The Heart Fountain

 
The Birthing
The door to the school is closed and locked when I arrive at day’s end.
I raise my hand to knock on the door.
A soft green light rises from the green line around my wrist.
The door opens.
There is no guard here now.
I remember the way.
The lights come on as I enter the small room.
Vala appears [...]

 
Thirty-Five
I wake up, and almost jump off my mat.
I’m 35 cycles today, a child no more.
I’m fully grown, with all my adult strength.
But most of the customs around this age are gone, hundreds of cycles ago.
People don’t celebrate it as they once did.
The law doesn’t recognize the age as anything special, at all.
But I’m excited.
You [...]

 
On the Edge of Somewhere
My body aches and throbs as I awake.
I’m lying on something cold and hard.
I open my eyes, but I can’t see.
Where am I?
I turn my vision to the energy world.
What is this place?
I’m in the middle of an energy sea, on a platform that rises high above it.
The platform is covered [...]