Chapter 239 239 Ballet of lights
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The stage was a pool of soft blue light, the leaves of the spirit tree producing the lively blue star like dust adding a new layer of warmth to this scene.
A spotlight centering on a lone figure standing before the tall tree before the elevated platform made all eyes present in the area focus only on her and hold their collective breaths in anticipation of what was to happen at this moment.
A delicate melody was playing in their minds that though seemed a little confusing to the audience, they had soon become comfortable with it. It was too melodious to not accept.
-Shaaaaa-hah-naaa~.
El, clad in the flowing and ethereal dress, awaited the musical invitation to reach a certain point, a smile rested on her face.
-Zaaaaaaa…
Winds were flowing here even though there did not seem to be any place from where the winds could reach in this closed room, however, with these gently blowing winds, her long, ashen white hair had already started dancing…
-Shaaaa-Hena!
The audience, her friends and family, were all here, watching her with breaths held in their hearts.
Their eyes locked on her, they could not help the raising heartbeats, they could not understand the glimmer that was dominating this moment. And they could not explain how the music was playing in their heads.
However, they did not need to understand or comprehend the situation before them.
All they had to do as this intensified music made them skip a heartbeat, was to sit back and enjoy the show…
-Shaaa-sheee—naaaa~.
As the first high note of the song reverberated throughout their minds, as if her body became an instrument, she moved as a response to the music with a fluidity that seemed to transcend the capabilities of a human body.
-Shuuuu—Mina!
The gentle rise and fall off her chest, the centre of her body, the extension of her arms, and the arches lines of her silhouette became a living canvas upon which the emotive melodies painted their intricate story.
She expressed her emotions through her movements, with the movements of her legs, with each of her steps, with the movement of her body that seemed to have lost the exoskeleton, the restricting factor making any of her movements nearly impossible for even them.
-Sawwww-shun-k~.
With each movement, she captured the essence of the unique music that was playing in their minds, her limbs gracefully extending and retracting as if tracing the delicate threads of an invisible outline.
-Ree—he~.
Pirouettes unfolded like pages of a magical storybook…
-Duuu-duuu-duu~.
Every turn she took, every half turn, every movement of her hands, her legs, the jumps she made, the expressions, the emotions that exploded with each one of her movements were conveyed to the audience, and especially the emotion that was being conveyed by this performance, was revealed to the onlookers: friendship.
-Tink-wimpy-iiiin~!
Her form had become vessel for the unspoken emotions woven into the composition.
Her figure takes a brief pause.
And her eyes, follows her hand that points towards the great tree that had witnessed her performance until now, asking for assistance from the natives of this space who had witnessed her performance until now.
-Oooooooooooooong.
And they accept her sincere invitation, appearing from all across the great spirit tree in the form of small lights.
-Saa-Saa-Saa-Saa~.
Music takes a new form, becoming more melodious than before. More attractive and more powerful than what it was a moment ago.
"What is this…?"
"The ballet of lights."
Nes, the onlooker, asked with eyes moist with tears of joy without her own knowledge, and, the true nobleman, Leon, answered with a voice which, also, sounded emotional.
-Saaa-Ree-Saa~.
"Are all of these…?"
"Yes. Spirits."
She had resumed her performance after that brief pause, however, now, she was not the only spotlight that performed on that grand stage.
"Unbelievable…"
Many lights, or more precisely, elemental spirits in the form of small round lights, had joined her in her performance.
The ballet now, was unfolding as a deeply personal journey, a dance of heart and soul that resonated with even the spirits residing in a different plain of existence.
-Swiiiiiiish~.
They followed her movements just as she was following the notes of the unique music.
-Paaaa-Daaa-Saaa-Paaa~.
-Dhaaaa~.
-Niiiiiii~!
They became an extension of her being that followed her, reacting with her movements. Arabesques and grand jetés punctuating the performance, showcasing not just the technical prowess but the emotional depth of her emotions.
And with the new companions being an addition to her arsenal of weapons she had at hand, the hearts that were perceiving this spectacle could only beat with the absolute thrill born from this beauty.
-Saaaaaaa~.
Sequins on her costume caught the light of this light covered world. The lights of the spirits reflecting on them created a celestial halo that mirrored the radiance of her performance.
-Saaaaaaaa~~.
The stage, though ethereal, became an intimate space where she and the music engaged in a profound dialogue.
-Aaaaaaaaaaaa~~.
Delicate leaps and ephemeral jumps added layers of complexity to it, however, the essence of it was still so simple that they did not even need to try in order to understand it.
Their hearts, and souls, understood what they perceived through their gate like eyes.
-Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa~~~!
She had created a visual symphony that resonated through the hearts of the captivated audience.
Each and every step she took, each and every movement of hers was a testament to the extraordinary connection between the artist and the unseen emotions that linger within the score in their minds.
-Oooooooooooong!
She was a lonely person with no one but a partner by her side.
A partner, that was everything in the world to her.
-Saaa-Reee…
They had each other and no one else, just them in this world filled with selfish beings that only formed relationships in order to obtain something or someone from anyone anywhere in here.
They were all greedy, selfish, untrustworthy… bad.
There was only one for her she could give a piece of herself to.
There was only one she would ever share her soul with.
Only he, was allowed in the heart that was so tightly closed even the simple relationship of being acquainted with someone made her uneasy.
She was like that.
-Gaaa-Maaa…
He knew best just how difficult it was for her to accept someone as not something she owned, but something that was bound to her by a relationship known as 'friendship'.
-Paaaa-Dahhh…
They did not belong to her, but, they were still hers.
They might not know it, or accept it, or perhaps, they might never get to know just how much their presence in her life meant to her. But, at least from her side, she had accepted them.
Accepted the reality that she was not a being in some game but, a living, breathing human being with a life of her own.
A finite life that was bound to end one day…
However, before that end, departure will come. And, they will leave this world before they are strong enough to follow their own fates.
-Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~!
As the ballet reaches the zenith, the ballerina, the master who commanded hundreds of elemental spirits, these tiny dots of lights at her will, pauses in a moment of poignant stillness, her silhouette etched against the ephemeral backdrop made of her companion spirits.
-Swiiiiiiiish~.
She had expressed everything she wanted to, from her heart to her sincerity. And from her helplessness, to her compulsion.
She was smiling with relief now. With happiness and joy, covered in perl like visible beads of sweat.
The final notes linger in their minds, a delicate echo of the emotional journey that unfolded on the stage ready to meet its epilogue.
-Oooooooooooong!
She moves for the last time, expressing her appreciation for the audience that followed her on this brief journey.
-Swiiiiiiiish~!
Winds, flames, water. Shadows, and lights of this room. To the very earth that was the stage on which this phenomenal performance took place… all followed her on her last steps.
And…
-Saaaaaaaaa~.
With the ending notes that rung in their minds, the spotlight that had been on her from the start of this journey, dims. Leaving the dancer bathed in the warm afterglow of her performance.
-Ooooooooooong!
Which marks its conclusion when all the spirits around her, scatters all across the room, exploding in individual bright lights that seem nothing less than fireworks…
And then, time stops.
-Swiiiiiish…
Winds blow.
-Zaaaaa…
Something seems to be happening with the spirits and the tree that is their home, however, the silence prevails.
"…?"
Exhausted and covered in sweat, she looks up at them, and sees the blank looks, and the smiles that don't seem to leave their faces.
-Clap.
And in the midst of this silence, a certain sound reverberates. Breaking the chains of silence, and attracting every mind present.
-Clap! Clap! Clap!
"It was amazing, El!"
They all were so mesmerised by her that even after the end, they had remained in that certain state of tranquillity, however, with Lucy's clapping and words of appreciation bringing them back, they remembered the most important thing they must do at the moment.
-Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!
"Woooohooooo! That was amazing El!"
"Wooooooooowy~!"
"Amazing! Just amazing~!"
An artist like her deserved appreciation from each and every one of her audiences. They could not possibly stay silent after seeing something… this good.
They couldn't possibly do so.
It would be an insult to her, her performance, and her art.
And, offending someone who even these hundreds of spirits acknowledged, was the last thing any sane being would want to do…
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