees. I didn't ever look very feminine when I was doing this but I felt more in control of my thoughts when I did. "What do you mean?" I continued to dissect her every move.
She flicked her hand up to the ceiling as if dismissing what I just asked. Looking down at the ground she squared her shoulders as she spoke softly and slowly. I was afraid that I was going to miss something so I held my breath as I strained to hear. But even considering that I was listening closely it sounded like she was mumbling. I couldn't hear a thing.
There was a sudden burst of white light and the room was drenched in a light glow as if all the lights were turned off and we were sitting around a flashlight.
"Sound dampening spell," she looked at me pensively.
Tisha sighed and began to walk towards me. I looked up at her and saw her for what seemed to be the very first time because I truly saw her. She stood a good inch shorter than I was accustomed to and her hair was now laced with beautiful golden highlights. Her face beamed with pristine beauty and her chin seemed a little sharper, leading up to her ears that had a very distinctive… point. "You're, you're a fairy." I whispered under my breath.
Tisha sighed and nodded, "And I am your sworn teacher and protector." Looking at me like I was five years old and I just found out that there was no tooth fairy, she glided over to my side on the couch and put a hand on my shoulder.
"My dear, we have a problem on our hands and you have a decision to make."
I looked up into her beautiful green eyes, rimmed in black, "What problem? What decision? And why are you speaking to me like an old woman would, all of a sudden?" I knew the questions were thick in my voice.
Tisha tossed her head back and let out a beautiful laugh, the most beautiful laugh I'd ever heard from her in all of the time that we had spent together. It sounded like bells chiming or birds singing, or even crystals dinging—it was amazing. I wanted to hear it again as I felt all of the stress wash away from me. I needed to hear it again.
"Oh, my dear Celeste, you are so very sweet, kind, beautiful, trusting and just. I have always found your company to be unbelievably enjoyable." She signed as she spread her hands in front of me. "I have a story to tell you and it may or may not come as a shock." She made eye contact with me to check that I was getting what she was talking about, lifting both of her eyebrows and tilting her head down to make it obvious she was looking for an answer.
I nodded lamely as she smiled her beautifully generous smile.
"It is over one hundred and sixty years in the future. You will be the queen of everything that is seen far and wide." She waved her hand in the air and an image appeared right in front of us, rippling and wavering with reflectivity as sharp as a mirror.
I couldn't register what I was seeing. "Queen? Me?" I gulped.
"Yes, my dear Celeste. You are our monarch and a very kind and fair monarch to say the least." She was smiling at me as I snuck a glance at her before focusing on the image before me again.
I sat there and stared at the picture of myself in an all-black pants outfit complete with black peasant blouse with a band of gold across my forehead. It wasn't what I would have expected a queen to wear but it was the future, right? But it was the future… one hundred and sixty years in the future!
"One hundred and sixty years in the future, Tish? Come on! What the heck?! I mean, come on!" I shook my head. My body fought the urge to laugh again. Gosh this was getting out of hand.
"Yes, I knew this would be difficult to share with you. So I recorded this the last time that I talked to you about this. Sometimes it just gets old saying the same thing over and over and over." She shook her head as she pulled her iPhone out again, "I
My eyes narrowed and I leaned forward to rest my elbows on my knees. I didn't ever look very feminine when I was doing this but I felt more in control of my thoughts when I did. "What do you mean?" I continued to dissect her every move.
She flicked her hand up to the ceiling as if dismissing what I just asked. Looking down at the ground she squared her shoulders as she spoke softly and slowly. I was afraid that I was going to miss something so I held my breath as I strained to hear. But even considering that I was listening closely it sounded like she was mumbling. I couldn't hear a thing.
There was a sudden burst of white light and the room was drenched in a light glow as if all the lights were turned off and we were sitting around a flashlight.
"Sound dampening spell," she looked at me pensively.
Tisha sighed and began to walk towards me. I looked up at her and saw her for what seemed to be the very first time because I truly saw her. She stood a good inch shorter than I was accustomed to and her hair was now laced with beautiful golden highlights. Her face beamed with pristine beauty and her chin seemed a little sharper, leading up to her ears that had a very distinctive… point. "You're, you're a fairy." I whispered under my breath.
Tisha sighed and nodded, "And I am your sworn teacher and protector." Looking at me like I was five years old and I just found out that there was no tooth fairy, she glided over to my side on the couch and put a hand on my shoulder.
"My dear, we have a problem on our hands and you have a decision to make."
I looked up into her beautiful green eyes, rimmed in black, "What problem? What decision? And why are you speaking to me like an old woman would, all of a sudden?" I knew the questions were thick in my voice.
Tisha tossed her head back and let out a beautiful laugh, the most beautiful laugh I'd ever heard from her in all of the time that we had spent together. It sounded like bells chiming or birds singing, or even crystals dinging—it was amazing. I wanted to hear it again as I felt all of the stress wash away from me. I needed to hear it again.
"Oh, my dear Celeste, you are so very sweet, kind, beautiful, trusting and just. I have always found your company to be unbelievably enjoyable." She signed as she spread her hands in front of me. "I have a story to tell you and it may or may not come as a shock." She made eye contact with me to check that I was getting what she was talking about, lifting both of her eyebrows and tilting her head down to make it obvious she was looking for an answer.
I nodded lamely as she smiled her beautifully generous smile.
"It is over one hundred and sixty years in the future. You will be the queen of everything that is seen far and wide." She waved her hand in the air and an image appeared right in front of us, rippling and wavering with reflectivity as sharp as a mirror.
I couldn't register what I was seeing. "Queen? Me?" I gulped.
"Yes, my dear Celeste. You are our monarch and a very kind and fair monarch to say the least." She was smiling at me as I snuck a glance at her before focusing on the image before me again.
I sat there and stared at the picture of myself in an all-black pants outfit complete with black peasant blouse with a band of gold across my forehead. It wasn't what I would have expected a queen to wear but it was the future, right? But it was the future… one hundred and sixty years in the future!
"One hundred and sixty years in the future, Tish? Come on! What the heck?! I mean, come on!" I shook my head. My body fought the urge to laugh again. Gosh this was getting out of hand.
"Yes, I knew this would be difficult to share with you. So I recorded this the last time that I talked to you about this. Sometimes it just gets old saying the same thing over and over and over." She shook her head as she pulled her iPhone out again, "I
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