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By ZerefPublished 2 years ago 4 min read
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The Looking for
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The birds were chirping, there was a gentle breeze in the air, and the scent of all the new greenery coming into bloom on a gorgeous spring day in the Smoky Mountains. Everything looked to be almost perfect until she arrived in town and a black cloud obscured the beauty.

She was aware that something was awry and could sense her own presence. Nobody else appeared to notice the black presence, which she found strange. She had never experienced anything like this before; it was unusual and unsettling. What exactly was going on? She was raised to believe that the world lacked anything like this... magic. But she had a nagging feeling that she was different from the others around her. I've felt things that no one else has felt, and I've seen things that others haven't seen, or at least not fully seen. When it came to herbs and things and what they did, she appeared to know what to do. seats.

She felt the soil under her like a loving caress of her inner soul, and she was very in tune with nature and her surroundings. Water was her buddy; it surrounded her, shielded her, and provided her with tranquilly. As if she were a part of the air, it enveloped her and drew her in as if she were the air itself. Fire seemed to dance and blaze all about her, warming her to her core without burning her. Her guiding light, Spirit, never leaves her side, warning her of impending peril as well as joyful news.

She had come to town in search of something, but she had no idea what it was. She just knew she was pulled to this location for a purpose. She'd been single for so long that she'd given up hope of ever meeting the person she was meant to be with. She grew up knowing who she was and what she wanted to be. Raven Jacques was the Queen of Zarevia. Her country had long been protected by the spell established by the first Queen of Zarevia; it was a land of witches, elves, were-people, fairies, and other magical beings.

They were guardians of the magical world, which regular people only knew as a legend. Zarevia was a haven for all magical beings, where they were protected from human persecution and could enjoy the lives they deserved. They're free to work their magic. They imprisoned the bad magical creatures in a parallel reality, especially those whose abilities could not be drained, so that they could not hurt the innocents, both human and magical. Those whose powers could be taken away were taken away and released into the human population.

They were always being monitored by The Guardians of Zarevia, who used a magical tracking spell to send them to the parallel universe if they attempted to reclaim their abilities, steal powers, or do anything wrong. By the time they were 1,000 years old, the Queen of Zarevia had to be married, or the protection spell would be broken, leaving all those who were protected vulnerable to the danger they had evaded for so long.

Raven expected the worse as she approached her 1,000th birthday. She was the first queen in over four centuries to find her bride just in time to rescue their lovely realm. Raven was as concerned as she could be, knowing that she would never find her partner. She'd searched her whole kingdom 10 times over and still hadn't found her, so she decided to take a vacation and explore the globe. She didn't have a fixed path in mind; she just went where she was drawn. The Smoky Mountains in Tennessee were her first trip, and he was fascinated to them. She had no idea why she was pulled to that particular spot; all she knew was that she sensed something, possibly someone there.

She was standing there, staring out over the lovely mountains, unsure of who or what had led her here. All she knew was that she was pulled to her in a manner she couldn't explain. I was pulled to her soul and her presence. She didn't know how she knew it was a human, let alone a woman. She could also sense her own strength. Her sole knowledge was that her name was Lettie, that there had previously been a strong witch or some type of magical entity somewhere along her family line, that she possessed enormous power, and that she was looking for something or someone.

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