Title: Still Author: Dark Day for Anime (Mark A Page) Email: ayanami@merlin.net.au ICQ: 9845111 IRC: Saitou^Hajime on DALnet #AJAS Fic Rating: PG-13 The characters portrayed within are the creation of Takeuchi Naoko, and are used without her permission. -------------------------------------------------------------------- STILL by DDFA -------------------------------------------------------------------- Still, I sit, within my temple of darkness, the light of the night, full in my eyes and blinding me into deafness. Silence, I hear, as loud as a shadow and just as well defined. A shard, of light, brighter than a million beams of the purest plasma, cuts across my mind, twinkling off the blade of my glaive, as I stir in my eternal musings, making me wonder what fresh hell awaits to visit me. I look up at the figure that stands in the doorway, the pink- haired woman child who longs to find within the masses the same affection that they gave her mother, yet seems unable to withstand their criticism when she does wrong.... We stare at each other and allow a few moments of silent conversation to pass between us.... There has never been a need for words. Not the words that most people use. She slowly walks into the hall of darkness, her eyes tired and lonely, hoping the darkness would bless her a few hours of rest and care. She has yet to realise the depth of the shadow, and its desire to swallow all light.... Still, I cannot escape the emotions of my past and allow her entry, watching warily as she climbs the dais and approaches my sanctuary. She stands before me, staring into my eyes, almost horrified by what she sees.... It is always the same with her.... She has a set memory of the friend she once knew, and wishes that memory to remain unchanged upon each and every encounter. But I have for too long retreated into the darkness, and now live for its every moment.... She accepts this and sits at my feet, pressing her tired head against my leg. My glaive whips around her figure, protectively, as I command the doors to close. For just a few hours, the light and the dark shall be as one, together. And maybe, one day, forever.... -------------------------------------------------------------------- _________ / @ \ DDFA (The Right Dishonourable Mark A Page) / / ^ ^ \ \ ayanami@merlin.net.au /\ Chief Propoganda Officer, Keeper of \/ \/ the Tapes and Co-Founder of the Saitou-chan \___________/ Appreciation Society - Adelaide Japanese /_/ \_\ PU Animation Society