FlyWithDamagedWings

When I was little, I once was told that if I were to wish upon a star, my wish would come true. The idea intrigued me right away. After all, there were so many things I could ask for. And all I had to do was look up to the sky. So, I started to wish upon the stars. For years I wished upon those stars. I wished for myself. I wished for others. I wished for trivial things that seemed so important at the time. I wished for greater things that ended up not being important at all. I wished…but none were ever granted. Maybe I had been doing something wrong. Maybe it had been too early in the night. So, I started staying up later to make my w

Once upon a time there was a young woman who learned the truth about fairytales the grim way. And once upon a time there was a young man who created a monstrous being inside him for all the wrong reasons. They both locked themselves away and fell to darkness, and then found each other. In the end, they learned of redemption. She realized that fairytales can be true as long as you believe. He learned that the monster within formed only because of others. She saved him and he saved her. And this just goes to show that the darkness only thrives in weakness. So "once upon a time" may be a cliché beginning, but it tells a good story. It's als

He now wanted to know how this happened and how this was possible. He could've gone anywhere in the darkness, but he just went back to her. He found her again and she found him. Now they were standing face to face, almost just like when they first met. Except this time, she was on her feet and he felt like collapsing to his knees. "What do you have to say of destiny now?" he questioned. "It's hard to deny it, isn't it?" She only shrugged her shoulders. "Not really." "Are you serious?" he exclaimed. "This is just proof—" "That we weren't supposed to go our separate ways," she cut him off. "So what does that mean? You want us to stick

Regret was something she hated. She tried not to regret anything, but that sometimes proved to be impossible. She had done things that she was ashamed of. And now that included driving him away. But at the same time, she wasn't surprised. She knew how complicated and difficult she could be. Plus, she could barely understand and interpret herself, let alone anyone else. Then again, she thought he was different. She thought that he would be the one to stay no matter what; no matter how hard she tried to push him away. And she tried to push pretty much everyone away. It wasn't exactly voluntary, either. She was just afraid of letting people in

All he wanted was to get far away from her now. That wasn't the truth, though. He just didn't want to accept the fact that he needed to be with her to keep under control. And when he stormed off, he didn't know where he was going or what direction he had headed in. For all he knew, he could be walking back towards her. But he didn't want to think about her. But just because he didn't want to, doesn't mean he actually didn't. Being with her, he had almost forgotten about the darkness. She had shone so bright that it was hard to tell that he was still trapped there. And now that she was gone, now that he had walked away, he felt even more lost

Every story has a problem. And while this whole story may seem like a problem, the departure was the real one. He became crosser than he could ever be. He didn't want anything to do with anyone, for multiple reasons. Then she became more dejected. She silenced herself and locked herself even deeper away. Neither of them knew how much time had passed since they parted ways, but they both had different views. She regretted letting him go, while he didn't care. At least, he tried not to care. But everything happens for a reason. And if they found each other once…

Much to their surprise, things seemed to actually be getting better. Though it was gradual, it was also definitely noticeable. The young man was the first to notice this. He didn't say anything of it, though. First, he wanted to see if the young woman would be able to realize it as well. And just when he believed she had, she seemed to curl back into her shell. "Is everything all right?" he checked. "I'm fine," she assured him. He raised an eyebrow at her. "I'm not an idiot," he said. "And I know you a lot better than you probably think." "Doubtful," she muttered. For a moment, he just gawked at her. "You're something else, you know that

Periods of time spent alone shortened after that one incident. The young man just didn't want the young woman filling her head with such nonsense. He just didn't realize that she was still thinking those harmful thoughts to herself. After all, it's not like she had to say them out loud to believe them. He was just being ignorant to the fact that she could still tell herself what he thought to be lies. But at the same time, he was struggling with his own thoughts about himself. This was something she was able to notice, too. "Is something wrong?" she checked. "You seem a bit fidgety." "Everything's fine," he answered. "Yeah, like I don't kn

Even though the young woman and the young man were staying together, there were still moments when they left one another alone. And the girl took these moments to think aloud to herself. Her thoughts were never good, though. She would think about how practically everyone in her life would call her beautiful, but she just didn't believe it; she couldn't see it. So the fact that there were no mirrors in the darkness was a relief to her. But the problem was that he ended up overhearing these crude thoughts. "Why are you saying that about yourself?" he confronted her, rejoining her at her side. She froze for a moment, realizing that he had hear

The two hadn't moved since they decided to stick together. They both had gotten quite a bit of thinking done, though. The young woman couldn't help but wonder about what might happen next. Would having him around benefit her or bring her down further? And since her mind always thought up the worst case scenario, she couldn't help but get her paranoia going and thinking that this could be a ruse; that he would only destroy her that much quicker. Then the young man couldn't stop thinking about the monster within him. He didn't want it to surface and scare her away. Yet at the same time he had a feeling that she would be able to tame it. Or at l