Calla Lily for Matjaž
Part 1
It was a bizarre day for Matjaž*1, when he came upon a mat of white calla lilies growing in the forest where he had been isolated*2. These calla lilies were not only growing rapidly, but they also bloomed in a blink of an eye. Every red deer in the forest knew that no flowers would want to grow in the forest where Matjaž was imprisoned. He was known as an eerie and unkind prince of the red deer-blac vetrese*3 himself, at least thatās how all the red deer thought of him. They all tried to avoid him, for he was considered dangerous and emotionally unstable.
As Matjaž lay down next to the calla lily, he could not decide whether to destroy the flowers for being too beautiful or to let them grow for a short while longer.
That was when he started to hear a beautiful voice whispering, āsshhā¦ sshhā¦ā
It was not until the next day, when Matjaž woke up and found a beautiful girl sleeping next to him. He was startled.
āWho are youā¦?ā he asked.
āIām Calla Lilyā¦ā she answered with a beaming smile.
Matjaž glanced at the flowers, āā¦..Thenā¦ they are yoursā¦ā
āAh yesā¦. Theyāre pretty arenāt they?ā she answered happily.
But Matjažās mind was twisted. For him, something as pure and beautiful as her mustnāt live to see how tainted the world had become. So he replied in a voice, sounding like he was possessed,
āThey areā¦ too beautiful to liveā¦. You tooā¦ are too beautifulā¦ To liveā¦ā
āā¦.. You want me to die..?ā
āDo you want to die?ā
āNoā¦ I have finally woken up.ā
āThen it would have been better that you never woke up at all..ā he whispered in the most uncomfortable way.
So he started to strangle her, as slow and gentle as he could, to escort her to a painless death. At least, thatās what he thought.
āIāll put you back to sleepā¦ So you will be safeā¦ā
Fighting for her life, she helplessly tried to free herself. But Matjaž was too strong, so strong that he relaxed a little and took his time to enjoy the beauty of death.
āSshhā¦ Itāll be okayā¦ This wayā¦ You will stay pure and beautifulā¦ā he looked at her with his big sad eyes.
Calla Lily grabbed onto the calla lily flowers as she took one last breath and after all her strength had gone, she finally stopped moving.
āThis is for your own goodā¦.ā MatjaÅŗ whispered. In his mourning voice, he started to sing the fawnās lullaby.
All the calla lilies around them started to wilt. He plucked one and said,
āā¦ Iāll keep you safeā¦ā
As MatjaÅŗ kissed the wilted flower, he heard the same whisper again, calling out his name.
āMatjaÅŗā¦ Is that youā¦ ā
The whisper came from the wilted calla lilies on the ground. To his surprise, more calla lilies started appearing..
āYouāre supposed to be deadā¦ā he said, his voice was shaken.
āMatjaÅŗā¦ Sshhā¦ Donāt be.. Sadā¦ā
āMatjaÅŗā¦ Sshhā¦ Its okayā¦ā
More and more calla lily flowers started to sprout and bloom rapidly, like they were fighting for space to grow.
Next to him, surrounded by the blooming calla lily, the girl whom he just strangled to death opened her eyesā¦..
To be continued
*1 Matjaž is the prince of red deer blac vetrese who had been cursed by an ancient powerful BlacEvil (J devil) when he was a kid. From that time on he earned the reputation as an creepy, bizarre and unkind prince by the other red deer. His appearance; emaciated with greyish skin tone, was frightening; therefore, all the red deer try to avoid him.
*2 When a mysterious incident took place and 3 fawns went missing, the red deer believed that Matjaž kidnapped and killed them. Fear filled the forest and the red deer felt restless. To restore peace to the forest, the Red Warden, the guardian of the red deer decided to close off Matjažās area, leaving him isolated and imprisoned in a small part of the forest.
*3 Blac vetrese is a J magical human-animal creature who can shapeshift into a full human or animal. While the other kinds of blac vetrese are usually hunted and killed by the Blac J, red deer blac vetrese has been protected by the Vampires clan for hundred of years. The guardian of the red deer blac vetrese is a young powerful vampire named Lady Esther Chammomile.
Matjaž and Calla Lily are original characters and stories by @silentiaworld and @flolady
