Silverclaw2968

This story is inspired by "Blackheart" by Two Steps from Hell. A boy walks onto the dance floor, where well-dressed men and women dance and talk stiffly in a dark masquerade. He is dressed very formally, with a dashing black and white tuxedo pulled straight from noir films. He wore his bow tie proudly, much to his father’s protests. He spies a beautiful girl across the way, a girl with red hair and eyes of pure green. To the others, she is quite unremarkable, due to a dress that seems to be literally made out of old rags. To the boy, however, she is the most beautiful woman he's ever seen. He asks her to dance, and she accepts. It star

    What is My Soul?    She was playing violin again.            This time, though, it was a different song. This one was haunting, yet cheerful at the same time. Like a reading a letter from a long dead sibling.  Mekoki stood enchanted, not interrupting his friend Lillian until she had finished playing. When she did, he stepped forward, clapping his wooden hands together.            “That was a marvelous performance,” the treant congratulated.            “And here I thought it would be a no-show,” Lillian replied, brushing a lock of her purple hair out of her eyes. “Instead, I get the childish treant. I